Four personal stories from the war in Ukraine.
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Yevgenia Belorusets
Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION.
Prologue
Host Ira Glass plays recordings of a woman named Katia in Kyiv, dealing with the quotidian challenges of life — like taking the dog out to pee — in the middle of the war. (7 minutes)
We found out about Katia from the podcast Vice News Reports, a show with a lot of great reporting on the war in Ukraine, plus stories that are unfolding all over the world.
Yevgenia and Her Neighbors
As Kyiv empties out, Ukrainian photographer Yevgenia Belorusets documents her interactions with those who stayed behind. (15 minutes)
Her diaries were published by ISOLARII. You can see more of Yevgenia’s photography on her website.
Munachi and The Escape
There’s a group chat for Nigerian students living in Ukraine that got totally upended by the war. Reporter Alexis Okeowo tells the story and talks to one of the students in it. (19 minutes)
Read more of Alexis’s reporting on foreign students in Ukraine at The New Yorker.
Alyona and Oleg
Reporter Ashley Cleek talks to one Russian protestor in the middle of re-evaluating one of her oldest friendships. (15 minutes)
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