Episode 192: Ukrainian culture at war
This episode of the podcast opens with a rundown of some of the latest news, including the floods in Central Europe, the new EU commission, developments in Slovakia, and the failing Kosovo-Serbia dialogue.For the main interview, Adam is joined by Kate Tsurkan, a reporter at the Kyiv Independent who writes on culture-related topics. They discuss how Ukraine’s culture has been affected by war by looking at Ukrainian cinema, literature, music and art. Below we include a whole list of recommendations by Kate during the podcast.Help us meet our goal! We want 60 Patrons by the end of the year! Join us: www.patreon.com/talkeasterneuropeGet deeper into culture, check out Apofenie: https://www.apofenie.com/Check out the latest issue of New Eastern Europe: https://bit.ly/4daXLCIRecommendations from the podcastFilms:Olha Zhurba - Songs of slow burning earth: https://filmotor.com/slow-burning-earth/Oksana Karpovych – Intercepted: https://lightdox.com/intercepted/Mstyslav Chernov - 20 Days in Mariupol https://20daysinmariupol.com/Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk - Pamfir https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9455468/Books: Tanja Maljartschuk - Forgottenness: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093220Sofia Andrukhovych - Amadoka https://chytomo.com/en/simon-schuster-acquires-the-rights-to-translate-ukrainian-novel-amadoka/Artem Cheh - Song of the open road: https://booklion.lviv.ua/en/pisnia-vidkrytoho-shliakhu/?srsltid=AfmBOooqvgp3y6QdsHIeLC9klXNkWU-Z7K6wOcUxPNWrzDsABgEpGRqdMyroslav Laiuk – Bakhmut: https://artpil.com/announcements/myroslav-laiuk-bakhmut-ukrainer/ Oleh Sentsov - Diary of a Hunger Striker: https://www.amazon.com/Diary-Hunger-Striker-Oleg-Sentsov/dp/1646053168Stanislav Aseyev - In Isolation. Dispatches from Occupied Donbas: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674268784Music:ANTYTILA – “Bakhmut Fortress” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmqLVrUXsTQ (with English subtitles)Хейтспіч (hatespeech) – “руzzкий мир” (ruzzkiy mir): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpoeJ2X07wЖадан і Собаки (Zhadan and the dogs) –...