What is it like to live through the psychological pain of war? How can you heal the trauma of genocide?... more

This week, it’s our last Q&A of the season. We reached out to our listeners on Twitter to see what... more

The aftermath of war leaves physical scars in its wake. The abject destruction of landscapes and cities like Kherson, Kharkiv... more

This week, Jakub and Nastya are speaking to Anna Myroniuk, the head of investigations at the Kyiv Independent. They discuss... more

The humanitarian response to the full scale invasion of Ukraine has been immense - an outpouring of good will from... more

This week, Jakub and Nastya are doing a special Q&A episode on the Russian Intelligence Services. We reached out to... more

For years, Putin has used his intelligence, including the FSB and the GRU, to try and understand Europe - what... more

In this week’s episode, we again take a look into Cyber Warfare, this time from a more policy focused perspective,... more

The war in Ukraine is being fought by land, sea, air… and online. Russia, has long been infamous for its... more

For many Ukrainians, holiday celebrations will look different this year. Some are in foreign countries, separated from friends and family.... more

The 20th century saw the development of an international rule-based order dictated by the United States, with countries tacitly abiding... more

For this week’s bonus episode, we’re speaking more about Roman Ratushnyi, the Ukrainian activist who fought to preserve Kyiv’s green... more

The demise of the USSR in the 1990s saw the state's vast wealth up for grabs by enterprising citizens; in... more

This week’s bonus episode is an extended interview with Bektour Iskender, a journalist and co-founder of Kloop, an NGO and... more

The countries surrounding Russia have long been on the frontline of the country’s aggressively expansionist policies. From Kyrgyzstan in Central... more

In this week’s bonus episode, we’re giving you an extended version of last week’s interview with Kyiv Independent reporter Alexander... more

With its glut of resources and natural gas, cheap Russian energy has long been a lifeline for nations across the... more

In this special bonus episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Radosław Sikorski, the Polish politician whose work across... more

Ukraine is the most significant part of Europe’s eastern borderland: all black earth and agriculture, the last bastion before the... more

Ukrainian history is defined by struggles for power. It has been the battleground of empires, defined by foreign domination, especially... more