Episode 218: A Nation Dreams to Survive

As we near the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I check in with the Ukrainian writers I interviewed for my 2022 episode A Nation Dreams of Itself. Maria Galina tells me about the difficulties of trying to create during wartime. Svitlana Taratorina and Volodymyr Arenev talk about why writing isn’t just a form of therapy or escapism, but it’s also a patriotic duty to keep Ukrainian culture alive in a war that’s also being fought in libraries, bookstores and publishing houses. Borys Sydiuk talks about why science fiction is making a comeback over fantasy during the war. And I talk with Max Kidruk, the new breakout star in the Ukrainian sci-fi scene. Svitlana's YouTube channel is Fantastic Talks.
A Nation Dreams to Survive transcript
MUSIC LIST
  • Imaginary Sunrise by Alexis Cuadrado
  • Etude No 1 For String Quartet by Peter Sandberg
  • Endurance by Aerian
  • Over the Clouds by The Golden Peas
  • New England is Interesting by BOPD
  • Retrospective by Victor Lundberg
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