Want to start speaking Ukrainian right away, or prepare yourself for meeting Ukrainians? Then check out this series of 60 conversational mini-lessons ― packed with realistic dialogues at a natural and slow speed, essential phrases for the most common situations, vocabulary boosters, grammar points… and more! All lessons are free, but you can get lesson notes and flashcards by becoming a premium member. Find out more at https://www.ukrainianlessons.com/fmu.
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Ukrainian Lessons Podcast — for everyone who learns and loves the Ukrainian language
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Learn Ukrainian at any level — from absolute beginner to advanced — with this structured and engaging Ukrainian language podcast course! 💙💛 All podcast lessons are free. Want more? Get lesson notes, flashcards, and bonuses with our ⭐ premium membership at ukrainianlessons.com. There’s a season for every level: 🎧 Season 1 – Absolute beginner: basics, pronunciation, and everyday Ukrainian 🎧 Season 2 – Elementary to intermediate: real-life situations with focus on cases + Ukrainian History in s ...
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The world’s most listened to, and award-winning, podcast covering the war in Ukraine. Every weekday, the Telegraph's top journalists analyse the conflict from all angles – just as they have since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, when tanks, jets and troops crossed Ukraine's borders. Downloaded over 100 million times and trusted by listeners worldwide, the team considers military strategy, history, weaponry, economics, refugee crises, culture, and daily life in Vladimir Putin's autocrati ...
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The Secret Life of Language dives into the cultures, arts, and histories that underpin and inform the diverse languages we speak. From the studios of the University of Melbourne’s School of Languages and Linguistics.
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Slovakia Today is an English language current affairs magazine bringing you the best from Slovakia. Our daily broadcast covers the latest from politics, society, arts and culture, business, science, healthcare and sports. Coming to you from Bratislava, from the studios of Radio Slovakia International – the foreign language channel of the public broadcaster STVR. Making Slovakia heard to the world!
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Dr. William Anderson Gittens D.D. is a renowned Barbadian author and speaker with a diverse background in media arts. Dr.William Anderson Gittens D.D., acceptance as a fellow “Doctor of Divinity, D.D., class of 2024, from Masters International University of Divinity, has a diverse background in media arts and culture. He has produced numerous multimedia documentaries and multimedia trailers as CEOof Devgro Media Arts Services.Dr.Gittens, has been recognized for his contributions to the field ...
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Bilingual Kids Rock Podcast: Raising Multilingual Children, Multicultural Living, Growing Up With Multiple Languages.
Olena Centeno: Mother of 3 Bilingual Children, Ukrainian Living in USA, Multicultural Blogger
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Bilingual Kids Rock Podcast is your place to connect with multilingual families, language experts, and passionate authors from around the world. We share actionable tips and motivational stories. Learn from our experiences so your journey raising multilingual children is enjoyable, manageable, and successful.
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Recorded before a live audience on Twitter Spaces, #LiveFromUkraine is hosted by Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes and features a diverse array of Ukrainian voices discussing different aspects of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is. The World, the radio program, is heard each weekday on over 300 public stations across North America.
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A podcast from Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. Hear stories of lives upended by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Slavstvuyte is a podcast dedicated to exploring the fascinating world of Slavic languages. Join me as we delve into the rich history, vibrant cultures, and diverse communities that make up the Slavic-speaking world. From Russian to Czech, Polish to Ukrainian, and everything in between, I will take you on a journey through the sounds, structures, and quirks that make Slavic languages unique. Each episode, your host, along with a variety of experts, will explore a different aspect of Slavic la ...
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The Ukrainian Institute in Slovakia, plus the feast day of Saints Cyril and Methodius (3.7.2025 16:00)
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Over the past three years, Ukraine has not only defended its sovereignty on the battlefield but also worked tirelessly to preserve and promote its cultural identity worldwide. One institution playing a crucial role in this effort is the Ukrainian Institute in Slovakia. Saints Cyril and Methodius are highly revered in Slovakia as national saints and…
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Romesh Ranganathan took a circuitous route to comedy. The son of Sri Lankan immigrants in the UK, he taught high school math for about a decade before abandoning it for a full-time career in entertainment. He does standup, radio shows, podcasts and TV specials. As he started the North American leg of his current Hustle tour, Ranganathan stopped in …
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Syrian comedians embrace a new era with more freedoms
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With former President Bashar al-Assad ousted from power, comedians in Syria see a new moment for their art form. They have been putting together shows at cafes and clubs across Damascus. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports on how these comedians are telling jokes that were unthinkable under the former regime. This story originally aired on May 30, 2…
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For this Ukrainian comic, standup is a defense mechanism
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Ukrainian comic Anton Tymoshenko is based in Kyiv, and since the start of the war in Ukraine, he's begun performing in both Ukrainian and English. Amid a groundswell of comedy in his country, Tymoshenko has managed to cross over to reach a global, English-speaking audience. He says that, for him, comedy is a way to process the war — it's also a def…
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A series of videos brings together climate scientists and comedians from the UK. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Nick Oldridge and Ben Carey, two of the producers of "Climate Science Translated," a project that uses snark, whimsy and irreverence to communicate the serious issues around climate change. This story originally aired on Nov. 3, 2023.…
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AI bot beats phone scammers at their own game
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Meet Daisy, a British AI conversationalist made to sound like an older woman who's not very tech savy. She's been deployed to take up phone scammers' time — and collect information about new scams. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have the story. This story originally aired on Nov. 14, 2024.By Sarah Birnbaum
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Chinese-language 'open mic' events are about more than just comedy
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There are plenty of jokes. And lots of laughs. But the regular Chinese-language open mic events in New York city called "Nuzhizhuyi" — which translates to "feminism" from Mandarin — are not just about stand-up comedy. These get-togethers also serve as a place for activists, students and young professionals to meet, engage in group therapy and share…
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More than 8 million Venezuelans have fled their country in the past 10 years, and some of them have become comedians and satirists. A 2018 anti-hate law passed by the government of President Nicolas Maduro clamped down on all sorts of speech and made it impossible for them to ply their trade. The World's Tibisay Zea reports on whether there's a dis…
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Zimbabwean comedian makes a splash in the US
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Learnmore Jonasi, from a small village in Zimbabwe, is making a name for himself on the US comedy scene. And yes, his first name really is Learnmore. Carol Hills speaks with the comedian. This story originally aired on Dec. 6, 2024.By Carol Hills
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Massive attack hits Kyiv as Putin tells Trump diplomacy is 'not possible'
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Day 1,227. Today, as Putin and Trump hung up the phones after an hour-long conversation yesterday, Kyiv headed to the shelters for another massive drone and missile attack and a long, sleepless night. This morning, Russia declared that it is ‘not possible’ to achieve their goals through diplomatic means after the phone call. We discuss all these st…
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The UEFA U21 EURO Tournament in Bratislava, Saints Cyril & Methodius national holiday, plus Culture Tips (4.7.2025 16:00)
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The UEFA U21 EURO tournament concluded in Bratislava, with the coaches of the German and English teams praising the Slovak organisers at the press conference after their teams' final match. Before the public holiday, Martina took a walk through a forest full of memories of the Great Moravian era. Culture tips for English speakers in and beyond Slov…
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Move over Mediterranean diet, there's a different way to stay healthy
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Move over fish and olive oil! Try plantain and fermented banana drink. According to a recent study in the journal Nature Medicine, traditional eating habits in rural Africa can boost the immune system and reduce inflammation. The so-called "African heritage diet" has not been explored before, unlike the Mediterranean and Japanese diets, which have …
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On Tuesday the European Space Agency (ESA) launched a small bioreactor carrying genetically engineered yeast into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It's part of a larger plan to develop in-space food production systems to serve the International Space Station and future missions to the Moon and Mars. Host Marco Werman speaks with Aqeel Shamsul…
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Italians looking to avoid "egg-flation" have been flocking to a farm in northern Italy for classes in how to raise hens. Reporter Dany Mitzman from our partner Deutsche Welle, DW, reports from Flori, Italy. This story originally aired on March 26, 2025.By Dany Mitzman
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Mexico bans junk food in schools to combat childhood obesity
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Sugary soft drinks, candy and highly processed foods are no longer welcome in Mexico’s elementary, middle and high schools. It’s part of an effort to battle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics. Host Carolyn Beeler gets more from Dr. Simón Barquera, Director of the Nutrition and Health Research Center at the National Institute of…
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Styles may vary when it comes to barbecuing, but the basic idea is cooking meat, over fire — low and slow. It's also a culinary tradition with an global history, obviously infused with flavor from around the world. A new cookbook called "Barbecue: Smoked and Grilled Recipes from Across the Globe" explores these traditions. It was compiled by Chef H…
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The Baltics' beet soup season begins with a beef between Latvia and Lithuania
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Cold beet soup is a culinary staple in Latvia and Lithuania, and across Eastern Europe. This year, Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, hosted a "Pink Soup Festival" celebrating the dish. But the city's tourism agency also started a public beef with Latvia, claiming that the Lithuanian version of the soup is better. The World's Daniel Ofman reports fro…
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Green tea farmers struggle for economic survival
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Green tea is a major industry in Shizuoka prefecture, on Japan’s Pacific coast. Over a third of the tea leaves produced in Japan come from Shizuoka. Google “Shizuoka” and you’ll find images of hillsides covered in neat rows of bright-green tea bushes with Mt. Fuji in the background. But that scenery is changing. Reporter Hannah Kirshner headed to S…
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New cookbook highlights Nigerian home cooking
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The cuisine of Nigeria packs in all kinds of global influences and ingredients: curries from India, sauces from China, spices from Lebanon. They all co-mingle with a particular repertoire of staple ingredients from Nigeria. Food anthropologist and Nigerian native Ozoz Sokoh is out with a cookbook that's being hailed as the first comprehensive guide…
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Ugandan farmers see untapped potential in banana crop
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Uganda is known for bananas. The tropical fruit grows there, and it's also a major culinary staple in the country. But banana growers in the country struggle to make a living, because of a bumper crop — there can be so many bananas that their monetary value plunges. That has Ugandan entrepreneurs seeking out uses for bananas beyond the culinary. An…
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Spectacular explosion 'wipes out' Russian ammo dump & on patrol with Ukraine's Black Sea fleet
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Day 1,226. Today, as the fallout from Donald Trump freezing US weapons to Ukraine continues, in a special dispatch, we join the Ukrainian navy out on the Black Sea during an air attack on Odesa. Then we speak to the creator of Wargame – the new podcast simulating an attack by Russia on British soil, and hear what lessons it offers countries across …
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Pentagon freezes precision weapons and air defence shipment to Ukraine & interview with a former Kremlin propagandist
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Day 1,225. Today, as Donald Trump’s administration decides to halt shipments of certain air defence missiles bound for Ukraine, we assess the ramifications for trust in the United States, before hearing the latest domestic stories being reported inside Russia, and speak to a former Kremlin propagandist. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Executive Edi…
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'Four Mothers' examines motherhood across the globe
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Each May, Mother’s Day is a moment to recognize moms in many countries across the globe. One book follows the lives of four women — in the US, Kenya, Finland and Japan — as they enter a new chapter of life as mothers. In her new book “Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey through the First Year of Parenthood in Four Countries,” journalist Abigail Leona…
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Families sue South African government for apartheid-era killings
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The families of a historic apartheid murder case are taking the government and president to court for not investigating and prosecuting the crimes properly. They want nearly $10 million in damages and a public commission to look into how political interference suppressed hundreds of crimes from that era. From Johannesburg, Elna Schutz reports. This…
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Turkish government calls on women to have more children, parents shrug
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In January, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan named 2025 as the "Year of the Family," unveiling financial incentives for new parents and urging couples to have at least three children. Over the past two decades, Turkey's fertility rate slid from 2.6 to 1.5 births per woman, a record low that has politicians concerned about an aging workforce. …
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Autobiography examines life of a woman who help lead Africa's independence movements
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She was once called "the most dangerous woman in Africa.” But Andrée Blouin described herself as an African woman "inflamed by injustice" on a mission to free her continent from colonial rule. She was born in French Equatorial Africa, abandoned at the age of three, escaped an arranged marriage at 15 and became politically active after French offici…
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The 80th anniversary of the Holocaust, Yom Hashoah, was on April 24. There are approximately 245,000 Holocaust survivors still alive today. While there will soon be no living Holocaust survivors, it’s estimated that there are around 1 million third-generation Holocaust survivors in the United States. As The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports, it's fall…
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In the midst of missiles strikes, air raid sirens and power outages, Ukrainians are finding ways to keep living their lives. That includes searching for — and finding — love. The World’s Carolyn Beeler speaks with people who are dating, moving in together and getting married in wartime Kyiv. This story originally aired on March 14, 2023.…
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The Japanese dads struggling to reform fatherhood
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Statistically speaking, for every baby born in Japan, two people pass away. The country’s rapidly shrinking population is, according to officials, a “national emergency” threatening its future prosperity and entire way of life. They’re struggling to reverse this trend but some believe fixing this problem calls for a revolution in Japanese fatherhoo…
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