Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio Podcast

Join me - Pawlina - for an hour of fun on Nash Holos Vancouver every Saturday at 6pm PST on AM1320 CHMB Vancouver. This podcast is the audio archive for Sat. May 14, 2016 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio airs live in Nanaimo on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm PST on CHLY 101.7FM, broadcasting to the north and central Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, northwest Washington State and Greater Vancouver listening areas. Your host for this hour: Pawlina Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dance of the Banished explores the tragic history of Canadian internment camps and the Armenian genocide. It is a story of injustice, prejudice and violence. Skrypuch’s novel is loosely based on actual events, and it was published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Canada’s World War I War Measures Act which set up the internment camps. This novel describes the unbreakable bonds of love in th...

The Sea is Only Knee Deep is the true story of Paulina Zelitsky’s defection to Canada from the Soviet Union with her two young children in 1971. These two volumes explore many topics including: Stalin’s final years, Fidel Castro’s Cuba, and the dangers defecting. Paulina’s story begins in Cuba in 1968. She is part of the engineering team designing a top secret submarine base for Soviet nuclear sub...

In Part 3 of this week's podcast, freelance journalist Lydia Wolanski joins us from Kyiv for an update on the latest developments on Maidan and in other parts of Ukraine. Proverb of the week Great Ukrainian music by Ludwig, Halena Stolyarchuk, Rushnychok, and the Interlake Polka Kings. In Part 1, we spoke with Myroslav (“Mirko”) Petriw, President of the Vancouver Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian C...

In Part 2 of this week's edition, Dmytro Potekhin joins us from Kyiv. Dmytro is an expert in peaceful civil disobedience movements. He provides a unique perspective of the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine based on his work assisting anti-government protests in other parts of the world. Ukrainian recipe: Roasted Root Vegetables. Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: annual pilgrimage to Ukraine during the Jewis...

In Part 1 of 3 of this week’s podcast, Myroslav (“Mirko”) Petriw, President of the Vancouver Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, joins us with an update on the developments in Ukraine’s ongoing civil unrest, and the response by the Canadian government to the situation there. Music by Migrena, Steve Andrusiak and Alex Kretov. In Part 2 we will speak with Dmytro Potekhin in Kyiv, an expert on...

Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Dealing with false claims of anti-semitism in Ukraine. Presented by Volodymyr Valkov, who spoke with us from his home in Lviv, Ukraine, about the effect the protests in Kyiv are having on the work of the Jewish Heritage Museum in Lviv, and on the personal lives of his family and friends. Brief interview with Dmytro Potekhin, specialist in peaceful civil disobedience move...

Ukrainian recipe: millet kasha. Guest interview: Myron (Mirko) Petriw, President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Vancouver Branch. Update of street protests in Ukraine with historical context as well as an account of the rapidly changing events and mounting tensions between the people and the state apparatus. Kultural Capsule with Vasyl Pawlowsky on Ukrainian Unity (formerly Independence) Day,...

A special broadcast looking at the escalating protests and civil unrest currently taking place in Ukraine. Ukrainian Jewish Heritage feature: Hanukkah in Ukraine. Feature Interview: 5:50 Mirko Petriw of Vancouver, political commentator and author of two spy thrillers set in Ukraine, "Yaroslav's Treasure" and "Yaroslav's Revenge." New songs about the Euromaidan movement in Ukraine ... escalating st...