Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio Podcast
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Snippets from the one-hour weekly variety show airing on AM1320CHMB Vancouver and CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo. Recipes, book reviews, current affairs, historical trivia, proverbs, interviews and other spoken word elements. Find the full episodes (with music) now on MixCloud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
- Inside Ukraine’s 242‑Day Siege at Donetsk Airport
In this edition of Knyzka Corner, Myra reviews Airport , Sergei Loiko’s novel based on the 242‑day siege of Donetsk airport. Drawing on his experience as the only foreign reporter living with the defenders, Loiko depicts the Cyborgs’ deter…
- Heal a Mother’s Heart: Svitlana Kominko on Bereavement Support in Ukraine
Svitlana Kominko, co‑founder and CEO of Maple Hope Foundation, describes the Heal a Mother’s Heart campaign and the organization’s extensive bereavement support work for mothers and widows of Ukraine’s fallen. A major component of th…
- Nalysnyky: Classic Ukrainian Crepes from the Nash Holos Archive
From the Nash Holos Audio Archives and the Ukrainian Food Flair cookbook, this flashback features Sylvia Molnar’s clear, practical instructions for making nalysnyky — the delicious Ukrainian crepes enjoyed sweet or savoury. You’ll find thi…
- A Ukrainian Blogger in Mozambique: Telling Ukraine’s Story in Portuguese
Dmytro Yatsiuk speaks about the experiences that shaped his three decades in Mozambique and the development of his long‑running Portuguese‑language work on Ukraine. This episode features a conversation about the path that brought him from…
- Remembering Kyiv in April 1986
In this vignette, Victor Sergeyev of Mikolayiv, Ukraine recalls a spring visit to Kyiv in April 1986, a trip meant only for routine work courses that unfolded into something far more ominous. He describes the city as it was before the trut…
- Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know (2nd Edition) by Serhy Yekelchyk — A Knyzhka Corner Book Review
In this episode Myra Junyk reviews Serhy Yekelchyk’s Ukraine – What Everyone Needs to Know (2nd Edition), a comprehensive analysis of Ukraine’s development as an independent state and the challenges it has faced since 1991. The book update…
- WWI Revisited: The Historical Parallels Behind Russia’s War on Ukraine
First aired on Dec 9, 2023, this historical perspective on WWI is unexpectedly timely. Gene Berezovski of Ukraine War Amps brings it forward into the 21st century with stark parallels to Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine. He outlines h…
- Hava Nagila: Its Ukrainian Origins and Global Cultural Journey
This episode explores the surprising Ukrainian origins and remarkable cultural journey of Hava Nagila , one of the most recognizable songs in the world. The story begins with the melody itself — a nigun , a wordless Hassidic prayer tune su…
- Tomato Yogurt Salad
In this episode of Ukrainian Food Flair on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio, Sylvia Molnar shares a tomato and yogurt salad made with sliced ripe tomatoes, sweet onion, yogurt mixed with sugar, salt, and pepper, and finished with fresh dil…
- Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack - A Knyzhka Corner Book Review
This Knyzka Corner Book Review features Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack , Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s novel about 12‑year‑old twins Rada and Dariia Popkova from Mariupol and the impact of Russia’s full‑scale invasion of Ukraine on their…
- Ukrainian Khrustyky and the Art of the Rose Cookie
Sylvia Molnar takes a deep dive into the secret behind the dainty, delectable and now quite rare sweets called Khrustyky in Ukrainian, also known as "nothings" because they literally melt in your mouth. She shares the ingredients, shaping…
- Military Cadets in Lviv: Voices From Ukraine’s Next Generation of Officers
In 2015, before Ukraine’s armed forces became a global symbol of resilience, a group of military cadets spoke candidly with Pawlina about their hopes and motivations. Recorded inside a hallway at Ukrainian Catholic University during a conf…
- Swimming with Spies: A Knyzhka Corner Book Review
Swimming With Spies is set in 2014 Sevastopol, Crimea and is based on the true story of Ukraine’s dolphins being confiscated by Russia for military purposes. Twelve-year-old Sofiya has a close relationship with her father who is mana…
- Ukrainian Babka – A Traditional Easter Bread
In this episode of Ukrainian Food Flair on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio, Sylvia shares the storied tradition of Ukrainian Easter Babka—a tall, cylindrical sweet bread that’s as demanding as it is rewarding. Babka is made from a delicat…
- Home of Hope: A Canadian‑Ukrainian Lifeline for Vulnerable Young Women in Ukraine
This episode explores the work of the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate (SSMI) through the lens of one of their most significant ministries: the Home of Hope in Ukraine. The SSMI recently opened a second Home of Hope in Chernivtsi, create…
- Canada and the Ukrainian Crisis: A Knyzhka Corner Book Review
First released in 2022. Reposted now for listeners exploring Canada’s enduring commitment to Ukraine. Readers who are interested in international relations, Ukrainian history, Canadian-Ukrainian relations, as well as Canadian politics will…
- Standing Free: A Young Filmmaker’s Journey Into Ukraine’s Front Lines
In this interview, filmmaker Maxim Khomenko talks about Standing Free , his debut documentary filmed in Ukraine during Russia’s full‑scale invasion. Born and raised in Canada into a Ukrainian family from Kyiv, Max describes returning to a…
- Beetniks: A Ukrainian Canadian Culinary Original
In this archival feature of Ukrainian Food Flair , a long‑running series on Nash Holos, you will hear the story and recipe behind beetniks — traditional Ukrainian bread rolls wrapped in beet leaves. Beetniks hold a special place in Ukraini…
- Ukrainian Food Flair: Authentic Recipes from Canada’s West Coast — A Knyzhka Corner Book Review
This Knyzhka Corner book review features Ukrainian Food Flair , a collection of more than 200 recipes by Sylvia Molnar, whose culinary life touched classrooms, home kitchens, and media studios across Vancouver. The collection captures Sylv…
- Olena Lavrishcheva: A Ukrainian Family’s Journey and Community Work in Nanaimo
This conversation was recorded in early 2025. Event references reflect that date. Ukrainian newcomer Olena Lavrishcheva speaks with Pawlina about her family’s extraordinary journey from Kyiv to Nanaimo, their experience of the full‑scale i…
- Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack — A Nash Holos Review
This podcast features a review of the first book in a trilogy by Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch titled Kidnapped from Ukraine. The trilogy brings to light the horrific human impact of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukrain…
- Telling the story of Ukraine’s War: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch on the Kidnapped From Ukraine Trilogy
Award‑winning Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch returns to discuss her newly completed Kidnapped From Ukraine trilogy, set in Mariupol and grounded in the lived realities of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Her work continues to illuminate t…
- Ukraine War Amps Delivers Critical Relief Amid Ukraine’s Most Difficult Winter
Gene Berezovsky of Ukraine War Amps joins Pawlina with a clear, unvarnished update on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine as Russia escalates winter attacks on civilian infrastructure. He discusses how sustained missile and drone…
- Gas, Power, and Protest: Nash Holos Exclusive Interview with Mirko Petriw During the Maidan Uprising
Originally recorded in 2014 and first published in 2025. Resurfaced for listeners who may have missed it. In this Nash Holos exclusive interview from 2014, Pawlina speaks with Mirko Petriw, Vancouver-based author of two spy thrillers set i…
- The Silence of Trees: War, Memory, and Silence as Survival
In this 2011 interview, Valya Dudycz Lupescu discusses her debut novel, The Silence of Trees , a story that moves between post–World War II Ukraine and contemporary America. Drawing on years of interviews with elders who had never spoken a…
- A Canadian Sniper in Ukraine: Why Wali Answered the Call
Canadian veteran and sniper Wali was among the first foreign volunteers to answer President Zelensky’s call in early 2022. He served near Kyiv, Irpin, Bucha, and in parts of the Donbass during the most uncertain weeks of the full‑scale inv…
- From Cuba to Canada: A Conversation with Soviet defector Paulina Zalitsky
A previously aired conversation with Paulina Zelitsky , author of the two‑volume memoir The Sea Is Only Knee Deep . She discusses her work as a marine engineer at a soviet submarine station in Cuba at the height of the Cold War, her experi…
- Inside HURI: How Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute Shapes Global Understanding of Ukraine
Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) has long been a global leader in advancing the study of Ukrainian history, language, literature, and contemporary issues. In this episode, Pawlina speaks with Dr. Oleg Kotsuba, Director of Publ…
- Zelensky by Serhii Rudenko: A Knyzhka Corner Book Review on Nash Holos
In this Knyzhka Corner book review, Myra Junyk takes a fresh look at Serhii Rudenko’s Zelensky , a gripping biography of Volodymyr Zelensky—comedian, political outsider, and ultimately the wartime president who galvanized Ukraine after Rus…
- Ukraine’s First Fight for Independence: 1917–1919
This Kultural Capsule feature looks at Ukraine’s first modern bid for independence in the years surrounding the First World War. It outlines how the early declarations of statehood set the foundation for a national revival that continues t…
- A Harvest Truce: Grief, Resilience, and the Absurdity of War in Serhiy Zhadan’s New Play
A review of Serhiy Zhadan’s A Harvest Truce , a tragicomic portrait of grief, resilience, and daily survival on Ukraine’s front lines, translated by Nina Murray and reviewed by Myra Junyk. *** This week’s Knyzka Corner looks at A Harvest T…
- Sergei Loiko on the Donetsk Airport Siege and His Novel Aeroport (2016 Interview)
International correspondent Sergei Loiko reflects on his time inside the Donetsk airport during the height of the fighting — a rare vantage point that later shaped his novel Aeroport . This 2016 interview captures how the battle was unders…
- Leading up to the Maidan: Mirko Petriw on the Early Signals of a Revolution
In this Nash Holos exclusive from December 4, 2013, Pawlina speaks with Mirko Petriw—Vancouver-based author of two spy thrillers set in Ukraine and then-president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Vancouver branch. This interview was rec…
- Interview: Inside the 2025 TSF Annual Report with Iryna Mycak
Interview with Iryna Mycak about the 2025 Shevchenko Foundation Annual Report. Spotlight on Ukrainian museums in Canada. For full radio episodes and archives, listen on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/nashholosukrainianrootsradio/ Hoste…
- A Nash Holos Interview with Gene Berezovski of Ukraine War Amps about their Fall 2025 shoebox program
Gene Berezovski of Toronto-based Ukraine War Amps in conversation with Pawlina, chatting about giving a brief respite in Canada to a young relative in Ukraine, German Unity day and its parallels to the situation in Ukraine, and how the UWA…
- Knyzka Corner book Review: First Star I See Tonight
This edition of Knyzka Corner features Orysia Tracz’s book, First Star I See Tonight: Ukrainian Christmas Traditions. In this beautiful book, Orysia Tracz explores the origins, rituals, and cultural significance of Ukrainian Christma…
- Feature Interview: A Ukrainian paramedic chats with Pawlina about the M.A.S.H.-style hospital he helped set up in Irpin, frontline tech innovation, and more
A Nash Holos Feature Interview with Nick Buderatsky, a patriotic Ukrainian volunteer who was mentored by legendary combat medic Taira and went on to become a civilian paramedic working on Ukraine's front lines, including Avdiivka and Irpin…
- Two authors speak about their books set in war-torn Ukraine
Recently on Nash Holos I interviewed two authors of young adult novels set in war-torn Ukraine: 2022 Mariupol and 2014 Crimea. Both great reads but also gut-punching, even for adults. "Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack" by Marsha Skrypu…
- Chatting with Canadian Kobzar about the "Toonie Tuesday" fundraiser for Ukraine
Pawlina in conversation with Canadian Kobzar, one of the principals of Toonie Tuesdays, a unique and visionary fundraiser to support Ukraine. Kobzar explains the crowd-funding approach that Toonie Tuesdays takes to overcome the inevitable…
- Nash Holos Podcast 2021-0924 Interview: Oleg Atbashian 2011
Back in 2011, some 10 years ago now, I had the pleasure and privilege of speaking with Oleg Atbashan, author of a book called Shakedown Socialism: Unions, Pitchforks, Collective Greed, the Fallacy of Economic Equality, and other Optical Il…
- Nash Holos Interview - 2024-1207-Svitlana Kominko on Oksana Mukha's west cost tour
Pawlina in conversation with Svitlana Kominko, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Maple Hope Foundation in Vancouver. Svitlana shares details of how her foundation came to sponsor the upcoming west coast and Ottawa performances of iconic…
- Nash Holos Interview - Oksana Mukha Dec 2024
Oksana Poberezhnyk in conversation with iconic and beloved Ukrainian singer Oksana Mukha on her 2024 Canada/US tour. Oksana shares details of her music career as well as her current fundraising project helping with rehabilitation of Ukrain…
- Nash Holos Interview - 2024-1130 - Gene Berezovski of Ukraine War Amps November 2024
Gene in conversation with Pawlina shares details of UWA's 2024 Christmas Shoebox project and how, thanks to UWA donors, Ukrainian families who have lost their homes and livelihoods are being helped with basic footwear as well as food parce…
- Nash Holos Vancouver- 2024-0629
• Ukrainian Food Flair: Two delicious salads: Leek and Apple, and Red Cabbage • Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Myra reviews Trapped in Hitler's Web by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Other items of interest • Great U…
- Nash Holos Vancouver 2024-0622
In this episode: • Ukrainian Food Flair: Bukovynian Nachinka • Kultural Capsule: Ivana Kupala - traditions, history, and rituals • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Other items of interest • Great Ukrainian music! (A musical nod to Ivana Kup…
- Nash Holos Vancouver- 2024-0615
Feature Interview: Anton Lysenko discusses changes to the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement with MLA Ravi Parmar, Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Credentials Feature Interview: Borys Sydoruk of the National Internment Commission in co…
- Nash Holos Vancouver 2024-0608
• Feature interview: Anton Lysenko in conversation with Steve Ostafichuk, co-founder of the De Ty Charities Project which is raising awareness of the plight of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and funds to help rescue and rehabilitat…
- Nash Holos Nanaimo 2024-0605
• Feature Interview: Jerry Boychuk and Fr. Stepan Vytvytsky of St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic parish in Nanaimo give a sneak preview of this Sunday's Ukrainian festival and 40th anniversary celebration of St. Michael's. (Deta…
- Nash Holos Vancouver 2024-0601
• Knyzhka Corner Book Review: The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh, a young adult novel about a teenage boy who, during the covid lockdowns, learns the history of Holodomor from his great-grandmother • Kultural Capsule: A brief bio of Canadian…
- Nash Holos Vancouver 2024-0525
• Feature interview: Ukrainian Canadian musical artist Nastasia Y in conversation with Pawlina, discussing the release of her brand new album Kyiv Soul, the influence of her musician father Kost Yerefeyov, and her upcoming tour to the west…