Podcasts

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  “The elderly are still invisible”: How the Charitable Foundation Starenki works—explained by its head, Varvara Tertychna, in the latest episode of the I’m Just Asking! podcast

  With a background in international business and UN programs, Varvara Tertychna co-founded the Charitable Foundation Starenki in 2017. The organization supports isolated...

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  How to promote Ukrainian literature abroad? Here’s what cultural project curator Ella Yatsuta told us in the I’m Just Asking! podcast

  Ella Yatsuta is from Lutsk ; co-founder of the Frontera Literary Platform , and CEO the Algorytm NGO. In the I’m Just Asking! podcast, we asked Ella how to promote...

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  How to invest in social change and amplify Ukraine’s voice abroad? Khrystyna Boyko on the 3MIN Foundation — key takeaways from the I’m Just Asking! podcast

  Khrystyna Boyko has led the 3MIN Foundation since 2021 and approaches philanthropy as an investment with measurable impact. She believes that good intentions alone aren’t...

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  Psychologist Larysa Didkovska: “Where something is impossible for others, Ukrainians will find ways to do it”. Highlights from the podcast I’m Just Asking!

  Larysa Didkovska is the Rector of the Ukrainian Free University (UFU) in Munich, a member of the European and Canadian Associations of Psychotherapists. She writes books ...

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  Maria Shchedrina lives in Singapore, speaks eight languages, and is the author of a Ukrainian textbook for bilingual children. A summary of I’m Just Asking! рodcast

  Maria Shchedrina is a native of Cherkasy. She graduated from a Gymnasium with an in-depth study of foreign languages and later received her first degree in applied...

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  Paul Tkachenko came to New York with just a backpack. Now he’s the most expensive motion designer for financial companies — key takeaways from the podcast I´m Just Asking!

  Paul Tkachenko finished school in Ukraine, borrowed money from his uncle to buy a video camera, and started working in video production. After gaining experience in reality...

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  Psychologist Larysa Didkovska: “Emigration can become either a pedestal or a reason for suicide” — key takeaways from the podcast I´m Just Asking!

  Larysa Didkovska is the rector of the Ukrainian Free University (UFU) in Munich and a psychotherapist who studies what Ukrainians are experiencing during the war and how...

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  Business on the other side of the world: How marketer Olha Lyeskakova supports Ukrainians in Australia — key takeaways from the podcast I’m Just Asking!

  Olha Lyeskakova is originally from Lviv Oblast. She graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty at KPI with a degree in mathematics. She spent twenty years working...