MUkraine | |
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Presentation | |
Hosted by | Victor Fet, Stefan Schoeberlein, Kateryna Schray, Anara Tabyshalieva |
Genre | Russo-Ukrainian War |
Format | Weekly |
Developed by | Larry Sheret |
Language | English, Ukrainian, Russian |
Country of origin | USA |
Production | |
Production | Marshall University |
No. of episodes | 150 [1] |
Publication | |
Original release | March 2nd, 2022 |
License | Public Domain |
Related | |
Website | Official website |
MUkraine is a weekly podcast, hosted by Marshall University, held to give Ukrainian refugees, frontline workers, and soldiers a platform to speak upon the Russo-Ukrainian War. [2] [3] [4] [5]
MUkraine has been hosted every week since March 2, 2022 within a panelist Q&A format. [6] The podcast has hosted over 120 guests that include university professors, philanthropists, charity organizations and Ukrainian refugees, volunteers and soldiers. [7]
The main hosts of the podcast include; [7] [8]
In 2024, As the Sunflower Whispers, directed by Samuel Felinton, was announced as a documentary inspired by interviews from the MUkraine podcast. [9]
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