Letter of Unhappiness

As we head toward a new year, former Rough Translation host Gregory Warner reflects on "goal disengagement" — letting go of past goals, rather than coming up with New Year resolutions. He recommends three of his favorite episodes aligned with this theme for Rough Translation fans ... Show More

In this bonus episode of Love Commandos, Gregory Warner interviews musician John Ellis, who composed Rough Translation's original theme music in 2017, and songwriters Amira Gill and VASU, who jointly created the new theme song for Love Commandos. They discuss their musical proces ... Show More

In Episode 5 of Love Commandos, couples seeking to shut down the Love Commandos' shelter band together for a risky plan. Want to hear bonus episodes of Love Commandos? Sign up for Embedded+ at plus.npr.org/embedded. Subscribe to host Gregory Warner's Rough Transition substack new ... Show More

Before she was killed by a Russian missile strike, the acclaimed novelist and war crimes researcher wrote about growing up in Moscow’s shadow, and how she came to understand what being Ukrainian really meant. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod 

As Russian troops pushed into Ukraine, children who were fleeing newly occupied territories were swept up. Many became part of a Russian effort to portray itself as a charitable savior. The children were placed in Russian families and paraded on television. The Times interviewed ... Show More

When the Russian attacks began, after all attempts at diplomacy had failed, Ukrainians were awoken in their beds by the sound of explosions. Host James Reynolds share the stories of ordinary Ukrainians over the course of an extraordinary week. We hear from men and women in differ ... Show More

A lot of attention was paid in the early days of Russia's invasion to the plight of millions of Ukrainians who had to flea their hometowns in advance of Russian forces descending on Kyiv. But once Russia's initial offensive flopped and the focus of the war shifted to the East, th ... Show More

How does childhood in one country shape adulthood in another - particularly when the values and cultures of those countries seem in total opposition? Karina Carter was born and raised amongst the wreckage of a fallen Soviet Union, before moving to the Netherlands as a teen.Raised ... Show More

Anderson Cooper tells the story of a Ukrainian mother who has lived through the Russian invasion with her 3 young children, and visits her in her home in Kyiv to see how they have been surviving the war so far.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/p ... Show More

In an exclusive interview, Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska joins Fareed to discuss the humanitarian toll of the brutal war, how her family is handling it, and whether Russia will achieve its apparent aim of breaking the will of the Ukrainian people. Then, Mac Margolis, a vete ... Show More

More than a hundred and twenty thousand Russian troops are sitting on Ukraine’s border, with talks still underway to reduce tensions, but no sign of success so far. Yet Ukraine has already experienced Russia's invasion of Crimea, and Russian backed troops taking over an eastern r ... Show More