Public Radio and Podcast Programming from PRX Provides Perspective on War in Ukraine
Listen to new audio reporting from “The World,” “Reveal,” and “Resistance: Stories from Ukraine”
Friday, February 24 marked an unfortunate one-year anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Below are radio and podcast programs across PRX bringing listeners information, analysis, and stories to help provide insight on the global conflict:
“The World” from GBH and PRX
The global news program recently aired a special broadcast featuring reporters Carolyn Beeler and Daniel Ofman alongside producer Patti Daniels in Kyiv, with Marco Werman hosting from Washington, D.C. One year to the day after Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a “special operation” in Ukraine, “The World” reflects on the turning points in the ground war, the humanitarian crisis, and the political fallout as the conflict has become the largest in Europe since World War II:
Recent reports also include:
- “‘I did it with my own two hands’: Ukrainians rebuild even as war continues”
- “My art is not soft anymore’: A Ukrainian sculptor reshapes his vision in response to war”
- “Ukrainians reflect on life a year into war”
“The World” from GBH and PRX is heard on hundreds of public radio stations nationwide. In July 2022, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced support of “The World” for expanded coverage of the war and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Visit theworld.org to hear additional reporting on the war, including in-depth prior coverage.
“Reveal” from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX
The award-winning weekly investigative public radio program and podcast has released an episode in collaboration with the Associated Press — “Listening in on Russia’s War in Ukraine” — with reporters on the front lines taking listeners inside the invasion:
More about the episode available now:
“The day President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, Feb. 24, 2022, Russia unleashed a brutal assault on the strategic port city of Mariupol. That same day, a team of AP reporters arrived in the city. Vasilisa Stepanenko, Evgeniy Maloletka and Mstyslav Chernov kept their cameras and tape recorders rolling throughout the onslaught. Together, they captured some of the defining images of the war in Ukraine. Stepanenko and Maloletka talk [about] risking their lives to document blasted buildings, burned-out cars, enormous bomb craters and the daily life of traumatized civilians…
Next, we listen to audio that’s never been publicly shared before: phone calls Russian soldiers made during the first weeks of the invasion, secretly recorded by the Ukrainian government. AP reporter Erika Kinetz obtained more than 2,000 of these calls. Using social media and other tools, she explores the lives of two soldiers whose calls home capture intimate moments with friends and family…”
“Resistance: Stories from Ukraine” from Project Brazen and PRX
In May 2022, global journalism studio Project Brazen launched “Resistance: Stories from Ukraine” alongside PRX, a podcast featuring first person accounts from Ukrainian citizens confronting war on their doorsteps: musicians and artists, students and teachers, cyber-hackers, children’s hospital staff, and many others. The multi-part series is hosted by award-winning journalist Laurel Chor, reporting on the ground across the region.
A new episode a asks, “How has the war changed the daily lives of Ukraine’s youngest generation?” Reporter Susie Armitage highlights how the war is impacting Ukrainian children as kids share diaries offering a glimpse into their daily routines: lessons interrupted by air raid alerts, jokes about nuclear war, and volunteer work:
About PRX
PRX is a non-profit public media company specializing in audio journalism and storytelling. PRX serves independent producers and organizations by helping them connect to their most engaged, supportive audiences. One of the world’s leading podcast publishers, PRX works in partnership with TED, PBS, the Smithsonian, Futuro Media, GBH, Religion of Sports, and more. PRX is also home to Radiotopia, known as one of the most creative and successful podcast networks. In addition, PRX distributes trusted public radio programming to hundreds of stations nationwide, including “The World,” “The Moth Radio Hour,” “This American Life,” “Snap Judgment,” “Reveal,” “The Takeaway,” and “Latino USA.” PRX programs have been recognized by the Peabody Awards, the duPont-Columbia Awards, the IDA Documentary Awards, and the Pulitzer Prizes. In 2022, Futuro Media and PRX won a Pulitzer Prize. Visit prx.org for more.
