Podcast Episodes

Russia inches closer to total control of the Donbas region--WNBA star Brittney Griner asks President Biden to help free her from Russia

Russia is making gains in eastern Ukraine but at what cost? 

WNBA star Brittney Griner is now asking President Biden directly to help get her out of R…

3 years, 8 months ago

Remembering the plight of millions of Ukrainian refugees forced to leave their country to escape the Russian invasion

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…

3 years, 8 months ago

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine officially accomplishes something he really didn't want to happen: NATO is getting bigger & more powerful

If Vladimir Putin thought his invasion of Ukraine might cower Eastern European countries and intimidate NATO to stay away from the Russian sphere of …

3 years, 8 months ago

While it's defense of the east isn't going great, Ukraine did get one piece of hopeful news today: it could soon be a member of the European Union

While Ukraine's defense of the eastern region of its country against Russia's onslaught of artillery and missiles isn't going great, there was one pr…

3 years, 8 months ago

Would Russia really execute two American POW's captured while fighting with Ukraine; and if they did, would that draw the U.S. into war with Russia?

As Russia's war grinds on in Eastern Ukraine, we're learning a bit more about the fates of two Americans who were volunteers fighting for the Ukraini…

3 years, 8 months ago

Russia & Putin playing the long game in Ukraine: if they can keep the war grinding in the Donbas into the winter, can Putin outlast the Ukrainians, NATO and the West?

The Russians hoped to pull off a lightening strike on Kyiv and rule most of Ukraine within weeks, when it launched the invasion of its neighbor back …

3 years, 8 months ago

First Americans who went to fight for Ukraine captured by the Russians, which adds a complicated new twist to this war: could their fates draw the U.S. deeper into the conflict?

Hundreds, and possibly thousands, of foreign fighters flocked to Ukraine in February and March, eager to take up arms to beat back Russia's invasion.…

3 years, 8 months ago

Is Russia now winning its war against Ukraine? With the Russian military seizing more of the Donbas and the Ukrainians outmanned and outgunned, will the West keep up support?

All of that enthusiasm and optimism from the early days of Russia's war in Ukraine, when Ukrainians were able to beat back the Russian offensive on K…

3 years, 8 months ago

Four months into Russia's war in Ukraine, are the Western sanctions having any impact ... and are they doing more harm to the U.S. economy than Russia's?!

When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine back in February, the United States and most Western immediately launched what they claimed would be cri…

3 years, 8 months ago

Saudi Arabia's role in the global ramifications of Russia's war in Ukraine -- Ukrainians in the south and east are starting to feel desperate & hopeless under unrelenting Russian attacks

Saudi Arabia plays no direct role in Russia's war against Ukraine. The Persian Gulf kingdom isn't providing weapons to Ukrainians nor are they siding…

3 years, 8 months ago