Features is the home for special content from Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. It includes interviews, commentaries, book reviews, and other recurring and occasional contributions to the program. Below is the latest content from the Features category.
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Ukrainian Food Flair: Огляд книги від Knyzhka Corner (Cook)Book
Read more: Ukrainian Food Flair: A Knyzhka Corner (Cook)Book ReviewA review of Ukrainian Food Flair: Authentic Recipes from Canada’s West Coast, a collection of more than 200 recipes by the late Sylvia Molnar, long-time contributor to Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. Edited by Paulette MacQuarrie, the cookbook blends authentic West Coast Ukrainian dishes with anecdotes, cooking tips, and variations, and stands as a tribute…
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Подорож української родини до Нанаймо: Олена Лаврищева про стійкість та розбудову громади
Read more: A Ukrainian Family’s Journey to Nanaimo: Olena Lavrishcheva on Resilience and Community BuildingUkrainian newcomer Olena Lavrishcheva shares her family’s dramatic escape from Kyiv, their path through displacement, and their new life in Nanaimo. She also discusses the creation of the Canadian Alliance of Ukrainian Workers, a grassroots effort uniting Ukrainians and Canadians to support humanitarian needs and help newcomers integrate. This interview was recorded in early 2025;…
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Preserving Ukraine’s Intellectual Heritage: Dr. Oleg Kotsuba on HURI’s Work at Harvard
Read more: Preserving Ukraine’s Intellectual Heritage: Dr. Oleg Kotsuba on HURI’s Work at HarvardA conversation with Dr. Oleg Kotsuba, Director of Publications at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), on the institute’s grassroots origins, its influential publishing program, and the Ukrainian writers whose work is reshaping global understanding of Ukraine’s identity, history, and contemporary experience.
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A Conversation with Sergei Loiko, Author of Aeroport, on His First‑Hand Experience at the Battle for Donetsk Airport
Read more: A Conversation with Sergei Loiko, Author of Aeroport, on His First‑Hand Experience at the Battle for Donetsk AirportA 2016 Nash Holos interview with war correspondent Sergei Loiko, reflecting on his four days inside the shattered Donetsk airport and the real events that shaped Aeroport.
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A Harvest Truce: Grief, Resilience, and the Absurdity of War — A Knyzhka Corner Book Review
Read more: A Harvest Truce: Grief, Resilience, and the Absurdity of War — A Knyzhka Corner Book ReviewMyra reviews a HURI book, A Harvest Truce, a tragicomedy set in war‑torn Eastern Ukraine, portraying the dignity of ordinary people living under Russian occupation and the fragile “harvest truce” that lets farmers bring in their crops.
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Knyzhka Corner book review: The Torture Camp on Paradise Street
Read more: Knyzhka Corner book review: The Torture Camp on Paradise StreetIn this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Stanislav Aseyev’s, The Torture Camp on Paradise Street. The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, translated by Zenia Tompkins and Nina Murray and published by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, is a personal memoir of Stanislav Aseyev’s two and a half years in illegal…
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Ukrainian Food Flair – the Cookbook
Read more: Ukrainian Food Flair – the CookbookFor those advance planners, here’s a suggestion for holiday gift-giving. Everyone loves a good cookbook, and this one has turned out to be quite popular. In August of last year, I wrapped up a project started almost 20 years ago—a collection of the recipes of Sylvia Molnar, who presented over 200 of them in the…
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29 Years of the Hryvnia: Currency, Identity, and the Stories We Must Not Forget
Read more: 29 Years of the Hryvnia: Currency, Identity, and the Stories We Must Not ForgetUkraine celebrates the 29th anniversary of the hryvnia, its national currency. To mark 29 years of Ukraine’s hryvnia, introduced to the world on September 2, 1996, we revisit a four-part radio series originally aired five years ago on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. This series explores how coins and banknotes quietly tell stories—of independence, identity,…
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Remembering Chornobyl – 39 years later the scars have not healed
Read more: Remembering Chornobyl – 39 years later the scars have not healedToday is April 26, 2025. Thirty-nine years ago, the world witnessed the catastrophic explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. An event that not only scarred the Ukrainian landscape but also left an indelible mark on global consciousness. In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, thousands of brave individuals—firefighters, engineers, scientists, and…
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Asking the question: Where are all of Ukraine’s abducted children …
Read more: Asking the question: Where are all of Ukraine’s abducted children …In early 2024, a new song was released, called Де Ти … two words meaning Where Are You? in Ukrainian translation. The song was written in response to Russia’s bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theatre on March 16, 2022. The building was used as an air raid shelter during the siege of Mariupol, sheltering a…