American journalist Joe Lindsley, on the ground reporting from Ukraine every single day of Russia's full-scale war, conducts interviews with first-hand witnesses and people willing to stand up for the freedom of their land.
Latest episodes
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48 min
LOTF 111 – Sergiy Stakhovsky: From the spotlight of Wimbledon to a life of fighting the invaders
After a career as an elite tennis champ, Sergiy Stakhovksy had a pleasant life growing grapes and making highly-rated wine in Ukraine's sunny Zakarpattia region. Then Russia invade…
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1 h 15
LOTF 110 – Benya Stewart: The Ohio Musician Living Under Missile Attacks
Benya Stewart, an American musician from Ohio, chose to live in wartime Kyiv. Sharing a few of his wartime songs, he speaks with American journalist Joe Lindsley about playing fron…
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51 min
LOTF 109 – John Sweeney: The fighting spirit of the Ukrainian army is kind of off-planet
John Sweeney: "Being in Kyiv, being in Ukraine feels like what it would've been in London or in Britain in 1940. What's happened is that this peaceful democracy has turned out to b…
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49 min
LOTF 108 – Maria Mezentseva: Our Blood Proves Our Dedication
Maria Mezentseva, a member of Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, tells how she was one of the first to arrive in the houses of government when Russia launched its full-scale…
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58 min
LOTF 107 – Deborah Fairlamb: Why Ukrainians are stronger than corruption
“This is the most resourceful country in the world,” says Deborah Fairlamb who years ago quit her Wall Street job and moved to Ukraine, a country where she chose to raise her daugh…
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37 min
LOTF 106 – Taras Topolia: The Rock Star Who Saves Lives At the Front, In Between Jams with Bono
Taras Topolia has been serving as a medic on the front lines against the Russian invaders. But as lead man of the band Antytila, he's also one of Ukraine's top rock stars. He's liv…
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57 min
LOTF 105 — Michael Poperechnyuk of Nikopol: Ukrainian Kickboxer Turned Corruption Fighter
In the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian agents repeatedly attempted to intimidate Michael Poperechnyuk, entrepreneur and civil society leader, in his…
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40 min
LOTF 104 – Alina Poliakova: How Ukrainian Journalists Hold the Powerful to Account in Wartime
American Joe Lindsley, daily war correspondent on Chicago's WGN Radio, and Ukrainian Alina Poliakova, managing editor of the English edition of Ukrainska Pravda (Ukrainian Truth),…
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56 min
LOTF 103 – Political strategist Taras Byk: What Ukraine Can Teach Us About Democracy
Taras Byk's special mission is the breakup of the Russian Federation, a project that doesn't seem so far-fetched after the Prigozhin mutiny. A civil society activist and political…
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41 min
LOTF 102 – Bartender Turned Medic: Ashot Galstian’s War Zone Story
In the face of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ashot Galstian traded his Kyiv bartending career for life in the Donbas war zone. Amid shelling, he rushes wounded warriors away from t…
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56 min
LOTF 101 – Spiritual Freedom VS Tyrannical Rockets. Ukraine's top Jewish leader
Join us for a conversation with Ukraine's Chief Rabbi, Moshe Azman, who shares his thoughts on life in a free society amidst the backdrop of Russian attacks This distinguished Jewi…