The Week That Was at Global Voices Podcast: Disturbing the Peace

The Week That Was at Global Voices podcast takes a look at some of the stories that have recently come out of the Global Voices newsroom. This week, we speak to former RuNet Echo co-editor Tanya Lokot and current RuNet Echo co-editor Isaac Webb about the recent flare-up of tensions between Ukraine and Russia and what Ukrainians think about the situation.

We also tell you stories of ordinary people facing injustice in Singapore, India and Brazil. And, returning to Ukraine, we hear a dispatch from Global Voices executive director Ivan Sigal about the uncomfortable peace in one Ukrainian city not far from the front lines of war.

Many thanks to Raphael Tsavkko Garcia, RezwanMong Palatino and all our authors, translators and editors who helped make this episode possible.

In this episode, we featured Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA 4.0); In The Darkness (No Voices) by VYVCH (CC BY-NC 4.0); Your Pulse by Little Glass Men (CC BY 4.0); Long White Cloud by krackatoa (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US); Golden by Little Glass Men (CC BY 4.0); Waking Stars by Kai Engel (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0); and Lovely, Lonely (Instrumental) by YEYEY (CC BY-NC 3.0).

The feature photo in this story is by Alice V/Democratize. Used with permission.

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