#653 How Far Will Putin Go?

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Sami is joined by Andrea Chalupa, co-host of the podcast Gaslit Nation and an expert on Russia and Ukraine. They discuss why Putin is so obsessed with Ukraine, his aspirations beyond the neighboring country, and what predictions we can make about his behavior moving forward. How serious is a nuclear threat? They also discuss Andrea’s film “Mr. Jones,” which tells the story of Stalin’s famine in Ukraine.Links referenced in the episode: Razom for Ukraine: https://razomforukraine.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.9	Hello, I'm Sammy Sage, and this is the Betches Sub Podcast, where Seaspan meets the
0:23.8	group chat to help you process and laugh at the biggest topics in U.S. News and Politics.
0:28.5	Today, I'm here with Andrea Chalupa, the co-host of the podcast, Gaslit Nation.
0:33.7	One of my favorites, honestly.
0:35.2	She is a journalist and filmmaker of the movie, Mr. Jones, a dramatic thriller which tells
0:39.4	the story of Stalin's famine in Ukraine in the 1930s.
0:43.6	Welcome Andrea, I am so thrilled to be speaking to you on this topic.
0:47.3	Oh, I'm thrilled and grateful to be here.
0:51.1	Thank you so much.
0:52.1	Yeah, I mean, I feel that so much of what I've learned on this crisis and on this particular
1:00.7	geopolitical dynamic has been from you and Sarah on Gaslit Nation, so let's just dive
1:07.2	right in.
1:08.2	I know this is obviously Ukraine is very important to you.
1:11.8	Can you tell us a little bit about why and what your experience is that makes this such
1:17.2	a unique moment for you to be experiencing?
1:21.4	Yeah, absolutely.
1:22.6	So both my mother and father, their families are from Ukraine.
1:27.9	My mother's family is from Donbass, which is a region of Eastern Ukraine that's been under
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