Covering War: The Washington Post's Isabelle Khurshudyan joins the podcast from Odessa, Ukraine

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Episode 191 of the Sports Media Podcast features Isabelle Khurshudyan, a foreign correspondent for The Washington Post based in Odessa, Ukraine, and a former sports writer who covered the Washington Capitals for the Post. In this podcast, Khurshudyan discusses what her days are like covering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; what the city of Odessa, where she is situated, is like; her safety level in the country; whether anything prepares a journalist to cover war; why the war has proceeded as it has; leaving Moscow for this assignment; the global outpouring of solidarity shown toward Ukrainians; wearing a bulletproof vest; how she views Alex Ovechkin within this larger conflict; if she is following any sports; why she does want to leave her assignment; whether she sees an end game for Russia and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.5	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich. Welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
1:12.3	Our guest this week is Isabel Khrushudian. She is a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post currently based in Odessa, Ukraine. Her previous spot was being part of the Moscow Bureau for the Washington Post, but then Russia's invasion of Ukraine
1:29.6	obviously changed, changed the equation for her, changed the equation for the world.
1:34.8	And Isabel talked to us from Odessa, and it's really one of the most interesting or, I don't
1:41.3	know, maybe important, sounds a little too self-important by me, but it was a
1:46.0	fascinating conversation with her. She discussed what her days are like, her safety level, whether
1:51.8	anything can prepare a journalist to cover war, especially one that had not covered one,
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