Eugene from Ukraine

Endless Thread

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Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

"How to prepare your house for an active wartime?"

This was the title of a post on r/NoStupidQuestions about a month ago. The Reddit user, a 32-year old Ukrainian name Eugene, asked other users for advice in case Russia invaded. On Feb. 24, Eugene updated the post: "It happened. Nothing can prepare you to waking up at 5am from explosions, it was the single most scary experience of my life." This week, Ben and Amory hear from Eugene as he navigates life in Kyiv and struggles to assess the reality and unreality of information online.

****** Credits: This episode was produced by Ben Brock Johnson and Dean Russell with mixing and sound design by Paul Vaitkus. Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson are the co-hosts.

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0:23.3	Emory, I don't know anything about war, really, but I know that I hate it.
0:35.2	And so it's kind of been hard to pay attention to the news in some ways.
0:42.6	And at the same time, it's important not to look away, right?
0:45.2	Finding out how to do that thoughtfully, responsibly, empathetically is also hard.
0:51.8	But I think a lot of the people who care about what is happening in Ukraine and care about
0:55.6	anyone affected by war anywhere are trying.
1:00.6	And I think that includes us.
1:02.7	Yeah, for sure.
1:05.0	Which is a reason why I think we all agreed to talk about Ukraine this week.
1:14.1	So I want to talk about some specific ways that the internet specifically is playing
1:19.0	a role.
1:21.1	How have you been consuming information about the war in Ukraine?
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