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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Volodymyr Zelensky: The comedian who wanted to be President of Peace

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Zelensky’s story of a comedian turned President of Ukraine and now war leader is stranger than fiction. So who is the man we have cheered on as he stands up to the Russian invasion? Siân Pattenden is joined by journalist Steven Derix, co-author of the new biography Zelensky, to take a peek behind the curtain of a life lived in the media spotlight, before being thrown into violent conflict.  “Ukraine is one of the countries least known to the public.” “He’s a boss everywhere he goes.” “His parents wanted him to be a diplomat, which is ironic given where he has ended up.” “He wanted to be the President of Peace.”  www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Siân Pattenden. Producer Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer Jacob Jarvis. Bunker music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Jade Bailey. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.5

photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

0:11.8

Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

0:13.0

I loved going to college.

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It's good you can retrain and do something.

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1:11.7

Truth as we know is stranger than fiction,

1:14.0

but in this case, politics, fiction and truth collide.

1:18.0

A Ukrainian comedian makes his name on national television

1:21.0

satirizing the Ukrainian and Russian states.

1:24.0

He goes on to become an actor and wins a lead role in a show called Servant of the People,

1:28.6

where a teacher dreams of becoming a reforming president of the Ukraine and does so rooting out deep corruption.

1:35.0

Months later the actor himself in real life Vladimir Zelensky is running for president

1:41.0

and in 2019 wins by a landslide majority. You couldn't make it up.

1:47.0

But who is Zelensky? How does a celebrated actor go from TV set to Electrum Victory to dealing with an aggressor such as Putin and his military

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