What the Ukraine Scandal Looks Like ... From Ukraine
The NPR Politics Podcast
NPR
4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2019
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
NPR's Gregory Warner of the podcast Rough Translation joins the NPR Politics Podcast to share his reporting from Ukraine. He shares the story of one newly elected parliamentarian as he races to fix a broken system before time runs out.
Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of Rough Translation's mini series on Ukraine.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. |
| 0:05.1 | I'm Asma Khaled, I'm covering the presidential campaign. |
| 0:07.6 | And I'm Ryan Lucas, I cover the Justice Department. |
| 0:09.7 | Last week, House Democrats voted to impeach President Trump. |
| 0:13.4 | And through this entire impeachment process, |
| 0:15.5 | you've heard a lot about Ukraine from the perspective of the United States. |
| 0:19.9 | NPR's Gregory Warner has been reporting from the other side of the Atlantic. |
| 0:24.2 | Hey Gregory. |
| 0:25.0 | Hey there. |
| 0:26.0 | So Gregory, you host a podcast called Rough Translation. |
| 0:28.8 | Talk to us about what you all do. |
| 0:30.8 | Sure, sure. |
| 0:31.3 | So we just finished our third season. |
| 0:33.3 | Our tagline is stories from far off places that hit close to home. |
| 0:37.1 | Essentially, what we try to do is tell international stories that show that we are |
| 0:40.8 | all part of this connected world. |
| 0:42.5 | We're subject to the same forces. |
| 0:44.5 | And there's a lot we can learn from the experiences of people abroad. |
| 0:48.1 | And so you recently reported a two-part series out of Ukraine |
| 0:52.0 | that I think for a lot of our listeners is really interesting because we just |
| 0:54.8 | haven't heard the perspective from the country that has been in some ways, |
| 0:58.9 | kind of at the center of a lot of these impeachment conversations. |
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