On The Ground: Recent Episodes
Johanna Urbancik
On The Ground is series of interviews by journalist Johanna Urbancik. Some episodes are in collaboration with Berlin-based KALTBLUT Magazine and Community Radio station Refuge Worldwide.
Disclaimer: Some episodes aired exclusively on Refuge Worldwide and were uploaded seven days after broadcast after. The views expressed in the interviews are not affiliated with KALTBLUT Magazine and Refuge Worldwide, but the guest's personal stories and experiences. Please don't take their stories out of context.
On The Ground features interviews with young people, musicians, artists and journalists on the ground in conflict and war zones.
Interviews: Jana & Sarah Ashton-Cirillo
This episode first aired on Refuge Worldwide.
On The Ground is presented and produced by Johanna Urbancik.
Our original music is by Bruno Santos.
The latest episode of On The Ground features an interview with the Ukrainian singer-songwriter Max Barskih. He’s been awarded several awards, platinum certifications for his albums, as well as having been called “Ukraine’s music ambassador to the world” by Forbes.
Since the brutal Russian invasion, Max has switched from touring and working on his music to joining the The Armed Forces of Ukraine. He’s recently left Ukraine on a temporary leave to visit the Billboard Music Con in Vegas, as well as a charity tour in Germany, which is currently underway.
This interview is also available to read as a q&a on KALTBLUT Magazine.
On The Ground is presented and produced by Johanna Urbancik.
Our logo is by Tyhran Sohoian and our original music by Bruno Santos.
*TRIGGER WARNING * This interview discusses sexual assault and war.
This week's episode includes two interviews, one with Anastasia, who was born in Belarus but grew up in Ukraine. She lived in Bucha with her mother and left just before the Russian army got there.
The second interview is with Margo, who was also born in Belarus but moved to the US at the age of ten. Margo now spends her time educating her followers on TikTok about the situation in Belarus.
This episode first aired on Refuge Worldwide on 16th March.
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On The Ground is presented and produced by Johanna Urbancik.
Our original music is by Bruno Santos.
This (very short) interview is with Tyhran, only this time he is with us in Berlin! Tyhran tells us all about his very stressful past four weeks of trying to cross the border from Ukraine to Poland.
Our next Refuge Worldwide show is on the 20th of April with Anastasia, a woman from Bucha. Follow Refuge Worldwide and KALTBLUT Magazine on Instagram.
On The Ground is presented and produced by Johanna Urbancik.
Cover photo by Tyhran Sohoian and original music by Bruno Santos.
The second episode features an interview with Agata, a Russian model who now lives in Kyiv with her Ukrainian husband. Agata tells me about her childhood in Russia and what her life was like before the invasion.
This episode first aired on Refuge Worldwide on 16th March.
Follow Refuge Worldwide and KALTBLUT Magazine on Instagram.
On The Ground is presented and produced by Johanna Urbancik.
Our original music is by Bruno Santos.
Johanna Urbancik and Virna Setta from Kaltblut Magazine speak to those most affected by war in Ukraine and beyond. For their first episode, they speak to Tyhran, a 23-year-old Ukrainian artist who has been forced to flee from the Russian army twice.
This episode aired on Refuge Worldwide on 9th March 2022.
Follow Refuge Worldwide and KALTBLUT Magazine on Instagram.
On The Ground is presented and produced by Johanna Urbancik.
Cover photo by Tyhran Sohoian and original music by Bruno Santos.