Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the President of Ukraine. On YouTube this episode is available in English, Ukrainian, and Russian. Captions and voice-over audio tracks are provided in English, Ukrainian, Russian, and the original mixed-language version, with subtitles available in your preferred language. To listen to the original mixed language version, please select the English (UK) audio track audio track. The default is English overdub.

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(20:17) – Language

(30:06) – World War II

(46:54) – Invasion on Feb 24, 2022

(53:30) – Negotiating Peace

(1:13:47) – NATO and security guarantees

(1:26:39) – Sitting down with Putin and Trump

(1:46:09) – Compromise and leverage

(1:51:38) – Putin and Russia

(2:01:30) – Donald Trump

(2:12:01) – Martial Law and Elections

(2:24:21) – Corruption

(2:33:06) – Elon Musk

(2:37:10) – Trump Inauguration on Jan 20

(2:40:18) – Power dynamics in Ukraine

(2:43:50) – Future of Ukraine

(2:48:32) – Choice of language

(2:58:02) – Podcast prep and research process

(3:06:27) – Travel and setup

(3:12:13) – Conclusion

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