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Welcome to the Canadian cultural front of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Over 8 episodes, playwright Andrew Kushnir has intimate conversations with artists in Canada who are putting their art into the fray. An original podcast from the Shevchenko Foundation, Kultura Rising explores how artists are using everything from photography to theatre to the graphic novel, to ingeniously convert creativity into solidarity.The Ukrainian-Canadian arts scene is putting up a fight, building connections to Ukraine, and making something new, rebellious, undeniable and all its own. It’s coming from the ground…
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to the Canadian cultural front of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Over 8 episodes, playwright Andrew Kushnir has intimate conversations with artists in Canada who are putting their art into the fray. An original podcast from the Shevchenko Foundation, Kultura Rising explores how artists are using everything from photography to theatre to the graphic novel, to ingeniously convert creativity into solidarity.
Kultura Rising is hosted by The Shevchenko Foundation. The show has published 9 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Natalka Husar: 'Torn Heart'" (30 April 2026, 51 minutes), "Lianna Makuch and Mariya Khomutova: 'Hope dies last'" (16 April 2026, 43 minutes), and "Markian Tarasiuk: 'The body just knowing'" (9 April 2026, 45 minutes).
Kultura Rising publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 9 episodes.
Booking probability for Kultura Rising is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Kultura Rising requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Kultura Rising's contact route on record: verified email.
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The Shevchenko Foundation hosts Kultura Rising, an arts podcast with 9 episodes published.
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Episode #8
<p>In the culminating episode of Kultura Rising, Andrew enters the World of Husar. An acclaimed painter who has turned knowing and accepting yourself into an artform, Natalka Husar brings to life the complexity and joy...
<p>Andrew connects with beloved ‘compatriotic thespians’ Lianna Makuch and Mariya Khomutova to talk about cultural imperialism and the role theatre has to play in this war. Plus: a really good love story. </p><p>Listen...
Kultura Rising
<p>Andrew fesses up to a tough call. And his guest, Markian Tarasiuk, goes to show how there’s no question: Ukrainian dance is the beating heart of cultural preservation. It also sparks an intimate conversation about...
<p>Through black and white illustrations and carefully-crafted dialogue, writer Adrian Lysenko and graphic artist Ivanka Galadza plunge us into a vivid evocation of the Ukrainian past. And the spaces and silences in...
<p>Andrew spends time on the leading edge of Ukrainian-Canadian filmmaking with Taras Lesiuk and Annick Sheedy-McLellan of Gambade Films. This creative duo lives and breathes cinema’s potential to open doors onto...
<p>Two men discover that they speak in the same ‘photographic dialect’. Through their cameras, Edward Burtynsky and Maxim Dondyuk help us to behold the big and mind-boggling aspects of our humanity. And our mark on the...
Episode #2
<p>Marichka makes vividly clear how music and song are a line to our ancestors and a line to our children. What’s more, that being an artist sometimes means taking unimaginable risks for what you believe in...
<p>Andrew meets his new most-favourite author. Maria Reva’s Endling was a massive literary hit of 2025. It has also become a stunning example of how artists can be interrupted by war – but not stopped. </p>
Kultura Rising
<p>Hear it straight from #23 on the Russian Federation’s Stop List. The Shevchenko Foundation presents an original series looking at the brazen players on the Ukrainian-Canadian arts scene in wartime. Hosted and written...
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