Nasha Kasha
220 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNasha Kasha is a weekly radio program about Ukrainian life. We travel Ontario and beyond to bring you stories about remarkable lives and events. Our 28 minute episodes are in English with some Ukrainian and music offerings.
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Nasha Kasha 142- LUKA (Repeat)
February 15, 2019 21:02 - 28 minutes - 38.4 MBWe have just marked Valentine's Day in North America. However, this day is celebrated differently around the world. Let's sample how differing cultures mark their days of affection. We'll also hear from a soulful singer named LUKA about life and music and love.
Nasha Kasha 141- Cards We're Dealt
February 07, 2019 20:53 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBAbout a dozen couples play cards each week in a Winnipeg church basement. They know all about making the best of the hand that's been dealt. Two years ago a fire made their church unusable. Friendship, resolve and humour helped them regroup, and keeps them going still.
Nasha Kasha 140- Glory!
February 01, 2019 14:28 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBWords to live by grace buildings, monuments even the currency of many countries. Today, Nasha Kasha looks to Ukraine to explore why its motto proclaims glory above all.
Nasha Kasha 139- Call of Duty
January 17, 2019 19:25 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBIt was mid-January in Thunder Bay, 41 years ao. Constable John Kusznier died in the line of fire at a brawl. He is that city’s only police officer to have been gunned down. This report remembers him.
Nasha Kasha 138- About the Bass
January 10, 2019 18:58 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBThe bass plays the lowest line of notes running through a musical performance. It’s the bridge between rhythm and harmony in jazz. And it provides a strong beat. This week Nasha Kasha is all about the bass and one musician who is studying to master it.
Nasha Kasha 137- Winnipeg Choirs
January 03, 2019 01:56 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBOne Winnipeg choir took the name of an ancient instrument- Hoosli. Another the name of an accomplished composer and choral conductor- Koshetz. As 2019 opens, Nasha Kasha brings us the story of Ukrainian Christmas and two choruses, who give this Julian calendar feast day voice.
Nasha Kasha 133- Sea of Azov
December 06, 2018 17:08 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBThe Kerch Strait links the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea. Its troubled waters flow past Crimea. In 2014, Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine. Then it sent soldiers into Eastern Ukraine. Recent events in the Kerch Strait are turning an on-going international affront into a crisis. As the US Navy prepares to sail into the region Nasha Kasha explores the facts and emotions surrounding this story.
Nasha Kasha 132- PEI Revisited
November 30, 2018 01:17 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBUkrainians in Canada’s four Atlantic provinces, who want to maintain their roots and language are pretty much on their own. Canada’s Ukrainian organizations largely ignore anyone living east of Quebec City because populations are tiny. No Ukrainian community is tinier than PEI’s.
Nasha Kasha 131- North End Winnipeg
November 25, 2018 13:33 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBWinnipeg's North End is a large urban area to the north and northwest of downtown. It's bordered by the Red River on the east and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline to the south. Film maker John Paskievich tells us about growing this storied neighbourhood and his work there today.
Nasha Kasha 130- First Nations
November 20, 2018 14:32 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBOn a recent trip to Thunder Bay, reporter Stefan Andrusiak recorded two stories. One is about a tiny fly-in First Nations settlement. The other is that of a First Nations parliamentarian, who also happens to have Ukrainian roots.
Nasha Kasha 129- Orthodox Liberation
November 09, 2018 17:18 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBThe tenants of the Christian Orthodox faith may be firmly rooted in centuries old scriptures and tradition. But new-found liberation for the Orthodox Church in Ukraine is in the air. This episode of Nasha Kasha tracks the history and explains why being self-headed is important for believers.
Nasha Kasha 128- The Change Makers
November 02, 2018 02:34 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBThey are change makers for Ukraine: entrepreneurs, civic leaders and not for profit organizers working to improve local government in a time of broad ranging reforms. This fall, 10 traveled to Canada. Nasha Kasha explores the challenges that tax them, and how Canada is helping.
Nasha Kasha 127- Remembering the Holodomor
October 26, 2018 18:26 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBHunger is being used as a weapon in the sieges of places like Aleppo, Homs and Eastern Ghouta in Syria. There have been food blockades in Yemeni ports. In the 1930’s Joseph Stalin used hunger to starve the Ukrainian nation. That starvation of millions to death has a name: Holodomor.
Nasha Kasha 125- Ukraine Reggae Aura
October 11, 2018 15:39 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBBorn in Edmonton, based in Montreal, rooted in reggae… a song writer and recording artist known only by her first name, has expanded her influence to Ukraine. This week, Nasha Kasha hears from Auresia and reggae with a Ukrainian vibe.
Nasha Kasha 124- Building Banduras and Bards
October 03, 2018 16:45In 16th century Ukraine, itinerant travellers sang of news, heartache and tradition. They accompanied themselves on a multi-stringed lute-like instrument called the bandura. Today, Nasha Kasha- explores the making of the bandura, and we’ll meet contemporary bards, who play and promote Ukraine’s national instrument.
Nasha Kasha 123- Doing the Math
September 28, 2018 02:21 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBEarly achievement in mathematics is a strong predictor of later academic achievement. This week Nasha Kasha introduces us to two math educators, who tell us how teaching math squares with the root of their Ukrainian culture.
Nasha Kasha 122- Queens University Club
September 21, 2018 13:29 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBMembership in a university students club can extend horizons, build knowledge, shape social networks, even stand out on a job resume. This week Nasha Kasha meets 3 Queens University students, who have excelled at school with benefits rife by getting busy with student life.
Nasha Kasha 121- Rabbi for Ukraine
September 13, 2018 01:27 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBIn 1982, the communist newspaper Pravda, reporting on Jewish refusenik activities in Leningrad, referred to Moshe Azman as an enemy of Soviet Power. This week Nasha Kasha meets the refusenik, who went on to become chief Rabbi of Ukraine.
Nasha Kasha 119- The Calling
August 31, 2018 22:29 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MB"Mat-ka, Mat-oosh-ka, Dob-ro-diy-ka." No matter how you say it in Ukrainian, there is a special role and respect given to the wife of a priest. Yes. In both the Orthodox and the Ukrainian Catholic Churches, men about to become priests are permitted to marry.
Nasha Kasha 118- Iron Woman Susan
August 24, 2018 19:19 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBThe Ironman competition is among Susan Koziak’s most recent professional assignments. This week on Nasha Kasha we here of her career, her heritage and the first boy she ever kissed. Along the way Susan discovers there’s a bit of iron in all of us.
Nasha Kasha 117- Newfoundland's Kubasonics
August 16, 2018 10:59 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBDr. Brian Cherwick leads Newfoundland’s finest Ukrainian folk band. Okay, … he leads Newfoundland’s only Ukrainian folk band. The Kubasonics combine chants from centuries past, Ukrainian love songs, and a touch of punk and rock ... from the Rock. This week, Nasha Kasha introduces a band leader, who earned his PhD in polka, and music that could only have been inspired by a kubasa (koo-bah-sah).
Nasha Kasha 116- Loyalist Odessa
August 12, 2018 22:02 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBOdessa Ontario is 26 kilometres west of Kingston. It is in the very heart of British Loyalist country. There is no evidence of a Ukrainian presence. So why in the mid-1850s would the villagers name their community after a Ukrainian port? The answer is this week’s Nasha Kasha story.
Nasha Kasha 115- Hamilton Contenders
August 02, 2018 18:17 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBThis coming fall, voters in the province of Ontario will elect mayors, councillors, school trustees and all other elected municipal officials. There’s a dizzying array of choices. Nasha Kasha profiles two candidates in Hamilton with similar roots, similar opinions and aspirations. Remarkably they have never met.
Nasha Kasha 114- Cycling the Chumak Way
July 27, 2018 15:14 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBBiking around the block or around North America: it all begins with an intention. This week Nasha Kasha tells the story about bike repairs in order to ride and riding in order to help repair a country.
Nasha Kasha 113- Moncton Ukrainians (Repeat)
July 21, 2018 13:56 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBIn 1975 there was only a handful of Ukrainian families living in Moncton. They formed a club. More than 40 years later, newcomers from Ukraine are putting down their own roots in New Brunswick. Viktor is an astronomer. His wife Julia is a physicist. This week on Nasha Kasha we'll hear why they settled in Moncton, where they're distinguishing themselves at work and at that still-thriving Ukrainian club.
Nasha Kasha 112- Andy and Roy
July 15, 2018 19:23 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBIn Edmonton, back when Andy Semotiuk was a teenager, Roy Orbison’s songs spoke to him like no other. Andy has written a screen play called Only the Lonely. But today it’s more difficult than he ever imagined to tell Orbison’s story his way.
Nasha Kasha 111- Suzie Q
July 10, 2018 14:59 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBBehind the scenes at an American resort, workers reveal why their disperate lives have come together in the Catskills in a place called Suzie Q. Here’s this week’s Nasha Kasha.
Nasha Kasha 110- Even Wish (Repeat)
July 01, 2018 18:43 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBWhat would you wish for if your name were Wish? Evan Wish wanted fame. The young composer traveled from Brandon Manitoba, to Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories before settling in Los Angeles. Today’s Nasha Kasha is all about hopes and dreams, and the choices in between.
Nasha Kasha 109- Balaklava Blues
June 21, 2018 20:11 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBBalaklava Blues is a story about Ukraine's on-going struggle to live free from Russian incursions. It's also the story of two musicians , who have found a calling in all that strife.
Nasha Kasha 107- The Life in Flowers
June 08, 2018 14:31 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBA flower is the seed-bearing part of a plant, that are typically surrounded by brightly coloured petal and a green calyx. They bloom, they blossom and of course they flower. This week, Nasha Kasha is dedicated to that which brings us joy in sight, smell and sometimes taste.
Nasha Kasha 106- Thunder Bay (Repeat)
June 04, 2018 16:29 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBIn Ukrainian "cha-ban" means shepherd. "Zor-ya" means star. In Thunder Bay, the Chaban and the Zorya dance groups have been shepherding and staring in Ukrainian performances for 50 years. This week's episode of Nasha Kasha meets the remarkable women, who lead these groups.
Nasha Kasha 105- Peterborough Violins
May 25, 2018 15:04 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBTwo violins, one stage. One is in the hands of a rising virtuoso, still in school, The other played by a community orchestra member, having read the score and wanting more. This week, Nasha Kasha tells of one orchestra and its rising strings.
Nasha Kasha 104- Niagara Life
May 17, 2018 17:56 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBSouthern Ontario, between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie is called the Niagara. The region encompasses 1,852 square kilometres and a population of about 450,000 residents. Niagara Falls, Welland and St Catharines are three of its 12 municipalities. And for 50 years the Niagara has celebrated it’s diversity. This week Nasha Kasha presents one of 26 open houses at this the longest continuously running folk arts festival in Canada.
Nasha Kasha 103- Lana, Vera and Daria
May 11, 2018 15:12 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBEngineer, Teacher, Veterinarian. Three women came to Canada leaving their professional qualifications in Ukraine. Each has become a Ukrainian community leader in London, where it’s fair to say … women rule.
Nasha Kasha 102- Ukrainian Orthodox Unity
May 05, 2018 14:12 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBIt took a century, but Ukrainians of the Orthodox faith are closer than ever to realizing unity and independence for their Church. This week Nasha Kasha examines the difficult road traveled to arrive at this intersection.
Nasha Kasha 101- Canada's Last Studite
April 27, 2018 15:12 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBNasha Kasha 101- Canada’s Last Studite A soaring tower, a fallen monk, a Woodstock Ontario landmark: all are in limbo. The monastery at the top of the hill is no more. This week Nasha Kasha looks for potential at the edge of all that loss.
Nasha Kasha 100- Mr. Music
April 20, 2018 19:45 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBThe Jack Richardson Awards honour the best, who’ve enhanced London Ontario’s entertainment scene. One of two 2018 lifetime achievement awards went to a man, who once helped the Supremes, Jimmy Ruffin, KISS, and even Liberace get through the day back in the day.
Nasha Kasha 99- Oxana of Norilsk
April 14, 2018 01:03 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBIt is the most polluted city in Russia and among the ten dirtiest in the world. Still, Norilsk- a mining centre built on the misery of Stalin’s work camps did hold the admiration of one former Canadian Prime Minister. This and other stories are remembered by a song writer, who is still drawn to it despite it's cold history.
Nasha Kasha 98- Auresia's Reggae
April 06, 2018 15:30 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBReggae lends itself to a world of interpretations. From the melodic rock-steady of Alton Ellis to the rock and folk-influences of Bob Marley. This week, Nasha Kasha explores reggae for the Ukrainian soul in Montreal.
Nasha Kasha 97- LA Pysanka Festival
March 29, 2018 16:01 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBEaster eggs have become hallmarks of spring, brought down to us from pqgan times. Today, Nasha Kasha travels to California to hunt for Ukrainian Easter eggs, which are called py-san-kas, and to reveal the meaning behind the art of making them.
Nasha Kasha 96- Kontakt Forum
March 22, 2018 19:19 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBMore and more Ukrainian words sound like their English language counterparts. Today, Nasha Kasha dives deep into two that have translated well on television. This is in large part: thanks to the women who present them.
Nasaha Kasha 95- Irish Ukrainians
March 16, 2018 22:25 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBThere are many similarities between the Ukrainian and Irish peoples. Marking St Patrick’s Day 2018, we’ll take a 28-minute tour of some history, music and even mutual affection.
Nasha Kasha 94- Slipak's Myth
March 09, 2018 15:04 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBThe war in East Ukraine has seen men and women from varied professions volunteer. Among them Vasyl Slipak may have been the most flamboyant.
Nasha Kasha 93- The Soo
March 02, 2018 17:35 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBUp in northern Ontario Lake Superior flows into Lake Huron. They call that place on the St Marys River: the Soo. That is where this week’s episode of Nasha Kasha finds weird sister, tiny dancers and a heritage open to all.
Nasha Kasha 92- The Metropolitan
February 23, 2018 15:30 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBHe stood 6 feet 10 inches tall. But it is Andrey Sheptytsky’s bravery and wisdom that gives him his lasting stature among Ukrainians. Church followers called their leader- Metro-po-lyt. The English speaking world knew him as the Metropolitan.
Nasha Kasha 91- Sister Lawrence
February 17, 2018 20:29 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBPoverty, Chastity and Obedience are the vows sworn when entering a religious order. As we learn in this week's episode of Nasha Kasha- a Ukrainian Almanac, what some might find binding is a source of joy for two long serving women
Nasha Kasha 90- Ukrainians at Sea
February 10, 2018 18:36 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBA hit song has been repurposed in Ukraine. It aims to stem the migration of human skills and talents to other countries. In this episode of Nasha Kasha we hear of the incentives abroad and discover that en-masse returns to Ukraine aren't likely to happen any time soon.
Nasha Kasha 89- Ukrainian Thunder Bay
February 02, 2018 15:58 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBUkrainian descendants in one northern Ontario city are trying to maintain the community and churches their forbearers built. Nasha Kasha- a Ukrainian Almanac visits Thunder Bay with a look at their resolve to remain strong and relevant.
Nasha Kasha 86- I Gotta Know
January 12, 2018 00:01 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBOne is a first-time recording artist. The other an accomplished Music Industry teacher. Both began recording songs in a basement studio. The next episode of Nasha Kasha hears about surfacing and staying on top.
Nasha Kasha 85- Most Liked Stories of 2017
January 06, 2018 21:29 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBPoet Curtis Tyrone Jones wrote: "Wise is the one who flavours the future with some salt from the past." Nasha Kasha host Stefan Andrusiak adds a pinch of salt to the kasha that is episode 85. Here are some best liked stories of 2017.