Latest Akasha Podcast Episodes
Nasha Kasha 238- The Bells Carol
Nasha Kasha - December 17, 2020 15:54 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPlagiarism, denial, even murder. No, this isn't a story about a term paper gone wrong. Our Nasha Kasha story begins with bells, and it concludes with one of the world’s most endearing Christmas carols.
Nasha Kasha 237- St Nicholas Returns
Nasha Kasha - December 09, 2020 16:17 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHe drives toy sales. He drives a sleigh. He is the role model for gift-giving; the arbiter of naughty and nice. This week, Nasha Kasha goes in search of Saint Nicholas.
Nasha Kasha 236- Siberia Blues
Nasha Kasha - December 02, 2020 20:09 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNorilsk Russia, north of the Arctic Circle, holds the largest-known nickel, copper and palladium reserves on earth. Built by forced labour through bouts of starvation and an ever-present intense cold; it is also one of the world's biggest polluters. Still, one Ukrainian songwriter calls Nori...
Nasha Kasha 235- Glorious Garlic
Nasha Kasha - November 26, 2020 18:38 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsGarlic (chasnyk) has been used for thousands of years for cooking, and for its health and therapeutic benefits. This week Nasha Kasha celebrates garlic in all its Ukrainian glory!
Nasha Kasha 234- The Word is Holodomor
Nasha Kasha - November 18, 2020 16:12 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhen the Nobel committee awarded its 2020 peace prize to the UN’s World Food Programme, it wanted to “turn the eyes of the world to the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger”. The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize recognizes the WFP’s “efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a we...
EP 18 - Just Be - the interview with Suresh Ramaswamy
Podcast for your Soul - November 14, 2020 23:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSuresh Ramaswamy shares in this interview the three major phases of transformation and guides us actively through a light activation meditation. He also talks about beingness and how Light can bring about a quantum shift in healing, transformation and awakening. Suresh Ramaswamy is a transform...
Nasha Kasha 233- How We Remember Cpl Filip Konowal VC
Nasha Kasha - November 13, 2020 14:58 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCpl. Filip Konowal exemplified gallantry in the face of battle, and was awarded the highest military honour in the Commonwealth. Still the Ukrainian community grapples with his past service to Russia, as it honours this great Ukrainian’s memory.
Nasha Kasha 231- Auresia and Reggae
Nasha Kasha - October 29, 2020 20:56 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe week Nasha Kasha presents Auresia, who in Montreal is about to release a new album of reggae rhythms for the Ukrainian soul.
Nasha Kasha 229- Dissidents
Nasha Kasha - October 15, 2020 14:41 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt is one thing to disagree with an oppressor, quite another to do so under threat of deportation, prison or death. Today Nasha Kasha recognizes the sacrifices and the leadership of men and women under threat and torment.
Nasha Kasha 228- Father Josephat Jean
Nasha Kasha - October 12, 2020 14:23 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt was quite common for a boy growing up in the region of Rimouski, Quebec in the 1880s to want to become a Catholic priest. But Francois Jean, would answer a calling to serve Ukrainian Catholics. He would join the Ukrainian rite. Along the way he would even change his given name to Josephat....
Nasha Kasha 227- Chez Vernon
Nasha Kasha - October 02, 2020 12:19 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week Nasha Kasha visits the heartland of Canada’s western most province. The report was recorded well before COVID travel restrictions were put into effect.
Nasha Kasha 226- Ukrainian Pioneers
Nasha Kasha - September 26, 2020 16:38 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTo come to live permanently in a country other than one’s native land is to immigrate. What the Oxford Canadian Dictionary doesn’t mention are the hardships, occasional discrimination, and the pressures to not stand out.
Nasha Kasha 225- Edmonton's Dnipro Choir
Nasha Kasha - September 18, 2020 14:23 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThere is evidence that the act of singing may generate droplets and aerosols. The risk of COVID-19 transmission is unclear. Still choirs cancelled practices and concerts around the world. Nasha Kasha visited a much loved Ukrainian choir in Edmonton, and tells its story before and after the pub...
Nasha Kasha 224- Remembering Katherine Leskiw
Nasha Kasha - September 18, 2020 14:09 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt was South African cleric Desmond Tutu who said that you don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. This week Nasha Kasha presents the story of just such a gift.
Alined Within Trailer
Alined Within - September 07, 2020 05:59 - 1 minuteYou are energetically connected to an infinite source of guidance, wisdom and healing. When you are in alinement within yourself, you are able to clearly receive the messages through this connection, that are always available to you. Fiona Weatherhead, your host and founder of Alined Within, is...
Nasha Kasha 222- School Days
Nasha Kasha - August 27, 2020 19:19 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week, Nasha Kasha hears from educators about their planning, apprehension and hopes for safe learning, as schools open across the land.
Nasha Kasha 221- The Storybook
Nasha Kasha - August 25, 2020 16:52 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPicture childhood characters you read about in your first storybook. Now image that they are real, and all grown up. That's the story of Sonya and Alexander. And we present it today on Nasha Kasha.
The Storybook
Nasha Kasha - August 25, 2020 16:52 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPicture childhood characters you read about in your first storybook. Now image that they are real, and all grown up. That's the story of Sonya and Alexander. And we present it today on Nasha Kasha.
Nahsa Kasha 220- Steve Peters Reboot
Nasha Kasha - August 19, 2020 20:14 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHe arrived in politics waving the motto- give youth a chance. Today we bring you the story of a public service veteran, who’s scored success upon success and now, he's back for more.
Nasha Kasha 219- Summer Heat
Nasha Kasha - August 06, 2020 18:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt's all very good that Canada has four diverse seasons to spread across our stunning landscape. But the one we call summer, is slipping away. Nasha Kasha grabs hold of summer's warmth and innocence. So that we can bask in its glow before the school bell rings.
EP 17 - What my Soul told me - the interview with Richard Barrett
Podcast for your Soul - August 01, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRichard Barrett is author and writes about leadership, leadership development, values, consciousness as well as cultural evolution in business and society. He is the founder of the Barrett Values Centre, where he created value-based assessments for individuals, organizations, communities, and n...
Nasha Kasha 218- Kit Cat Stories
Nasha Kasha - July 31, 2020 00:18 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThere is little scientific proof that social distancing promotes nostalgia. However, one Canadian reporter awoke this week with a mounting urge to write about his favourite cat. This prompted an impromptu collection of cat lore, which we are pleased to now present just for the fun of it all.
Nasha Kasha 217- Accordion Sing Song
Nasha Kasha - July 22, 2020 20:57 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week we bring you three elements of fun in any language. So let's bring on the polkas and accordions and sing alongs.
Nasha Kasha 216- Ferley's Hope
Nasha Kasha - July 16, 2020 15:05 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA span of four years has taken theatre director Susan Ferley from London Ontario to London England, and back again to Ontario. Her pursuit is to further education in theatre. Now with a new theatre to manage, she has had to brake to a sudden stop, along with the rest of us. Here is the story ...
Nasha Kasha 215- Bandura Days
Nasha Kasha - July 07, 2020 21:10 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe bandura is more than the national musical instrument. It is the voice of Ukraine. Today on Nasha Kasha we bring you the story of a builder and then the story of a virtuoso. Each brings life to wood and fibreglass and strings.
Nasha Kasha 214- End of Internment 1920
Nasha Kasha - July 02, 2020 18:35 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDuring the First World War, Ukrainian Canadians and others from Eastern Europe were labelled enemy aliens. They were robbed of their freedom and imprisoned. This year, we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of Canada’s first national internment.
Nasha Kasha 213- Rushnychok at 50
Nasha Kasha - June 24, 2020 19:11 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFifty years ago, four university students in Montreal formed a band called Rush-ny-chok. A rushnychok is an embroidered cloth. Today, we examines the original nature of that band’s legacy, and why Rushnychok earned the title: Ukrainian Beatles.
Nasha Kasha 212- Meet the Stechs
Nasha Kasha - June 18, 2020 17:39 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday’s story had to wait a while as other reporting assignments took priority. Now three months after being recorded, Nasha Kasha is pleased to present it. After all, love stories should not be rushed.
Nasha Kasha 211- Summer 2020 USA
Nasha Kasha - June 11, 2020 19:57 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsGeorge Floyd, an African American, who was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis was laid to rest last week. As we reflect, Nasha Kasha listens to voices from diverse vantage points across the United States.
Nasha Kasha 210- Fr. Anton's 35th
Nasha Kasha - June 03, 2020 15:54 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn St Catharines, Ontario a Catholic priest recently posted this message to friends, who are worried about the pandemic: “Try to keep calm, act responsibly. God is ministering to us through the doctors, nurses and support staff … as they unselfishly care for our needs”. Today, 35 years after ...
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