Episode 12: Diaspora in the Hot Seat
In this special episode, displaced filmmaker Olia Byrledianu (War Tails) guests hosts and puts our usual host Sabrina Rani-Kiperchuk Furminger in the hot seat for a conversation about diaspora identity, storytelling as resistance, the persecution of Ukrainians in Canada, her family’s legacy of Ukrainian community activism, and why Kiperchuk suddenly appeared in her name. Says Sabrina: “You’ve heard the name of today’s guest host at the end of every single episode of the Ukrainian Roots Podcast / Подкаст «Українське коріння» to date: our ever-vigilant consultant Oli Byrledianu. And what I mean when I describe her as an ‘ever-vigilant consultant’ is that she’s my enthusiastic sounding board for episode ideas and topics. This episode is one that Oli has wanted to do ever since I’d mentioned that I wanted to do a podcast to build that bridge between diaspora Ukrainians, displaced Ukrainians, and Ukrainians in Ukraine. Spoiler alert: bridges were built; songs were sung; laughter was had; tears were shed.”
RELATED LINKS
https://www.yvrscreenscene.com/home/2025/2/27/episode-334-war-tails-follows-heroes-saving-animals-on-the-front-lines-of-the-war-in-ukraine
https://wartails.org/
War Tails trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_-rNAq0oF0
SOCIAL MEDIA
https://www.instagram.com/oliabyrledianu/
https://www.instagram.com/wartails/
https://www.instagram.com/UkrainianRootsPodcast
http://www.instagram.com/sabrinarmf
https://www.threads.com/@sabrinarmf
CREDITS
Host and executive producer: Sabrina Rani Furminger
Editor: Dexter Pullyblank
Editorial Department Lead: Simon Furminger
Consultant: Olia Byrledianu
Producer: Paul Furminger
Original music: Vyacheslav Sarancha, Snow Music Studio
