WecontinuethestoryofacovertsmugglingoperationtobringabortionpillsintoUkraine,shortlyaftertheRussianinvasion.Inthisepisode,reportersKatzLaszloandGregoryWarnergotoUkraine,landingonafallnightduringacitywideblackout,topickupthetrailofthepillsandfindoutaboutthedoctorsandpatientswhoneededthem.Butastheyfollowthepillsaroundthecountry,whattheylearnchangestheirunderstandingofhowwetalkaboutthesepills,andhowwetalkaboutchoice,inawar. 

ThisepisodeisthesecondoftwodoneincollaborationwithNPR’sRoughTranslation.Youcanfindthefirstepisodehere(https://zpr.io/CnmNVFQ6X5gc).

Specialthanks totheRoughTranslationteamforreportinghelp.ThanksalsotoLianaSimstrom,IreneNoguchi,andEleanaTworek.ThankstotheearsofValeriaFokina,AndriiDegeler,NoelKing,RobertKrulwichandSanaKrasikov.Andtoourinterpreters,KiraLeonovaandTetyanaYurinetz.ThankstoDrsNatalia,Irna&Diana.ToYuliaMytsko,YuliaBabych,MariaHlazunova,NikaBielska,YvetteMrova,LaurenRamires,JaneNewnham,OlenaShevchenko,MartaChumako,JamieNadal,JonathanBearak,andthemanyotherswhowespokewithforthisstory.ThankyoutoNPR’sInternationalDeskandtheteamattheUkrainebureau.TranslationsfromEugeneAlperandDennisTkachivsky.VoiceoverfromLizzieMarchenkoandYuliiaSerbenenko.ArchivalfromtheHealFoundation.

LegalguidanceprovidedbyMicahRatner,LaurenCooperman,andDentons. 

EthicalguidancefromTonyCavin. 

EPISODECREDITS:

Guesthostedby-GregoryWarnerandMollyWebster

Reportedby-KatzLaszlo,GregoryWarner 

Producedby-TessaPaoli,DanielGirma,AdelinaLancianese

w/productionhelpfrom-NicM.Neves

Mixer-JamesWillettsandRobertRodriguez

w/mixinghelpfrom- JeremyBloom

Fact-checkingby-MarisaRobertson-Textor

andEditedby-BrennaFarrell

Music:

JohnElliscomposedtheRoughTranslationthememusic. 

OriginalmusicfromDylanKeefe. 

AdditionalmusicfromBlueDotSessionsandFirstComMusic.  

 

CITATIONSPhotos- 

SeeaLvivblackoutthroughhostGregoryWarner’seyes–hepostedphotosfromhistimeinLvivonTwitter(https://zpr.io/egzpZZw7xPKk).

Podcasts-

TounderstandUkraine’spresident,ithelpstoknowthetraininggroundofhisyouth:thecompetitivecomedy(https://zpr.io/ympqrikgCkE3)circuit,inthisRoughTranslationepisode.  Listento“No-TouchAbortion”(https://zpr.io/5SB6bpNzUs6r)fromRadiolabformoreonthescienceanduseofabortionpills 

Articles- 

Furtherreading:astudyonmedicalabortion(https://zpr.io/f8h5WNfKaMtk)byGalinaMaistruck,oneofthemainsourcesinourpiece

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