# starr (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover starr. Page: Feed: --- ## [Ukrainian POW Recalls How He Went From Pacifist To Soldier](https://terrelljstarrofficial.captivate.fm/episode/ukrainian-pow-recalls-how-he-went-from-pacifist-to-soldier) _2025-09-04 · Terrell J Starr Official_ I sat down with Maksym Butkevych, a human rights activist who spent more than two years as a POW in Russian captivity. Hearing him describe the torture and starvation he endured was heartbreaking. What moved me most was Maksym's transformation—from a pacifist with no military experience to someone who took up arms to defend his homeland immediately after the Russian invasion. He fought bravely… [Listen](https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fe1bab57-4a13-41ce-86ff-9355351c6840.mp3) ## [Ukrainian Soldier: Trump Thinks Putin Is His Friend. He’s Not.](https://terrelljstarrofficial.captivate.fm/episode/ukrainian-soldier-trump-thinks-putin-is-his-friend-hes-not) _2025-08-22 · Terrell J Starr Official_ Regardless of how the talks in Alaska end between Russian President Vladimir Putin And U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian-American soldier Yaroslav Ponomarov believes it will not end in Ukraine’s favor. Yaroslav moved to Brooklyn with his parents when he was five and grew up American. But when Russia invaded his homeland he decided to return, join the military and fight the colonizers. He said… [Listen](https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/04e6d6a7-ec53-4e00-8cdd-af307357c9fe.mp3) ## [Terrell at the Lviv Book Forum with Myroslav Shkandrij and Bohdana Romantsova](https://terrelljstarrofficial.captivate.fm/episode/terrell-at-the-lviv-book-forum-with-myroslav-shkandrij-and-bohdana-romantsova) _2025-08-08 · Terrell J Starr Official_ Terrell was invited to be on a panel at the Hay Festival in Lviv in October. It's a wide ranging conversation that places the current war in the kind of historical context that is rarely a part of legacy media reporting. The work of Myroslav Shkandrij , professor emeritus at the Department of German and Slavic Studies, University of Manitoba, and author of Revolutionary Ukraine, 1917-2017:… [Listen](https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8660439d-07b3-4a58-bcfb-32a3140ce44c.mp3)