Lyubomyr Ostapiv is a financial planner and partner at iPlan.ua. He helps Ukrainian families to achieve their financial goals. He supports financial literacy in his country through a project called "Family Budget" (Сімейний Бюджет). He has an MBA from Kyiv-Mohyla Business School and did his undergrad at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.EPISODE LINKS: Lyubomyr's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyubomyr/YouTube Channel:  @Сімейний Бюджет  Lyubomyr's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lostapiv/Lyubomyr's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lostapivLyubomyr's IG: https://www.instagram.com/familybudget.com.ua/Lyubomyr 's website: https://iplan.ua/Lyubomyr's Family Budget program: https://simeinyi-budzhet.ua/about/PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.totaldescent.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5i3CQw6x1xKnuXOHMQQ2FW?si=6faa773d8b2f487bApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-descent/id1637013196RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/total-descent/YouTube:  @Total Descent  SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/edwardvmarshall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-v-marshall/CAUSES:Operation Palyanytsya/Help Ukraine 22: https://helpukraine22.org/America's Warrior Partnership: https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org/

Iryna Korkushko is a popular Ukrainian blogger and director of Prentkovych Agency. Now she is actively involved in volunteering at the Born to be Free foundation, a volunteer humanitarian organization supporting Ukrainians affected by the war. (Ірина Коркушко) EPISODE LINKS: Iryna's IG and blog: https://www.instagram.com/mamamia__me/Prentkovych Agency website: https://www.instagram.com/prentkovych_agency/Prentkovych Agency IG: https://www.instagram.com/prentkovych_agency/PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.totaldescent.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5i3CQw6x1xKnuXOHMQQ2FW?si=6faa773d8b2f487bApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-descent/id1637013196RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/total-descent/YouTube:  @Total Descent  SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/edwardvmarshall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-v-marshall/CAUSES:Operation Palyanytsya/Help Ukraine 22: https://helpukraine22.org/America's Warrior Partnership: https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org/

The following is an interview with Olga and Oleg Kondratenko. They were both born and raised in Kharkiv. They built their family in Kharkiv together as well. In this chat, Olga and Oleg open a window into the horrors experienced by the people of Kharkiv during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.They were fortunate enough to escape with their young daughter to a city in the western part of Ukraine. Olga and Oleg share what it was like to live through these horrors and the aftermath of leaving everything behind. This is their survivor story.EPISODE LINKS: Ukrainian forces reach Russian border as offensive sweeps through Kharkiv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmNvnvZTWRUTrip to Kharkiv 4K UHD, Ukraine - City Walking Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REi-DzeblLQPODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.totaldescent.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5i3CQw6x1xKnuXOHMQQ2FW?si=6faa773d8b2f487bApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-descent/id1637013196RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/total-descent/YouTube:  @Total Descent  SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/edwardvmarshall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-v-marshall/CAUSES:Operation Palyanytsya/Help Ukraine 22: https://helpukraine22.org/America's Warrior Partnership: https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org/

Evgeniya Pivovarova is a business owner, running her own beauty studio, and a marketer by training. Evgeniya is originally from Donetsk oblast and graduated from the Donetsk National University of Trade and Economics M.I. Tugan-Baranovsky with a degree in Marketing.EPISODE LINKS: Homes for Ukraine: Helping Ukrainians in the UK: https://www.gov.uk/register-interest-homes-ukraineSeverodonetsk from Above: https://youtu.be/DhOy617JWB8Evgeniya's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001888812682Evgeniya's IG: https://www.instagram.com/pivovarova__evgeniya/?igshid=18whrin85w4h0Evgeniya's Telegram: PivovarovaEvgeniyaPODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.totaldescent.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5i3CQw6x1xKnuXOHMQQ2FW?si=6faa773d8b2f487bApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-descent/id1637013196RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/total-descent/YouTube:  @Total Descent  SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/edwardvmarshall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-v-marshall/CAUSES:Operation Palyanytsya/Help Ukraine 22: https://helpukraine22.org/America's Warrior Partnership: https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org/

Stanislav Kravchuk is a doctor, a teacher, researcher, and in his spare time an advocate for medical education reform in Ukraine. He is a gastroenterologist and is a graduate of Bogomolets National Medical University in Kyiv.EPISODE LINKS: Reforming Healthcare in Ukraine (Ministry of Health of Ukraine): https://en.moz.gov.ua/healthcare-reformThe Body School: https://thebody.school/Stanislav's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanislav-kravchuk-b21906168/Stanislav's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kravchuk.stanislav/Stanislav's IG: https://www.instagram.com/likar_kravchuk/Stanislav's website: https://www.kravchuk.info/PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.totaldescent.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5i3CQw6x1xKnuXOHMQQ2FW?si=6faa773d8b2f487bApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-descent/id1637013196RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/total-descent/YouTube:  @Total Descent  SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/edwardvmarshall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-v-marshall/CAUSES:Operation Palyanytsya/Help Ukraine 22: https://helpukraine22.org/America's Warrior Partnership: https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org/

Anastasia Vladychynska works with companies to help them deliver a better customer experiences both inside and out of their organizations. She's also an adjunct professor at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School in Ukraine.EPISODE LINKS: Anastasia's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-vladychynska-622443a/Anastasia's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nastya.vladychynskaAnastasia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworldservicecoach/Anastasia's website: https://www.vladychynska.comPODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.totaldescent.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5i3CQw6x1xKnuXOHMQQ2FW?si=6faa773d8b2f487bApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-descent/id1637013196RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/total-descent/YouTube:  @Total Descent  SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/edwardvmarshall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-v-marshall/CAUSES:Operation Palyanytsya/Help Ukraine 22: https://helpukraine22.org/America's Warrior Partnership: https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org/

Vitalii Zhuhai has spent his career deeply studying multiple languages and applied that expertise to complex translation work and to traditional media and social media analysis. He currently is a grant coordinator for the humanitarian non-profit called Help Ukraine 22. EPISODE LINKS: Research paper: Verbal realization of humor and its features in the German-speaking stand-up comedy genre: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352141083_Verbal_realisation_of_humor_and_its_features_in_the_German-speaking_stand-up_comedy_genreHelp Ukraine 22: https://www.helpukraine22.org/Wooden Horse: https://www.woodenhorse.co/“Telegram Channels as Mass Media Instruments of Political Influence” by V. Zhuhai Sr.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owdWEqu7NlYVitalii's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vitalii-zhuhai-a57b331a2PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.totaldescent.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5i3CQw6x1xKnuXOHMQQ2FW?si=6faa773d8b2f487bApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-descent/id1637013196RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/total-descent/YouTube: @Total Descent SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/edwardvmarshall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-v-marshall/CAUSES:Operation Palyanytsya/Help Ukraine 22: https://helpukraine22.org/America's Warrior Partnership: https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org/

Ivan Zaiets is part comedian, part marketing and brand specialist, and a very entertaining event host. He’s spent his career figuring out effective ways to tell stories and making people laugh along the way.EPISODE LINKS: A Peaceful Afternoon in Chernihiv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTGcY4aFzRYUkrainian Mayor Tour Chernihiv To Witness Destruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMxGhUcXQ5QUkraine drone footage shows scale of destruction in Chernihiv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkKRJ8c-8PoChernihiv Rada (Офіційний веб-портал Чернігівської міської ради): https://chernigiv-rada.gov.ua/Ivan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-zaiets/Ivan's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivan.zaetsIvan's YouTube:  @IVAN ABOUT UKRAINE  Ivan's IG: https://www.instagram.com/za1nka/Ivan's website: https://za1nka.taplink.ws/PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.totaldescent.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5i3CQw6x1xKnuXOHMQQ2FW?si=6faa773d8b2f487bApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-descent/id1637013196RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/total-descent/YouTube:  @Total Descent  SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/edwardvmarshall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-v-marshall/CAUSES:Operation Palyanytsya/Help Ukraine 22: https://helpukraine22.org/America's Warrior Partnership: https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org/

Tatyana Petrukha is an engineer by background and today she works with companies to help them deliver a better customer experiences and improve their human capital management practicesEPISODE LINKS: Diia (Ukrainian E-Government by the Ministry of Digital Transformation): https://diia.gov.ua/Tanya's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatyanapetrukha/Tanya's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatyanapetrukha1/Tanya's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIGtuvjNmAX82MfkJywcNkQTanya's IG: tatyana.petrukhaPODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.totaldescent.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5i3CQw6x1xKnuXOHMQQ2FW?si=6faa773d8b2f487bRSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/total-descent/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrq7J7ZjoKZH0ypz34X96wQSOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/edwardvmarshall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-v-marshall/CAUSES:Operation Palyanytsya/Help Ukraine 22: https://helpukraine22.org/America's Warrior Partnership: https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org/