Over the Globe
This podcast aims to give voices to teenagers from conflict zones. Join a Ukrainian sixteen-year-old, Sofiia Yakymenko, as she speaks weekly to teens from conflict zones all over the world about events that divided their lives in Before and After.
Are you a teenager from a conflict zone, now living in your home country or abroad and want to be interviewed for the Over the Globe podcast? Contact us at: over.the.globe.join@gmail.com
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Episodes
121 episodes
Between Germany and Ukraine: homecoming with a mission
Hello, everyone. I am Sofiia Yakymenko, and this is episode 120 of the Over the Globe podcast. Today, I am joined by Viktoriia, a teenager from Ukraine, who speaks about living with a host family in Germany and returning to Ukraine, what the Uk...
From Kyiv to Athens: learning to speak for a country
In this episode Oleksandr Baranov, a teenager from Ukraine, talks about how he ended up living in Athens, Greece, the international school he attends there, and how Model UN works. Over the Globe is a podcast created as part of Cla...
When certainty disappears: how war changes our priorities
In this episode, I am joined by Anna Akulova, a sixteen-year-old from Ukraine, who speaks about entrepreneurship, financial stability, and how the war changes our mindset.Over the Globe is a podcast created as part of Classrooms Without ...
A childhood interrupted: finding a voice beyond the war
In this episode, Mykola, a seventeen-year-old from Kharkiv, Ukraine speaks about the aerial bombardment of Northern Saltivka - one of Kharkiv’s most heavily attacked districts - that he experienced when he was just thirteen. We also discuss his...
Heart in gestures: the Ukrainian startup breaking barriers
In this episode, Kyra, a teenager from Ukraine, talks about her hometown, Dniprorudne, which is currently under occupation, teaching English, and her startup, Heart in Gestures. The AI-powered platform was created to help people with hearing im...
From Donetsk to Vinnytsia: hope on the run
In this episode I am joined by Elizabeth from Donetsk, Ukraine. She shares her memories of watching the fighting in 2014 from her kindergarten, growing up through years of displacement, learning Arabic, and studying in three schools at the same...
Caught between borders: the fight to keep learning
In this episode, Sadia, a student with Afghan roots who was born in Pakistan, speaks about traveling to Afghanistan and unexpectedly getting stuck there, working at a photography studio, and facing challenges as she tries to continue her educat...
The city by the sea: poetry from the ruins
In episode 113, I am joined by Kateryna, a fifteen-year-old from Akkerman, Ukraine, who talks about her hometown, the day her school was hit by a missile, and writing a poetry book with Voices of Children. Tune in to hear about ancient fortress...
At the terminal of hope: where helping begins
After fleeing Ukraine for Poland, Arina found a sense of relief and purpose by helping others at a bus terminal. When she returned to Ukraine, she continued volunteering, this time supporting children with special needs. Listen to this episode ...
InnerEcho: helping teens heal in times of war
In this episode, I’m interviewing four teenagers from InnerEcho, a trauma-informed digital tool and educational initiative created to support young people who need mental health resources.Through online and offline events, InnerEcho conn...
Reaching for the stars: a speaking club born in Dnipro
In this episode, Veronika Verloochenko, a high-school student from Ukraine, speaks about her hometown, Dnipro, and about her English speaking club, Star, which now has over 3,000 subscribers on its Telegram channel. How does she promote the clu...
Between France and Ukraine: how war reshapes a generation
In this episode, I’m joined by Solomiia Krukivska, a sixteen-year-old from Ukraine, who talks about living with nine other people in a single-floor building in France, her interest in marketing, and how the war has changed our generation. ...
Curiosity under fire. Keeping your inner spark alive
In this episode, I’m joined by Sofiia Honcharova from Ukraine, who talks about how she fled to Germany and then returned to Ukraine, science during the war, and how to keep your inner spark alive when it feels like the world is against you....
The world at nine: what adults forget about childhood
In this episode, I am joined by Hannah, a nine-year-old from Myanmar, who talks about what a typical day at school is like for her, what she would like to change about it, and what adults do not understand about being nine years old.Over...
How to save a life when the system fails: from El Salvador to Ukraine
This episode is a little different from my usual interviews, where I speak with a teenager from a war-affected country. Instead, this is a trilateral conversation with Lars Peter Nissen and Ross Skowronski, where the three of us take turns in a...
From Uzhorod to Maine: carrying Ukraine across borders
After the start of the full-scale invasion, Roman was forced to flee Mykolaiv and relocate to Uzhhorod, where he began volunteering to support people going through challenges similar to his own. In September, he moved to the state of Maine in t...
A childhood in contrast: growing up in Myanmar
In this episode, eleven-year-old Anna from Myanmar shares her perspective on the situation in her country, while also talking about Chinese New Year, badminton, and her love for Stray Kids.Over the Globe is a podcast created as part of C...
Holding on to home: between Bucha and Sumy
In this episode, I am joined by Anastasiia Semylit, a sixteen-year-old from Sumy, Ukraine, who was forced to flee to Bucha in 2024. In this episode, she shares what life in Bucha is like, what it means to take a seven-hour train journey back to...
Running through uncertainty: sport during the war
In this episode, I am joined by Kira, a sixteen-year-old from Ukraine, who talks about what her athletic training is like during the war, how she feels during competitions, and how writing helps her cope with the current situation.Over t...
From student to teacher: reclaiming education
In this episode, Zainab from Afghanistan takes us on a journey from studying Public Policy and Administration at Kabul University, to being denied the right to education, yet continuing to pursue it, receiving scholarships from American univers...
Episode 100: echoes of war across time and space
Over the Globe has reached 100 episodes. To mark this milestone, I’m taking a step back to reflect on the first 99 and trace the common threads running through these stories. What challenges do people in the countries I’ve covered face most oft...
Lessons in the dark: the reality of online learning
In this episode, you’ll hear from Maryam Rasouli, a teenager from Afghanistan, speaking honestly about what comes after an education ban: the weight of despair, the stubbornness of hope, and the quiet strength that comes from not letting the re...
From Rivne to Kyiv: a ticket to change
In Episode 98 of Over the Globe, Daria Prymak takes us from the quiet streets of Rivne, where opportunities for young people can feel limited, to the fast-paced, unpredictable life of Kyiv. She also shares how she found her voice through Youth ...
Homework in the shadows. A future built online
In this episode, Fatima shares what it means to keep learning when education is forbidden. Despite the Taliban’s ban, she continues studying online, pursuing both the British A Levels and the American school system, while reflecting on the diff...
From Afghanistan to Indonesia: a classroom in exile
When the Taliban banned girls’ education, Zahra’s world went quiet. For a whole year, she sank into depression, unable to study, to plan, or even to imagine a future.But little by little, hope found its way back. She started attending le...