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Dec 21, 2024

On today’s podcast I chatted with Paul Niland, journalist and CEO / Founder of Lifeline Ukraine, the national suicide prevention resource for the country.

This is the third year in succession that I have chatted with Paul from his apartment in Kyiv as he and fellow Ukrainians prepare for another war time Christmas and...


Dec 17, 2023

Paul Niland an Irishman has been living in Kyiv for over 20 years - he is the founder and CEO of Lifeline Ukraine.

Daryna Hruzdieva was forced to leave her home in Kyiv with her family because of the war and she has been living and working in Ireland since March 2022.

I asked them both to chat about the challenges...


Feb 24, 2023

On today’s podcast I welcome back to the podcast, Paul Niland, CEO of Lifeline Ukraine, the suicide prevention helpline service in the country, to reflect on a year of this terrible war.

Paul chats about his experience of Ukraine in his 20 years of living there, the relationship with Russia, the political environment...


Jul 24, 2022

After 150 days of Putin's pointless, brutal war in Ukraine, Paul Niland, who has been living in Kyiv for nearly 20 years, gives us his perspectives of life in a war zone and his deep insights about what has happened and how it is likely to end. 

He met Taoiseach, Micheál Martin on his recent trip to Ukraine and...


Jun 13, 2022

On today's podcast I chat with a Pastor from Bayside Church in Sacramento, California, Kevin Thompson about the increasing role of politics from the pulpit in the United States.

I asked Kevin about changing voices in the community and the politically motivated pressure that may have influenced him to make a move away...