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Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer

Cal Poly journalism professor, Katya Cengel’s Ukrainian connection

By Tom Wilmer
Published March 13, 2022 at 9:17 PM PDT
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Katya Cengel and her interpreter, Sveta prepare to explore an mine in Eastern Ukraine in 2002.
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Katya Cengel and her interpreter, Sveta prepare to explore a mine in Eastern Ukraine in 2002.

Cal Poly State University journalism professor, Katya Cengel talks to correspondent Tom Wilmer about her time in Ukraine and her fear for the country and safety of lifelong friends.

Cengel lived in and reported from Ukraine from 2000 to 2003, an experience she chronicles in her 2019 memoir From Chernobyl with Love.

Katya Cengel's book Chernobyl with Love book cover.
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Katya Cengel's book From Chernobyl with Love book cover.

Cengel recently wrote about Ukrainian history for Smithsonian Magazine.

Smithsonian Magazine feature story about Ukraine by Katya Cengel
Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian Magazine feature story about Ukraine by Katya Cengel

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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