Congratulations to the listeners with the first episode in 2023! The Portraits season continues, and in this (pre-recorded) episode, we speak with TV Toronto media personality, journalist and writer Max Shcherbina (@uttoronto). In the long conversation, which not everyone will listen to the end, there will be many reflections on social and political topics. Maxim talks about civil society and regional journalism, his past and dream travels, the happiest generation of Ukrainians and the glorious city of Zaporizhzhia. Part of the broadcast is also dedicated to meditation, cinematography, travel and homoerotic tension. 🚨 Subscribe to Patreon to sponsor Nariman's psychotherapy and promote future episodes. / mincultpryvit 💳 Support the project on Monobank: https://send.monobank.ua/4tWzsUJQTq Mentioned in the issue: "Television Toronto" podcast: • 🔞 Piontkovsky headphones, pedicure P... the book "Troubadours of the Empire: Russian Literature and Colonialism", Eva M. Thompson "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", 1997, dir. Thomas Yam "Third Star", 2010, dir. Getty Dalton / in the Maxim podcast called this film "Morning Star" / "Man with a stool", 2019, dir. Yaroslav Popov "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj", 2018 "Vulkan", 2018, dir. Roman Bondarchuk "The Divide", 2011, dir. Xavier Hens Don't be sad. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦 Time codes: 00:00 Shcherbina, not Shcherbina 01:32 about plans for the year 04:29 about working on time and deadlines 08:13 self-diagnosis of a mental person and the value of topics 10:45 about the state, markets and patrons 13:37 podcast as a way of thinking 14:44 about the forms of obtaining information 16:45 about invincibility and sushi set "Bayraktar" 22:19 about superficial perception 22:51 about LCD chats and blackouts 26:30 about equality and Russian logic 29:45 a story about criminal photography 31:34 about fraud and the desire for subjectivity 33:41 justice is a long game 35:07 about tools of society, reforms, power 37:53 conspiracy theory from Nariman 39:00 socio-political grandfather Maksym 40:22 about the reaction to matyuks 41:31 about podcast guests and content for Patreon 43:08 what is twitter? active soldered 4% 46:00 material for fan fiction 46:22 radio during blackouts 48:53 about streams and scraping donations 51:16 musical pause of indomitability 51:40 about power supply and saving 59:59 social issues 1:02:09 about pluses and cons of abroad 1:04:41 about Russian tentacles culture 1:08:03 how to communicate about the enemy? 1:08:52 it will be worse 1:09:39 about Russian colonialism 1:12:28 attention, a call to action! 1:13:11 about hobbies 1:16:14 movies about the last trip 1:19:50 about the long-awaited Blaze concert 1:20:51 about trips 1:22:13 insiders from the life of the film jury 1:24:37 about the Ukrainian language and influence 1:29:20 about intercultural experience 1:31:15 about language learning 1:33:33 about identities and foreignness 1:37:52 about regional journalism 1:41:10 about casting in Bondarchuk's film 1:43:30 exclusive (for those who listened) 1:45:13 story about silent retreat 1 :49:54 about an orgasm startup and its basics 1:57:21 about a round-the-world trip 2:00:51 about adventures in Kuala Lumpur 2:03:17 about the culmination and finale of the project 2:06:37 about a jamb-bar and a hike through the jungle 2:10:28 about a romantic Zaporizhzhia 2:12:34 do you want fan fiction? you only need... 2:14:52 kitsch and hatred in Zaporizhzhia 2:20:28 about knowing a place as home 2:24:05 about traveling in Ukraine 2:25:12 "love creates nuances"