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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What happened with the Battle of Bakhmut?

    KCRW looks at the leveling of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Russia claims to control the once lively city, but Ukraine denies it.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 23, 2023 • 1 min read

    KCRW looks at the leveling of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Russia claims to control the once lively city, but Ukraine denies it.

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    Dodgers’ fiasco over Pride Night, Norway’s EV lessons for California
    1. 0:00What happened with the Battle of Bakhmut?You’re reading this
    2. 11:39Norway became an EV utopia. What can California learn?
    3. 20:51How Michael J. Fox became a star and lived with Parkinson’s
    4. 39:38Dodgers are in a mess over drag charity group and Pride Night
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      William Courtney

      adjunct senior fellow at RAND, and former ambassador to Kazakhstan, Georgia, and the U.S.-Soviet Commission

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Dodgers’ fiasco over Pride Night, Norway’s EV lessons for California
    1. 0:00What happened with the Battle of Bakhmut?You’re reading this
    2. 11:39Norway became an EV utopia. What can California learn?
    3. 20:51How Michael J. Fox became a star and lived with Parkinson’s
    4. 39:38Dodgers are in a mess over drag charity group and Pride Night
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand