Start with Your Name

Here's a short look back at the first seventeen episodes from the inaugural season of the Start with Your Name podcast. We're already in production on season two and look forward to sharing many more of these stories with you. Theme song by Oleksandr Savochka

Fleeing Kyiv with his girlfriend, Zeyd must decide where he wants to make a new life, away from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Fulfilling a childhood dream, Zeyd decides that this is the moment to move to Amsterdam and embrace a life in the Netherlands. Theme song by Oleksandr Savochka Additional music by: Denys Kyshchuk, Leigh Robinson & olexandrmusic

Answering to the name "Zeyd" is new for this week's guest, who is originally from Azerbaijan and was studying in Kyiv when the war broke out. Zeyd's journey is an exploration of life as a refugee from his own country and from war-torn Ukraine. Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of domestic violence and abuse. Theme song by Oleksandr Savochka Additional music by: Denys Kyshchuk, Oleksii Kaplunskyi, Oleksii Kalyna, Sergei Chetvertnykh, Nate Loper & Rockot

Guest host Sofie van den Enk talks with Lee about the challenges of living abroad, what he's learned from other podcast guests and about their approach to naming their own child. Theme song by Oleksandr Savochka Additional music by: Dvir Silver, Laurent Buczek & Trygve Larsen

The host becomes the guest as Lee's wife and the executive producer of the podcast, Sofie van den Enk, takes the reins. Sofie speaks with Lee about the long history of their relationship, the email that changed everything and Lee's journey moving from Brooklyn, New York to the Netherlands. Theme song by Oleksandr Savochka Additional music by: Julius H., Ashot Danielyan, Pavel Bekirov, Anastasia Kir & Christian Scholl