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Podcast: THE EAGLE: A Times Union Podcast
Episode: Cocktails of Magnitude
Description: Almost a decade ago, Nikita Nakonchnyi spent his summers working as a cook at a resort in Lake George. Three weeks ago, he was a typical 20-something living in Kyiv, Ukraine, and teaching digital marketing. This week, the 27-year-old helped blow up a bridge in a small village outside the city with molotov cocktails and drums of diesel to keep Russians from invading. On this episode, we catch up with Nakonchnyi and discuss the situation in his country. Also on this episode, we'll talk about a completely different kind of cocktailโthe take-home kind from ba...