In this episode you will hear: How a young German sees the complicated relationship between Germany and Poland – the past and the present (part 2). What Canada’s Ambassador to Poland sees as his role in Poland and how he promotes Canada there. How an extreme sport can lead to much more than an adrenaline rush and records. Interviews: • Johannes Schneider - a German, born and educated in Germany, who also lived for a number of years in Austria, now a Canadian, talks about his native country's tro...
May 27, 2017•59 min
In this episode you will hear: • How a young German sees the complicated relationship between Germany and Poland - the past and the present (part 1). • How it is possible to master the "impossibly difficult" Polish language when you are British, • How to travel the world with a young child and have extra fun. Interviews: • Johannes Schneider - a German, born and educated in Germany, who also lived for a number of years in Austria, now a Canadian, talks about his native country's troubled past - ...
Apr 29, 2017•1 hr 10 min
This is our special episode, made entirely in Poland. Both Malgorzata and Tomek happened to be in Poland and our separate visits had a few-day overlap. Actually, one of the segments was recorded in Vienna, where Malgorzata travelled to receive a prestigious award - The Golden Owl, often called the Polish Oscars. Hers was in the category of Media, which did include our POLcast as well. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.co...
Apr 02, 2017•44 min
In this episode you will hear: Interviews: • Ela Kinowska and Piotr Sobierajski – Polish Canadians who are travelling across Canada (now in the North) with their RED COUCH to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada and record of Canadians from coast to coast to coast • Minister Valerie Adams-Patterson – minister of communities responsible for housing of Guyana and her delegation (including a Polish Canadian and a Guyanese Canadian) on their way to Poland • Jakub Nagrodzki - a Cambridge Univers...
Mar 04, 2017•55 min
In this episode you will hear: How a Canadian Jew returned to his native Poland after 75 years. Why a Polish runner is running 1600 km from Canadian Yukon to Alaska How a non-Pole got fascinated with Polish WWII history and what this fascination resulted in Was Christopher Columbus Polish? For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It'...
Feb 05, 2017•53 min
In this episode: How a number of coincidences and one man’s determination have changed the lives of two people living thousands of miles apart and unaware of each other, About the winter capital of Poland and the centre of the highlanders’ culture, How a Polish Canadian has been involved in the arts community of Melbourne, Australia. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast...
Jan 08, 2017•33 min
In this special Christmas episode you will hear about Polish traditions and we will play you some beautiful Polish carols. We are making a two week break so that if you have missed any of POLcast episodes, you will be able to catch up during that time. We are coming back after New Year - first Sunday of 2017. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles a...
Dec 17, 2016•37 min
In this episode: About a Polish Canadian pianist’s mission to revive the music of Holocaust-silenced or exiled Polish Jewish composers Why the Polish language sounds like one long tongue twister Why a young Polish Canadian cinematographer chose an unusual career path - From an international cinematography festival to making the right choices For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language...
Dec 10, 2016•31 min
In this episode: How a 3 year old boy’s amazement at a grand piano in a shop window led to international musical career Why Poles are getting a car ready for Tom Hanks How a community spirit can change lives of refugee families and bring people together. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful weekly audio magazine ...
Dec 03, 2016•36 min
In this episode: What is important in studying history - Part two of the interview with an American historian doing research on Poland, How the Polish language expresses closeness and what is the function of Brudershaft, How an animal psychologist can help in a court and in protecting animal welfare. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the...
Nov 26, 2016•34 min
In this episode: What an animal psychologist can teach us about our love for animals How a Polish virtuoso pianist and politician is celebrated in the US How a father’s teaching assignment at Polish universities in the 1980s shaped the life of an American historian specializing in Poland and Eastern Europe. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles aro...
Nov 19, 2016•34 min
In this episode: Part 2 of our interview with a Canadian Polish photographer/author who had unprecedented access to women’s prisons in Afghanistan More about famous Poles, but this time not ones that we can be proud of. About a unique underground organization helping the Jews in German occupied Poland during WW2. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Pol...
Nov 12, 2016•29 min
In this episode: About a Canadian from a Chinese family who got fascinated with Polish history and who feels really at home in... Warsaw About November the 1st being a very special day for Poles How a Polish passport helped a Canadian photographer get into places in Afghanistan that are inaccessible to others and what came out of this. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podca...
Nov 05, 2016•31 min
In this episode: About Poles as treasure hunters as shown in a BBC film A Field-marshal of the Ottoman Army and the Governor of Aleppo - what does he have to do with Poland? What happens when your hunch that you are not who everybody thought you were in finally confirmed. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful week...
Oct 29, 2016•33 min
In this episode: What it’s like to live with a Pole - a foreigner’s take on Poles - part one of our new series The Polish alphabet - what are all these weird looking letters That you can and should become a gatherer - a Polish Canadian’s interest in and book about mushrooms and edible plants. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. ...
Oct 22, 2016•34 min
In this episode: About a three-language play based on the poetry of Polish Nobel Prize leaureate Wislawa Szymborska premiering in Toronto. About the only Polish military cemetery in North America. About a musician’s fascination with Polish Renaissance and Baroque music For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful weekly ...
Oct 15, 2016•33 min
In this episode: About a Polish Canadian pianist’s mission to revive the music of Holocaust-silenced or exiled Polish Jewish composers; Why the Polish language sounds like one long tongue twister; Why a young Polish Canadian cinematographer chose an unusual career path - From an international cinematography festival to making the right choices For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English langua...
Oct 10, 2016•31 min
In this episode: About a three-language play based on the poetry of Polish Nobel Prize leaureate Wislawa Szymborska premiering in Toronto. About the only Polish military cemetery in North America. About a musician’s fascination with Polish Renaissance and Baroque music For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful weekly ...
Oct 08, 2016•31 min
In this episode: Why it was Poles and not other nations that built Hollywood, How we need to be careful and beware of linguistic traps About making a documentary about one of the most well-known Poles. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful weekly audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smartphone or ta...
Oct 01, 2016•33 min
In this episode: How Hollywood was created by Poles - research and two books by a renowned American filmmaker/author That Hell does exist - in Poland How a British singer sang for Soviet gulag survivors in Poland. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful weekly audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smar...
Sep 24, 2016•35 min
In this episode: How the survivors as well as their children and grandchildren preserve the memory of the “Siberian experience”, the part of Polish history still unknown to the world How a radio show can grow in popularity over 45 years About the world premiere of the latest film by Andrzej Wajda Powidoki (Afterimage) at the Toronto International Film Festiwal For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EV...
Sep 17, 2016•45 min
In this episode: About a Canadian writer who authored two books about the role of Poles in the New World. What it’s like to grow up in a family haunted by trauma - a book by a Polish American writer For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful weekly audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smartphone or table...
Sep 10, 2016•34 min
In this episode: About Ludwig, the robot, constructed by a young Polish scientist and his team in Toronto to help people with Alzheimer’s disease About Poles and drinking - from stereotypes to reality What it’s like to be a son of the renowned British historian of Poland prof. Norman Davies. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. I...
Sep 03, 2016•35 min
In this episode: How Polish patriotic songs can be made interesting to the 21st century audiences - Are young Poles any different from their Canadian peers? How Poland features in the largest North American festival of Jewish culture - Toronto’s Ashkenaz Festival. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful weekly audio...
Aug 27, 2016•39 min
In this episode: How a young Canadian musician, a Juno award winner, sees Poland after living and working there How the inhabitants of Cracow deal with dragons How a Canadian actor/playwright wrote a play about his Jewish roots after making a visit to Poland which changed his way of thinking about his identity and all he had ever learned about Poland For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English...
Aug 20, 2016•31 min
In this episode: How an American from Ohio teaches himself Polish How Poles watch foreign films on TV How an actor from the Polish town of Opole became a Canadian theatre director and succeeded in building bridges between Poland and Canada For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful weekly audio magazine delivered direc...
Aug 13, 2016•31 min
In this episode: About Lilac Girls and what this mysterious phrase has to do with Poland. How Canadian teenagers of Polish descent are passionate about Poland For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful weekly audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smartphone or tablet. If you have a Polish customer, collea...
Aug 06, 2016•37 min
In this episode: About a program which allows talented Polish teenagers to study in best British high schools and then continue their education in top universities in the world. How a young Canadian filmmaker’s interest in Warsaw made him move there and resulted in a number of documentaries about its past For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles aroun...
Jul 30, 2016•33 min
In this episode: How a Canadian astronomer of Polish descent has been recording UFO sightings for 27 years. About something as Polish as storks and Polish vodka How Poles have embraced Oxford style debates. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful weekly audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smartphone ...
Jul 23, 2016•32 min
In this episode: How Polish avant-garde theatre is studied and admired all over the world How Polish soups are perfect for hot summer days - part one of our biweekly series: Smacznego, Eating Polish How tragedies from the past can bring people from different cultures together For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at myPOLcast.com POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful ...
Jul 16, 2016•34 min
