POLcast

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...

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 addi...

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...

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 aroun...

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...

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...

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 t...

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  myPOL...

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...

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...

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 languag...

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...

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 web...

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...

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    POL...

In this episode:  About  building bridges with the past and across cultures What you need to know when you are invited to a meal in a Polish home About being a  Pole Down Under - the Aussie perspective About Arabs from 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...

In this episode:  How a passion for Polish food has turned into a successful business for a Polish-American couple , How an immigrant from Poland created a cosmetics empire in the US, How a 92-year-old, young at heart Polich American created an amazing art oasis in Montana . For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at  myPOLcast.com    POLcas...

In this episode:  Where in Poland you can have a beer in a cellar as old as mediewal crusades How history is not just about the past How we celebrated the  POLcast launch at the Polish Consulate  with great guests and fantastic musicians 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 p...

In this episode:  What city you should definitely visit in Poland and what a unique place you will find there How a Canadian Polish vocalist has become a star in Poland, the country she left as a child More about Polish food and language - how a kind of restaurant that all Poles know and like would make no sense in English For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information ple...

In this episode:  About a very special connection between a book and a unique album by a world class Polish jazz pianist;  How a Pole played a huge role on the road to the smart watches of today;  How a family of circus artists brought up an actor who has acted in five languages in theatres in many countries, including The Royal Shakespeare Company For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of...

In this episode:  What is jazz to one of the greatest jazz musicians, born in Poland, living in the US and Canada;  How being a woman at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries did not stop a Polish scientist from winning two Nobel prizes;  How can young people make a difference, according to a young Polish Canadian living and working in Brussels;  Why a Canadian without Polish roots plans to reti...

In this episode:  How the Polka dance is not what it seems to be Why some Canadians invest so much time and effort to learn Polish? How a photographer sees her work in our image obsessed world How a famous Polish immigrant helped to change 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 l...

In this episode:  How an American professor remembers his three years in Poland which included martial law What Polish invention is commonly used in electronics, and How a Polish Canadian jazz vocalist decided to live 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 abo...

In this episode:  Why the Polish language is perfect for talking to your lover   How being a genius pianist helped in inventing car parts   Why two American girls think it's cool to be bilingual  How a seminar for curious Polish Americana and Canadians led to a unique online publication For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at  myPOLcast.c...

In this episode: Poles and their mushrooms One man’s dream to reverse the Tower of Babel How the twenty-first century engineering and Renaissance meet in Toronto What Poles and aboriginal peoples have in common Kobzy – Polish back-pipes 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 po...