In this episode “Canada in Poland” you will hear three interviews: • With Canada’s ambassador to Poland Catherine Godin, • With the Head of the Canadian Studies programme at the University of Warsaw  Dr. Ewa Luczak, • With three students of the programme.  Music by Polky, a Canadian folk band.

In this episode “Canada in Poland” you will hear three interviews: • With Canada’s ambassador to Poland Catherine Godin, • With the Head of the Canadian Studies programme at the University of Warsaw  Dr. Ewa Luczak, • With three students of the programme. Music by Polky, a Canadian folk band.

EPISODE 95

In this episode, you will hear three stories: 1. Moses McCormick, a super polyglot who knew 50 languages and loved Polish; 2. Maple Corner about Canadian pop culture, a Polish language blog produced by Joanna Boguslawska in Poland. 3. A secret place in Poland which has just gone through the third major transformation since WWII. 

In this episode, you will hear three stories: 1. Moses McCormick, a super polyglot who knew 50 languages and loved Polish; 2. Maple Corner about Canadian pop culture, a Polish language blog produced by Joanna Boguslawska in Poland. 3. A secret place in Poland which has just gone through the third major transformation since WWII.

Episode 94

Meet Marajke Slomka from Brussels, a polyglot born in Poland. And a story of Gacek the cat, the tourist attraction in Szczecin.

Meet Marajke Slomka from Brussels, a polyglot born in Poland. And a story of Gacek the cat, the tourist attraction in Szczecin.

Episode 93

In this Christmas episode, the last one in 2022, you will hear two interviews: • UCL Leaders -  a great annual conference initiated by Polish students • A WWII puzzle solved - new thriller “Who Has Buried The Dead” and • Christmas music. WESOŁYCH ŚWIĄT! 

In this Christmas episode, the last one in 2022, you will hear two interviews: • UCL Leaders -  a great annual conference initiated by Polish students • A WWII puzzle solved - new thriller “Who Has Buried The Dead” and • Christmas music. WESOŁYCH ŚWIĄT!

Episode 92 Christmas

In this episode you will hear about:  Poland’s and Canada’s November 11th  Canada Study Tour program for Polish hight school students and Alina Deja’s love for Canada  EKRAN Toronto Polish Film Festival #13  A stolen Stradivarius and other unknown stories from POLcast Facebook

In this episode you will hear about: <ul><li> Poland’s and Canada’s November 11th</li> <li> Canada Study Tour program for Polish hight school students and Alina Deja’s love for Canada</li> <li> EKRAN Toronto Polish Film Festival #13</li> <li> A stolen Stradivarius and other unknown stories from POLcast Facebook</li></ul>

Episode 91

“Fight With Art” is the largest online charity auction in the world to offer humanitarian aid for Ukraine and the Ukrainian People. POLcast is talking to Michael Rubenfeld, its organizer, a Canadian performance maker, cultural producer, playwright and actor, who now lives in Cracow, Poland.

“Fight With Art” is the largest online charity auction in the world to offer humanitarian aid for Ukraine and the Ukrainian People. POLcast is talking to Michael Rubenfeld, its organizer, a Canadian performance maker, cultural producer, playwright and actor, who now lives in Cracow, Poland.

Episode 90

From 1940 Kazachstan to 2022 Canada Today I am speaking to two women whom I have interviewed before: • ALICJA EDWARDS (born in 1924) Alicja Edwards is a 98-year-old writer, painter, pianist and antique expert and dealer. She lives in Eureka, Montana. Her paintings showing the traumatic years in Kazachstan in the 1940’s are now telling this incredible story of survival as part of Alicja Edwards exhibit at the Muzeum Pamieci Sybiru (The Sybir Memorial Museum) in Bialystok, Poland.  • Louiza Szacon from KONEKT A Polish Canadian professionals’ organization, whose launch we celebrated on POLcast in 2018 - Konekt has been growing and expanding. I’m talking to Louiza Szacon again to find out how Konekt has evolved and where it’s going now. ____________________________________ MUSIC “Ukrainian Village” composed and played by Derek and Brandon Fiechter, identical twins from Indiana.

From 1940 Kazachstan to 2022 Canada Today I am speaking to two women whom I have interviewed before: • ALICJA EDWARDS (born in 1924) Alicja Edwards is a 98-year-old writer, painter, pianist and antique expert and dealer. She lives in Eureka, Montana. Her paintings showing the traumatic years in Kazachstan in the 1940’s are now telling this incredible story of survival as part of Alicja Edwards exhibit at the Muzeum Pamieci Sybiru (The Sybir Memorial Museum) in Bialystok, Poland.  • Louiza Szacon from KONEKT A Polish Canadian professionals’ organization, whose launch we celebrated on POLcast in 2018 - Konekt has been growing and expanding. I’m talking to Louiza Szacon again to find out how Konekt has evolved and where it’s going now. ____________________________________ MUSIC “Ukrainian Village” composed and played by Derek and Brandon Fiechter, identical twins from Indiana.

Episode 89

Mississauga Polish Day 2022. I will take you on a trip to Mississauga, a city neighbouring Toronto, to experience a colourful, joyful Mississauga Polish Day 2022 - celebration of Poland, polishness and Ontario’s Polish community. May 2022 was the first Polish Heritage Month in Ontario.

Mississauga Polish Day 2022. I will take you on a trip to Mississauga, a city neighbouring Toronto, to experience a colourful, joyful Mississauga Polish Day 2022 - celebration of Poland, polishness and Ontario’s Polish community. May 2022 was the first Polish Heritage Month in Ontario.

POLcast Episode 88

This is my second special POLcast Episode - a tribute to Ukraine, to our Ukrainian sisters and brothers who are fighting heroically to defend their country against Putin's army. This episode is about Canadian-Polish help for Ukraine.• Toronto artists for UkraineThis huge concert “With Ukraine” was organized in Toronto by local artists to show their solidarity and love for Ukraine and to raise money for Ukraine. The idea came from two Polish folk singers from the renowned group Polky.• "United for Ukraine" - gigantic aid campaign in Edmonton"United for Ukraine" is the brainchild of of two former politicians from the Canadian province of Alberta. Nobody has ever done anything like this. 

This is my second special POLcast Episode - a tribute to Ukraine, to our Ukrainian sisters and brothers who are fighting heroically to defend their country against Putin's army. This episode is about Canadian-Polish help for Ukraine.• Toronto artists for Ukraine This huge concert “With Ukraine” was organized in Toronto by local artists to show their solidarity and love for Ukraine and to raise money for Ukraine. The idea came from two Polish folk singers from the renowned group Polky.• "United for Ukraine" - gigantic aid campaign in Edmonton "United for Ukraine" is the brainchild of of two former politicians from the Canadian province of Alberta. Nobody has ever done anything like this.

Episode 87

This is a special POLcast Episode - a tribute to Ukraine, to our Ukrainian sisters and brothers who are fighting heroically to defend their country against Putin's army. We stand with Ukraine and will do all we can to help and support you. This episode shows many faces of this support - in Poland, Canada, and England.

This is a special POLcast Episode - a tribute to Ukraine, to our Ukrainian sisters and brothers who are fighting heroically to defend their country against Putin's army. We stand with Ukraine and will do all we can to help and support you. This episode shows many faces of this support - in Poland, Canada, and England.

Episode 86

POLcast is an English language podcast created for everybody interested in Poland.  Each episode brings you interesting interviews, historical facts, trivia and more.

Content is exclusively devoted to lefty politics:  Every show is filled with virtue signaling, lefty causes and globalist themes and overtures--the basis of their story-selection.  &#34;What Poland Needs to Do to Acommodate Muslim Immigrants!&#34;  &#34;The Afro-Caribbean Nativity!&#34;  Polish people...  providing aid to Africa!  ...to the NY ghetto!  ...to the tranny community&#34;. Tiresome and falsely advertised.  They frequently make subtle (and not-so-subtle) digs disparaging Poland&#39;s government and the patriotic Polish majority which it represents. on the podcast as well as on their Facebook page, etc.  All while claiming to be &#34;above politics&#34;.  More NPR than authentic Polish culture, people, issues, etc, etc.  A real shame.

"Polish Globalist Expat Lefty Liberals"

A satisfying variety of content; some light, some thought provoking, most of it quite enjoyable. Great for English speakers who either want to keep in touch with their Polish roots, or better understand their Polish friends. Thank you Małgorzata and Tomek, keep up the good work!

Bravo!

POLcast

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 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, colleague, girlfriend or grandmother – you will hear something that will help you to enrich these relations..

In this episode:  <ul><li>Where in Poland you can have a beer in a cellar as old as mediewal crusades</li> <li>How history is not just about the past</li> <li>How we celebrated the <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2016/06/polcast-launch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">POLcast launch at the Polish Consulate</a> with great guests and fantastic musicians</li> </ul> For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at <a href="http://mypolcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">myPOLcast.com</a> 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, colleague, girlfriend or grandmother – you will hear something that will help you to enrich these relations..

POLcast episode 12

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 - WWII and its relationship with Poland (part 1 of the interview), • Richard Washington - a Brit, who has lived and worked in Poland for nearly 7 years, fully fluent in Polish, talks about his adventure of learning Polish, • Sergiusz Pinkwart - a journalist, blogger, author and passionate traveller, specializing in travelling with a child and writing about it with his wife. Also in this episode: • POLcast's 1st Birthday - our summary • Roberto, a Maltese radio journalist working in Poland, talks about his experience of living in Poland • “Smacznego! Eating Polish” -  apple raisin cake • Leonard Cohen in 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's a colourful audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smartphone or tablet.    If you have a Polish customer, colleague, girlfriend or grandmother – you will hear something that will help you to enrich these relations

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 - WWII and its relationship with Poland (part 1 of the interview), • Richard Washington - a Brit, who has lived and worked in Poland for nearly 7 years, fully fluent in Polish, talks about his adventure of learning Polish, • Sergiusz Pinkwart - a journalist, blogger, author and passionate traveller, specializing in travelling with a child and writing about it with his wife. Also in this episode: • POLcast's 1st Birthday - our summary • Roberto, a Maltese radio journalist working in Poland, talks about his experience of living in Poland • “Smacznego! Eating Polish” -  apple raisin cake • Leonard Cohen in Polish. For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at <a href="http://mypolcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">myPOLcast.com</a> POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smartphone or tablet.   If you have a Polish customer, colleague, girlfriend or grandmother – you will hear something that will help you to enrich these relations

POLcast episode 42

In Episode 68 you will hear:Interviews:• How young Polish Canadians stirred up Polish youth around the world - 10 years of Quo Vadis On September 20-22, 2019 delegates from all over the world came to Toronto to celebrate 10 years of Quo Vadis, a unique youth movement, one and only in the world. POLcast talks to Ania Barycka, the conference spiritus movens, organizer and veteran.• An Australian Quo Vadis organizer's experience with polishnessWhile at the 10th QV conference in Toronto, I met a really enthusiastic young Pole Szymon Motylek, who now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. His life is quite a story...• A Hongkonger with a Polish heartI met Ericsson Singh at Quo Vadis. Born in Hong Kong, he loves Poland, speaks the language and is very active in the Polish Club at the University of Toronto. He sees his future in Poland with his Polish fiancee Kinga. What a story! and • Smacznego! Eating Polish - Polish goulash (gulasz) • Music - POLcast's surprise at the end of the episode (a Polish Canadian nominated for a Grammy 2020).

In Episode 68 you will hear: Interviews: • How young Polish Canadians stirred up Polish youth around the world - 10 years of Quo Vadis  On September 20-22, 2019 delegates from all over the world came to Toronto to celebrate 10 years of Quo Vadis, a unique youth movement, one and only in the world. POLcast talks to Ania Barycka, the conference spiritus movens, organizer and veteran.• An Australian Quo Vadis organizer's experience with polishness While at the 10th QV conference in Toronto, I met a really enthusiastic young Pole Szymon Motylek, who now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. His life is quite a story...• A Hongkonger with a Polish heart I met Ericsson Singh at Quo Vadis. Born in Hong Kong, he loves Poland, speaks the language and is very active in the Polish Club at the University of Toronto. He sees his future in Poland with his Polish fiancee Kinga. What a story! and • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2016/07/grandmothers-recipes-a-polish-american-couples-passion-episode-13/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smacznego! Eating Polish</a> - Polish goulash (gulasz) • Music - POLcast's surprise at the end of the episode (a Polish Canadian nominated for a Grammy 2020).

Episode 68

This is POLcast Christmas Episode. WESOŁYCH ŚWIĄT i WSPANIAŁEGO NOWEGO ROKU!In Episode 69 you will hear:Interviews:• "Music has been my lifeline": when cancer hitsArthur Lewinowicz, a 27-year-old violin and viola player, composer and teacher, whose life mission is to help kids with various disabilities and special needs learn to play the violin and enjoy music, has been fighting cancer since August.• Living like any other person who can seeMarta Hanyżkiewicz, born in Poland, is a student of business and psychology at New York University and Baruch College in New York City. She is blind but has decided to live her life like any other person her age who can see. • 50th segment of Smacznego! Eating Polish • Polish carols and Christmas songs by Magda Papierz and Ola Turkiewicz, from their 2015 album "Święta kolędą przyprószone".

This is POLcast Christmas Episode.  WESOŁYCH ŚWIĄT i WSPANIAŁEGO NOWEGO ROKU! In Episode 69 you will hear: Interviews: • "Music has been my lifeline": when cancer hits Arthur Lewinowicz, a 27-year-old violin and viola player, composer and teacher, whose life mission is to help kids with various disabilities and special needs learn to play the violin and enjoy music, has been fighting cancer since August.• Living like any other person who can see Marta Hanyżkiewicz, born in Poland, is a student of business and psychology at New York University and Baruch College in New York City. She is blind but has decided to live her life like any other person her age who can see. • 50th segment of <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2016/07/grandmothers-recipes-a-polish-american-couples-passion-episode-13/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smacznego! Eating Polish</a> • Polish carols and Christmas songs by Magda Papierz and <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2016/05/ola-turkiewicz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ola Turkiewicz</a>, from their 2015 album "Święta kolędą przyprószone".

POLcast Christmas Episode 69

In this episode you will hear:Interviews: • Marek Probosz - a Polish success story in Hollywood, where he came for a short visit in 1987 as a big Easter European star - film, television and stage actor in his native Poland with more than 50 starring roles  and numerous awards, known across Eastern Europe as the “De Niro of Poland”(part 1 of the interview), • John Godson - the first black man in Polish Parliament. He moved from Nigeria to Poland in 1993 and in 2001 received Polish citizenship. A minister, missionary, academic, politician, actor, teacher, businessman, he was first a city councillor in Lodz and then became a member of Parliament. • A bicultural Polish-Indian family living in Canada. and • A brief (and brilliant) history of Poland by Dr. Walter Perchal, York University, Toronto.Also in this episode:• Differences between a normal friend and a Polish friend • "Smacznego! Eating Polish" - Polish hamburgers "kotlety siekane" • Updates: Bart Soroczyński, Ola Turkiewicz and Ron Davis • An interesting Polish music connection.

In this episode you will hear: Interviews: • Marek Probosz - a Polish success story in Hollywood, where he came for a short visit in 1987 as a big Easter European star - film, television and stage actor in his native Poland with more than 50 starring roles  and numerous awards, known across Eastern Europe as the “De Niro of Poland”(part 1 of the interview), • John Godson - the first black man in Polish Parliament. He moved from Nigeria to Poland in 1993 and in 2001 received Polish citizenship. A minister, missionary, academic, politician, actor, teacher, businessman, he was first a city councillor in Lodz and then became a member of Parliament. • A bicultural Polish-Indian family living in Canada. and • A brief (and brilliant) history of Poland by Dr. Walter Perchal, York University, Toronto.Also in this episode: • Differences between a normal friend and a Polish friend • "Smacznego! Eating Polish" - Polish hamburgers "kotlety siekane" • Updates: Bart Soroczyński, Ola Turkiewicz and Ron Davis • An interesting Polish music connection.

POLcast episode 44

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 troubled past - WWII and its relationship with Poland (part 2 of the interview), • His Excellency Stephen de Boer - Canada’s Ambassador to Poland since December 2015. • Tomasz Kozłowski - a psychologist by profession, whose life passion is extreme sports - mainly skydiving, mountain rescues. Author. Also in this episode: • Paradise Cave • Foreigners in Poland - who and why? • "Smacznego! Eating Polish" - traditional pork chops • Goodbye to one of the best - Zbigniew Wodecki's music

In this episode you will hear: <ul><li>How a young German sees the complicated relationship between Germany and Poland – the past and the present (part 2).</li> <li>What Canada’s Ambassador to Poland sees as his role in Poland and how he promotes Canada there.</li> <li>How an extreme sport can lead to much more than an adrenaline rush and records.</li> </ul> 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 - WWII and its relationship with Poland (part 2 of the interview), • His Excellency Stephen de Boer - Canada’s Ambassador to Poland since December 2015. • Tomasz Kozłowski - a psychologist by profession, whose life passion is extreme sports - mainly skydiving, mountain rescues. Author. Also in this episode: • Paradise Cave • Foreigners in Poland - who and why? • "Smacznego! Eating Polish" - traditional pork chops • Goodbye to one of the best - Zbigniew Wodecki's music

POLcast episode 43

In Episode 70 you will hear:Interviews:• A no-barrier approach to Polishness It’s fantastic that children of emigrants, Poles who settled in other countries such as Canada, even though they were often born and educated here, are interetsed in their roots, cultural heritage and want to incorporate their Polishness into their identity. There are a few Polish Canadian youth organizations, including the one and only Quo Vadis movement, which we have featured on POLcast. A Polish Canadian young professionals’ organization, whose launch we celebrated on POLcast last year - Konekt is a bit different from other such groups. It’s been growing and expanding.  • Cooking, teaching and singing - all in one I am introducing to you our new POLcast collaborator - Maria Rozynska and her Just Be Cooking. Maria will be collaborating with POLcast and will have her own segment in each episode.  Maria Rozynska created an innovative project in Toronto called Just Be Cooking - where people make food (not only Polish) under expert supervision, hear about its history and cultural signficance, listen to live music, and eat the food that they cooked in a communal meal.   • How can languages save your life? How can knowing multiple lanuages help you stay alive? A Polish American academic Tadeusz “Tad” Haska survived WWII and the stalinist repressions thanks to his unusual linguistics talent. This incredible story was lovingly described by his granddaughter Stefanie Naumann in her book  How Languages Saved Me: A Polish Story of Survival, released in September 2019 with Koehler Books.  • Goodbye to Laura and Peter Żerański - please but their great heritage cookbooks (you can learn about them here) • Music - POLcast's surprise at the end of the episode.

In Episode 70 you will hear: Interviews: • A no-barrier approach to Polishness It’s fantastic that children of emigrants, Poles who settled in other countries such as Canada, even though they were often born and educated here, are interetsed in their roots, cultural heritage and want to incorporate their Polishness into their identity. There are a few Polish Canadian youth organizations, including the one and only <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2017/11/episode-48/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quo Vadis movement</a>, which we have featured on POLcast. A Polish Canadian young professionals’ organization, <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2018/05/konekt-a-new-brand-of-polishness-episode-53/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">whose launch we celebrated on POLcast last yea</a>r - Konekt is a bit different from other such groups. It’s been growing and expanding. <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-26-at-12.06.44-AM.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> • Cooking, teaching and singing - all in one I am introducing to you our new POLcast collaborator - Maria Rozynska and her Just Be Cooking. Maria will be collaborating with POLcast and will have her own segment in each episode.  Maria Rozynska created an innovative project in Toronto called Just Be Cooking - where people make food (not only Polish) under expert supervision, hear about its history and cultural signficance, listen to live music, and eat the food that they cooked in a communal meal.  <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image-11.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> • How can languages save your life? How can knowing multiple lanuages help you stay alive? A Polish American academic Tadeusz “Tad” Haska survived WWII and the stalinist repressions thanks to his unusual linguistics talent. This incredible story was lovingly described by his granddaughter Stefanie Naumann in her book  How Languages Saved Me: A Polish Story of Survival, released in September 2019 with Koehler Books. <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/image.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> • Goodbye to Laura and Peter Żerański - please but their great heritage cookbooks (<a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2018/11/love-for-polish-cuisine-comfort-food-with-multiple-personalities-episode-59/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">you can learn about them here</a>) • Music - POLcast's surprise at the end of the episode.

POLcast Episode 70

In Episode 73 - you will hear: Interviews: • The risk is obvious, but it doesn’t matter The pandemic as experienced by someone who risks her life every day, a front line worker. • Polish Easter At the beginning of March, long before we realized the full scope of what was going on around us, I recorded a conversation with Maria Różanska of Just Be Cooking about Polish Easter traditions.

In Episode 73 - you will hear: Interviews: • The risk is obvious, but it doesn’t matter The pandemic as experienced by someone who risks her life every day, a front line worker. • Polish Easter At the beginning of March, long before we realized the full scope of what was going on around us, I recorded a conversation with Maria Różanska of Just Be Cooking about Polish Easter traditions.

Episode 73 – POLcast on COVID-19 (#2)

In Episode 71 you will hear:Interviews:• “Memory is Our Homeland” – a tribute to those whose story was never told • Canada’s dark past resonates with Poles in Poland  • Pączki –Just Be Cooking Maria Rozynska is talking about the International Pączki Day and the magic od pączki making. To attend the Just Be Cooking Pączki event and other evets, see HERE

In Episode 71 you will hear: Interviews: • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2020/02/episode-71/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Memory is Our Homeland” – a tribute to those whose story was never told</a> • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2020/02/canadas-dark-past-resonates-with-poles-in-poland-episode-71/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canada’s dark past resonates with Poles in Poland </a> • Pączki –<a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2020/01/cooking-teaching-and-singing-all-in-one-episode-70/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Just Be Cooking</a> Maria Rozynska is talking about the International Pączki Day and the magic od pączki making. To attend the Just Be Cooking Pączki event and other evets, see <a href="https://justbecooking.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>

POLcast Episode 71

Our world has changed completely. POLcast has now been transformed to COVID-19 themed podcast and will be released more frequently that once a month - every two (or three) weeks, depending on how much strength I will have to produce it.  In Episode 72 you will hear one interview only: Facts and myths about COVID-19 and how we can all beat it This is a conversation with Dr. Rafal Kustra, Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.

Our world has changed completely. POLcast has now been transformed to COVID-19 themed podcast and will be released more frequently that once a month - every two (or three) weeks, depending on how much strength I will have to produce it.  In Episode 72 you will hear one interview only: <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2020/03/facts-and-myths-about-covid-19-and-how-we-can-all-beat-it-episode-72/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facts and myths about COVID-19 and how we can all beat it</a> This is a conversation with Dr. Rafal Kustra, Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.

POLcast - Episode 72 (POLcast on COVID-19)

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 University student of medicine and president of the Cambridge University Polish Society, main organizer of the 10th Congress of Polish Student Societies in the UK held at Cambridge University. Also in this episode: • The peculiarities of the Polish language - vocabulary traps • Non-Poles about Poles and Poland • “Smacznego! Eating Polish” – delicious strawberry pie • Poles' love for jazz - jazz festivals 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 audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smartphone or tablet.    If you have a Polish customer, colleague, girlfriend or grandmother – you will hear something that will help you to enrich these relations

In this episode you will hear: <ul><li> 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 University student of medicine and president of the Cambridge University Polish Society, main organizer of the 10th Congress of Polish Student Societies in the UK held at Cambridge University. Also in this episode: • The peculiarities of the Polish language - vocabulary traps • Non-Poles about Poles and Poland • “Smacznego! Eating Polish” – delicious strawberry pie • Poles' love for jazz - jazz festivals in Poland. </li> </ul> For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at <a href="http://mypolcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">myPOLcast.com</a> POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smartphone or tablet.   If you have a Polish customer, colleague, girlfriend or grandmother – you will hear something that will help you to enrich these relations

POLcast episode 40

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's a colourful audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smartphone or tablet.    If you have a Polish customer, colleague, girlfriend or grandmother – you will hear something that will help you to enrich these relations

In this episode you will hear: <ul><li><a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2017/02/jews-letter-hitler-poland-75-years-episode-39/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How a Canadian Jew returned to his native Poland after 75 years.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2017/02/thousand-mile-run-dogs-episode-39/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why a Polish runner is running 1600 km from Canadian Yukon to Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2017/02/armenian-american-publishes-books-on-poland/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How a non-Pole got fascinated with Polish WWII history and what this fascination resulted in</a></li> <li>Was Christopher Columbus Polish?</li> </ul> For full length interviews, visuals and a lot of additional information please visit our website at <a href="http://mypolcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">myPOLcast.com</a> POLcast is the FIRST EVER English language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world. It's a colourful audio magazine delivered directly to your computer, smartphone or tablet.   If you have a Polish customer, colleague, girlfriend or grandmother – you will hear something that will help you to enrich these relations

POLcast episode 39

In Episode 67 you will hear:Interviews:• Was it worth it? A story of an immigrant's journey Liliana Arkuszewski lives in Ottawa. Her book about her immigration journey written in Polish has now been translated to English and recently published.  • A true hero who risked his life to save others Mr. Franciszek Paslawski, who just passed away in September 2019, was the last Righteous Among Nations still living in Canada. This is his story and the story of those who owe him their lives. • In love with Dawson City, Yukon Matylda Lis, a vivacious young Polish Canadian woman who travels all over the world, has fallen in love with Dawson City, Yukon, famous for the Klondike gold rush. Matylda spends all her summers there and has become a part of its community. and • Smacznego! Eating Polish - plum crumble • Music - POLcast's surprise at the end of the episode.

In Episode 67 you will hear: Interviews: <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2019/10/columbus-in-jeans-a-story-of-an-immigrants-journey-episode-67/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">• Was it worth it? A story of an immigrant's journey</a> Liliana Arkuszewski lives in Ottawa. Her book about her immigration journey written in Polish has now been translated to English and recently published.  <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2019/10/a-true-hero-who-risked-his-life-to-save-others-episode-67/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">• A true hero who risked his life to save others</a> Mr. Franciszek Paslawski, who just passed away in September 2019, was the last Righteous Among Nations still living in Canada. This is his story and the story of those who owe him their lives. <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2019/10/in-love-with-dawson-city-yukon-episode-67/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">• In love with Dawson City, Yukon</a> Matylda Lis, a vivacious young Polish Canadian woman who travels all over the world, has fallen in love with Dawson City, Yukon, famous for the Klondike gold rush. Matylda spends all her summers there and has become a part of its community. and • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2016/07/grandmothers-recipes-a-polish-american-couples-passion-episode-13/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smacznego! Eating Polish</a> - plum crumble • Music - POLcast's surprise at the end of the episode.

POLcast Episode 67

Episode 66

In Episode 65 you will hear:Interviews:• Murder, cover up and forced silence - the war was not over for Poles Wanda Kościa talks to Piotr Szkopiak, British writer/director and his most recent film “The Last Witness”, a thriller which talks about the Katyn 1940 monumental masacre, in itself a tragedy, but also about another tragic aspect of it - the coverup by the Allies, who didn’t want to reveal the Soviet guilt, ascribing it to the Germans. The film also shows the fate of Polish refugees after WWII who lived for years in displaced persons’ camps in Britain, unable to return to their motherland controlled by the communist Soviet Union after the war, and unable to openly talk about why they had to stay in Britain and what had happened. • The future of money and information Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology - everybody talks about these hot terms but not everyone understands what they are all about. It's all explained by Thomas Jankowski, the Chief Digital &amp; Growth Officer at Coinsquare, Canada’s leading exchange for trading Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital currencies. and • Smacznego! Eating Polish - super apple recipes • Music- POLcast's surprise at the end of the episode.

In Episode 65 you will hear: Interviews: • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2019/06/murder-cover-up-and-forced-silence-a-film-on-katyn-without-the-massacre-episode-65/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Murder, cover up and forced silence - the war was not over for Poles</a> Wanda Kościa talks to Piotr Szkopiak, British writer/director and his most recent film “The Last Witness”, a thriller which talks about the Katyn 1940 monumental masacre, in itself a tragedy, but also about another tragic aspect of it - the coverup by the Allies, who didn’t want to reveal the Soviet guilt, ascribing it to the Germans. The film also shows the fate of Polish refugees after WWII who lived for years in displaced persons’ camps in Britain, unable to return to their motherland controlled by the communist Soviet Union after the war, and unable to openly talk about why they had to stay in Britain and what had happened. <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2019/06/the-future-of-money-and-information-episode-65/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">• The future of money and information</a> Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology - everybody talks about these hot terms but not everyone understands what they are all about. It's all explained by Thomas Jankowski, the Chief Digital &amp; Growth Officer at Coinsquare, Canada’s leading exchange for trading Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital currencies. and • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2016/07/grandmothers-recipes-a-polish-american-couples-passion-episode-13/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smacznego! Eating Polish</a> - super apple recipes • Music- POLcast's surprise at the end of the episode.

POLcast Episode 65

In Episode 64 you will hear:Interviews:• Polish language, literature and culture lovers at a North American universityWhy is it that not only people with Polish roots but also people who have no Polish blood in them study Polish literature, culture and language in countries outside Poland such as Canada?• The land of mosquitos and Poles in Ontario (Part 2)Kaszuby, an area in northern Ontario, about 200 kilometres west of Ottawa, named after the part of northern Poland from which the first settlers came, is the site of the first Polish settlement in Canada. The Kashubian language and childhood memories...• A translator's gift to English language readers Bill Johnston, a professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University and an award winning prolific translator of Polish literature of all genres and epochs, did the unthinkable - translated the legendary Polish national epic "Pan Tadeusz" by Adam Mickiewicz (1834), in verse. “Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania” was published by Achipelago Books in 2018. How did he do that? and • Smacznego! Eating Polish - super beet recipes • UPDATES - what's new in the POLcast family? Recent achievements of POLcast interviewees. • Music- POLcast's surprise at the end of the episode.

In Episode 64 you will hear: Interviews: • Polish language, literature and culture lovers at a North American university Why is it that not only people with Polish roots but also people who have no Polish blood in them study Polish literature, culture and language in countries outside Poland such as Canada?• The land of mosquitos and Poles in Ontario (Part 2) Kaszuby, an area in northern Ontario, about 200 kilometres west of Ottawa, named after the part of northern Poland from which the first settlers came, is the site of the first Polish settlement in Canada. The Kashubian language and childhood memories...• A translator's gift to English language readers  Bill Johnston, a professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University and an award winning prolific translator of Polish literature of all genres and epochs, did the unthinkable - translated the legendary Polish national epic "Pan Tadeusz" by Adam Mickiewicz (1834), in verse. “Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania” was published by Achipelago Books in 2018. How did he do that? and • Smacznego! Eating Polish - super beet recipes • UPDATES - what's new in the POLcast family? Recent achievements of POLcast interviewees. • Music- POLcast's surprise at the end of the episode.

POLcast Episode 64

In this episode you will hear:Interviews:• From building capitalism in Poland to writing books and helping othersAgnieszka Dydycz tells her story of the very beginning of capitalism in Poland and her role in creating capital markets at the national level, her interactions with the biggest institutional global investors, and then... her life as a writer and her charity work.  • Polished ice - curling in PolandAdela Walczak lives in Poland, a country without any curling traditions and without any curling facilities. Until now, because Adela decided to build a world class curling club in her home town Łódź, in the centre of Poland. And she did!  • The land of mosquitos and Poles in OntarioKaszuby, an area in northern Ontario, about 200 kilometres west of Ottawa, named after the part of northern Poland from which the first settlers came, is the site of the first Polish settlement in Canada. and • Great Poles - Marian Smoluchowski • Smacznego! Eating Polish - sorrel soup

In this episode you will hear: Interviews: • From building capitalism in Poland to writing books and helping others Agnieszka Dydycz tells her story of the very beginning of capitalism in Poland and her role in creating capital markets at the national level, her interactions with the biggest institutional global investors, and then... her life as a writer and her charity work.  • Polished ice - curling in Poland Adela Walczak lives in Poland, a country without any curling traditions and without any curling facilities. Until now, because Adela decided to build a world class curling club in her home town Łódź, in the centre of Poland. And she did!  • The land of mosquitos and Poles in Ontario Kaszuby, an area in northern Ontario, about 200 kilometres west of Ottawa, named after the part of northern Poland from which the first settlers came, is the site of the first Polish settlement in Canada. and • Great Poles - Marian Smoluchowski • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2016/07/grandmothers-recipes-a-polish-american-couples-passion-episode-13/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smacznego! Eating Polish</a> - sorrel soup

POLcast episode 63

In this episode you will hear:Interviews:• Polish art in Indian palacesPoland’s connections with many geographically distant countries are a fascinating topic. This story of a famous pre-war Polish painter whose art decorates many palaces in India is told by a Canadian POLcast listener born in India. He had just come back to Canada after visiting his home country and was fascinated with artist Stefan Norblin’s contribution to India’s culture.• Basia’s love lineBasia lives in a small town in Ontario. On a line between two trees in front of her house she hangs donated winter clothes as well as hats and scarves she and her daughter make. They are free for anyone who needs them.  and• The minorities of Poland – Lemkos.• Smacznego! Eating Polish – pork roast

In this episode you will hear: Interviews: • Polish art in Indian palaces Poland’s connections with many geographically distant countries are a fascinating topic. This story of a famous pre-war Polish painter whose art decorates many palaces in India is told by a Canadian POLcast listener born in India. He had just come back to Canada after visiting his home country and was fascinated with artist Stefan Norblin’s contribution to India’s culture.• Basia’s love line Basia lives in a small town in Ontario. On a line between two trees in front of her house she hangs donated winter clothes as well as hats and scarves she and her daughter make. They are free for anyone who needs them.  and• The minorities of Poland – Lemkos. • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2016/07/grandmothers-recipes-a-polish-american-couples-passion-episode-13/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smacznego! Eating Polish</a> – pork roast

POLcast episode 62

In this episode you will hear:Interviews:• If you cannot buy it – make it yourself: a story of Kannuk vodkaImagine that you go to a store and want to buy something special as a gift – well, you cannot because it’s simply not available. 99.9 per cent of people would simply leave saying: “too bad. I wish they produced it” and go buy something else. But not Adam Szymkow… • The world’s largest orchestra “plays” for sick kidsThis year for the 27th time, Poland’s largest fundraising campaign – the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, which collects money for medical equipment for Polish paediatric hospitals – has “played” in Poland and dozens of countries, including Canada. Every year the fundraising drive ends in a grand finale concert – ours was held at the Fregata Restaurant in Mississauga. • Great Poles – Zbigniew Religa, a legendary cardiologist • Smacznego! Eating Polish – bigos

In this episode you will hear: Interviews: • If you cannot buy it – make it yourself: a story of Kannuk vodka Imagine that you go to a store and want to buy something special as a gift – well, you cannot because it’s simply not available. 99.9 per cent of people would simply leave saying: “too bad. I wish they produced it” and go buy something else. But not Adam Szymkow… <a href="https://i2.wp.com/www.mypolcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-09-at-9.52.56-PM.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>• The world’s largest orchestra “plays” for sick kids This year for the 27th time, Poland’s largest fundraising campaign – the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, which collects money for medical equipment for Polish paediatric hospitals – has “played” in Poland and dozens of countries, including Canada. Every year the fundraising drive ends in a grand finale concert – ours was held at the Fregata Restaurant in Mississauga. • <a href="http://greatpoles.pl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Great Poles</a> – Zbigniew Religa, a legendary cardiologist • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2016/07/grandmothers-recipes-a-polish-american-couples-passion-episode-13/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smacznego! Eating Polish</a> – bigos

POLcast episode 61

This is our special Christmas Episode so we would like to wish youWESOŁYCH ŚWIĄT i SZCZĘŚLIWEGO NOWEGO ROKU! In this episode you will hear:Interviews:• Art helps people in a remote African village For six years Ted Dawson has travelled every fall to rural Tanzania, an area next door to Kilimanjaro, to help local people build and modernize infrastructure. In November, for the first time, he took with him Ewa Henry, a Polish Canadian artist, who opened an art program there, empowering local youth and help them get some income.• A Polish pre-war story getting yet another life in California What I really love is when fascinating stories grow by getting extensions and often new lives. Here is one such story. Ana Bayat, a multilingual actress from San Francisco, met and heard the music and the story of Canadian jazz musician Ron Davis at the Edinburgh's Fringe Festival. It's the story of how Ron, a child of Holocaust survivors, discovered that his mother Alicja was right about his grandfather's pre-war past in Warsaw immortalized in a famous song "Bal na Gnojnej" a.k.a. "Bal u Grubego Jośka". Now Ana is writing a play about Ron's mother Alicja.   • Money must not prevent anyone from experiencing the shows Arthur Wachnik, actor, musician, singer, is the artistic director of an over 3000-seat venue - Christian Performing Arts Centre in Toronto. We talk about this great centre, its mission and its recent brand new show The Nativity Musical. • Great Poles - Janusz Korczak • Smacznego! Eating Polish  - yummy Christmas traditions

This is our special Christmas Episode so we would like to wish youWESOŁYCH ŚWIĄT i SZCZĘŚLIWEGO NOWEGO ROKU!  In this episode you will hear: Interviews: • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2018/12/art-helps-people-in-a-remote-african-village-episode-60/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art helps people in a remote African village</a> For six years Ted Dawson has travelled every fall to rural Tanzania, an area next door to Kilimanjaro, to help local people build and modernize infrastructure. In November, for the first time, he took with him Ewa Henry, a Polish Canadian artist, who opened an art program there, empowering local youth and help them get some income.• <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2018/12/a-polish-pre-war-story-getting-yet-another-life-in-california-episode-60/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Polish pre-war story getting yet another life in California</a> What I really love is when fascinating stories grow by getting extensions and often new lives. Here is one such story. Ana Bayat, a multilingual actress from San Francisco, met and heard the music and the story of Canadian jazz musician Ron Davis at the Edinburgh's Fringe Festival. It's the story of how Ron, a child of Holocaust survivors, discovered that his mother Alicja was right about his grandfather's pre-war past in Warsaw immortalized in a famous song "Bal na Gnojnej" a.k.a. "Bal u Grubego Jośka". Now Ana is writing a play about Ron's mother Alicja. • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2018/12/money-must-not-prevent-anyone-from-experiencing-the-shows-episode-60/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Money must not prevent anyone from experiencing the shows</a> Arthur Wachnik, actor, musician, singer, is the artistic director of an over 3000-seat venue - Christian Performing Arts Centre in Toronto. We talk about this great centre, its mission and its recent brand new show The Nativity Musical. • <a href="http://greatpoles.pl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Great Poles</a> - Janusz Korczak • <a href="http://www.mypolcast.com/2016/07/grandmothers-recipes-a-polish-american-couples-passion-episode-13/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smacznego! Eating Polish</a>  - yummy Christmas traditions

POLcast episode 60

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