Episodes
Saturday Jul 02, 2016
POLcast episode 13
Saturday Jul 02, 2016
Saturday Jul 02, 2016
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.
Saturday Jun 25, 2016
POLcast episode 12
Saturday Jun 25, 2016
Saturday Jun 25, 2016
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
Saturday Jun 18, 2016
POLcast episode 11
Saturday Jun 18, 2016
Saturday Jun 18, 2016
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
Saturday Jun 11, 2016
POLcast episode 10
Saturday Jun 11, 2016
Saturday Jun 11, 2016
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
Saturday Jun 04, 2016
POLcast episode 9
Saturday Jun 04, 2016
Saturday Jun 04, 2016
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 retire in Poland and is studying the Polish language
Saturday May 28, 2016
POLcast episode 8
Saturday May 28, 2016
Saturday May 28, 2016
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
Saturday May 21, 2016
POLcast episode 7
Saturday May 21, 2016
Saturday May 21, 2016
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
Saturday May 14, 2016
POLcast episode 6
Saturday May 14, 2016
Saturday May 14, 2016
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
Saturday May 07, 2016
POLcast episode 5
Saturday May 07, 2016
Saturday May 07, 2016
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
Sunday May 01, 2016
POLcast episode 4
Sunday May 01, 2016
Sunday May 01, 2016
- Why a young, successful British singer sings about Polish history and everybody loves it.
- How is it to grow up in a Polish-Persian family.
- How a Polish pharmacist invented a process which produces gasoline.
- Why the Polish language is special when it comes to talking to your lover.
- About Poland export specialties: vodka, beer and... bison.