Latest History of poland Podcast Episodes
The life and politics of the Kaczyński brothers
Notes from Poland - November 25, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, in a reversal of roles, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill is in the podcast hot seat, speaking about the life and politics of Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński in an interview with Tom Leeman, a researcher based in London. This conversation was recorded jointly with Leeman’s p...
"We have the right to German reparations": interview with the MP behind Poland's claim
Notes from Poland - October 10, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks about the Polish government's war reparations claims of approximately $1.3 trillion against Germany with Arkadiusz Mularczyk, an MP from ruling party PiS and chair of the Parliamentary Group for the Estimation of the Amount of Compe...
"NATO peacekeepers needed in Ukraine": interview with Poland's deputy foreign minister
Notes from Poland - March 20, 2022 20:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Paweł Jabłoński, Poland's deputy foreign minister, about Russia's war on Ukraine and its ramifications for Poland. They discuss what Poland is currently doing to help Ukraine, a new proposal to send NATO peacekeepers into the ...
Agnieszka Holland in conversation with Stanley Bill
Notes from Poland - February 17, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, in a special episode, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to internationally-acclaimed film director and screenwriter Agnieszka Holland. They discuss the role of art in times of crisis, the burdens of history and politics, and Holland's cosmopolitan experience working...
"Pegasus raises questions over Polish elections," says head of team that uncovered hack
Notes from Poland - January 23, 2022 23:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at Toronto-based Citizen Lab, whose work has recently uncovered the use of spyware to hack the phones of individuals connected with Poland’s opposition. They discuss the details of Citizen...
"They'll be sending people to their death": migrant crisis on Poland's border
Notes from Poland - November 01, 2021 23:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Mateusz Wodziński, a Polish citizen reporting on the current migration crisis from his home inside the restricted zone on Poland’s border with Belarus. They discuss what the crisis looks like on the ground, the challenges face...
The latest in Polish politics: What's behind Poland's showdown with the EU?
Notes from Poland - October 22, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with journalist and political commentator Marcin Makowski about the latest developments in Polish politics. They discuss Poland’s continuing confrontation with the European Union over rule of law, the internal machinations of the r...
The latest in Polish politics: What's behind Poland's showdown with the EU?
Notes from Poland - October 22, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with journalist and political commentator Marcin Makowski about the latest developments in Polish politics. They discuss Poland’s continuing confrontation with the European Union over rule of law, the internal machinations of the r...
Rule of law and the spectre of Polexit
Notes from Poland - September 15, 2021 22:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with legal expert Anna Wójcik about Poland’s ongoing conflict with the European Union. They discuss the latest controversies over rule of law in Poland, the possibility of punitive action from the European Commission, and the chanc...
Stanley Bill on the sources of PiS's success
Notes from Poland - July 05, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, in a reversal of roles, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill is in the podcast hot seat, giving a range of his own perspectives on Polish politics in an interview with Fabian Eiden, based in Heidelberg, Germany. The conversation was recorded for the Committee on Constitutio...
"The opposition is in crisis; our hope lies in Trzaskowski": interview with Barbara Nowacka
Notes from Poland - May 28, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Barbara Nowacka, one of the leaders of Poland’s largest opposition grouping, Civic Coalition, about the current crisis of the opposition parties. They discuss the troubles of the Civic Coalition, conflict with the Left, the go...
A Brief History of Poland, part 6: the fall of the Commonwealth
Notes from Poland - April 30, 2021 23:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the sixth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the eighteenth-century decline and fall of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, covering the period between 1697 and 1795. He examines the Saxon kings, the descent into political disor...
A Brief History of Poland, part 5: conflict in the seventeenth century
Notes from Poland - March 31, 2021 22:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the fifth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the war-torn seventeenth century and the beginnings of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s decline, covering the period between 1582 and 1699. He examines the Polish occupation of th...
"The opposition must be more professional": interview with Leszek Balcerowicz
Notes from Poland - February 23, 2021 22:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Poland’s former finance minister, and key author of post-1989 free market reforms, Leszek Balcerowicz, about Poland's economy and politics under the current government in the shadow of coronavirus. They discuss PiS's social sp...
A Brief History of Poland, Part 4: The Golden Age
Notes from Poland - January 12, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the fourth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the "golden age" of Poland-Lithuania in the sixteenth century, covering the period between 1505 and 1572. He examines the reign of the last two Jagiellonian kings; the establishment ...
A Brief History of Poland, part 4: the golden age
Notes from Poland - January 12, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the fourth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the "golden age" of Poland-Lithuania in the sixteenth century, covering the period between 1505 and 1572. He examines the reign of the last two Jagiellonian kings; the establishment ...
Rule of law and the EU budget: interview with Poland's deputy foreign minister
Notes from Poland - November 26, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Poland's deputy foreign minister Paweł Jabłoński about controversies over rule of law in Poland and the ongoing conflict over the EU budget. They discuss the multiple changes Poland's PiS-led ruling coalition has made to the j...
"Revolution against the church": Poland's abortion protests
Notes from Poland - November 04, 2020 21:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with women's rights activist and academic Agnieszka Graff about the mass protests against the recent abortion ruling in Poland. They discuss the motivations of the protests, their striking use of vulgar language, the reaction again...
What's behind the conflict inside Poland's government?
Notes from Poland - October 10, 2020 22:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill is back with Ben Stanley, a political scientist at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, to talk about the recent crisis in Poland's ruling coalition and the reshuffle of the government. They discuss the conflict b...
Belarus, Poland, Russia, and the West
Notes from Poland - September 06, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy, director of Belsat television, a Polish service broadcasting into Belarus in Belarusian and Russian languages. They discuss the background to the current mass protests in Belarus, Poland’s broader int...
A Brief History of Poland, Part 3: the Jagiellonian era
Notes from Poland - August 02, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the third part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the establishment and development of the Jagiellonian dynasty - covering the period between 1370 and 1505. He examines the beginnings of the Polish-Lithuanian union, the addition of R...
A Brief History of Poland, part 3: the Jagiellonian era
Notes from Poland - August 02, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the third part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the establishment and development of the Jagiellonian dynasty - covering the period between 1370 and 1505. He examines the beginnings of the Polish-Lithuanian union, the addition of R...
A Brief History of Poland, part 3: the Jagiellonian era
Notes from Poland - August 02, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the third part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the establishment and development of the Jagiellonian dynasty - covering the period between 1370 and 1505. He examines the beginnings of the Polish-Lithuanian union, the addition of R...
Poland's presidential run-off: Duda vs Trzaskowski
Notes from Poland - July 05, 2020 21:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill is back with Ben Stanley, a political scientist at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, to talk about the upcoming presidential run-off between incumbent Andrzej Duda and opposition candidate Rafał Trzaskowski. Th...
Poland's presidential elections
Notes from Poland - June 21, 2020 21:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Ben Stanley, a political scientist at SWPS University in Warsaw, about the upcoming presidential elections. They discuss the prospects of the two front runners, the controversies over "LGBT ideology", Donald Trump's apparent int...
A Brief History of Poland, part 2: the medieval Piasts
Notes from Poland - May 29, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the second part of the Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the Piast dynasty in the period between 1025 and 1370. He examines the development of the dynasty, the feudal fragmentation of the kingdom and its restoration, the rising conflict wi...
A Brief History of Poland, Part 2: the medieval Piasts
Notes from Poland - May 29, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the second part of the Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the Piast dynasty in the period between 1025 and 1370. He examines the development of the dynasty, the feudal fragmentation of the kingdom and its restoration, the rising conflict wi...
A journey through Poland's swinging interwar music scene - with 7 classic songs
Notes from Poland - April 22, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the latest Notes from Poland podcast, our editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to contributing writer Juliette Bretan, who is an expert on Polish popular culture of the 1920s and 1930s. They discuss the music, cinema, stars and broader history of the interwar period, while also presenting seve...
Elections, epidemic, and the end of PiS's coalition?
Notes from Poland - April 07, 2020 19:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Marcin Makowski, journalist at Do Rzeczy weekly magazine and the Wirtualna Polska online news portal. They discuss the controversies over Poland's upcoming presidential elections amid the coronavirus crisis, and the growing pos...
Poland's economic success and the coronavirus crisis
Notes from Poland - March 23, 2020 15:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Marcin Piątkowski, international economist and author of Europe's Growth Champion: Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland. They discuss the coronavirus crisis and its likely effects as well as broader questions of Poland's p...
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