Latest Polish culture Podcast Episodes

The Witcher: an interview with executive producer Tomek Bagiński

Notes from Poland - February 06, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In the latest Notes from Poland podcast, our editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Tomek Bagiński, filmmaker and executive producer of the original Netflix series The Witcher.  They discuss how a television production of this size comes together as well as the Polish inspirations behind the ser...

Poland, the EU and rule of law

Notes from Poland - January 22, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In the latest Notes from Poland podcast, our editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform in Brussels. In an in-depth interview, Bill and Gostyńska-Jakubowska discuss Poland's position in the European Union and the on...

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska: Poland, the EU and rule of law

Notes from Poland - January 22, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In the latest Notes from Poland podcast, our editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform in Brussels. In an in-depth interview, Bill and Gostyńska-Jakubowska discuss Poland's position in the European Union and the on...

Timothy Garton Ash: Poland's transition and the mistakes of liberalism

Notes from Poland - December 19, 2019 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In the latest Notes from Poland podcast, our editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Timothy Garton Ash, the award-winning historian, journalist and witness of the transformations of Europe over the last half century. In an in-depth interview, Bill and Garton Ash discuss the extraordinary histori...

A Brief History of Poland, Overview: 1000 years in 5 minutes (Bonus Episode)

Notes from Poland - December 12, 2019 20:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In this short bonus episode, Stanley Bill takes a bird’s-eye view of Polish history, flying through over a thousand years in five minutes to identify the key geopolitical trends. Produced by Sebastian Leśniewski.  Support the show

A Brief History of Poland, Overview: 1000 years in 5 minutes (Bonus Episode)

Notes from Poland - December 12, 2019 20:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In this short bonus episode, Stanley Bill takes a bird’s-eye view of Polish history, flying through over a thousand years in five minutes to identify the key geopolitical trends. Produced by Sebastian Leśniewski.  Support the Show.

A Brief History of Poland, part 1: Beginnings (before and after 966)

Notes from Poland - December 06, 2019 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Welcome to a Brief History of Poland. In this mini-series of podcasts, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill will be looking at over a thousand years of Polish political and cultural history, from 966 until today. In this first part of the series, he looks at the year 966 and the symbo...

A Brief History of Poland, Part 1: Beginnings (before and after 966)

Notes from Poland - December 06, 2019 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Welcome to a Brief History of Poland. In this mini-series of podcasts, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill will be looking at over a thousand years of Polish political and cultural history, from 966 until today. In this first part of the series, he looks at the year 966 and the symbo...

News Update: November 21

Notes from Poland - November 21, 2019 17:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
To accompany Stanley Bill's interview with Jennifer Croft, we also present a short news update from Notes from Poland deputy editor Monika Prończuk in Warsaw on the Polish prime minister's recent policy statement speech and on the latest ruling of the European Court of Justice on judicial indepe...

Jennifer Croft, translator of Olga Tokarczuk

Notes from Poland - November 21, 2019 14:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In the first episode of the Notes from Poland podcast, Stanley Bill talks to Jennifer Croft, the award-winning American translator of Poland's new Nobel laureate, Olga Tokarczuk. In an in-depth interview with Jennifer Croft, Stanley Bill asks about Olga Tokarczuk's Nobel triumph; the masterpiec...