POLcast episode 45

22/07/2017 1h 14min Episodio 21
POLcast episode 45

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode you will hear:
Interviews:
• A hero from zero (part 2)
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 2 of the interview),
•  Polish-Jewish roots turned life mission
Peter Jassem - the head of the Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation, a dynamic organization in Toronto. An accomplished architect in his day job, he has devoted over a decade of his life to this labour of love.
•  Kraków through the young lens
Philip Zave - a Toronto artist shares his impressions from Kraków and Auschwitz.
•  What shocks foreigners when they visit Poland
Wolters World - Mark Wolters travels the world and shares his observations on his YouTube channel. This one is on Poland.
 
Also in this episode:
• Niceties vs. directness in the English and Polish languages
• "Smacznego! Eating Polish" - the amazing summer soup "chłodnik"
• Updates: Tomasz Kozłowski and Andrzej Rozbicki and his "Music and History" program
• An interesting Polish music connection.

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