Description

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.