In this episode you will hear:
Interviews:
• A hero from zero
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 1 of the interview),
• Poland’s first black parliamentarian
John Godson – the first black man in Polish Parliament. He moved from Nigeria to Poland in 1993 and in 2001 received Polish citizenship. A minister, missionary, academic, politician, actor, teacher, businessman, he was first a city councillor in Lodz and then became a member of Parliament.
• A bicultural Polish-Indian family living in Canada.
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• A brief (and brilliant) history of Poland by Dr. Walter Perchal, York University, Toronto.
Also in this episode:
• Differences between a normal friend and a Polish friend
• “Smacznego! Eating Polish” – Polish hamburgers “kotlety siekane”
• Updates: Bart Soroczyński, Ola Turkiewicz and Ron Davis
• An interesting Polish music connection.