This is POLcast Christmas Episode. WESOŁYCH ŚWIĄT i WSPANIAŁEGO NOWEGO ROKU! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! In Episode 69 you will hear: Interviews: • “Music has been my lifeline”: when cancer hits Arthur Lewinowicz, a 27-year-old violin and viola player, composer and teacher, whose life mission is to help kids with various disabilities and special needs learn to play the violin and enjoy music, has been fighting cancer since August. • Living like any other person who can see Marta Hanyżkiewicz, born in Poland, is a student of business and psychology at New York University and Baruch College in…
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In Episode 67 you will hear: Interviews: • Was is worth it? A story of an immigrant’s journey Liliana Arkuszewski lives in Ottawa. Her book about her immigration journey written in Polish has now been translated to English and recently published. • A true hero who risked his life to save others Mr. Franciszek Paslawski, who just passed away in September 2019, was the last Righteous Among Nations still living in Canada. This is his story and the story of those who owe him their lives. • In love with Dawson City, Yukon Matylda Lis, a vivacious young Polish Canadian woman…
In Episode 66 you will hear: Interviews: • A Pole’s ingenuity behind James Bond’s legendary Aston Martin car James Bond would not have been such a hit without his legendary Aston Martin car. And interestingly, the car would not have existed had it not been for a Polsh engineer from Krakow Tadek Marek, who designed and built its engine. A group of filmmakers in Poland are working on a documentary film “Steel Heart” which will tell the story of this genius and his extraordinary life. Andrzej Ślązak is the film’s director who came up with the idea of the film and…
This story is featured in Episode 66 James Bond would not have been such a hit without his legendary Aston Martin DB5 car. And interestingly, the car would not have existed had it not been for a Polsh engineer from Krakow Tadek Marek, who designed and built its engine. Now a group of filmmakers in Poland are working on a documentary film “Steel Heart” which will tell the story of this genius and his extraordinary life. As they say Tadek Marek’s story is one that even James Bond might envy. “The documentary tells the story of the man who constructed…
In Episode 65 you will hear: Interviews: • Murder, cover up and forced silence – the war was not over for Poles Wanda Kościa talks to Piotr Szkopiak, British writer/director about his most recent film “The Last Witness”, a thriller about the Katyn 1940 monumental massacre, in itself a tragedy, but also about another tragic aspect of it – the cover up by the Allies, who didn’t want to reveal the Soviet guilt, ascribing it to the Germans. The film also shows the fate of Polish refugees after WWII who lived for years in displaced persons’ (DP) camps in Britain,…
This story is featured in Episode 63 There are things that sound almost impossible. This is one of those. Agnieszka Dydycz’s life is so full of amazing events and opportunities which she says she simply took and made the most of them that it could probably make a very interesting book. She now writes books herself, on top of everything else she has accomplished in her life. Here is her story. It’s a story of the very beginning of capitalism in Poland and her role in creating capital markets at the national level, her interactions with the biggest institutional global…
This story is featured in Episode 63 It’s called Kaszuby – the area in northern Ontario, about 200 kilometres west of Ottawa in the region of Barry’s Bay, Wilno and round Lake. It was named after the part of northern Poland from which the first settlers came. What’s special about it is that this is the site of the first Polish settlement in Canada. There’s a sign in Wilno that informs visitors about the hardy group of Polish immigrants who came to this area in 1864. But the story goes back to the 18th century… Krystyna Lagowski is a Toronto-based freelance writer specializing…
In this episode you will hear: Interviews: • From building capitalism in Poland to writing books and helping others Agnieszka Dydycz tells her story of the very beginning of capitalism in Poland and her role in creating capital markets at the national level, her interactions with the biggest institutional global investors, and then… her life as a writer and her charity work. • Polish(ed) ice – curling in Poland Adela Walczak lives in Poland, a country without any curling traditions and without any curling facilities. Until now, because Adela decided to build a world class curling club in her home town Łódź,…
In this episode you will hear: Interviews: • Exquisite Polish art in maharajas’ palaces in India Poland’s connections with many geographically distant countries – what a fascinating topic! This story of a famous pre-war Polish painter whose art decorates many palaces in India is told by a Canadian POLcast listener born in India. He had just come back to Canada after visiting his home country and was fascinated with artist Stefan Norblin’s contribution to India’s culture. • Basia’s love line Basia lives in a small town in Ontario. On a line between two trees in front of her house she hangs…
This story is featured in Episode 61 Since 1993 the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, a non-governmental charity in Poland, has been working tirelessly with one goal in mind “Health Protection and Saving Children’s Lives through Providing Medical Equipment to Public Hospitals”. It was created by Jurek Owsiak and has millions of followers all over the world. This year for the 27th time, this huge annual campaign involving hundreds of thousands of volunteers, raised money in Poland and in other countries, including Canada, where it started in 2004. All this money goes into purchasing state of the art medical equipment for…