 
  Notes from Poland
        A podcast on Polish politics, culture, history and society from the leading English-language source of news and information on Poland.
      
      
    Episodes
34 episodes
    Trouble for Tusk
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks about Donald Tusk’s current Polish government with Daniel Tilles, editor-in-chief of the Notes from Poland website.They discuss the government’s record since c...
        
          
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            Season 2
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            Episode 2
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          43:11
        
       
    "Regaining control of Poland's borders" – interview with deputy interior minister
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks about the Polish government’s controversial new migration strategy with deputy interior minister Maciej Duszczyk.They discuss accusations of a "nativist" ...
        
          
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            Season 2
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            Episode 1
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          41:42
        
       
    The life and politics of the Kaczyński brothers
This week, in a reversal of roles, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill is in the podcast hot seat, speaking about the life and politics of Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński in an interview with Tom Leeman, a researcher based ...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 32
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          1:00:31
        
       
    "We have the right to German reparations": interview with the MP behind Poland's claim
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks about the Polish government's war reparations claims of approximately $1.3 trillion against Germany with Arkadiusz Mularczyk, an MP from ruling party PiS and chair of...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 31
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          34:10
        
       
    "NATO peacekeepers needed in Ukraine": interview with Poland's deputy foreign minister
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Paweł Jabłoński, Poland's deputy foreign minister, about Russia's war on Ukraine and its ramifications for Poland.They discuss what Poland is currently do...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 30
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          33:13
        
       
    Agnieszka Holland in conversation with Stanley Bill
This week, in a special episode, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to internationally-acclaimed film director and screenwriter Agnieszka Holland. They discuss the role of art in times of crisis, the burdens of h...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 29
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          45:03
        
       
    "Pegasus raises questions over Polish elections," says head of team that uncovered hack
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at Toronto-based Citizen Lab, whose work has recently uncovered the use of spyware to hack the phones of individuals connec...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 28
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          36:15
        
       
    "They'll be sending people to their death": migrant crisis on Poland's border
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Mateusz Wodziński, a Polish citizen reporting on the current migration crisis from his home inside the restricted zone on Poland’s border with Belarus.The...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 27
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          35:11
        
       
    The latest in Polish politics: What's behind Poland's showdown with the EU?
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with journalist and political commentator Marcin Makowski about the latest developments in Polish politics.They discuss Poland’s continuing confrontation with ...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 26
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          45:48
        
       
    Rule of law and the spectre of Polexit
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with legal expert Anna Wójcik about Poland’s ongoing conflict with the European Union.They discuss the latest controversies over rule of law in Poland, the pos...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 25
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          43:43
        
       
    Stanley Bill on the sources of PiS's success
This week, in a reversal of roles, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill is in the podcast hot seat, giving a range of his own perspectives on Polish politics in an interview with Fabian Eiden, based in Heidelberg, German...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 24
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          35:13
        
       
    "The opposition is in crisis; our hope lies in Trzaskowski": interview with Barbara Nowacka
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Barbara Nowacka, one of the leaders of Poland’s largest opposition grouping, Civic Coalition, about the current crisis of the opposition parties.They disc...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 23
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          36:07
        
       
    A Brief History of Poland, part 6: the fall of the Commonwealth
In the sixth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the eighteenth-century decline and fall of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, covering the period between 1697 and 1795. He...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 22
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          40:23
        
       
    A Brief History of Poland, part 5: conflict in the seventeenth century
In the fifth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the war-torn seventeenth century and the beginnings of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s decline, covering the period bet...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 21
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          38:22
        
       
    "The opposition must be more professional": interview with Leszek Balcerowicz
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Poland’s former finance minister, and key author of post-1989 free market reforms, Leszek Balcerowicz, about Poland's economy and politics under the current gove...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 20
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          43:01
        
       
    A Brief History of Poland, part 4: the golden age
In the fourth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the "golden age" of Poland-Lithuania in the sixteenth century, covering the period between 1505 and 1572. He examines the r...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 19
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          40:11
        
       
    Rule of law and the EU budget: interview with Poland's deputy foreign minister
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Poland's deputy foreign minister Paweł Jabłoński about controversies over rule of law in Poland and the ongoing conflict over the EU budget.They discuss t...
        
          
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            Episode 18
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          44:22
        
       
    "Revolution against the church": Poland's abortion protests
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with women's rights activist and academic Agnieszka Graff about the mass protests against the recent abortion ruling in Poland.They discuss the motivation...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 17
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          37:48
        
       
    What's behind the conflict inside Poland's government?
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill is back with Ben Stanley, a political scientist at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, to talk about the recent crisis in Poland's ruling coalition...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 16
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          44:11
        
       
    Belarus, Poland, Russia, and the West
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy, director of Belsat television, a Polish service broadcasting into Belarus in Belarusian and Russian languages.They discuss the b...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 15
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          42:47
        
       
    A Brief History of Poland, part 3: the Jagiellonian era
In the third part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the establishment and development of the Jagiellonian dynasty - covering the period between 1370 and 1505. He examines the b...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 14
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          35:11
        
       
    Poland's presidential run-off: Duda vs Trzaskowski
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill is back with Ben Stanley, a political scientist at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, to talk about the upcoming presidential run-off between incu...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 13
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          45:59
        
       
    Poland's presidential elections
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Ben Stanley, a political scientist at SWPS University in Warsaw, about the upcoming presidential elections.They discuss the prospects of the two front runne...
        
          
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            Episode 12
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          45:27
        
       
    A Brief History of Poland, part 2: the medieval Piasts
In the second part of the Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the Piast dynasty in the period between 1025 and 1370. He examines the development of the dynasty, the feudal fragmentation...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 11
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          36:00
        
       
    A journey through Poland's swinging interwar music scene - with 7 classic songs
In the latest Notes from Poland podcast, our editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to contributing writer Juliette Bretan, who is an expert on Polish popular culture of the 1920s and 1930s.They discuss the music, cinema, stars...
        
          
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            Season 1
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            Episode 10
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