Notes from Poland
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Notes from Poland
A podcast on Polish politics, culture, history and society from the leading English-language source of news and information on Poland.
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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 t...
"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 interio...
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...
"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 ag...
"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...
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 Agni...
"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 ha...
"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 fro...
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 development...
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....
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 o...
"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, Civi...
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 fa...
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 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...
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...
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...
"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 agai...
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 Hu...
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 broadca...
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...
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 Hu...
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...
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 betw...
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 pop...
Elections, epidemic, and the end of PiS's coalition?
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Marcin Makowski, journalist at Do Rzeczy weekly magazine and the Wirtualna Polska o...
Poland's economic success and the coronavirus crisis
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Marcin Piątkowski, international economist and author of Europe's Growth Champion:...
The Witcher: an interview with executive producer Tomek Bagiński
In the latest Notes from Poland podcast, our editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Tomek Bagiński, filmmaker and executive producer of the original Ne...
Poland, the EU and rule of law
In the latest Notes from Poland podcast, our editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, senior research fellow at the Centre fo...
Timothy Garton Ash: Poland's transition and the mistakes of liberalism
In the latest Notes from Poland podcast, our editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks to Timothy Garton Ash, the award-winning historian, journalist and wit...
A Brief History of Poland, Overview: 1000 years in 5 minutes (Bonus Episode)
In this short bonus episode, Stanley Bill takes a bird’s-eye view of Polish history, flying through over a thousand years in five minutes to identify...
A Brief History of Poland, part 1: Beginnings (before and after 966)
Welcome to a Brief History of Poland. In this mini-series of podcasts, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill will be looking at over a thousa...
News Update: November 21
To accompany Stanley Bill's interview with Jennifer Croft, we also present a short news update from Notes from Poland deputy editor Monika Prończuk in...
Jennifer Croft, translator of Olga Tokarczuk
In the first episode of the Notes from Poland podcast, Stanley Bill talks to Jennifer Croft, the award-winning American translator of Poland's new Nob...