In this episode you will hear:

• About a Canadian writer who authored two books about the role of Poles in the New World – a tribute to Eddie Zawadzki
• What it’s like to grow up in a family haunted by trauma – a book by a Polish American writer

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Interviews:

• Eddie Zawadzki, Canadian writer, journalist, broadcaster, sports commentator, author, died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 57. This is a tribute to him.

• Donna Solecka Urbikas, an American author, talks about her autobiographical book “My Sister’s Mother:  A Memoir of War, Exile and Stalin’s Siberia” and her family’s history.

Also in this episode:

• “Smacznego” – Peter and Laura Żeranski’s series on Polish food: fruit flavoured vodka

• Wroclaw (the 2016 Culture Capital of Europe) – a city of gnomes which can be found all around the city

• The white-tailed eagle – the symbol of Poland