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    Episode 26

    By myPOLcastOctober 1, 2016Updated:January 13, 2017No Comments1 Min Read
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    In this episode you will hear:

    • Why it was Poles and not other nations that built Hollywood,
    • How we need to be careful and beware of linguistic traps
    • About a documentary presenting an incredible role in the world’s history of one of the most well-known Poles.

    Interviews:

    • Prof. Andrzej Krakowski (City College of New York), an award winning film producer, screenwriter and director, explains why Polish Jews founded the US film industry

    • David Naglieri, director of documentary “Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism”, talks about the Polish Pope, his role in histiry and the film 

    Also in this episode:

    • Why adults study Polish in Toronto? A student’s story

    • The Polish language – “false friends”, words that look similar in Polish and English but have different meanings

    • “Sto lat” – the song sung at birthdays and other celebrations

     

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    POLcast is an English language podcast, a colourful audio magazine delivered directly to your smartphone, computer or tablet. POLcast is created for everybody interested in Poland. If you have a Polish customer, colleague, girlfriend or grandmother - you will hear something helping you to enrich these relations. Each episode brings you interesting interviews, historical facts, trivia and more.

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