In this episode you will hear:
- What an animal psychologist can teach us about our love for animals
- How a Polish virtuoso pianist and politician is celebrated in the US
- How a father’s teaching assignment at Polish universities in the 1980s shaped the life of an American historian specializing in Poland and Eastern Europe.
Interviews:
• Dorota Wiland, an animal psychologist and animal rights activist from Poland, talks about our misconceptions about wild animals
• Prof. Laurie Koloski, a historian of Poland and Eastern Europe at the College of William & Mary at Williamsburg, Virginia, talks about how her stay in Poland changed her life forever
Also in this episode:
• “Smacznego” – Peter and Laura Żeranski’s series on Polish food: the wedding chicken
• Malbork – the 13th century castle, archeological gem of the Teutonic Order
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski – a world famous concert pianist, diplomat and the independent Poland’s first prime minister after WWI
