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