Stories From The Eastern West
By Culture.pl
Little-known histories from Central & Eastern Europe that changed our world...
Heard of how The Rolling Stones played for the Communist Party? The bear who fought in WWII? Or the man who single-handedly created an entire language?
Each episode of our narrative podcast tells incredible stories that all have one thing in common: the Eastern West.
#SFTEW
Heard of how The Rolling Stones played for the Communist Party? The bear who fought in WWII? Or the man who single-handedly created an entire language?
Each episode of our narrative podcast tells incredible stories that all have one thing in common: the Eastern West.
#SFTEW
Latest episode
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CHAIN
How a group of brave people created a human chain of unprecedented size and significance. -
EXILE
Get to know Piotr Szkopiak, a London-based film and TV director who’s spent a good portion of his life pondering the nature of his identity. -
REVOLUTION
Hear the story of the man who turned the known universe upside down -
DAISIES
Hear the story of the ground-breaking director who left a lasting mark on world cinema. -
VISIONARY
Get to know Stanisław Lem, the sci-fi writer who predicted the Internet, smartphones, ebooks and 3D printers in the 1960s. -
Announcing Season IV
The new SFTEW season in nearly here! -
The Fusionist: Zbigniew Namysłowski
Meet the first Polish musician to blend jazz and folk. -
The Virtuoso: Adam Makowicz
Meet the jazz piano virtuoso who shifted musical direction after listening to an Art Tatum record sent from beyond the Iron Curtain. -
The New Yorker: Michał Urbaniak
Meet the saxophone and violin player who never stops searching for new sounds - and always finds them. -
The Queen: Urszula Dudziak
Meet the quUrszula’s love for unruly musical experiments got her kicked out from music school when she was a young girl. A few years later, like many young Poles, she stumbled upon The Voice of America - a radio station meant to bring American cultur…
