The latest in Polish politics: What's behind Poland's showdown with the EU?
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with journalist and political commentator Marcin Makowski about the latest developments in Polish politics. They discuss Poland’s contin...
22 Okt 202145min
Rule of law and the spectre of Polexit
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with legal expert Anna Wójcik about Poland’s ongoing conflict with the European Union. They discuss the latest controversies over rule o...
15 Sep 202143min
Stanley Bill on the sources of PiS's success
This week, in a reversal of roles, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill is in the podcast hot seat, giving a range of his own perspectives on Polish politics in an interview with Fabian Eide...
5 Juli 202135min
"The opposition is in crisis; our hope lies in Trzaskowski": interview with Barbara Nowacka
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Barbara Nowacka, one of the leaders of Poland’s largest opposition grouping, Civic Coalition, about the current crisis of the oppos...
28 Maj 202136min
A Brief History of Poland, part 6: the fall of the Commonwealth
In the sixth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the eighteenth-century decline and fall of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, covering...
30 Apr 202140min
A Brief History of Poland, part 5: conflict in the seventeenth century
In the fifth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the war-torn seventeenth century and the beginnings of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonweal...
31 Mars 202138min
"The opposition must be more professional": interview with Leszek Balcerowicz
This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill talks with Poland’s former finance minister, and key author of post-1989 free market reforms, Leszek Balcerowicz, about Poland's economy and p...
23 Feb 202143min
A Brief History of Poland, part 4: the golden age
In the fourth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the "golden age" of Poland-Lithuania in the sixteenth century, covering the period bet...
12 Jan 202140min
