Stasia Budzisz
is a reporter and translator from Russian who graduated in Polish and Russian studies and also attended the Polish School of Reportage. A Kashubian by descent, she specializes in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. She is the author of a work of reportage titled “Pokazucha, Na gruzińskich zasadach” [Pokazucha: On Georgian Principles], and is now working on a book about her native Kashubia.
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Feathered Flirts, Avian Advances
Feathered Flirts, Avian Advances
An Interview About Birds
Reading / science
Author and naturalist Jacek Karczewski talks about the sexual habits of birds, their symbolism in Europe, and why we must strive to describe animals in empathetic terms.
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Upiory Are People of Flesh and Blood
Upiory Are People of Flesh and Blood
An Interview with Łukasz Kozak
Reading / culture
Mediaevalist Łukasz Kozak talks about the myths and realities behind upiory – prototype vampires from Slavic folklore.
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Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading
An Interview with Alice Lugen
Reading / society
The investigative journalist Alice Lugen talks about what might have happened in the Dyatlov Pass tragedy, when a group of young hikers died in mysterious circumstances in Russia’s northern Urals.
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I Don’t Believe in Blind Idealism
I Don’t Believe in Blind Idealism
An Interview with Katarzyna Boni
Reading / society
Katarzyna Boni, author of the reportage “Auroville: The City Made of Dreams”, talks about the difficulties of establishing (and writing about) utopian societies.
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In Praise of Nudity
In Praise of Nudity
The Nudist Beaches of Central and Eastern Europe
Reading / society
Poland may be a Catholic country, but it has its fair share of nudists. You might find them at the infamous beach at Chałupy, or even further afield in Bulgaria, whose Black Sea resorts have long attracted regional naturists.
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Women Who Know ♫
Media / Audio
The Kashubia region in northern Poland is home to the country’s last generation of witches. These women use their powers to cure and help people, as the grand-niece of one such witch finds out. Original text by Stasia Budzisz.
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Women Who Know
Women Who Know
The Witches of Kashubia
Magazine / society
The Kashubia region in northern Poland is home to the country’s last generation of witches. These women use their powers to cure and help people, as the grand-niece of one such witch finds out.