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Stanisław Lem
Мастер Lem: How Stanisław Lem’s Sci-Fi Conquered the USSR
Reading / culture
A scholar talks about why Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem was so well-received in the Soviet Union – and why he continues to be popular in Russia to this day.
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With Seneca Among Children
With Seneca Among Children
An Interview with Seneca the Younger
Magazine / culture
The Roman philosopher, dramatist and statesman talks with a modern day Stoic about what we can learn from children and how Stoicism can guide us through the contemporary world.
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Imagining a Future
Imagining a Future
An Interview with Annibale Siconolfi
Reading / culture
Annibale Siconolfi – the 3D artist known as Inward – talks about the inspirations behind his dystopian images, his life in Italy, and why NFTs have revolutionized the art world.
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An Old Writer Looks at the New World
An Old Writer Looks at the New World
An Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro
Reading / culture
Kazuo Ishiguro, Nobel laureate in Literature, talks about his latest novel “Klara and the Sun”, and what advances in technology might mean for humanity.
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Digital Paradise
Photography
Digital Paradise
An Interview with Wojtek Wieteska and Ania Diduch
Reading / culture
Photographer Wojtek Wieteska and curator Ania Diduch talk about their exhibition “Paradise 101” at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków.
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Forman on Freedom
Forman on Freedom
An Interview with Helena Třeštíkova
Reading / culture
The celebrated Czech documentary film-maker Helena Třeštíkova talks about the influence of Miloš Forman on her cinema and how she made the film “Forman vs. Forman”.
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Living a Simple Life Is Not Simplistic
Living a Simple Life Is Not Simplistic
An Interview with Ryan Nicodemus
Reading / culture
Ryan Nicodemus – part of the The Minimalists duo – talks about what minimalism means, how to stop craving new things, and the documentary “The Minimalists: Less Is Now”.
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Moderation Marcus
Moderation Marcus
An Interview with Marcus Aurelius
Magazine / culture
The one-time Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius talks with a modern-day Stoic about moderation, Zbigniew Herbert and smartphones.
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That’s What Heroes Are
That’s What Heroes Are
An Interview with David France
Reading / culture
David France talks about how he made “Welcome to Chechnya”, a harrowing yet inspiring documentary about LGBT persecution in Chechnya and the activists that oppose repression.
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Revenge on the White Bourgeois
Revenge on the White Bourgeois
An Interview with Burhan Qurbani
Reading / culture
Director Burhan Qurbani talks about his latest film “Berlin Alexanderplatz” and the mirror it holds to contemporary German society.
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The Land of Real Dreams
The Land of Real Dreams
An Interview with Andrzej Górz
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Andrzej Górz, co-founder of Open Jazdów – a civil initiative in a unique settlement of wooden Finnish houses in the centre of Warsaw – talks about what utopia means to him.
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Home Is Where the Heart Is
Home Is Where the Heart Is
An Interview with Radu Ciorniciuc
Reading / culture
Radu Ciorniciuc talks about how he made the film “Acasă, My Home”, a documentary about the Roma man Gică Enache and his life in Bucharest’s Văcărești Delta.
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The Future Is Born Through Imagination
The Whale
The Future Is Born Through Imagination
An Interview with Bart Van Peel
Magazine / culture
Bart Van Peel – from the Belgian art collective Captain Boomer – talks about how and why he brought a beached whale to the shores of Warsaw’s Vistula river.
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On Beauty and History
On Beauty and History
An Interview with Aleksandra Lipczak
Reading / culture
Journalist Aleksandra Lipczak talks about her latest book, “Lajla znaczy noc” [Layla Means Night], which tells the story of Al-Andalus, the southern part of Spain, which was once under Arab rule.
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In the Valley of the Gods
In the Valley of the Gods
An Interview with Lech Majewski
Magazine / culture
Director Lech Majewski talks about his experiences with the Navajo people, the importance of artists in cinema, and his latest film “Valley of the Gods”.
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I’m Not an Escapist
I’m Not an Escapist
An Interview with David Grossman
Reading / culture
Israeli author David Grossman talks about the importance of childhood, the role of the writer, and his father’s memories of Poland.
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A Genocide of Neglect
A Genocide of Neglect
An Interview with Rebecca Makkai
Reading / culture
Rebbeca Makkai talks about why she set her novel “The Great Believers” in Chicago, who she wrote the book for (and against), and the injustices of the AIDS epidemic.
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Independent of Everyone
Independent of Everyone
An Interview with Agi Mishol
Reading / culture
Israeli poet Agi Mishol talks about old age, her family’s memories of Europe, and the role of nature in poetry.
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Who’s Afraid of Helmut Newton?
Who’s Afraid of Helmut Newton?
A Conversation About His Photography
Reading / culture
Art historian Ania Diduch and photographer Wojtek Wieteska talk with two curators of Helmut Newton about the nature of the German’s nude and fashion photography.
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Furry Caps and Neon Stems
Furry Caps and Neon Stems
An Interview with Maurycy Gomulicki
Magazine / culture
Maurycy Gomulicki, an artist and mushroom foraging enthusiast, talks about mushrooms, Mexico and his furry pink storeroom.
