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The Unbearable Lightness of Sleeping
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

The Unbearable Lightness of Sleeping

What is the dream incubation technique? How can you rewrite what happens in a nightmare? And why might sleeping too much be problematic?
Dariusz Kuźma
The Best Routine Is no Routine
Art + Stories
Fiction, Opinions

The Best Routine Is no Routine

Harlan Coben talks about writing crime during the pandemic, the global reach of Netflix, and the Polish-language adaptation of his novel “The Woods”.
Jan Pelczar
All That Jazz in Me
Art + Stories
Experiences

All That Jazz in Me

Polish actor Joanna Kulig talks about her love of jazz music, balancing her personal and professional life, and her role in the Netflix miniseries “The Eddy”.
Mateusz Demski
Becoming Unorthodox
Art + Stories
Experiences

Becoming Unorthodox

Yiddish cultural consultant and actor Eli Rosen talks about the changing Hasidic community in New York, his role in the making of the Netflix series “Unorthodox”, and fulfilling his childhood dream of playing a rabbi.
Mikołaj Gliński
The Sound of Radioactivity
Art + Stories
Opinions

The Sound of Radioactivity

Hildur Guðnadóttir talks about how she composed the scores for “Chernobyl” and “Joker”, and what it was like to work with Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Jan Błaszczak
A Short Essay About Mystery
Art + Stories
Experiences

A Short Essay About Mystery

In 1989, a then obscure Polish director called Krzysztof Kieślowski made a 10-part series for Polish television. Today, “Dekalog” is still ranked as one of the best non-English television productions by IMDB. Why might this be?
Carmen Gray
You’re Never Smarter Than Your Audience
Art + Stories
Opinions

You’re Never Smarter Than Your Audience

Frank Spotnitz talks about the advent of Netflix, the golden age of television, and why he doesn’t like being called a ‘showrunner’.
Dariusz Kuźma
Comrade Batman
Art + Stories
Experiences

Comrade Batman

The latest miniseries from HBO beautifully captures Soviet aesthetics, but is lacking elsewhere. A Belarusian writer suggests that “Chernobyl” fails to portray the complex nuances of language in a society enslaved by totalitarianism.
Victor Martinovich