This week on Pole-ish, Peter and John welcome Oleg Tyshchenko, a Ukrainian developer behind Polish Heritage: Quiz Explorer - an app designed to help people discover Poland through quizzes, recipes, history and culture.

Along the way, we get into Polish vs Ukrainian borscht, the truth about pierogi ruskie, why philosophy still matters in tech, and how Polish heritage can survive across borders and generations.

Plus: ChatGPT takes our Five Big Questions, John talks Kraków Marathon dinosaurs, and Peter finds perhaps the least subtle bit of graffiti in Warsaw and is embarrassed about how “naughty” it is.

Come for the culture. Stay for the smalec.

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Bubble Boy (trailer): https://youtu.be/jSRU48wCphI?si=-bhbfkLaFwWcLYpF

Oleg’s Polish Heritage app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.olegtyshchenko.polishheritage&pcampaignid=web_share

Chopin Nocturnes (Rubenstein): https://open.spotify.com/album/5Q5m22P7jIwdMSKXqhrpaN?si=4a1c092c5aec4e09

Mery Spolsky – Miło Było Pana Poznać: https://open.spotify.com/track/72p7CkcPgKtWJjaxsAFNDZ?si=0bc35f0ce53e4477

Pole-ish Guest Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/68kYaLG4XYgcjRdSjzzgcW?si=de7065757241400c

This week on Pole-ish, we prove once again that you don’t need a wild night out for things to descend into mild chaos. Fresh(-ish) from a wholesome Kraków meetup, we recap an evening that featured cherry liqueur, questionable coordination, zapiekanka incidents, and - because it’s Poland in April - a surprise midnight snowfall. Rock and roll.

There’s also a global reality check as we discover our listeners are popping up everywhere from Vietnam to Oman (still not France… awkward), plus a deep dive into the perfect hangover cure: a full English breakfast in the middle of Kraków.

Along the way, we stumble into a hidden church, accidentally unpack a deeply disturbing Greek myth, and question some life choices.

In this episode:

· A surprisingly civilised “big night out” 🍻

· Polish wines and why you should give them a chance 🍷

· The unpredictable reactions to speaking Polish as a foreigner 🗣️

· The return of 3 in 10 (with Ipswich under pressure) ⏱️

· Oscypek appreciation hour 🧀

· And why the Polish word “no” absolutely does not mean what you think it means 🤦‍♂️

We wrap up with a nod to Majówka and Poland’s triple celebration season - so if you’re listening with a beer in hand, you’re doing it right.

As always, we’re not Polish… We’re Pole-ish.

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Cherry Liqueur bar: https://pianavyshnia.com/

Scandale Royale: https://scandale.pl/

Pasaż 13: https://www.myguidekrakow.com/shopping/pasaz-13

Legend of Procne: https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/procne.html

Hoopoe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoopoe#

Polska Rada Winiarswa (Polish Wine Council): https://zpprw.pl/en/#

British 'champagne': https://tinyurl.com/ycd8zj64

Oscypek cheese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscypek

Pole-ish Guest Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/68kYaLG4XYgcjRdSjzzgcW?si=de7065757241400c

Our two Pole-ish buddies finally record an episode in the same room. In this very special (and somewhat disorganised) episode, Peter & John record together in Kraków with no script, no plan, but absolutely no shortage of beer.

They swap stories of Poland past and present (including propeller planes into a snowy Balice), debate why Kraków might just be the perfect-sized city, and attempt to separate fact from fiction - with mixed success - on everything from wolves to bar & café density.

Along the way:

• The truth about Kraków vs Warsaw
• A near-wolf encounter in the mountains
• Museums you should visit… and one you probably shouldn’t
• The legend of the Hejnał trumpet
• A fridge inspection that gets surprisingly emotional
• And a competitive “3 in 10” that tests John’s home knowledge

It’s messy, it’s meandering, and it’s probably our most Pole-ish episode yet. Na zdrowie 🍺

PS Sorry for the dodgy sound quality in places – we’re still quite new to the game, and clearly haven’t mastered how to share a microphone. Normal service will be resumed next week.

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Hejnał: https://mariacki.com/hejnal/

Rynek Underground Museum: https://muzeumkrakowa.pl/en/branches/rynek-underground

Kraków Stained Glass Museum: https://muzeumwitrazu.pl/

Kraków Wax Museum: https://www.poloniawaxmuseum.com/

Grey Wolf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf

Pole-ish Guest Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/68kYaLG4XYgcjRdSjzzgcW?si=de7065757241400c