Polish History

This podcast is for learners of Polish language. In this episode I talk about tulip mania, the first speculative bubble in history. Trading in bulb certificates resembled existing futures contracts in today’s capital markets.

In this episode of the Learn Real Polish podcast, I talk about Zygmunt III Waza who was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania as well as King of Sweden. In Warsaw you can see the Sigismund Column in the Old Town.

In this episode of Learn Real Polish podcast I talk about the Recovered Territories (Ziemie Odzyskane). The area belonged to pre-war Germany and the Free City of Gdansk, which became part of Poland after World War II. Besides Gdansk, I would like to talk about two other major cities in this part of Poland, Szczecin and Wroclaw. Please listen and read the transcript along with me. Polish transcription is available for all premium users on realpolish.pl website.

This podcast is for people learning Polish. This time I want to talk about some of the most important cities in the Eastern Borderlands. As a result of the border changes after World War II, none of these lands belong to Poland today.

This episode of Learn Polish Podcast is about strange case of Kaspar Hauser. He probably grown up in the total isolation, but as a teenager one day he appeared in Nuremberg. I’m sure listening to this interesting story you will be a great exercise to improve you Polish comprehension.