Best Kraków Stories Podcasts (2024)

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Chief Magician Carl's Antique Jewelry Road Show- Bonus 8:11

23d ago8:11

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Send us a Text Message. As those of you that follow Captain Flashman: Defender of the Universe on social media already know, Captain Flashman: Defender of the Universe is taking the summer off but that doesn’t mean you won’t be entertained. That’s right, this summer we have a very special summer replacement show for you to enjoy; Chief Magician Car…

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Jessi Jezewska Stevens on Geneva, Gettysburg, Krakow, Tuscany, Siberia, Indiana; on writing for two days and editing for a year; on honeymoons; on precise descriptions and hope; on landing in JFK; and ... 43:47

2M ago43:47

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Jessi Jezewska Stev…

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The Sleep Of The Gassed 33:51

4M ago33:51

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Send us a Text Message. After Prince Belfast and Captain Flashman tied for first place in Khan the Cruel's Tournament of Death, Khan was forced to offer both the first prize; a kingdom of their choice and bride. To Captain Flashman he gave the Kingdom of the Grottos and the hand of Eve Arden however his kingdom was in revolt. Further he stipulated …

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Hilary Bradt on getting lost; on the Galapagos and Inca Trail in the 1970s; on aerograms v social media; on hitch-hiking at 82; on her guidebooks to Burma, Iraq, Iran and N Korea; on public footpaths and ... 35:50

4M ago35:50

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Hilary Bradt to dis…

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Ginanne Brownell on hearing clarinets and trombones by a Nairobi city dump; on a fairytale morphing; on big skies; on searching for a cemetery by Lake Michigan; on her next book: a global surrogacy journey ... 28:59

5M ago28:59

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Ginanne Brownell, t…

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It's My Party And I'll Slay If I Want To 33:52

6M ago33:52

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Send us a Text Message. After saving Vulpolis, Captain Flashman, Eve, Prince Belfast and Dr Krakow were released from their bonds of slavery by Queen Vulkaren who also promised to host Captain Flashman and Eve's wedding. In the midst of their pre-wedding banquet, Khan the Cruel arrived. Annoyed that Captain Flashman had been freed, Khan re-arrested…

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Nastassja Martin on her near-death encounter with a Kamchatka bear; on the boundaries between humankind and nature; on linear v spiral storytelling; on being in between worlds; on dreams, and on waking ... 49:44

7M ago49:44

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Nastassja Martin to…

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All’s Fair in Love and Universal Domination 24:07

8M ago24:07

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Send us a Text Message. After crashing on Vulpolis, a city suspended in mid air, Captain Flashman, Prince Belfast, Dr Krakow and Eve were taken prisoner by Vulkaren, the Queen of the Vulture People. There Eve was sentenced to be the companion of Vulkaren while the others were forced to work in the Bird Cage, the busiest yet most under-staffed resta…

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What You Say To A Vulkaren 26:48

9M ago26:48

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Send us a Text Message. After being captured by Khan the Cruel, Captain Flashman, Eve Arden, Prince Belfast and Dr Krakow were sentenced to work as slaves in the busiest yet most understaffed restaurant of the Vulture People. While en route, our four heroes escaped their prison cells only to find that the transport ship they were travelling on, had…

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Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on life in Lagos and Norwich; on how family pressure shapes you; on hope as something active; on walking to get out of one’s head; on random news items; and on writing a story, leaving ... 42:51

9M ago42:51

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ t…

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Human Balls And Other Quirks Of The Cosmos 23:05

10M ago23:05

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Send us a Text Message. In our last episode Captain Flashman, Eve Arden, Dr Krakow and Prince Belfast were captured by Khan the Cruel and then both Captain Flashman and Prince Belfast were forced to fight to the death in the aptly named Pit of Surprise. What rude awakening is in store for our heroic duo in the Pit of Surprise? Will Eve be forced to…

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Something Borrowed, Someone Blue 25:44

12M ago25:44

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Send us a Text Message. Captain Flashman and Princes Halo escape the clutches of Khan the Cruel by throwing themselves over the Cliff of Infinite Height only to be rescued by the rebel Prince Belfast. Finding that they all are sworn enemies of Khan, Captain Flashman, Dr Krakow and Prince Belfast join forces to face him in a showdown. Meanwhile Eve …

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Daljit Nagra on his sense of mischief; on abandoning 30 line poems; on his first language Punjabi; on listening to Miles Davis; on fully expecting to fail; on the nine-metre man and snake gods; and on ... 36:35

12M ago36:35

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Daljit Nagra to disc…

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Khashayar J Khabushani on hyphenated identity; on Dodgers jerseys and drinking beer; on memoir v fiction; on belonging where we are born; on hopefulness and youthfulness; on the myth of LA; and on missing ... 45:01

1y ago45:01

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Khashayar J Khabush…

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Asteroids Only Kill Dinosaurs 41:57

1y ago41:57

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Send us a Text Message. On route to their wedding Captain Flashman and his fiancée, paramour and main squeeze, Eve Arden are highjacked by Dr Krakow to help stop an asteroid that is on a collision course for earth. Will our heroes be able to stop this falling sphere from destroying their home? Episode Website: https://captainflashmandefenderoftheun…

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Hanne Ørstavik on love, love and more love; on travelling with her books; on openness and vulnerability as two sides of the same thing; on 16 books written as one big novel; on the power of silence in ... 47:21

1y ago47:21

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Hanne Ørstavik to d…

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Damian Le Bas on rambunctious families; on van life; on slag heaps and rubbish tips; on lecturing kids; on the only seasons of summer and winter; on the question “where are you from?”; and on looking like ... 47:07

1y ago47:07

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Damian Le Bas to dis…

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Sophie Ward on experimental education; on flaws and frailties and guilt; on saying “my wife”; on child acting; on the US-Vietnam War; on her superpower; on writing more about Detective Sergeant Carter; ... 39:04

1+ y ago39:04

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Sophie Ward to discu…

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Malaysian Cuisine & Culture - Veena & Didi 28:43

1+ y ago28:43

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Veena and Didi discuss Malaysian cuisine, and the culture behind it, having recently introduced Indo-Malay food to Kraków Both are chef's, Didi has opened Batik restaurant in Kazimierz, whilst Veena is a personal chef who does 'Craze Asia' pop up dining events, where she shares food, based on her very exotic and mixed Asian roots.…

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on riding matatus in Kenya; on the community he misses most; on torture and imagination; on the fun of writing a book on toilet paper; on birds, bees and butterflies; on which book is ... 52:02

1+ y ago52:02

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer and scholar Ngũgĩ wa…

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Juan Sarabia - Kraków Music & the Kraków music scene 34:00

1+ y ago34:00

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Juan Sarabia, originally from Monterrey, Mexico, he has been living in Kraków for almost 20 years.He describes himself as 'an industrial engineer gone rogue' - though we think 'Juan the music man', is more apt.Juan is very well know in the Kraków music scene as the driving force behind Kraków Music.You may know him from his past adventures at Euroc…

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Juan Sarabia - Kraków Music & the Krakow music scene 34:00

1+ y ago34:00

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Juan Sarabia, originally from Monterrey, Mexico, has been living in Kraków for almost 20 years. He describes himself as 'an industrial engineer gone rogue' - though we think 'Juan the music man', is more apt. Juan is very well know in the Kraków music scene as the driving force behind Kraków Music.By David McGirr - Kraków Stories Podcast

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Doreen Cunningham on Arctic ice; on bullying; on community as hope; on the fact there are whales singing in the sea still, in spite of it all; on Amtrak trains; on bank loans and luck; on mothering; on ... 47:04

1+ y ago47:04

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Doreen Cunningham t…

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert on her most treasured possession in prison; on training herself to memorise everything in a room, and on recall; on solitary confinement, hope and freedom; on how it feels to be in ... 34:20

1+ y ago34:20

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I’m joined by the writer and scholar Kylie M…

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Osman Yousefzada on writing about a community that didn’t want to be documented; on illiteracy; on being polite; on his photographic memory and eye for detail; on being on an eternal road; on the right ... 37:50

1+ y ago37:50

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Osman Yousefzada to …

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Frances Stonor Saunders on stamp-collecting; on Alzheimer’s and collective amnesia; on folding maps the wrong way; on what you would take if you were fleeing; on subversive humour; on inanimate objects; ... 45:08

1+ y ago45:08

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Frances Stonor Saund…

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Justin Marozzi on what makes a city great; on wanting to live in Istanbul, but not Jerusalem; on finding your bearings in time and space; on pilgrimages; on feeling like an outsider more than ever; on ... 42:17

1+ y ago42:17

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Justin Marozzi to di…

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Roger Robinson on roadtripping around Britain's coastline; on the white light of Trinidad; on Black Joy; on what he sees looking at the sea; on moving to Marseille, or anywhere; on police knees on throats; ... 44:09

1+ y ago44:09

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Roger Robinson to di…

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Anthony Sattin on nomadic thinking; on whether one plus one really does equal two; on the survival of the hunter-gatherer; on assabiyah; on digital nomads; on Bruce Chatwin’s unpublished writing; on telling ... 40:04

2y ago40:04

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Anthony Sattin to di…

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Ariana Neumann on inherited memory; on getting angry in Spanish; on wanting to speak Czech and have a little house on the Vltava; on the migrant crisis in Venezuela; on betrayal and hope; on travelling ... 46:36

2y ago46:36

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Ariana Neumann to di…

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Mother & daughter Karen Joy Fowler and Shannon Leone Fowler on historical fact, the imagination and the revision of memory; on childhood freedoms and unstructured time; on keeping a journal; on the heroics ... 49:37

2y ago49:37

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I talk to the mother and daughter pairing Ka…

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Tim Mackintosh-Smith on the settled v the wanderer; on capital letters and capital cities; on his hometown San’a; on mesmerising language, the heft of translation and sonorous tripe; on libraries, scud ... 46:11

2y ago46:11

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith…

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Mona Arshi on transitioning from lawyer to poet to novelist; on silence; on the energy of adolescence; on not wanting to be persuasive; on listening to birdsong and hearing Punjabi; on writing on trains; ... 37:04

2y ago37:04

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Mona Arshi to discus…

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Winnie M Li on the author as activist; on sexual assault and consent and #metoo; on writing both perspectives — of perpetrator and victim; on the memories we can choose, and those foisted upon us; and ... 36:05

2y ago36:05

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Winnie M Li to discu…

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Jennifer Steil on unexpected connections between places; on "in between-ness"; on friendship in Yemen; on the Jewish diaspora in Bolivia; on the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan; on living in a permanent state of ... 36:53

2y ago36:53

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Jennifer Steil to di…

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"War Child" Emmanuel Jal on a special edition of The Wandering Book Collector, including the title track of his new album Shangah 31:07

2y ago31:07

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this special edition, I speak with Emmanuel Jal to discuss…

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Kathryn D. Sullivan on our oceans; on an adventurous childhood; on maps and plotting journeys; on moving in microgravity; on time travel; on a ticket to Mars; on Moscow during the Cold War; and on losing ... 33:53

2y ago33:53

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Kathryn D. Sullivan …

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Preti Taneja on finding the words; on collective grief; on Partition; on the question of home and how prison is never home; on the inevitability of political writing; on anguish; on the necessary fiction ... 30:23

2y ago30:23

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the writer Preti Taneja to disc…

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06 - Brainly builds the biggest student community to share and explore knowledge. A conversation with Katarzyna Ciesek-Dziubiak, Head of People and Culture. 1:16:09

2+ y ago1:16:09

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Brainly inspires students to share and explore knowledge in a collaborative community. Yeah, I think in, in a company like, like Brainly, cultural intelligence is so important and we talked about curiosity and how one of their values is stay curious. And I bet that any startup out there or scale-up like that this has 400 people, and they're still g…

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Rebecca Mead on the to-ing and fro-ing between New York and London; on being mis/understood; on migration in your 20s v your 50s; on Trieste; on eavesdropping on buses — with TWBC 37:57

2+ y ago37:57

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Welcome to The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the journalist and writer Rebecca Mead to discuss her lates…

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05 - Simon Stanisz on Sales Effectiveness for Cisco, Google, T-Mobile, Intel and startups like Bolt. 1:08:54

2+ y ago1:08:54

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Simon has worked in sales for over 20 years, and has helped companies like Cisco, Google, T-Mobile, and Intel. He is also the founder of NorthStar Consulting, a sales consulting company that helps companies increase their sales effectiveness. In this episode, Simon shares his insights on: - The key attributes of successful salespeople - The differe…

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04 - Daria Plona, Head of People at Grand Parade on the culture of learning. 1:12:17

2+ y ago1:12:17

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In this episode, you will learn: how to build a culture of learning. What is the role of the Head of People. Understand what tech companies expect from recent graduates. How tech companies adapted to WHO during COVID and how they continue to adapt post pandemic. What competencies are evaluated in the recruitment processes of organizations. What doe…

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03: Antonello Schiavo from Google & YouTube on the importance of personal growth in business growth. 1:00:40

2+ y ago1:00:40

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About the podcast We "gossip" with people in startups, scale-ups, and enterprises. We're talking Google, Klarna, Decathlon, Heineken, Brainly, and a lot more. We share how their companies grew and how they grew professionally and personally. Every episode is full of actionable learning, and it is full of inspiration. Growth, growth, hacking, startu…

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Horatio Clare on madness, mania and healing; on migrating swallows; on keeping a diary; on being the other in othering; on "the love of many things" and Van Gogh — with TWBC 37:13

2+ y ago37:13

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the inimitable travel writer Ho…

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02 - The story of Sonny Van Assche, CEO of Ntiative IT Recruitment and their explosive growth in technology recruitment. 1:09:40

2+ y ago1:09:40

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In this episode of Growth Gossip, Sonny tells the story of how he went from a small town in Belgium to a successful IT Recruitment Agency. He emphasises the importance of being open to talent wherever it may be found and ofspecializing in a particular area. He also speaks about the overrated concept of company culture and how it's something that ev…

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Brigid Delaney on restlessness, on the mania around wellness, on Seneca and stoicism, on Australia's tough lockdown and where she is choosing to go first (Bali), not forgetting cockatoos — with TWBC 33:21

2+ y ago33:21

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the travel writer and columnist…

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01 - How do you scale up in a crowded market? Tap into Survicate's growth strategies /w George Gavrila, the company's marketing director 1:07:16

2+ y ago1:07:16

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The content discusses the value of understanding what a company is looking for before specializing in marketing. It also highlights the importance of understanding humans in order to do effective marketing. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of writing skills in marketing. You'll learn: What a company looks for in a marketer The importance of un…

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Geoffrey Kent on a special SAFARI edition of The Wandering Book Collector 17:25

2+ y ago17:25

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Welcome to this special SAFARI edition of The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This podcast is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with Geoffrey Kent to dis…

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Sara Wheeler on Russia and its writers of the Golden Age: Pushkin, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, and on language, translation, etymology and bathmats across nine time zones -- with TWBC 46:13

2+ y ago46:13

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Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the travel writer and biographe…

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Kapka Kassabova on the Balkans, on growing up behind the Iron Curtain, on the inheritance of pain, on writing by water, on alchemistry, on healing -- with TWBC 36:35

2+ y ago36:35

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Half-way into the first season, welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with…

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