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The Land of Real Dreams
World + People
Dreams and Visions

The Land of Real Dreams

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.
Berenika Steinberg
How to Build a Nation
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Experiences

How to Build a Nation

It was thanks to the efforts of patriotic scholars that the Bohemian language and culture were rescued from the Habsburg Monarchy.
Agnieszka Fiedorowicz
The Karaites: Poland’s Forgotten Ethnic Minority
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Experiences

The Karaites: Poland’s Forgotten Ethnic Minority

The Karaites are Poland’s smallest ethnic minority. What do we know about their history? And what does their future hold?
Agnieszka Rostkowska
Centuries of Milk
Soul + Body
Good Food

Centuries of Milk

From cosmogonic myths to medieval cooking books, butter, cheese, and milk have played an important role in the everyday lives of humans across the globe.
Łukasz Modelski
Felix Culpa
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Experiences

Felix Culpa

“Felix Culpa” is a series of personal collages by Jagoda Valkov. In her works, the artist combines photographs from her family archive and albums belonging to other members of the Families of Nazareth Movement (within which Valkov was raised) with contemporary symbolic graphics. Here we have processed memories of adolescence and 13 years of life within a religious organization.
Jagoda Valkov
How to pronounce Przekrój?
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Dreams and Visions

How to pronounce Przekrój?

An unusual name? Here’s how to pronounce it like a pro.
Superflat Depths
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Experiences

Superflat Depths

Superflat is a postmodern art movement, founded by the Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and influenced by popular culture, such as manga and anime.
Karol Sienkiewicz

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On the Enjoyment of Work
Paulina Wilk
Connecting the Dots
Monika Waraxa
Dreaming at the Table
Magdalena Róża Skoczewska
What Do Colors Tell Us?
Anna Arno
A Sensory Siege
Natalia Fiedorczuk
Power Points
Soul + Body
Breathe In

Power Points

Imagine that all it takes is a ten-second gentle touch to set off or cure ailments like headaches. “It’s possible,” says Ayurvedic doctor Nisha Manikantan in conversation with Agnieszka Rostkowska.
Agnieszka Rostkowska
Open Your Ears
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Experiences

Open Your Ears

Truly hearing what someone else has to say—or even the birds outside the window—is a rare skill. Yet it can benefit everyone’s health and well-being.
Aleksandra Pezda
Instructions for Departure
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Good Mood

Instructions for Departure

In contemporary Western culture, death is taboo. Yet Buddhism illustrates how we can take a different approach to death; one that is not as dissimilar as we might expect.
Aleksandra Woźniak-Marchewka
Our Winged Companions
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Nature

Our Winged Companions

For thousands of years, humans and sparrows have lived alongside each other, the latter continuously adapting to the former’s new environments.
Adam Zbyryt
Partial Recall
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Science

Partial Recall

An expert in neuroscience talks about what memory is, whether we can train it, and if we might be able to read other people’s thoughts in the future.
Aleksandra Pezda
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What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say?
World + People
Nature

What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say?

American acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton takes us on a sound trip to the first quiet park on Earth, where we can hear the gentle sounds of the Zabalo River, nestled deep in the Amazon rainforest.
Gordon Hempton
Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
Art + Stories
Fiction

Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

A corpse has been discovered at a retirement home run by nuns, but Zofia is not convinced that the death was entirely natural… Antonia Lloyd-Jones translates an excerpt from the first novel in a period crime series featuring Zofia Turbotyńska.
Maryla Szymiczkowa
Mr. Barker, Oedipuss, and Us
World + People
Nature

Mr. Barker, Oedipuss, and Us

We have more in common with cats and dogs than some people think – especially when it comes to cheekily deceiving each other.
Ludwika Włodek
Energy Travels Vertically
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Experiences

Energy Travels Vertically

In the summer of 1920, a young Indian swami boarded a ship from Bombay to Boston. The yogi’s spiritual teachings went on to change the lives of millions.
Paulina Wilk

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Unshaken as The Himalayas
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Breathe In

Unshaken as The Himalayas

For centuries, yoga adepts and spiritual seekers have been heading to Rishikesh, a small city in northern India. Przekrój editor and yogi Agnieszka Rostkowska followed in their footsteps to talk with Sandeep Pandey, one of the most renowned yoga teachers in the Himalayan Yoga tradition.
Agnieszka Rostkowska
Find the Inner Teacher
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

Find the Inner Teacher

Kirti Gahlawat, a winner of multiple world championship medals in yoga, discusses respecting limits in yoga and how to find a good teacher, along with much more.
Agnieszka Rostkowska
Simple, Ordinary Kindness
Soul + Body
Good Mood

Simple, Ordinary Kindness

It’s in our blood: kind gestures are evolution’s gift to humankind. If it hadn’t been for kindness, the story of our species would most likely have taken a very different turn. 
Jowita Kiwnik Pargana
At Your Own Pace
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

At Your Own Pace

Running, jumping, gardening, even caring for animals: these are all physical activities that can benefit our mental health. Psychotherapist Anna Cichoń shows us how to do them in healthy doses.
Kamila Kielar