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What’s With This Ego?
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

What’s With This Ego?

Ego is a tough negotiator between desires and morality. And yet, a soft skin for the psyche, both separating and connecting two different worlds.
Agata Bielińska
A Cat’s Point of View
World + People
Nature

A Cat’s Point of View

Cats can’t detect colors like we can, but their glowing eyes see perfectly well at night.
Szymon Drobniak
Awareness is like a flashlight and it flashes on things.
– Ram Dass
For Your Eyes Only
Art + Stories
Experiences

For Your Eyes Only

Majestic and spectacular, and at the same time fleeting and private. They stretch across the sky, yet only exist in a single point. Rainbows—everyone sees them differently.
Szymon Drobniak
Gone Soul
Soul + Body
Good Mood

Gone Soul

Euphoria, out-of-body experiences, visions too marvelous to describe. These are just a part of the truth of near-death experiences.
Tomasz Wiśniewski
31st January 1863
World + People
Science

31st January 1863

On this day in 1863, a certain French author published his first novel, about three Brits taking a balloon trip over Africa. Jules Verne’s debut was a hit, and guaranteed his legacy.
Adam Węgłowski
Don’t Stress the Mess
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Don’t Stress the Mess

Environmental psychology – the study of how our natural and built surroundings influence us as individuals – suggests that too much order can be of social detriment.
Sylwia Niemczyk

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Silenced Memories: LGBT People in World War II
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Silenced Memories: LGBT People in World War II

Joanna Ostrowska, author of a book about gay people during World War II, talks about why it is crucial to honour the memory of LGBT people in Poland.
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The Open Scissors Effect
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The Open Scissors Effect

Psychologist and psychotherapist Agnieszka Carrasco-Żylicz talks about the pressures that today’s youth are facing, and how this impacts their mental health.
Aleksandra Pezda
The Celestial Stone
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The Celestial Stone

The rock with a deep blue hue has been valued since antiquity for its beautiful color, making it both a luxury product and a symbol of the gods.
Tomasz Wichrowski
WAHALA
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WAHALA

The work “WAHALA” addresses the problem of unbridled economic growth and the related ecological concerns. It asks what is driving the world and for how long.
Robin Hinsch
The Origins of Immortality
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The Origins of Immortality

The archaeology of prehistoric burial sites suggests a number of interesting aspects to the belief in life after death.
Tomasz Wiśniewski
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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
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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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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
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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