Anglo-Polish ORLAfm.media

Anglo-Polish Radio ORLAfm launched in 2006 in the UK. Since 2022 it is a podcast broadcaster with content principally in English language.

Society & Culture Education History Documentary

Update frequency: every 12 days
Average duration: 17 minutes
Episodes: 35
Years Active: 2011 - 2022

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EP07: Walker’s World | Casimir Pulaski Big in USA

October 11 is Pulaski Day. This notable Pole's story in the USA is told by Peter Walker on Walker's World - a show Peter researches, scripts and presents on ORLAfm.

00:08:33 | Mon 03 Oct 2022

EP06: Walker’s World | The Polish King of Madagascar

Ugandan tyrant Idi Amin once claimed he was the last King of Scotland, a fanciful claim no one took seriously but made a good movie. Yet we stop in our globetrotting tracks to hear Peter Walker revea…

00:08:57 | Mon 05 Sep 2022

EP05: Walker’s World | Tadeusz Kościuszko and US Independence Day

As we join fellows who are Americans, to celebrate their Independence Day in the United States, Peter Walker brings you a jaw dropping story of one Tadeusz Kościuszko, an engineer, statesman and mili…

00:10:18 | Mon 04 Jul 2022

EP04: Walker’s World | Poland’s Grand Slam

June means Strawberries and Cream and lawn tennis in Wimbledon, south west London. Peter Walker serves insights into Polish stars who achieved great successes in tennis over the past century.

00:09:11 | Wed 01 Jun 2022

EP03: Walker’s World | Poland and Ukraine One Country

Poland is helping its neighbour Ukraine in the tragic conflict against Russia. Poland has many reasons, not only geopolitical but also historical, to help Kiev. In the 14th century Poland was Europe'…

00:11:29 | Mon 02 May 2022

EP 02: Walker’s World | April – the month that shook the world

In his second episode of Walker's World, ORLAfm presenter Peter Walker continues on the path of Russia's historical aggression, which seems so timely as the tragedy of the invasion of Ukraine prevail…

00:09:46 | Sat 02 Apr 2022

EP 01: Walker’s World | King Canute and the Polish Invasion

Poles are generally regarded in a good light in the UK. Champions in the sky, they managed to defend Churchill's Britain in the 1940s. But did they also have another agenda? Did they help a Dane to o…

00:08:57 | Tue 01 Mar 2022

Lyczacza in concert at Jazz Cafe POSK

Maciej Lyszkiewicz (Photo right at POSK) has honed his style of Latin jazz in the Baltic city of Gdynia for more than two decades. An [...]

00:21:20 | Tue 22 Feb 2022

Welcome to my (Walker’s) World

ORLAfm is excited to announce the start of a new series of podcasts for everyone interested in Polish history and famous names. It is remarkable how many Poles left Poland to find fortune, fame and s…

00:01:14 | Sun 20 Feb 2022

Speechwriter Charles Crawford on Brexit

With June 23 set for an historic vote on Britain’s destiny in or after the European Union, Charles Crawford shares his fears about how the “Brexit” campaign will unfold, as well as the growing populi…

00:24:26 | Sat 29 Jan 2022

Colin Vearncombe tribute

Colin Vearncombe, best remembered as the front man of 1980s hot band Black, gave ORLA.fm a candid interview in November 2010 which was included in [...]

00:50:46 | Sat 29 Jan 2022

New Yorker Jon Regen offers Polished act

Jon Regen, whose grandmother was from Poland, is still waiting to perform in his ancestors’ homeland. In this candid interview the New York singer-songwriter and [...]

00:16:24 | Sat 29 Jan 2022

Do Poles join UK trade unions?

Trade unions in Britiain have been in relative decline since the 1980s. But if only 25% of UK workers are in unions, even fewer Polish workers in the UK are members. Co-author of a new survey Dominik…

00:23:37 | Sat 29 Jan 2022

Dominik Tarczyński, ORLA.fm presenter, now MP

Since its launch in May 2006 as the only Anglo-Polish radio station, ORLA.fm has been proud of many of its staff for the work they have done at the station, and the media and other roles that they ha…

00:26:10 | Sat 29 Jan 2022

All Saints’ Day remembered personally and nationally

November 1, All Saints’ Day, is a day for remembrance of those who have departed. Commemorated across Europe it is especially observed in Poland. As [...]

00:02:53 | Sat 29 Jan 2022

Poles collaborated with Nazis. Did Belfast Telegraph get it right?

In September, Northern Ireland’s biggest regional daily, the Belfast Telegraph, published a contentious letter from University of Cork academic Dr Kevin McCarthy, suggesting Poland cannot [...]

00:21:03 | Sat 29 Jan 2022

End of the Parade

The most famous Polish deli must be Parade Delicatessen opposite Ealing Broadway railway station in west London. The shop has served customers for 63 years [...]

00:10:29 | Sat 29 Jan 2022

Poles to strike or give blood?

ORLAfm - Some Poles plan to stage a one-day strike in the UK on August 20. But it doesn’t command the support of Polish groups, nor is there clarity about the aims, venues for protest, or legality of…