We present a new podcast series, "POLES' CONNECTION WITH MUSIC," on YouTube and Facebook.

This series of six podcasts is an accessible presentation of the latest research on how contemporary Poles listen to music, attend concerts, and respond to market changes in the era of streaming and AI. Each episode features analytical results—including previously unpublished ones—based on research by Dr. Stanisław Trzciński and a representative sample of Polish residents. The podcast combines conversations with guests (artists, scientists, and journalists) with a short lecture segment. The visuals and narrative format allow it to reach artists, their managers, music industry employees, researchers, journalists, and the general public.

The project aims to improve the skills of those in the music industry and Polish music consumers, and to build an informed relationship with music in Poland. The intended results include a better understanding of trends, increased concert activity, the development of young artists, and the strengthening of the entire music market—one of the most important creative sectors supporting the economy. This podcast is about how we listen today, what moves us, and what we can do to bring music even closer to people.

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POLES' CONNECTION WITH MUSIC PODCAST SERIES

Episode 1. Personal Contact with Music - What and How We've Been Listening to in Recent Years

Guests: Dr. Szymon Nożyński and Maria Sadowska

Lecture 1. From the Record Player to Streaming: The History of Listening as a History of Emotions

Dr. Stanisław Trzciński

Broadcast: December 1, 2025 (Monday)

Episode 2. How We Have Changed as Music Consumers in the 21st Century

Guests: Dr. Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska and Marcin Wasilewski

Lecture 2. The New Listener How Technology and Emotions Are Changing Our Perception of Music

Dr. Stanisław Trzciński

Aired: December 4, 2025 (Thursday)

Episode 3. Poles' Attendance at Concerts and Other Musical Events in Recent Years

Guests: Hirek Wrona and Viola Łabanow

Lecture 3. Live Music as a Community — The Concert as a Contemporary Ritual

Dr. Stanisław Trzciński

Aired: December 8, 2025 (Monday)

Episode 4. Relationships between artists, music institutions, and listeners

Guests: Dr. Sławomir Wieczorek and Tomek Makowiecki

Lecture 4. A new musical community – the relationship: artist, institution, audience

Dr. Stanisław Trzciński

Broadcast: December 11, 2025 (Thursday)

Episode 5. Music in marketing communication and public space

Guests: Grzegorz Kiszluk and Marek Kościkiewicz

Lecture 5. Music as a brand. On the role of sound in consumer culture

Dr. Stanisław Trzciński

Broadcast: December 15, 2025 (Monday)

Episode 6. The use of AI in music from the perspective of artists and audiences

Guests: Dr. Eng. Mateusz Modrzejewski and Tomek Lipiński

Lecture 6. Man, machine, and emotion. Music in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Stanisław Trzciński

Broadcast: December 18, 2025 (Thursday)

Dr. Stanisław Trzciński

Cultural studies scholar, economist, and cultural manager. Doctor of Humanities in the field of cultural and religious studies. Author of the book "Infected by Sound: The Music Market in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," published in 2023 by PWN Scientific Publishers. A university teacher and member of the Creative Economy Research Center at SWPS University in Warsaw, he also lectured at Collegium Civitas. In 2023, he received a distinction from the Rector of SWPS University for his doctoral dissertation. He was awarded the ZAiKS Special Prize in 2022 for his long-standing contribution to the development of Polish culture.

He specializes in cultural economics. He describes the legal and financial situation of artists in the era of the technological revolution in the digital world. He researches the music market and music audiences.

Concert promoter, festival organizer, publisher, and music journalist.

(C) 2025 STX Music Solutions

Production: FourTune

Collaboration: Bring The Noize and Erem Studio

Coordination: Maciej Dryżałowski

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund under the "Music" program, implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance