polanyi-PODcast: MEET THE FAMILY

(c) Concordia University

In celebration of Kari Polanyi-Levitt’s 100th birthday on June 14, 2023 the International Karl Polanyi Society is releasing a podcast series on multiple members of the Polanyi family. Find out more about the lives and work of Karl Polanyi, Ilona Duczyńska Polanyi, Kari Polanyi-Levitt, Michael Polanyi, Laura Polanyi Stricker and Eva Zeisel – from the personal to the political, the academic to the activist.

  • How did Karl Polanyi’s political views change over the years?
  • How did the upheavals of the 20th century shape Ilona Duczyńska Polanyi’s political activism?
  • What did Kari Polanyi-Levitt research in the Carribean?
  • How did Michael Polanyi’s contribute to the Philosophy of Science?
  • What was Laura Polanyi Striker’s role in the family?
  • What was it like for Eva Zeisel to become a ceramicist in 1920s Hungary?
Find the answers to these questions and much more in the podcasts below!

Karl Polanyi

by Gareth Dale

Ilona Duczyńska Polanyi

by Veronika Helfert

German

English

Kari Polanyi-Levitt

by Marguerite Mendell

Michael Polanyi

by Franz Tödtling

Laura Polanyi Stricker

by Judith Szapor

Eva Zeisel

by Franz Baumann

German