In this episode of The Debrief, we meet radio historian Dr Urszula Doliwa from the University of Warmia and Mazury.

The history of pirate radio in Poland is slightly different to the stories many know about the famous pirate stations of the 1960s and 70s such as Radio Caroline. Here, pirate radio was more a fight for free speech than looking for the latest music trends…

Host John Beauchamp is in Olsztyn at the radio studios of the Journalism Institute at the University of Warmia and Mazury, where he meets Dr Urszula Doliwa, the author of “Pirate Waves” to talk about the emergence – and disappearance – of pirate radio stations in Poland.