Dec. 2, 2025

#545 Shisha vs Papieros: A Polish Chat About Hookah Culture

#545 Shisha vs Papieros: A Polish Chat About Hookah Culture
#545 Shisha vs Papieros: A Polish Chat About Hookah Culture
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#545 Shisha vs Papieros: A Polish Chat About Hookah Culture

In this episode of the Learn Polish Podcast Ania and Ania chat informally about smoking habits in Poland — comparing cigarettes, shisha (hookah) and electronic alternatives. They discuss flavors, social rituals, personal memories and common health concerns, with light humor and everyday vocabulary for learners.

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00:07 - Introduction to Learn Polish Podcast

00:40 - The Importance of Visuals

04:05 - Discussing Shisha

06:52 - Group vs Individual Shisha Experiences

08:30 - Health Concerns Around Shisha

13:03 - The Rise of Electronic Shisha

15:33 - Memorable Shisha Experiences

16:18 - Encouragement for New Shisha Users

0:00 Welcome to Learn Polish Podcast. You can find all the references on learnpolishpodcast.com, where I'm at YouTube and Lombo. If you want to get lessons from anya in Polish or Spanish, you'll find the links in the show notes, both on the audio and the video. Find everything about me, scan the QR code, go to rycon.com. And I also have a podcasting podfather group on school and also a brain fitness group on school. You'll find the links in the show notes. And if you're looking for virtual assistance, go to va.world. We do websites, we do apps, and we do a lot of other stuff, so be sure to check it out via.gov. Cześć, Tania. Hej, no, witam cię.

0:40 Powiedz mi, powiedz nam wszystkim, jak się mąż dzisiaj, bo dziś mamy... Wszystko dobrze. I też mamy nowe grafiki dla nasza podcast, so ja muszę wymienić tutaj na moje ekranie. I mean, to be the actual, I should be here. Exactly, exactly, it's very important. Sorry. It's very important, because people don't see me. Okay, what I wanted to say. I know what I wanted to say. Listen, Royce, there was no longer there. And I think that in any podcast, I'm very original. I'm very original, this is a promotion.

1:21 But Royce, I wanted to ask you if you want to fire? Yes. Okay, but now what is the question? I believe that you don't like to use ordinary paper. Yes, because there is a story. Because when I was young, many people used paper. And my colleague and my colleague bought 10 dollars. Jumpler Blue. I remember the name Jumpler Blue. I don't know if you can buy it here, but it would be a Jumpler Blue. It's a great price. I have different names, just so I'm right. I have one, two, three, one moment.

2:06 I don't have one for one or two for one for one for one for one for one. Aha. I have to do something, I don't know, vomit. Oh, kurczę. I feel bad, I don't do that, but I feel bad. And from that moment I don't have a chance to talk to a little bit about it. You can say that. Or, to be muted, that's a neutral word. It also sounds like a word in English, to be muted. It's also a little bit of a colloquial word, that it's not vulgar, but it's better not to say it, because it's like a lot of s'rgygat.

2:48 It's very very difficult. At the doctor, we don't say s'rgygat. No, it's not. At the doctor, you can say s'rgygat. In the house, with friends, you can say s'rgygat. It's very difficult. But it's like... We talk about God and we do what's called Biały telefon, tak? A biały telefon is toilet, is like rozmawia, is like what? I think it's true, no, every one of us is to... I think it's in Holland, in the whole world. I think it's in Holland, in the whole world. Oh, I'm sorry. I have a lot of humor.

3:32 Okay, so I'm going to write down in the comments. Okay, so I asked... Papieros, do you do it? You said you did it. You probably did it. Everyone has a couple of times. Do you know how it's called? It's called the paper in Polish. Fake. Fake. Fake. Or, it's called the slug. It's so very cool, but in the shop we say paper, we do not say it's a little bit, because it would be a bit funny. Okay, so you were painting paper. Okay, I had something else in my mind. As you can see in our graph, I would like to talk about the shish. We can also paint it, too.

4:12 What do you think about the shish? Do you paint the shish? Yes, a few times, but... ...a few times. What are your thoughts about the shish? Do you like to use a cigarette or not? Not very. Why not? Because I use a cigarette, but a lot, but then very rarely. Maybe on Christmas, for example. I know, everything is in your mouth. Your lungs? What's the longs? Płuca.

4:53 Płuca, tak. Aha, czyli ty nie palisz w ogóle ani papierosów, ani siszy. Siszy czasami, tak? No ja lubię palić sisze, przyznam się publicznie. No dobra. Aroi, a powiedz mi, w takim razie, w ogóle rozmawiamy o tej siszy? Co to jest w ogóle sisza? Maybe someone of our listeners doesn't know what is Shisha. Where is Shisha? What is Shisha? What is Shisha? Because it is not Polish. In Poland we have to burn Shisha, but it is not originally Polish. Yes, I don't know where the first Shisha is in Egypt. It is not Turkish or Turkish, it is French. Maybe. because normally there is a taste.

5:38 So it's not tobacco. It's just like... No, it's a good taste. Yes, shisha has different tastes. It's not like the usual paper, which are not good. Shisha has a taste, yes. Where is it? I don't know. Maybe someone knows and write us in the comments, because I don't know. I think it's from Turkey, but I can't forget, because I consume it in Poland. And so... Okay, tell me in the meantime, do you think that in Poland she was popular in Poland? We are talking about Poland. We are in Poland, we are in Poland, we are talking about Poland. Or is it in Poland, or not? It's not a bad thing, because I live on the street. It's the main street in Włodz. There is a Casablanca shop. It's a bar Casablanca, in which I was.

6:25 Yes, you can look there. If someone wants to look there, I don't know. I was once, once I was once, once I was once. So, I was once more. So, I have to go to bar. We go to bar, we go to bar, we go to relax. No, no, no, I don't know. Like, in a weekend, you can do a shisha, relax. Now, I have to do a shisha. So, shisha is a form of relax, style of life? Or what is it in the way? Why do people do a shisha? I think I do a shisha. So, I have to do a shisha. It's a shisha to drink, like whiskey sour, right? Because it's like pepperoni, it's like a dick, right? Because when you do a shisha, you don't do a dick.

7:12 Yes, a lot. I think it's a relax, but it's a dick. It's not a shisha, it's your body. No tak, no tak, czyli mamy formę relaksu, no dobra, powiedz mi właśnie jak to jest, bo ja na przykład, no kiedyś paliłam więcej sziszy, teraz troszeczkę rzadziej, ale i tak robię to. And now, tell me, is that like a bar is more an individual activity? Is it that people are more in a group as a friend, to be able to sit down, talk, relax, or even more individual?

7:56 I have, for example, I have a friend who was on the side, and he was like, he was like, he was not in a group, but he was like, individual relax. How do you think? How is it better? Or you... It's a group. Because when I was, I was always a group. So, group. No, you can also divide it with a sisha. No, and so, sisha, sisha. A tell me, because we're talking about the painting and so on. We're talking about that paper is dangerous. In fact, I think everything is dangerous. Tell me what with sisha. What is it? What is it? No, I know that it's not a healthy thing. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

9:01 No Thank you. You heard about the mites about Shisha? I mean, before you were able to palize yourself, or you heard about Shisha? I heard about Shisha. When I started to palize Shisha, I thought, that they were real paper. And that I'm going to take care of myself. I was going to palize. And then, when I started to... I was like, okay. So, at the beginning I thought that it was very dangerous. But sometimes I was convinced that it was not. Do you have any thoughts about Shisha, which then changed?

9:48 Did you think that Shisha is bad or bad, but then you were convinced that Shisha is bad or bad, and then you were convinced that it was okay? I'm not sure, but for example, when a cigarette is too much in the middle. The cigarette is normally just... It's just not all that is, so it's just a little bit here. But the cigarette is in the middle, so it's smoke, and I think that's not what it is. Okay, but what we take from this cigarette, So, like, when we put it in, we put it in, and then we put it in, and then we put it in, and then we put it in, so what we have in the middle, is it the same harmful as the ordinary paper?

10:39 Because I think that even a lot of shisha is not harmful as the ordinary paper. Do you understand? I think it's better, but for example when you are at club, where there are 20-30 shisks, the ventilation is not good, and it's all the time. I don't know if it's a bad thing. Aha, so you're talking about something like that is a lot. But I thought about one of the shishers, that you're gonna fall. Yes, it's true, it's actually true. Okay, well, because all of the technology is everywhere... The more popular are these electronic papers, which are falling for the entire world.

11:30 I am like mini-shishers, because it's like mini-shisha, because, you know, you're gonna fall, but it's not as a ordinary paper, but it's similar to shishers, but it's not so big, but so small. We have a lot of paper, which are not good, we have a shish, but to make them fall, you need to go to the bar, to the local, you need to sit, you need to have a huge shish, or to buy electronic paper and to go like this. And now, how do you think, if the electronic paper... It's the worst. No, right. And now, can electronic paper paper can, I don't know.

12:10 Make a business of Shishabaru? People actually have e-paper paper, or in general. How will it be? What do you think about this? The electronic paper paper is very, very nice. Maybe you can watch the internet on Popcorn Lungs, because there is a lot of chemo. And unfortunately, when a person works for a person, it can be one hour, for example, for two hours, or for a break, when he works. But the electronics people all the time, when they go to the spacer, and it's also very good.

12:55 In the middle, so very good for your pill. Pooza. Very good for the pooza. There are a lot of young people who are very sick and I can't change from this electronic couple. But it's very popular. Yes, but it's all for money. Because you can do it. Well, luckily I don't do it. Sometimes I don't do it. But yes, it's not good. Aroi, in the case, that you do it, I wanted to ask you now, do you have a favorite taste of shish? Because we know that shish has different flavors.

13:44 Do you like a taste? Yes, it's watermelon and such. Arbus, arbus. It's a bit of a mint. I don't know what else. What else are you doing? Do you have a favorite taste? No, I don't remember. It's normal. It's good. I, for example, I'm going to be a truskaw. From Casablanca, in this village, I don't know if you know, but there is a shisha, which is, because there is water, yes? Yes. So, in Casablance, you can get a shisha, where instead of water is wine.

14:27 So you will burn the tobacco, I don't know what it is, you will burn it and instead of water is wine. So, you will burn it. You will burn it. You will burn it. My colleague, she had to do it. She had to do it. She had to do it. She had to do it. She had to do it. and she was just eating it. So, it was a little bit. I don't like it. I don't like it. It's very cool. I don't like it. It's not just that people fall, it's still a little bit. I don't like it. It's a very hard-core game for Polaków.

15:09 So, if someone wants to try it, to Shisha na bazie zina, I would like to recommend it. The impression will probably be good. Or in sum, I don't know. Maybe whisky, because whisky is packed, right? It will probably be very different, but if you have... So it's a version for Polish Shisha na bazie. Okay, so all the snacks are good. Tell me, do you have any memories related to the Shisha? I have a lot of memories, but I can't be able to talk to them publicly. But it's very much, because when I go to Shisha, it always happens. Tell me, do you have any memories?

15:51 I don't understand. A memories? Well, some interesting stories from Shisha, I don't know, you went with your friends, something happened? No, no, no. First I talked about Turkey, but I remember that last one or two years before I was in Turkey there was a lot of shish on the street. So, maybe you have the right thing about it, but I don't have the history of it. No, no, no, no, no. I have nothing to say. Okay. Now, what would you like to say to someone who has been doing less reddit in their life? But after listening to our podcast, now you would like to do this, to how would you like to do that?

16:32 What would you like to do? Have you prepared for first reddit in the first reddit in your life? Yes, because I remember that the first time there was always one on everything, and then there was plastic. Everything has its plastic, because maybe... Uzi... Uzi, the plastic in Polish is a stick. Uzi, yes. Uzi, so you just take it, then you take it and then you take it and then you take it and then you take it. to be your own, to be just a stick, to be able to touch. So, i tak. So, your parada is to be able to be able to have your own stick.

17:13 No, dobra. No, to co, Roy? Thank you very much for the support. No, maybe... I mean, that's not to be a good thing to do with it, but absolutely not. This podcast has a goal... No, I don't know. No, it's not to be a goal to do palenia. But if you want to try it, it's really a good thing to do palenia. It helps to do palenia. It helps to do palenia. And it's fun, right, Roy? It's a good thing. dobra no to so dziękuję ci bardzo za tę rozmowę i słyszymy się w następnym podcaście, dziękuję bardzo Ania so you can get lessons from Ania by in Polish or in Spanish you find the links in the show notes but in the audio and the video you find everything about me scan the QR code go to rycon.com if you're looking for virtual assistance go to va.world sure to give us thumbs up bye for that and share with your friends until next week dziękuję bardzo i do widzenia.