Warsaw’s Most Controversial Building

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]Really, it kind of building that was an enormous [ __ ] you to be correct. And I feel the Warsaw one kind of had elements of being a [ __ ] you to Poland.

[00:00:08]>> Of course, we can't speak about Warsaw without mentioning the Palace of Culture and Science that you mentioned yourself.

[00:00:13]It's one of the most iconic buildings I think in Eastern Europe.

[00:00:16]>> The Soviet government, yeah, it's say you know, basically do you want one of our towers? And you don't say no when you're offered something like that. You have two theaters, two bars, a concert hall where I famously had the Rolling Stones and then a Cohen played in the communist era. Everybody's uh there's no getting away from the fact that it's a deeply colonial building. But in the event, it does a lot of other things, too.