Wojciech Cejrowski


Wojciech Daniel Cejrowski - polish radio journalist, far right activist, satirist, photographer, traveler, author of books and press publications, artistic director of the Discover World library, member of The Explorers Club..

Education

Cejrowski graduated from the XVII High School by the name of Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski in Warsaw. In 2010 he received a BA in Sociology from Catholic University of Lublin. Cejrowski studied also without graduating at Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy; University of Warsaw, Santa Clara University.

Career

Radio

Cejrowski started his radio career in 1991 - along with Korneliusz Pacuda he conducted the program Czy jest miejsce na country w Polsce?. One of its results was a contract with American ABC Network - since 1992 all Polish local broadcasting stations had started to broadcast Polish version of American Country Countdown. Wojciech Cejrowski was hosting this broadcast for eleven years. The very last one was broadcast in January 2003.
In 1993 Wojciech Cejrowski was offered the job by Wojciech Mann and Krzysztof Materna, owners of the private radio station Radio Kolor. First he hosted his own music programme then also famous Aeroplan together with Beata Pawlikowska and then his leading morning programme. His cooperation with Radio Kolor ended in 1997.
He worked for Radio WAW-a for next 3 years.
These days Cejrowski's radio broadcasts can be found in various public and private broadcasting stations in Poland. The best known is his traveler cycle Po drugiej stronie globusa - it's more than 300 episodes that were broadcast by Radio Station 1, Radio dla Ciebie, Radio Koszalin, Radio Merkury, Radio PiK and Radio Network PLUS.
He also works for Polish Radio Station 1. He sends his correspondences from foreign countries for Z pierwszej ręki and Radio Kierowców and his traveler's stories for Lato z Radiem.
During 2005 winter season Wojciech Cejrowski hosted the Zima z radiową Jedynką.
In the meantime since 2003 he has been creating music broadcasts on the demand of Music Editorial Office - Muzyka na Molo and Audycja podzwrotnikowa.

Television

WC Kwadrans broadcast by the public Polish TV is his most widely known TV programme. The show was watched by three million viewers.
Cejrowski started his TV career by cooperating with Wojciech Mann in his Non Stop Kolor show broadcast on Polish TV. He also was the host of the Stajnia show broadcast by the Polish TV and some local TV stations. Between 1996 and 1997 Cejrowski recorded a series of 30 episodes reporting on his journey to South America for TV Niepokalanów.
While at RTL 7 since 1997, Cejrowski, along with Jan Pietrzak, Jan Tadeusz Stanisławski, Krzysztof Daukszewicz and others, participated in a satirist talk show focused on various aspects of daily life in Poland. Between 1999 and 2000 Cejrowski co-hosted with Alicja Resich-Modlińska a talk show Piękny i Bestia.
While at Polsat Cejrowski hosted his own show Z kamerą wśród ludzi. His highest level of pulicity reached 2.5 million people - no. 4 record in Poland.
In 2008 Cejrowski started his popular Barefoot Around the World travel show, awarded the 2008 Travel & Tourism New York Festivals Gold World Medal.
In April 2008 Cejrowski announced his intention to abandon his Polish citizenship and acquire the Ecuadorian one instead.

Writing

Cejrowski writes and publishes quite a lot on social and political situations, including columns in Gazeta Polska, Tygodnik AWS, and Ilustrowany Kurier Polski, and on travel, including humorous reports in Newsweek, Rzeczpospolita, Poznaj Świat and others.

Political humor

In terms of his socio-political views, Cejrowski is Poland's most known journalist to openly advocate against the LGBT right movement. In his rhetoric, Cejrowski refers to LGBT people as sodomites, buggers, and pederasts. In his article for "Dziennik" he notes that he "prefers savages rather than gay parades". Cejrowski states that European society is overwhelmingly against homosexuality, and advocates for the institution of nationwide homosexuality clinics aiming to 'alter this disgusting behavior'. He says that "gay people should be pointed at, as the sin of sodomy evokes disgust".
As far as above mentioned "savages" - that's how he refers to native Indians, whom he often visits on his travels and receives their hospitality.
Cejrowski thinks that evolution is not true, he believes in creationism. He also advocates against vaccines.

Religion

Cejrowski is a hard line traditional Catholic. He states that as far as the Bible is concerned, he prefers The Old Testament - he likes when God is speaking to him directly, telling him what is good and what is sinful, and what to do. HE is also a known critic of the current Pope Francis, calling him a heretic.
Cejrowski postulates, that Catholic priests should be exempt from the rule of law in a given country, instead being accountable only to their church's hierarchy. He adds, that most priests who supposedly molested kids are gay, thus perpetuating the myth of gays being more prone to pedophilia than other sexual orientations.
Cejrowski is also strongly against abortion and abortion providers. In one of the interviews he said "I wish abortion clinics could burn down and abortion providers get shot".