Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
The best of Radio Prague International’s interviews
Language:
English
Episodes
EP100: Mason Parker
5/1/2024
The new owner of the Prague Lions discusses why he feels the time is right for American football in Europe and says it could become Czechia's third favourite sport.
Duration:00:15:41
EP99: Nicholas Lowry
4/24/2024
Art expert Nicholas Lowry has Czech heritage and lived in Prague in the early 1990s. He will soon be seen as the presenter of a documentary on classic Czech graphic design.
Duration:00:16:50
EP98: Rosamund Johnston
4/5/2024
Rosamund Johnston discusses her book on Czechoslovak Radio, 1948–1969. How "communist" was the station? And what happened to staff after the Soviet invasion?
Duration:00:15:57
EP97: Peter Zusi
2/16/2024
Academic Peter Zusi discusses teaching Czech literature, his new book on the Czech avant-garde and Karel Teige and his teenage rock band with a future movie star.
Duration:00:14:25
EP96: Eva Paddock & Milena Grenfell-Baines
2/6/2024
Half-sisters Eva Paddock and Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines were 3 and 9 when trains organised by Nicholas Winton and others saved them from the Nazis. They share their story.
Duration:00:16:19
EP95: Ed Ley
1/31/2024
Englishman Ed Ley on his fascinating social media project recording the stories of the streets of Prague, one by one.
Duration:00:12:37
EP94: Kaveh Daneshmand
1/16/2024
Prague-based filmmaker Kaveh Daneshmand on how his homeland Iran manages to produce great films despite severe restrictions, whether he could ever move back and much more.
Duration:00:15:37
EP93: Jan Novák
12/28/2023
Writer and biographer Jan Novák discusses Miloš Forman, the Mašíns, Václav Havel and Milan Kundera, as well as sharing some of his family's own eye-popping stories.
Duration:00:32:50
EP92: Bijan Sabet
12/19/2023
In a broad and revealing interview, US Ambassador to Czechia Bijan Sabet discusses everything from his time as an early Twitter investor to his love of photography.
Duration:00:25:08
EP91: Tomáš Dvořák
12/13/2023
Why is the Czech economy so deep in the doldrums? And how to turn things around? Tomáš Dvořák, who has described Czechia as "the sick man of Europe", offers some insights.
Duration:00:15:02
EP90: Emil Viklický
11/29/2023
Top Czech jazz pianist and composer Emil Viklický discusses his successful career, numerous collaborations (including big jazz names, and Václav Havel) and much, much more.
Duration:00:15:42
EP89: Roman David
11/16/2023
Academic Roman David has fascinating insights into how the Czech justice system, and society, dealt with the transition to democracy after the 1989 fall of communism.
Duration:00:24:06
EP88: Simon Johnson
11/8/2023
Englishman Simon Johnson heads the Czech branch of developers Crestyl. They are behind Prague's major Savarin Palace project, Libeň Dock and much more besides.
Duration:00:15:28
EP87: Mirek Gosney
10/25/2023
Mirek Gosney on Building Hitler's Empire, a documentary about the Nazis' massive forced labour system, under which his own great-grandfather worked in Germany during WWII.
Duration:00:14:09
EP86: Petr Kratochvíl
10/12/2023
Petr Kratochvíl on a new paper he co-authored which says Russia’s war on Ukraine is novel in that it is also a fight against gender and sexual equalities, with Moscow presenting itself as a defender of traditional values against the "decadent" West.
Duration:00:15:43
EP85: Jindřiška Bláhová
10/5/2023
Jindřiška Bláhová, editor of a new book looking at the history of Karlovy Vary film festival pre-1989, shares fascinating insights into the event in the Cold War era.
Duration:00:16:49
EP84: Benjamin Tallis
9/27/2023
Foreign policy expert Benjamin Tallis on neo-idealism, and why the term applies to Jan Lipavský, and what the Ukraine crisis means for the future of the EU.
Duration:00:15:08
EP83: Jana Kománková
9/13/2023
Veteran DJ Jana Kománková discusses her new book about the Prague alternative station Radio 1, including its pirate beginnings as Radio Stalin and anarchic early years.
Duration:00:15:20
EP82: Danny Bate
8/16/2023
UK linguist Danny Bate, who moves between Prague and Edinburgh, discusses some of the joys of life in Czechia, learning the language, "annoying" aspects of Czech and more.
Duration:00:16:02
EP81: Arne Springorum
8/10/2023
Arne Springorum is part of a climate crisis activist group that has been blocking the main road through Prague. He says he is willing to lose a lot for his beliefs.
Duration:00:16:04