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Czechast, Radio Prague International — 152 episodes

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Václav Klaus: Europe needs more than reform – it needs fundamental change

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Letters from Brno: one American’s journey into a family history lost to the Holocaust

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Václav Klaus, the Pražák: A controversial politician’s very personal Prague

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Can trees keep Prague cool as temperatures rise?

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Czech monuments tell us more about ourselves than about history, says historian

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Beyond Prague: the Czechia most visitors never see

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Microphones against tanks: The voice of freedom on the airwaves and the invasion meant to silence it (3)

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From Oxford and America Back to Prague: Milan Babík on Czech education, Havel and today's politics

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Linda Nosková and Karolína Muchová reflect on historic Czech Wimbledon final

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Where to touch nuclear physics in Prague

11

The 17th century witch trials in northern Moravia: was everything really as we thought?

12

Blood in Bohemia: the rise and assassination of Albrecht von Wallenstein

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The day Bohemia lost its head(s)

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St. Martin in the Wall: one of Prague's oldest—and most welcoming—churches

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Blood in Bohemia: the Second Defenestration of Prague and the window that changed Europe

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Blood in Bohemia: how a sermon in Prague turned into a massacre in 1419

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Blood in Bohemia: castration, blinding, and murder in the Přemyslid dynasty

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Czechast special: Reconciliation, protest and history as Sudeten Germans meet in Brno

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Blood in Bohemia: the brutal fall of the Vršovci clan

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Blood in Bohemia: the massacre of the Slavníkovci clan in 995

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Petr Pavel and Alexander Stubb on Europe, security and democracy – special Czechast episode

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Blood in Bohemia: the violent legend of the Maidens’ War

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British Ambassador Matt Field on Czechia, Ukraine and why public media “matter more than ever”

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Blood in Bohemia: the killing of Saint Wenceslas and the birth of a legend

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Blood in Bohemia: a new Czechast series explores the darkest chapters of Czech history

26

Alejandro Cruz on life in Prague: a Mexican perspective on culture, identity and belonging

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Roma segregation, refugees, and climate: Amnesty flags concerns in Czechia

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Amnesty’s Martina Nejedlá on Czechia’s human rights record

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Hidden star of Prague: discover Obora Hvězda

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Strong industry, slower decisions: Czechia’s place in NATO readiness ranking

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From Havel's “blbá nálada” to today: Petr Dudek reflects on Czech media, politics, and society

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Holešovická tržnice: Prague’s former abattoir turned vibrant market and cultural hub

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Why international broadcasting still matters: Czechast with Petr Brod on BBC, RFE and RPI

34

Beyond pomlázka: What Easter really means to Protestants in Czechia

35

Films, trains and knitting: inside Olomouc’s unusual Waiting Room cinema

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Klánovice Forest: Prague’s largest woodland with a dark past and peaceful present

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From RAF love story to life in communist Czechoslovakia: The remarkable journey of Joy Kadečková

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How should Czechia deal with its Communist past? Interview with Kamil Nedvědický

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Lenka Králová: what it means to live openly as a transgender person in Czechia

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Young reporter Kateřina Gruntová on Czech defense policy: "No prosperity without security”

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Victorious February? The 1948 Communist Coup Revisited on Czechast

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Czech FM Macinka challenges Russia at UN: end the war now!

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“Good versus Evil”: Czech fighter Jan Trčka on the front line in Ukraine

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Žďár: a personal Czechast journey through my hometown

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Former Czech FM Tomáš Petříček warns: “Selling Ukraine is an illusion”

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Czech voices at the Munich Security Conference: Pavel on populism and Macinka on divided West

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Inside Post Bellum: Martin Kroupa on preserving memory in a divided age

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Czechast: how corrupt Czechia is (or is not)?

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Czechast special: why ice hockey matters so much in Czechia?

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Security, scale, and self-confidence: Filip Scherf on Czechia’s place in Europe

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Exclusive: President Zelensky on Czech support, war, and peace talks

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Czechia between Europe and nationalism: analyst Filip Nerad on power, populism, and beer

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A French conductor and a Czech orchestra meet American audiences at Carnegie Hall

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Jakub Landovský on Ukraine, NATO and Europe’s illusions

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The quiet stairways of Malá Strana

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Tomáš Klvaňa on Czechast: power, populism and why democracy cannot be taken for granted

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Tram 22: experiencing Prague off the Beaten Track at street level

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Jan Lipavský on war, security and alliances: Czech foreign policy under pressure

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Baba, Prague’s modernist plateau: architecture, views and European heritage

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Kateřina Šafaříková: the boundaries have shifted in Czech society

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Hanspaulka: Prague’s villa district where art, architecture and politics meet

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A year at full tempo: Czechast revisits Jakub Hrůša

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As 2025 ends, Czechia cuts the last ties to Russian oil and gas

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Professor Janský: Czech geographer who discovered the true source of the Amazon River

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Why Czechs love Christmas but avoid Church: the paradox explained

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From Prague to Leuven: Linda Tejchmanová’s journey

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Pavel vs. Babiš: how a modern tug-of-war fits into a long Czech political tradition

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The Czech link behind famous Michelin Stars: how Brno supplies the iconic plaques

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Czech democracy after 1989: Czechast special episode for November 17

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Zlín: the Detroit of Moravia

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Remembering the Czechoslovak Legionnaires: my great-granduncle’s story

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Route 66, Czech style: Zdeněk Jurásek on biking 4,000 km, and why the Mother Road still matters

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“Not just the oldest”: Jan Bumba on how Prague's Charles University stays modern

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From inflation to identity: what Czechia’s vote says about Babiš, Brussels and the future

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Barbara Day and Nancy Durham: women who defied a dictatorship with ideas

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Ostrava’s university new campus breathes life into a city reinventing itself

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From Havel to Babiš: Jiří Pehe on Czech elections in new Czechast episode

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Ostrava University President Petr Kopecký on AI, Steinbeck, and the fight against brain drain

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Czechs abroad: August 24 deadline to register for first-ever postal voting

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Summertime Czechast: Karel Čapek’s 1930s take on “Changing Times” — now in English

81

Celtic roots and gingerbread walls: discovering Holašovice with Julia Kňažková

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Michaela Küchler on nearly forgotten concentration camp and need to remember genocide of the Roma

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Yoga, motherhood, and identity: Julie Urbišová’s Journey on Czechast

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Trump, Czech Clarinetist, and a U.S. Deportation: A Czechast Investigation

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Julie Urbišová on language, belonging, and living in a divided America

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Czechast: “It’s Not Trump’s Country – It’s the People’s Country”

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Peter Bísek: from Prague to life in New York and then back

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Czechast: Martina Šmídová and the generation without borders

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Voting across borders: Czechia embraces mail-in ballots for expats

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From Australia to Moravia: a journey through family and memory

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Czechs and Russia: between gratitude, grievance, and growing distrust

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Czech fighter in Ukraine Jan Trčka: "This is a battle between freedom and tyranny"

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Czechast: Prague, Patton, and the price of peace in May 1945

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Czechast: the first known Czechs were the Celts!

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From Stanford to Brno: Why these Czech scientists came home

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From Harlem Bars to Dvořák: Tereza Porybná on Czech Culture in New York

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Digging deeper into Ostrava: from mining roots to green landscapes

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"Coffins have no pockets": Constantin Kinský on Czechast

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Interhelpo: the Czechoslovak dream that turned into a Soviet nightmare

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Czechast about Czechs in America with Ivan Dubovický

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Fighting Communism with words: Petr Brod about his days at RFE/RL

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Czechast with Jakub Ferenčík: The individual as prime mover of Czechoslovak democracy

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Passion for music: Czechast with Jakub Hrůša, part 2

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Passion for music: Czechast with Jakub Hrůša

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Czechast with Jitka Hloušková

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Czechast with Jakub Majer, a Czech businessman and activist

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Czechast special: introducing Prague off the beaten track

108

Brothels and Charles IV: Czechast with Dr. Eleanor Janega

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Czechast with Danny Bate: why Josef is Pepík

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Czechast with Kateřina Ferenčíková: from Ostrava to Madrid via Puerto Rico

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Why should Czechia help dissidents in Cuba? Czechast with Martin Palouš, Part 2

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A Czech dissident’s journey to diplomacy: new episode of Czechast with Martin Palouš

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Czechast with Jiří Kacetl about Znojmo

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Czechast: Czechs and mushroom picking

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Czechast with Matouš Glanc

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Czechast with Mark Baker: Prague before and after 1989

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Czechast: Czech-Americans and US elections

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Czechast about Jan Hus and Constance

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Czechast with Madeleine Albright. And a little bit of Anne Applebaum, too.

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Czechast with Jan Bezděk

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Czechast with Martin Tlapa, Czech Ambassador to Canada

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Czechast: Miloš Forman and Jiří Menzel about 1968

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Czechast with David Livingstone

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Czechast with Karina Giffard

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Czechast with Ben Donenberg

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Czechast: Czech Roads and Trails, History and Present

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Czechast with President Petr Pavel and photographer Stanislav Krupař

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Czechast with Alena Pajasová

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Czechast with Dušan Neumann

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Czechast about the Roma people in Czechia

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Czechast about Great Moravia Part 2

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Czechast about Great Moravia Part 1

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Czechast about the Kladrubers

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Czechast with Daniel Hrbek, Theater Director

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Czechast: Moravia and Silesia

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Czechast with Karel Barták

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Czechast with Radek Špicar

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Czechast with Lucie Wenigerová and Magda Aksamitová

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Czechast: Edvard Beneš in London

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Czechast About Lord Runciman's Mission to Czechoslovakia

141

Czechast Special: Remembering Iraq Ordeal of Three Czech Reporters 20 Years Ago

142

Czechast with Brian Goodman About The Nonconformists: American and Czech Writers across the Iron Curtain

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Czechast With Julia T. Bailey, new director of Galerie Rudolfinum

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Czechast with Dr. Evelyn Funda: Weeds

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Czechast: My Ántonia and Czechs in Nebraska

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Czechast With Holocaust Historian Anna Hájková

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Czechast With Ladislav Nagy

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Sokol Was Vital For Czech Independence

149

Czechast About the Political Landscape of Czechia

150

Czechs Should Be More Proud, Like Americans: Czechast With Václav Šulista, Czech Honorary Consul In Basel, Switzerland

151

Searching For Your Roots: Czechast With Jean Svoboda

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Czechast: Living Between Moravia and England