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Prague Talk — 124 episodes
From Brno to the world: Architect Ondřej Chybík on aiming beyond Czechia’s borders
Irish Ambassador Alan Gibbons: “Each member has different history, but EU project has been transformative”
“When I go to the US people only know Kundera” – Jan Zikmund on bringing today’s Czech writers to the world
Prague Fringe at 25: Steve Gove and Angus Coull on early days of leading fringe festival
From “dark mode” to real-life connection: How Pavlína Louženská reads the future
New Czech Radio U.S. correspondent Jana Ciglerová on Czech-Americans and MAGA and trading Miami for Washington
Vít Hořejš and Bonnie Stein on their indie movie co-starring 200-year-old Czech marionettes
"In the ‘90s the architecture was much more interesting": Jan Bureš on Prague's post-1989 construction boom
From Charter 77 to Jim Henson’s studio: Jitka Exler’s journey to Sesame Street and The Muppet Show
Karel Häring on becoming a face of the Premier League for Czech soccer fans
“You don’t think, you just do”: Reporter Darja Stomatová on four years of covering Ukraine war
Radovan Síbrt on Mr. Nobody Against Putin, the Oscar-nominated documentary exposing war propaganda in Russian schools
“I’m interested in the female experience”: Photographer Bet Orten on art, motherhood and moving on from fashion
“Threats alone are disaster for NATO”: Michal Smetana on Trump, Greenland and future of European security
Historian Cynthia Paces on when Prague really was heart of Europe – and her own family’s close ties to city
Markéta Irglová on reviving The Swell Season with Glen Hansard, 20 years of Falling Slowly, life in Iceland – and musicals ambitions
Colin Stuart on helping shape ‘90s Czech indie music – and much-loved Colorfactory
Katherine Kastner on fascinating Czech family history – and building one of Prague’s top independent galleries
Martin Reiner on hidden Brno district that became “oasis of freedom” – and end of his successful publishers
Max Diesing on “33 and a third” years of running Prague indie music store
Lukáš Dolanský: I loved London – but I'm happy I don't have to live there
“Disinformation is a lifestyle”: Tomáš Koblížek on how fake news thrives – and how to resist it
“Anything is possible”: Zdeněk Vacek on 25 years of turning life into jewellery
“I like big tasks”: Zuzana Stivínová on Havel, Forman and joy of acting at National Theatre
The Grandmother translator Susan Reynolds on bringing Czech classic to English-speaking readers
Director Tereza Nvotová on Father, Mečiar and the politics making her “very scared”
David Mareček: We want whole nation to feel part of success of Czech Philharmonic – it’s theirs too
Otto Eibl on Czech elections 2025: Fiala’s legacy, Babiš’s legal woes, “threats to liberal democracy”
Anna Shavit on campaigning with early ANO, “very polarised” 2025 elections – and potential coalitions
Barbora Baronová, the “punk” publisher putting art before financial stability
“Top Czech influencer” Kovy on politics, marriage equality – and life beyond social media
Brendan McNally on Martha Dodd, “nympho” spy for Soviets who lived in Prague for decades
Police vs. ravers: Šimon Šafránek on how CzechTek culminated in violence
Michael Tate on Czech roots, Prague – and the serendipitous birth of Jantar Publishing
Czech-Vietnamese director Dužan Duong: I’m torn between two worlds – but I use this as an advantage
Prague’s hidden histories: Chad Bryant on exploring city’s diverse identities via marginalised figures
Ondřej Provazník on taking inspiration from choir abuse scandal for Broken Voices
Pet insurance exec Derek Cummins: I have to speak Czech to my shelter dog
Marcus Mucha: It’s not nice when you see your family name in Goebbels’ handwriting
Isabel Stainsby: My parents said, “We forbid you from studying Czech” – Don’t say that to a teenager
Developer Serge Borenstein: The pilot said, It’s nothing, it’s Karlín
“We had crazy things happen constantly”: Matt Welch's Prague years
Tomáš Páleníček: There's a continuum of experimental psychedelic use in Czechia
Jiří Pehe on Havel, Zeman – and a dramatic escape to the West
“Movie stars were greeted by a real movie star”: Steven Gaydos remembers Jiří Bartoška
Martina Skála on working with Forman and Polanski – and dancing with horses
Antonín Kokeš: We saw great bakeries in Germany and France – I said, Why don’t we have it here?
Helena Lukas on photographer dad Jan: "He said, I want you to live in a free world"
“It was year zero”: Miloš Hroch maps ‘90s Czech shoegaze scene in new book
Jeffrey Martin on mapping Prague’s streets in 1.3 million photos
Martin Dušek maps anarchic Czech approach to construction in new film
Guy Roberts: Czechia felt truly free in way I hadn’t experienced in US
Jerina Sykora: My motive for fleeing Venezuela was same as my grandmother’s for leaving Czechoslovakia
Ondřej Pilný: I’m planning to learn Irish properly the third time around
“It’s a knock-out view”: Brit Guy Barker on bringing new terrace to Rudolfinum roof
"My fear is we now bet on EU for security": Jan Kofroň on where new US stance leaves Czechs
Really doing your share at home? Martina Dvořáková’s audit helps couples find out
Petr Brod: It could be dangerous to speak German in 1950s Czechoslovakia
Jewish Museum head Pavla Niklová: When Oct. 7 happened we realised we live in an open society
Miroslav Wanek on how Už jsme doma reached US audiences like no other Czech band
Pavel Fuksa: Very centre of Prague is visually appalling, a Wild West
Diving into Waves: Jiří Mádl on massive hit "1968" film
Biochemist Jan Konvalinka: I hate us being called a “very good East European institute”
Watching the Jackals: Daniela Richterová on revolutionaries and terrorists in pre-‘89 Prague
Jitka Pánek Jurková: Czechia’s cultural credit is really strong – we just need to be smart about it
Pavel Klusák on Suchý, Šlitr and the explosion that was Semafor
Tom Gross: I delivered Western jeans to Václav Havel pre-1989
Osamu Okamura: Most quality architecture is now happening outside Prague
Igor Pomerantsev: The BBC, and Daniel Defoe, helped me understand democracy
Adam Stewart: Many Czechs don’t believe Cimrman plays could possibly work in English
Success, home, friendship focus of Marie Dvořáková’s new Marie Tomanová documentary
Anne Marie Kenny: From singing at Havel’s invitation to business in ‘90s Prague
Jan P. Muchow: During EOST hiatus I’d always meet bandmate Winterová on school run
Petr Sís: My Amadeus poster was incredible calling card in US
“No other spirit has so much mystery”: Evan Rail on absinthe’s Czech links and more
Moving forward, step by step: Marek Hovorka on 28 years of Ji.hlava
Writer Jana Prikryl on how her parents’ escape from Czechoslovakia shaped her life – and language
Euan Edworthy: My RAF father said, Don’t forget those brave Czech airmen who fought in WWII
Milan Babík: Heading Havel Library after 30 years in US
Czech Please: You can eat as well in Prague as in major world cities
Veronika Tuckerová: Dissidents like Havel felt their prison experiences were scripted by Kafka
EP100: Mason Parker
EP99: Nicholas Lowry
EP98: Rosamund Johnston
EP97: Peter Zusi
EP96: Eva Paddock & Milena Grenfell-Baines
EP95: Ed Ley
EP94: Kaveh Daneshmand
EP93: Jan Novák
EP92: Bijan Sabet
EP91: Tomáš Dvořák
EP90: Emil Viklický
EP89: Roman David
EP88: Simon Johnson
EP87: Mirek Gosney
EP86: Petr Kratochvíl
EP85: Jindřiška Bláhová
EP84: Benjamin Tallis
EP83: Jana Kománková
EP82: Danny Bate
EP81: Arne Springorum
EP80: John Bok
EP79: Ethan Scheiner
EP78: Yulia Oleinik
EP77: Bohumil Vostal
EP76: Jakub Cigler
EP75: Michal Bregant
EP74: Leon Jakimič
EP73: Pavel Trojan
EP72: Matt Field
EP71: Michal Horáček
EP70: Mark Baker
EP69: Adam Gebrian
EP68: Jiří Přibáň
EP67: Jan Lipavský
EP66: Nick Archer
Prague Talk EP65: Ivan Chvatík
Prague Talk EP64: Jan Charvát
Prague Talk EP63: Mark Cornwall
EP62: Tomáš Bojar
Prague Talk - EP61: Helen Epstein
Prague Talk - EP60: Marie Heřmanová
Prague Talk - EP59: Libuše Jarcovjáková
EP58: Igor Lukeš