Prague Talk

Prague Talk


Latest Episodes

EP100: Mason Parker
May 01, 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.

EP99: Nicholas Lowry
April 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.

EP98: Rosamund Johnston
April 05, 2024

Rosamund Johnston discusses her book on Czechoslovak Radio, 19481969. How "communist" was the station? And what happened to staff after the Soviet invasion?

EP97: Peter Zusi
February 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.

EP96: Eva Paddock & Milena Grenfell-Baines
February 06, 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.

EP95: Ed Ley
January 31, 2024

Englishman Ed Ley on his fascinating social media project recording the stories of the streets of Prague, one by one.

EP94: Kaveh Daneshmand
January 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.

EP93: Jan Novák
December 28, 2023

Writer and biographer Jan Novk discusses Milo Forman, the Mans, Vclav Havel and Milan Kundera, as well as sharing some of his family's own eye-popping stories.

EP92: Bijan Sabet
December 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.

EP91: Tomáš Dvořák
December 13, 2023

Why is the Czech economy so deep in the doldrums? And how to turn things around? Tom Dvok, who has described Czechia as "the sick man of Europe", offers some insights.