Prague Talk

Prague Talk


Latest Episodes

EP90: Emil Viklický
November 29, 2023

Top Czech jazz pianist and composer Emil Viklick discusses his successful career, numerous collaborations (including big jazz names, and Vclav Havel) and much, much more.

EP89: Roman David
November 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.

EP88: Simon Johnson
November 08, 2023

Englishman Simon Johnson heads the Czech branch of developers Crestyl. They are behind Prague's major Savarin Palace project, Libe Dock and much more besides.

EP87: Mirek Gosney
October 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.

EP86: Petr Kratochvíl
October 12, 2023

Petr Kratochvl on a new paper he co-authored which says Russias 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.

EP85: Jindřiška Bláhová
October 05, 2023

Jindika Blhov, 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.

EP84: Benjamin Tallis
September 27, 2023

Foreign policy expert Benjamin Tallis on neo-idealism, and why the term applies to Jan Lipavsk, and what the Ukraine crisis means for the future of the EU.

EP83: Jana Kománková
September 13, 2023

Veteran DJ Jana Komnkov discusses her new book about the Prague alternative station Radio 1, including its pirate beginnings as Radio Stalin and anarchic early years.

EP82: Danny Bate
August 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.

EP81: Arne Springorum
August 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.