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Radio Prague International
The best of Radio Prague International’s interviews
EP68: Jiří Přibáň
Jiří Přibáň discusses the "gloves off" approach adopted by candidate Andrej Babiš ahead of round two of the presidential election and what he feels a Babiš win would mean.
Jan 21, 2023
15 min
EP67: Jan Lipavský
The Czech minister of foreign affairs discusses a whole host of subjects, including Ukraine, sanctions, economic diplomacy, China, the name Czechia – and his core values.
Jan 11, 2023
25 min
EP66: Nick Archer
Outgoing UK ambassador to Prague Nick Archer discusses a whole range of subjects, from matters of state to the things he has most enjoyed about life in the Czech capital.
Dec 8, 2022
16 min
EP65: Ivan Chvatík
Ivan Chvatík worked closely with Jan Patočka, helping organise underground seminars for the great Czech philosopher, and since his death has done more than anybody to keep his legacy alive. Chvatík shares stories about his clandestine activities in Communist Czechoslovakia, the deaths of his parents when he seven and much more.
Oct 25, 2022
26 min
EP64: Jan Charvát
Some are concerned tensions in Czech society could intensify this winter. What can the government do to prevent further radicalisation? We ask extremism expert Jan Charvát.
Oct 11, 2022
16 min
EP63: Mark Cornwall
Historian Mark Cornwall is an expert on Czech-German relations. He is preparing a book to be entitled Queer Bohemians and another on treason under the Habsburg Empire.
Sep 27, 2022
15 min
EP62: Tomáš Bojar
Documenary maker Tomáš Bojar discusses his new film Good Old Czechs, which follows the intriguing stories of brave airmen who constantly risked their lives in WWII.
Sep 13, 2022
15 min
EP61: Helen Epstein
Helen Epstein on her father Kurt Epstein, a Jewish Czechoslovak athlete who insisted on taking part in the 1936 "Nazi Olympics" and is the subject of a new exhibition.
Aug 29, 2022
14 min
Prague Talk - EP60: Marie Heřmanová
Digital anthropologist Marie Heřmanová discusses Czech politics and social media, how much we should share on the internet and many other aspects of our online lives today.
Aug 24, 2022
16 min
EP59: Libuše Jarcovjáková
Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková documented her own turbulent life, and minorities such as homosexuals and Romanies, in the final decades of communism in Czechoslovakia. Some of her best known pictures come from an underground gay and lesbian bar in Prague called T-Club. In those years Jarcovjáková had no real hope of showing her often raw, black and white work publicly. However she eventually did find acclaim, including through a major 2019 exhibition in France’s Arles that really made her name internationally.
Aug 2, 2022
16 min
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