Prague Talk
By Radio Prague International
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A regular interview series hosted by Ian Willoughby
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“When I go to the US people only know Kundera” – Jan Zikmund on bringing today’s Czech writers to the world
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May 29, 2026 |
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Prague Fringe at 25: Steve Gove and Angus Coull on early days of leading fringe festival
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May 15, 2026 |
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From London to Bohemia: Benjamin Souček on restoring stately homes, and family roots
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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From “dark mode” to real-life connection: How Pavlína Louženská reads the future
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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New Czech Radio U.S. correspondent Jana Ciglerová on Czech-Americans and MAGA and trading Miami for Washington
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Vít Hořejš and Bonnie Stein on their indie movie co-starring 200-year-old Czech marionettes
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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"In the ‘90s the architecture was much more interesting": Jan Bureš on Prague's post-1989 construction boom
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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From Charter 77 to Jim Henson’s studio: Jitka Exler’s journey to Sesame Street and The Muppet Show
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Karel Häring on becoming a face of the Premier League for Czech soccer fans
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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“You don’t think, you just do”: Reporter Darja Stomatová on four years of covering Ukraine war
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Radovan Síbrt on Mr. Nobody Against Putin, the Oscar-nominated documentary exposing war propaganda in Russian schools
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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“I’m interested in the female experience”: Photographer Bet Orten on art, motherhood and moving on from fashion
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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“Threats alone are disaster for NATO”: Michal Smetana on Trump, Greenland and future of European security
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Historian Cynthia Paces on when Prague really was heart of Europe – and her own family’s close ties to city
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Markéta Irglová on reviving The Swell Season with Glen Hansard, 20 years of Falling Slowly, life in Iceland – and musicals ambitions
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Colin Stuart on helping shape ‘90s Czech indie music – and much-loved Colorfactory
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Katherine Kastner on fascinating Czech family history – and building one of Prague’s top independent galleries
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Martin Reiner on hidden Brno district that became “oasis of freedom” – and end of his successful publishers
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Max Diesing on “33 and a third” years of running Prague indie music store
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Lukáš Dolanský: I loved London – but I'm happy I don't have to live there
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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“Disinformation is a lifestyle”: Tomáš Koblížek on how fake news thrives – and how to resist it
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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“Anything is possible”: Zdeněk Vacek on 25 years of turning life into jewellery
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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“I like big tasks”: Zuzana Stivínová on Havel, Forman and joy of acting at National Theatre
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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The Grandmother translator Susan Reynolds on bringing Czech classic to English-speaking readers
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Director Tereza Nvotová on Father, Mečiar and the politics making her “very scared”
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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David Mareček: We want whole nation to feel part of success of Czech Philharmonic – it’s theirs too
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Otto Eibl on Czech elections 2025: Fiala’s legacy, Babiš’s legal woes, “threats to liberal democracy”
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Anna Shavit on campaigning with early ANO, “very polarised” 2025 elections – and potential coalitions
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Barbora Baronová, the “punk” publisher putting art before financial stability
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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“Top Czech influencer” Kovy on politics, marriage equality – and life beyond social media
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Brendan McNally on Martha Dodd, “nympho” spy for Soviets who lived in Prague for decades
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Police vs. ravers: Šimon Šafránek on how CzechTek culminated in violence
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Michael Tate on Czech roots, Prague – and the serendipitous birth of Jantar Publishing
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Czech-Vietnamese director Dužan Duong: I’m torn between two worlds – but I use this as an advantage
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Prague’s hidden histories: Chad Bryant on exploring city’s diverse identities via marginalised figures
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Ondřej Provazník on taking inspiration from choir abuse scandal for Broken Voices
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Pet insurance exec Derek Cummins: I have to speak Czech to my shelter dog
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Marcus Mucha: It’s not nice when you see your family name in Goebbels’ handwriting
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Isabel Stainsby: My parents said, “We forbid you from studying Czech” – Don’t say that to a teenager
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Developer Serge Borenstein: The pilot said, It’s nothing, it’s Karlín
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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“We had crazy things happen constantly”: Matt Welch's Prague years
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Tomáš Páleníček: There's a continuum of experimental psychedelic use in Czechia
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May 28, 2025 |
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Jiří Pehe on Havel, Zeman – and a dramatic escape to the West
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May 21, 2025 |
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“Movie stars were greeted by a real movie star”: Steven Gaydos remembers Jiří Bartoška
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May 13, 2025 |
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Martina Skála on working with Forman and Polanski – and dancing with horses
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May 06, 2025 |
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Antonín Kokeš: We saw great bakeries in Germany and France – I said, Why don’t we have it here?
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Helena Lukas on photographer dad Jan: "He said, I want you to live in a free world"
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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“It was year zero”: Miloš Hroch maps ‘90s Czech shoegaze scene in new book
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Jeffrey Martin on mapping Prague’s streets in 1.3 million photos
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Martin Dušek maps anarchic Czech approach to construction in new film
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Guy Roberts: Czechia felt truly free in way I hadn’t experienced in US
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Jerina Sykora: My motive for fleeing Venezuela was same as my grandmother’s for leaving Czechoslovakia
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Ondřej Pilný: I’m planning to learn Irish properly the third time around
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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“It’s a knock-out view”: Brit Guy Barker on bringing new terrace to Rudolfinum roof
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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"My fear is we now bet on EU for security": Jan Kofroň on where new US stance leaves Czechs
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Really doing your share at home? Martina Dvořáková’s audit helps couples find out
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Petr Brod: It could be dangerous to speak German in 1950s Czechoslovakia
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Jewish Museum head Pavla Niklová: When Oct. 7 happened we realised we live in an open society
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Miroslav Wanek on how Už jsme doma reached US audiences like no other Czech band
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Pavel Fuksa: Very centre of Prague is visually appalling, a Wild West
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Diving into Waves: Jiří Mádl on massive hit "1968" film
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Biochemist Jan Konvalinka: I hate us being called a “very good East European institute”
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Watching the Jackals: Daniela Richterová on revolutionaries and terrorists in pre-‘89 Prague
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Jitka Pánek Jurková: Czechia’s cultural credit is really strong – we just need to be smart about it
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Pavel Klusák on Suchý, Šlitr and the explosion that was Semafor
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Tom Gross: I delivered Western jeans to Václav Havel pre-1989
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Osamu Okamura: Most quality architecture is now happening outside Prague
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Igor Pomerantsev: The BBC, and Daniel Defoe, helped me understand democracy
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Adam Stewart: Many Czechs don’t believe Cimrman plays could possibly work in English
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Success, home, friendship focus of Marie Dvořáková’s new Marie Tomanová documentary
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Anne Marie Kenny: From singing at Havel’s invitation to business in ‘90s Prague
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Jan P. Muchow: During EOST hiatus I’d always meet bandmate Winterová on school run
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Petr Sís: My Amadeus poster was incredible calling card in US
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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“No other spirit has so much mystery”: Evan Rail on absinthe’s Czech links and more
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Moving forward, step by step: Marek Hovorka on 28 years of Ji.hlava
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Writer Jana Prikryl on how her parents’ escape from Czechoslovakia shaped her life – and language
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Euan Edworthy: My RAF father said, Don’t forget those brave Czech airmen who fought in WWII
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Milan Babík: Heading Havel Library after 30 years in US
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Czech Please: You can eat as well in Prague as in major world cities
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Veronika Tuckerová: Dissidents like Havel felt their prison experiences were scripted by Kafka
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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EP100: Mason Parker
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May 01, 2024 |
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EP99: Nicholas Lowry
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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EP98: Rosamund Johnston
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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EP97: Peter Zusi
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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EP96: Eva Paddock & Milena Grenfell-Baines
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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EP95: Ed Ley
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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EP94: Kaveh Daneshmand
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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EP93: Jan Novák
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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EP92: Bijan Sabet
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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EP91: Tomáš Dvořák
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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EP90: Emil Viklický
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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EP89: Roman David
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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EP88: Simon Johnson
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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EP87: Mirek Gosney
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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EP86: Petr Kratochvíl
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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EP85: Jindřiška Bláhová
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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EP84: Benjamin Tallis
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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EP83: Jana Kománková
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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EP82: Danny Bate
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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EP81: Arne Springorum
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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EP80: John Bok
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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EP79: Ethan Scheiner
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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EP78: Yulia Oleinik
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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EP77: Bohumil Vostal
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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EP76: Jakub Cigler
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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EP75: Michal Bregant
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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EP74: Leon Jakimič
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May 15, 2023 |
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EP73: Pavel Trojan
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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EP72: Matt Field
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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EP71: Michal Horáček
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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EP70: Mark Baker
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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EP69: Adam Gebrian
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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EP68: Jiří Přibáň
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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EP67: Jan Lipavský
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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EP66: Nick Archer
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Prague Talk EP65: Ivan Chvatík
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Prague Talk EP64: Jan Charvát
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Prague Talk EP63: Mark Cornwall
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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EP62: Tomáš Bojar
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Prague Talk - EP61: Helen Epstein
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Aug 29, 2022 |