Czechast, Radio Prague International
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Czechast is a regular RPI podcast about Czech and Moravian culture, history, and economy.
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Blood in Bohemia: castration, blinding, and murder in the Přemyslid dynasty
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May 29, 2026 |
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Czechast special: Reconciliation, protest and history as Sudeten Germans meet in Brno
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May 25, 2026 |
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Blood in Bohemia: the brutal fall of the Vršovci clan
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May 22, 2026 |
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Blood in Bohemia: the massacre of the Slavníkovci clan in 995
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May 15, 2026 |
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Petr Pavel and Alexander Stubb on Europe, security and democracy – special Czechast episode
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May 11, 2026 |
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Blood in Bohemia: the violent legend of the Maidens’ War
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May 08, 2026 |
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British Ambassador Matt Field on Czechia, Ukraine and why public media “matter more than ever”
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May 06, 2026 |
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Blood in Bohemia: the killing of Saint Wenceslas and the birth of a legend
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May 01, 2026 |
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Blood in Bohemia: a new Czechast series explores the darkest chapters of Czech history
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May 01, 2026 |
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Alejandro Cruz on life in Prague: a Mexican perspective on culture, identity and belonging
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Roma segregation, refugees, and climate: Amnesty flags concerns in Czechia
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Amnesty’s Martina Nejedlá on Czechia’s human rights record
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Hidden star of Prague: discover Obora Hvězda
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Strong industry, slower decisions: Czechia’s place in NATO readiness ranking
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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From Havel's “blbá nálada” to today: Petr Dudek reflects on Czech media, politics, and society
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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Holešovická tržnice: Prague’s former abattoir turned vibrant market and cultural hub
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Why international broadcasting still matters: Czechast with Petr Brod on BBC, RFE and RPI
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Beyond pomlázka: What Easter really means to Protestants in Czechia
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Films, trains and knitting: inside Olomouc’s unusual Waiting Room cinema
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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Klánovice Forest: Prague’s largest woodland with a dark past and peaceful present
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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From RAF love story to life in communist Czechoslovakia: The remarkable journey of Joy Kadečková
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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How should Czechia deal with its Communist past? Interview with Kamil Nedvědický
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Lenka Králová: what it means to live openly as a transgender person in Czechia
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Young reporter Kateřina Gruntová on Czech defense policy: "No prosperity without security”
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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Victorious February? The 1948 Communist Coup Revisited on Czechast
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Czech FM Macinka challenges Russia at UN: end the war now!
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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“Good versus Evil”: Czech fighter Jan Trčka on the front line in Ukraine
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Žďár: a personal Czechast journey through my hometown
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Former Czech FM Tomáš Petříček warns: “Selling Ukraine is an illusion”
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Czech voices at the Munich Security Conference: Pavel on populism and Macinka on divided West
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Inside Post Bellum: Martin Kroupa on preserving memory in a divided age
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Czechast: how corrupt Czechia is (or is not)?
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Czechast special: why ice hockey matters so much in Czechia?
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Security, scale, and self-confidence: Filip Scherf on Czechia’s place in Europe
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Exclusive: President Zelensky on Czech support, war, and peace talks
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Czechia between Europe and nationalism: analyst Filip Nerad on power, populism, and beer
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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A French conductor and a Czech orchestra meet American audiences at Carnegie Hall
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Jakub Landovský on Ukraine, NATO and Europe’s illusions
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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The quiet stairways of Malá Strana
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Tomáš Klvaňa on Czechast: power, populism and why democracy cannot be taken for granted
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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Tram 22: experiencing Prague off the Beaten Track at street level
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Jan Lipavský on war, security and alliances: Czech foreign policy under pressure
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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Baba, Prague’s modernist plateau: architecture, views and European heritage
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Kateřina Šafaříková: the boundaries have shifted in Czech society
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Hanspaulka: Prague’s villa district where art, architecture and politics meet
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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A year at full tempo: Czechast revisits Jakub Hrůša
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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As 2025 ends, Czechia cuts the last ties to Russian oil and gas
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Professor Janský: Czech geographer who discovered the true source of the Amazon River
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Why Czechs love Christmas but avoid Church: the paradox explained
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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From Prague to Leuven: Linda Tejchmanová’s journey
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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Pavel vs. Babiš: how a modern tug-of-war fits into a long Czech political tradition
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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The Czech link behind famous Michelin Stars: how Brno supplies the iconic plaques
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Czech democracy after 1989: Czechast special episode for November 17
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Zlín: the Detroit of Moravia
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Remembering the Czechoslovak Legionnaires: my great-granduncle’s story
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Route 66, Czech style: Zdeněk Jurásek on biking 4,000 km, and why the Mother Road still matters
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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“Not just the oldest”: Jan Bumba on how Prague's Charles University stays modern
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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From inflation to identity: what Czechia’s vote says about Babiš, Brussels and the future
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Barbara Day and Nancy Durham: women who defied a dictatorship with ideas
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Ostrava’s university new campus breathes life into a city reinventing itself
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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From Havel to Babiš: Jiří Pehe on Czech elections in new Czechast episode
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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Ostrava University President Petr Kopecký on AI, Steinbeck, and the fight against brain drain
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Czechs abroad: August 24 deadline to register for first-ever postal voting
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Summertime Czechast: Karel Čapek’s 1930s take on “Changing Times” — now in English
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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Celtic roots and gingerbread walls: discovering Holašovice with Julia Kňažková
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Michaela Küchler on nearly forgotten concentration camp and need to remember genocide of the Roma
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Yoga, motherhood, and identity: Julie Urbišová’s Journey on Czechast
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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Trump, Czech Clarinetist, and a U.S. Deportation: A Czechast Investigation
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Julie Urbišová on language, belonging, and living in a divided America
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Czechast: “It’s Not Trump’s Country – It’s the People’s Country”
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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Peter Bísek: from Prague to life in New York and then back
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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Czechast: Martina Šmídová and the generation without borders
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May 31, 2025 |
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Voting across borders: Czechia embraces mail-in ballots for expats
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May 24, 2025 |
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From Australia to Moravia: a journey through family and memory
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May 17, 2025 |
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Czechs and Russia: between gratitude, grievance, and growing distrust
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May 14, 2025 |
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Czech fighter in Ukraine Jan Trčka: "This is a battle between freedom and tyranny"
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May 10, 2025 |
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Czechast: Prague, Patton, and the price of peace in May 1945
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May 03, 2025 |
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Czechast: the first known Czechs were the Celts!
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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From Stanford to Brno: Why these Czech scientists came home
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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From Harlem Bars to Dvořák: Tereza Porybná on Czech Culture in New York
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Digging deeper into Ostrava: from mining roots to green landscapes
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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"Coffins have no pockets": Constantin Kinský on Czechast
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Interhelpo: the Czechoslovak dream that turned into a Soviet nightmare
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Czechast about Czechs in America with Ivan Dubovický
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Fighting Communism with words: Petr Brod about his days at RFE/RL
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Czechast with Jakub Ferenčík: The individual as prime mover of Czechoslovak democracy
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Passion for music: Czechast with Jakub Hrůša, part 2
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Passion for music: Czechast with Jakub Hrůša
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Czechast with Jitka Hloušková
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Czechast with Jakub Majer, a Czech businessman and activist
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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Czechast special: introducing Prague off the beaten track
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Brothels and Charles IV: Czechast with Dr. Eleanor Janega
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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Czechast with Danny Bate: why Josef is Pepík
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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Czechast with Kateřina Ferenčíková: from Ostrava to Madrid via Puerto Rico
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Why should Czechia help dissidents in Cuba? Czechast with Martin Palouš, Part 2
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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A Czech dissident’s journey to diplomacy: new episode of Czechast with Martin Palouš
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Czechast with Jiří Kacetl about Znojmo
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Czechast: Czechs and mushroom picking
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Czechast with Matouš Glanc
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Czechast with Mark Baker: Prague before and after 1989
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Czechast: Czech-Americans and US elections
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Czechast about Jan Hus and Constance
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Czechast with Madeleine Albright. And a little bit of Anne Applebaum, too.
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Czechast with Jan Bezděk
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Czechast with Martin Tlapa, Czech Ambassador to Canada
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Czechast: Miloš Forman and Jiří Menzel about 1968
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Czechast with David Livingstone
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Czechast with Karina Giffard
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Czechast with Ben Donenberg
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Czechast: Czech Roads and Trails, History and Present
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Czechast with President Petr Pavel and photographer Stanislav Krupař
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Czechast with Alena Pajasová
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Czechast with Dušan Neumann
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Czechast about the Roma people in Czechia
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Czechast about Great Moravia Part 2
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Czechast about Great Moravia Part 1
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Czechast about the Kladrubers
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May 31, 2024 |
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Czechast with Daniel Hrbek, Theater Director
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May 24, 2024 |
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Czechast: Moravia and Silesia
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May 17, 2024 |
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Czechast with Karel Barták
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May 10, 2024 |