News; increasing numbers of children admitted to hospital after eating sweets containing HHC; Dry February: Does alcohol control you, or do you control it?; Czechia’s “zmijovka” hat: The West Africa connection; CzechTourism CEO on what country has to offer visitors

Broadcast in English - 02/04/2024

Interview with Venezuelan born Valerio Mendoza Guillén, co-founder of NGO La Casa Venezolana and documentary filmmaker

News; Biathalon; LISA space mission; Winton children 

News; Czech government unexpectedly expands nuclear power tender; Czech start-up gives new life to used tennis balls; Czech artist reveals new mural; Mecca of Czech biathlon hosting 2024 World Biathlon Championships

News; government proposes radical overhaul of the Czech labour market – but would Czechs accept less security?; Project Manager for new Vltava Philharmonic says the eye-catching building will help modernise Prague; effects of Czechs’ penchant for beer on the country’s economy

News; Czechia facing dire lack of nurses; TI: Czechia lacks political will to fight corruption Czechia’s oldest beech tree discovered in Krušné Hory

News; Czechia and US sign huge defence deal; new Prague housing development pays tribute to Czechoslovak hockey heroes; Ed Ley, the Englishman exploring stories of Prague’s streets on social media

Broadcast in English - 01/28/2024

In conversation with Aid Kid - Faces of Czech Music 

News: What next after postal voting clears first hurdle?; Czech WWII diplomat honoured for saving Jews; and TV series highlights daughter of National Revival figure.

News; Pehe: Gender focus in Czech Istanbul Convention debate aids Russia; Greenery on the green line; Canadian hockey players

News; Czech initiative to train young Ukrainian pilots brings “second wind” to students; Czech scientists set off for annual Antarctic expedition; Czech region with most UNESCO heritage sites may be one you've never even heard of

News; Conference marks 20th anniversary of Czechia’s accession to the EU; Czechia still not ready to move towards euro adoption

News; filmmaker Bille August; ‘80s INXS video

Broadcast in English - 01/21/2024

In-depth interview with Ivan Chvatík. He has done more than anyone to keep alive the legacy of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka and also has fascinating stories of his own.

News; case highlights treatment of rape victims in Czechia; Italian police recover 16th century Czech book; Economist Tomáš Dvořák on why Czechia is “sick man of Europe”.

News: Foreign Ministry pokes fun at Russian propaganda; first Czech centre for sexual violence victims; Mirek Gosney on his Nazi forced labour documentary.

News, Czech deputy foreign minister on Davos talks, a four-year old Czech girl reaches base camp of Mount Everest and birthplace of Czech music great Gustav Mahler.

News; President Pavel assures Israel of Czechia’s continued support in its war against Hamas; famous clock tower returns to Prague’s Florenc metro station; Instagram content creator with over 65,000 followers who says Czech humour is something we can all learn from

News; Palach Week 35th anniversary; broadcaster and composer Karel Janovický dies at 93; head of Czechia’s festival of Iranian film Kaveh Daneshmand

Broadcast in English - 01/14/2024

Interview with Raymi Britto

News: Czech scientists use AI to create shooting detector; senior women's ice hockey player responds to abuse; UK developer Simon Johnson on leaving his mark on Prague.

News, Czech health map by given areas, how private foundations are helping young Czechs study at world’s top universities,interview with stand-up comedian Krystina Haklova.

News, exhibition at Moravian Jewish Museum in Brno, 7,000 year old wooden well to go on display, interview with owner of brewery making craft beer. 

News; Czech and Slovak archaeologists discovery; Cold snap driving up demand for Salvation Army services; Tábor Zoo to provide sanctuary for wild animals

News; Labour Minister under pressure to resign for partying on night of Prague shooting in December; calls for better care for people with mental disabilities at Night of Dignity event; Czech ice hockey team takes bronze at 2024 Junior World Cup

Broadcast in English - 01/07/2024

US Ambassador Bijan Sabet

News, commemorative event for victims of Prague shooting, life of famous race driver Eliška Junková, trip to Church of St. John of Nepomuk

News; Minister promises tightened security measures across the board;  Czechs abroad could vote by post in 2025 elections

News; Year of Czech Music; Czechia eliminates Canada in IIHF World Junior Championship; Largest transport aircraft made in Czechoslovakia

News; 2024 brings stiffer fines for road law violations; Three Kings charity collection returns to Czechia’s streets; the Soviet-era comic book superheroine that originated from a Czech literary hoax

Broadcast in English - 01/01/2024

Broadcast in English - 12/31/2023

Interview with Michal Horáček, one of Czechia's most successful song lyricists. A one-time journalist, he was active in the revolution and became very wealthy in the 1990s.

News, access to firearms hotly debated issue, Caritas helping in Gaza, interview with Pavlína Adam, first Czech woman to complete the Great Himalaya Trail.

News; last week’s shooting in Prague puts the spotlight on media ethics; meet the designer who dresses the Infant Jesus of Prague; how to give blood in the Czech Republic as a foreigner

Broadcast in English - 12/27/2023

In-depth interview with writer Jan Novák, who discusses Miloš Forman, the Mašín brothers, Václav Havel and Milan Kundera, and shares his own fascinating stories.

Christmas program; Czech nativity scenes; bringing Latin American culture to Prague’s food scene

Broadcast in English - 12/24/2023

Roman Catholic priest Vojtěch Eliáš on spreading God’s word in a land of atheists   

News, details from shooting incident at Prague Faculty of Arts, eyewitness account, Book of Prague

News, Czechs buying carp by the thousands for Christmas, Pizzeria Da Pietro in Prague, last instalment of Czech video games series  

News; Doctors warn against taking health advice from chat apps;  Brno announced European Capital of Christmas 2024; František: charcoal incense cone 

News; Pavel comments put spotlight on government policy messaging; iconic tunnel connecting Prague’s Žižkov and Karlín districts marks 70th anniversary; new film focuses on future Czech doctors’ communication skills

News; Ten thousand drones for Ukraine; Carp production in Czechia lower than expected; Just Czech Things

Broadcast in English - 12/17/2023

Bijan Sabet became US ambassador to Czechia in early 2023. In an interview, the successful tech investor discusses a broad range of topics, both professional and personal.

News; fiberglass statues; Ukrainian-Czech Christmas;  New Czech comic book pays homage to Soviet-era superheroine

News; Mixed feelings around COP28 deal; Infinite Universes: Hangar 13; “Give the blood that you want to receive”: head of Czech Red Cross on Czechia's donor shortage

News; Czech bird of the year; Number of child refugees means “brilliant” Winton film resonates today;  Ostrava: industrial wasteland or urban regeneration success story?

News; Czech archaeologists discover unique bronze buckle from early Middle Ages;  Bond in Motion: travelling James Bond exhibition comes to Prague

News; surveys indicate all-time low support for current government; refurbished Žižkov church aims to become new centre for community; Tomáš Dvořák: the young economist who recently made headlines by calling Czechia the “sick man of Europe”

Broadcast in English - 12/10/2023

In Their Own Words: Tagore, Janáček and yoga: Czech-Indian connections over two centuries

News; State funeral for Karel Schwarzenberg; Venezuelan Christmas market

News, Santini anniversary, new book out introduces rugby to Czech readers, Kikiriki Games studio 

News; Food prices in Czechia expected to rise further next year; New project turns schoolchildren into field linguists to try to preserve endangered Czech dialects; Leoš Janáček drew inspiration from the folk music of his native Moravia Silesia

News; People in Need’s ‘Real Gift’ program; Courses for ‘driving mentors’ ; Unique pieces from former Czechoslovak Embassy in Stockholm to go on sale

News; Czech Centres get new leader with “bold vision”; Hundreds of people set Czech polar bear dip record in Lake Barbora; David Krejčí ends his career; Prageu Comedy Club

Broadcast in English - 12/03/2023

The sounds of 1968 and 1969: Jan Palach and the abnormality of normalization

News, Holo-harmonies project, football legend Antonín Panenka turns 75, meet Czech digital illustrator whose creations can be seen in Star Wars and Disney 

News; Czech hospitals brace for imminent staff crisis; poll suggests most Czechs no longer support military aid for Ukraine; Warhorse Studios: leading Czech maker of video games; new project offers interesting walks through Prague

News; Pundit on Politico’s 28 list: Pavel among Europe’s “movers and shakers”;  Prague’s Motol hospital introducing voicebot;  An epic literary hoax

News; Prague Main Station for major overhaul; Mendel University tests symbiosis of solar panels and vineyards; New Prague exhibit combines art and NFTs;  Czech couple defies fashion stereotypes

News; Schools strike; Petr Čech ; Emil Viklický on finding freedom in jazz

Broadcast in English - 11/26/2023

News; Salvation Army; pensioners read in kindergartens; Comedy club in Žižkov 

News; Czech attitudes towards Roma people improving, but prejudice still persists;  Locika Centre: Child victims of domestic violence suffer secondary trauma during questioning; Czech Gaming series

News; Prague pushing to restrict movement of Russian diplomats;  Special device shows lung cells killed by Prague’s air traffic pollution

News; will a new EU law deliver pay equality in Czechia?; Prague theatre to stage English-speaking live radio plays; coach quits moments after Czechs reach Euros; Canadian ice hockey players in Czechia

News; Charter 77 signatory stages hunger strike over low pensions for ex-dissidents; experts sound alarm bells for children’s mental health in Czechia; UK historian Timothy Garton Ash on the Velvet Revolution and where Europe is headed today

Broadcast in English - 11/19/2023

Leading child cardiologist Jan Marek on the challenges and rewards of healing young hearts

Broadcast in English - 11/17/2023

News; Czechia freezes Russian state-owned property; Events happening on November 17th; War simulations, life in Czechia and educational games

News; books are the inspiration for a major new exhibition at Prague’s Kunsthalle; a Chicago opera company takes on Janáček’s Jenůfa; Discover Czechia’s regions: the Moravian city of Olomouc

News; debate on regulating energy drinks for kids; first trees planted at Roma Holocaust site; podcast on Utoya massacre in English; New Czech short story collection in UK.

News; Karel Schwarzenberg recalled;  New deposit return system on drinks bottles faces opposition; CzechTourism focussing on attracting visitors to other regions

Broadcast in English - 11/12/2023

How effectively was justice served after the fall of communism? What moves proved effective and what mistakes were made? Academic Roman David has studied the matter deeply.

News;  President Pavel: Democratic nations must protect world order; Czechs determined to enjoy Saint Martin’s festivities despite soaring prices; Diwali at Prague zoo; Microplastics in human amniotic fluid is deeply concerning

News; New doc explores Mašín brothers’ story;  Czech team discovers ancient tomb of royal scribe in Egypt;  Charles Games 

News; Vyšehrad Railway Bridge; Czechs helping to protect lions in Tanzania; Viking vessel;  Vincenz Priessnitz

News; Prague rally to demand release of Hamas-held Israeli hostages; Czech and Slovak foreign ministers say differences over Ukraine will not sour special relationship; web app offering unusual thematic walks through Prague

News; Czech PM says Ethiopia can offer Czechia much more than just good coffee;Week of Czech Academy of Sciences kicks off; Simon Johnson: The UK developer making his mark on Prague

Broadcast in English - 11/05/2023

Tennis star Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková

News; Czechia lagging near bottom of EU gender equality index; Czech scientists develop drones for detecting radioactivity; the origins of Czechia's Greek minority

News; Former MP Dominik Feri found guilty of rape; Infinite Universes: Keen Software House creates games that promote science and encourage creativity; Petr Jasinčuk on the magic of playing the jaw harp

News; is there growing anti-Semitism in Czechia?; Karel Vogel’s statue in London to undergo repair; interview with Pavlína Adam, a biologist and adventurer.

News; Founder on 15 years of DOX; Tomáš Plekanec retires from professional hockey; Lviv and Prague: a tale of two cities

News; charity event turns Halloween from US import into intercultural success story; 27th edition of Prague Sounds festival soon to get underway; Best Debut prize-winning documentary at Ji.hlava festival shines light on late artist Mančuška

Broadcast in English - 10/29/2023

Leading child cardiologist Jan Marek on the challenges and rewards of healing young hearts 

News; Czechia prepares to celebrate Czechoslovak Independence Day; Czech nutrition is improving, but more time needs to be spent on education, says nutritionist

News; Czech PM says his country will back Israel’s right to self-defence; Czech Game Series; Cold-war drama ‘Brothers’; Being Czech-Vietnamese

News; Prague summit; Documentary maker: Hosting Olympics is not worth it for cities

News; ban on heated tobacco; Ji.hlava festival; Babička

News; Czech labour force; e-scooters; Mirek Gosney

Broadcast in English - 10/22/2023

A great Indian writer and his forgotten connection to Czechoslovakia; Prague Civil Society Centre 

News; Gratias Agit awards; Josef Baláž; Prostitutes case solved; Czech Film Archive 

News; Russian journalist detained; Czech glass exhibition in Venice; Gaming series; Helppes

News; Holocaust survivor Erbenová; Czech assistance abroad;  Zlín region 

News; Border checks; university strike; People in Need; Babička stamps

News; Pro-Palestine demo on Wenceslas Square highlights divisions in Czech society, Bubny drumming; Via Czechia 

Broadcast in English - 10/15/2023

Interview with young social media influencer Just Czech Things; profile of world-famous Czech piano manufacturer Petrof.

News; Czechs repatriated from Israel; Austerity package gets green light in lower house; Political scientist: Gov. will pay high price for austerity package; Czech travel trends

News; Slovak border checks extended; Scientists discover Hebrew curses in Bronze Age tablet; the economic cost of excessive alcohol consumption.

News, Lipavsky in Israel, growing number of Czech children suffering from depression, T. Bata: the man who built Zlin

News; Czech embassy in Israel; Underfunding of culture in Czechia; It's just a piece of fabric 

News; Deputy minister: We support Israel; Signal festival; Petr Kratochvíl on Russia’s targeting of sexual diversity and gender

Broadcast in English - 10/08/2023

Czechia to be honorary guest at 2026 Frankfurt Book Fair; historian looks at ice hockey games with USSR in 1969 and subsequent riots; children's book with Czech connection.

News; Israelis in Prague to protest against PM; experts say schoolchlidren need therapy not punishment; interview with ethnic Ukrainian head of Czech UNICEF office.

News; Czech Prime minister says bolder steps are needed to resolve the EU’s illegal immigration problem; more than 18% of university students on Czech campuses are international; the couple who describe themselves as “almost” normal – except for that the male half likes to dress in women’s clothes

News; President Pavel addresses EU parliament; Thalia Awards; New Czech film

News; same-sex marriage open letter;  Czech café in Brussels; Blood donors 

News; Fico win; Tributes paid to journalist Daniel Anýž; Book explores Karlovy Vary festival in Cold War

Broadcast in English - 10/01/2023

Interview with Vladimír Dzuro, a Prague detective who became a war crimes investigator in former Yugoslavia.

News; Czech leaders watching Slovak elections; Prague's tram bistro; Bohemian caves get 3D map; Czech companies take steps to lessen environmental impact.

Broadcast in English - 09/28/2023

News; Prague rated the second best solo travel destination in the world; Czech archaeologists rediscover the famous tomb of an Egyptian high official; Adam Trachtman on his recent graphic novel about his Czech adventures in the early 1990s

News; intelligence chief rings alarm over Russian propaganda; Designblok marks 25 years and returns to Prague Castle; and we meet photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková.

News, Plachetka-Havelka CD, interview with Czech consul in New York, One on One with foreign policy expert Benjamin Tallis

Broadcast in English - 09/24/2023

Broadcast in English - 09/23/2023

News; Czech scientists recreate "Celtic beer"; new tests for vintage cars; expert Kateřina Sam on disappearance of birds and insects and their crucial role in eco-system.

News; Czech scientists develop miniature “weather station” for space; cash or card? Modern payment methods see huge upward trajectory among Czechs; new Czech ambassador to Canada outlines his goals

News, President Pavel addresses UN General Assembly, drug fentanyl claims first victims in Czechia, trip to Mikulov in South Moravia 

News; Žatec and surrounding hop-growing landscape make UNESCO World Heritage list; why does Czechia have third lowest share of university graduates in the EU?; European Sustainable Development Week - Czech solutions to waste problems

News, Village of the Year contest winner, Envirofest- a festival with a difference and young leaders from eastern Europe visit Prague

Broadcast in English - 09/17/2023

Czech ambassador to NATO Jakub Landovský on the war in Ukraine, its impacts on global security, and whether it can change the world order as we know it.

News; rising temperatures affecting South Bohemia's traditional fishing industry; who are clubs to watch as new Czech ice hockey season begins?; Prague’s Dvořák Museum showcases valuable manuscript; The Prague Civil Society Centre

News; Govt pledges funds for renewal of Terezín; One in 10 babies born in Czechia have a non-Czech mother, Czechia No1 in EU for diesel car sales; Adventurer Pavlína Adam

News; Doctors in uproar over parliament’s decision to approve additional overtime for medics; Prague event to raise funds for neglected graves; Milan Kundera and Brno

News; Covid-19 expert: “the numbers are very low, yet they are all rising”; Film about controversial Mašín brothers’ story put forward for Oscars; Cimbalom player Matěj Číp

News; Hilsner case reopened; Fruits and vegetables; Radio 1 DJ Jana Kománková

Broadcast in English - 09/10/2023

Changing Prague: Adam Gebrian on where city development is going right – and wrong

News; unique Stone Age venus goes on show; Prague's Vinohrady celebrates the best of Czechia's wines; Leon Jakimič aims to Lasvit a new world luxury brand.

News;, Suicide rate rising in Czechia; Team of Prague-based students heading to Las Vegas to compete in Horizon Hydrogen Grand Prix; Marine biologist Petra Nevečeřalová

News; Vodafone; Muchová; Czech ambassador to the US

News; agreement finally reached on future of Mucha's Slav Epic; billboard owners still playing games with authorities; US journalist on StB plan to recruit him pre-1989.

News; Restart Czechia; austerity package; new mammal species; football player Sydney Schneider

Broadcast in English - 09/03/2023

Broadcast in English - 09/02/2023

News; Credits for joining reserves; Prague Sounds; Czech travel trends

News; psychoactive substances regulated; Prague Chinese restaurant delivers regional taste; Czech plays glass Celtic instrument; biography of scupltor František Bělsky.

News, number of art forgeries rising, concert in Wallenstein Garden, Ostrava-based Bikes for Afrika project

News; Fiala says no surrender to Russan imperialism; unlimited sperm and egg donation may end in Czechia; special interview with Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba.

News, excessively high food prices in Czechia, Romany leader Karel Holomek dies at 86, Prague Civil Society Centre

Broadcast in English - 08/27/2023

David Strauzz on spreading optimism and positivity through street art; Helppes: organisation helping people live more independent lives with an assistance dog

News; statistics indicate domestic violence in Czechia is on the rise – but what’s behind the numbers?; Archirun to spotlight 100th anniversary of Czech architect Karel Prager’s birth; how Hussitism served the First Republic

News, program to attract more high-skilled workers to Czechia, new campaign aims to root out the business of paid street selfies with animals, interview with cimbalom player Matěj Číp 

News; ethnologists create online museum of Czech folk architecture; Prague Gardens: Letna park; young British linguist Danny Bate on some of his fascinating insights into the Czech language

News; Czech real estate market; tradesmen shortage; Via Czechia 

News; Pavel on Russia 55 years after 1968 invasion; the radio's role in 1968; American journalist Mark Baker

Broadcast in English - 08/20/2023

Helene Ritchie and her book telling the moving story of her search for her family’s past.

News; Hollywood strikes impacting Czech industry; Shakespeare; heatwaves 

Broadcast in English - 08/17/2023

News; Prague for cancellation of concert by opera star linked to Putin; Sparta falls short of qualifying for Champions League but chance still remains for Europa League; Prague Gardens: Petřín - one of the capital's biggest green spaces

News; Robert Fremr turns down constitutional judge nomination; David Krejčí hanging up his skates after 16 years with Boston Bruins; Via Czechia pilgrimage trails offer a great way to explore the country

News; Czechia not “less safe” because of foreigners; Dvořák festival; British linguist Danny Bate

Broadcast in English - 08/13/2023

Interview with Benedit Allen, a UK explorer now based in Prague; interview with Pavlína Adam, the first Czech woman to walk the Great Himalayan Trail.

News; NYT 36 Hours in Prague report author; Czech scientists test psychadelic substance in Peru; Jan Hocek, creator of an extensive network of trails around the country.

News;  Czech police chief sorry; Changes to language test; The Prague Civil Society

News, prominent diplomat Martin Povejšil has died. Will the authorities curb mushroom hunting in the country's forrests? Botanical garden series -Troja.

News; Judge Fremr's future in balance after revelations; Czech water recycling; Vietnamese-run Prague bistro; and Petrof pianos, one of the great Czech brands.

News, Jan Marian on weekend consultations in Jeddah, Czechs Scouts at World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, interview with climate activist Arne Springorum

Broadcast in English - 08/06/2023

Michal Horáček, co-writer of several of Czechia's best-loved songs, shares some great stories about his family, the Velvet Revolution, his bid for president and far more.

News; Expert: anti-government movement in Czechia; Prague Pride; Poděbrady summer school 

News; Czech scientists develop new method to supress negative side effects of cancer drugs; Furstenburg Garden; Helppes: Prague-based non-profit that trains assistance dogs for people with disabilities

News;  Pre-1989 case casts pall over top court appointments;  Three Czechs recognised as Righteous Among Nations;  A new database gives access to the memories of Roma Holocaust survivors

News; Why have Ukrainian and Roma minorities in Czechia been clashing?; differing treatment of Russian tennis players sparks questions; cimbalom player Matěj Číp on his journey from Moravia to Berklee College of Music

News; Economist: “50% chance Czechia will adopt euro by 2030”; Cool Czechia 

Broadcast in English - 07/30/2023

Broadcast in English - 07/29/2023

News; New Prague bridge; Klimchi glassware appears in Barbie

News; art by contemporary of Kafka's handed to Prague's Jewish Museum; Bohemians play first European game in decades; and street artist David Schrauzz spreads positivity.

News; Dissident and gender studies pioneer Jiřina Šiklová among women to be honoured with street name in new Prague district; Pop Messe bringing big alternative names to Brno; Prague Castle gardens; Petschek Palace

News; Survey: Economic optimism on rise amongst Czechs; Prague Airport official reports strange customs violations Ryan Gosling, Barbie – and Prague’s Karel Zeman Museum; Czech experts on extreme heatwaves

News; Czech tourists on Rhodes complain of chaos and poor communication during evacuation; New book highlights Prague Castle’s priceless historical textiles; The steady rise of Czech cricket

Broadcast in English - 07/23/2023

Czechoslovak Exile Scouting

News; Youth Included promotes migrant youth integration in Prague; Czech women will not take the field at Women’s World Cup, Biologist Petra Nevečeřalová on her life-long obsession with whales

News; foreign workers in Czechia; Argentinian bistro in Prague 

News; Colours of Ostrava festival kicks off; cult leader among dead in unusual double murder case; Wallenstein garden; Myslbek Palace

News; VZP monopoly on foreigners’ health insurance to be abolished; Summer Festivities of Early Music kick off in Prague; Travel trends in Czechia

News; Victories for Czech tennis; Unexpected Prague attractions going viral on social media;  “A replay of a lost war”: New book explores 1969 hockey wins over USSR 

Broadcast in English - 07/16/2023

Wide-ranging interview with historian Igor Lukeš; 90 years since publication of book on one of nation's most famous dogs, Dashenka.

News; exhibition marking 100 years of Czech Radio to kick off in New York; pop legend Karel Gott speaks from beyond the grave using AI; leading Czech digital anthropologist Marie Heřmanová

News; Czech-based Russian-owned company suspected of violating EU sanctions; new book about amateur photographer Karel Bucháček; Český Malin – the Czech village in Ukraine destroyed 80 years ago

News, Kundera death, new security strategy, Franciscan Garden, Palace Svet

News; Czechia voices support for Ukraine ahead of NATO summit; Pilot programme in Czech prisons; Interview with Zelensky’s chief of staff Andreyi Yermak

News; Czech companies eager to take part in post-war reconstruction of Ukraine; Blaga’s Lessons wins Karlovy Vary as Robin Wright brings glitz; llustrator Jiří Janíček

Broadcast in English - 07/09/2023

Being Czech-Vietnamese: Looking into the dual identity; Telč: A Renaissance Gem of Bohemia

News, President Zelensky in Prague, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Prague Gardens   

Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Jamaican food in Prague

Glass Palace in Prague, visit to Kampa Island, what really attracts visitors to the Czech capital?

News; Karlovy Vary Film Festival; the Expat Centre in Prague; Dashenka Czech literature’s most famous puppy, celebrates 90th anniversary

News; Major stars come out on Karlovy Vary opening weekend; Canadians in Prague on what it means to be a Canuck; Cycling in Prague

Broadcast in English - 07/02/2023

Broadcast in English - 07/01/2023

News; Every Day Courage: restored “forgotten jewel” gets Karlovy Vary premiere; medieval glass mosaic at St. Vitus Cathedral under scrutiny; biologist Petra Nevečeřalová on her life-long obsession with whales

News; A slice of Czechia and Slovakia in Toronto: The Masaryk Memorial Institute; Sex under Communism; “There are no rules” – Inside Prague’s hard techno scene

News, Czechia sending  mobile ICU unit to Ukraine, Prague exhibition spotlights jeans as  symbol of the West pre-1989, Prague’s Trade Fair Palace

News; Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský says Czech economy must move from assembly to design; Milada Horáková remembered; award-winning artist dné returns with second LP

News; Foreign Minister Lipavský on Russia; Kvitová makes comeback in Berlin; Lucerna Cinema makes Czechoslovak film classics foreigner friendly; Interview with UNICEF’s Czech office head Yulia Olejnik

Broadcast in English - 06/25/2023

Interview with academic Ivan Chvatík, who has done more than anyone to keep alive the legacy of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka.

News: Czechia slips down gender equality rankings; homeless organisation specifically for women; food bloggers turned bistro operators Taste of Prague.

News; Czechs in “information war” with Russians, Pavel tells conference; Why did Czechoslovakia decriminalise homosexuality relatively early?; Historian Mark Cornwall: Treason is a very sexy subject – it’s like murder

News; Prague street called after Soviet general to be renamed; Metronome festival to spotlight Czech and international artists in Prague; “It’s quite an amazing year”: Robin Wright latest star name for Karlovy Vary;  Koruna Palace: The “Crown” of Wenceslas Square

News; NGOs warn tighter legislation will impact Ukrainian refugees; UNESCO wades into bridge dispute; Prague exhibition; Pavlína Adam on walking the Great Himalaya Trail.

News; Ukrainian teenagers slipping through the cracks; Dinner in the Sky returns to Prague; How sculptor Bělský found unparalleled success in UK

Broadcast in English - 06/18/2023

Interview with Michal Horáček, whose song lyrics are familiar to many. He has also been a journalist, was active in the 1989 revolution and became wealthy in the 1990s.

News; President Pavel’s first 100 days in office evaluated; A day for dads: But are Czech fathers active parents?; Touchdowns in the heart of Europe: American football thrives in Prague

News; How Czechs became experts on the female orgasm; Lenka Lichtenberg on setting her grandmother’s Terezín poetry to music

News; Prague march to highlight violence against women – and press for change; Senate award for tennis star Martina Navrátilová; Prague's Modern Palaces: The Platýz Palace

News; Remains of dozens of communist-era political prisoners found at Prague prison; Sharing food with strangers: Tables in shape of heart surround Prague’s St Vitus Cathedral; Martin Dvořák: “20 years after EU referendum Czechs are pragmatic Europeans”

News; Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský on Angola-Zambia visit; Prague Castle festival spotlights Czechia’s best microbreweries; same-sex stork couple from Czechia makes international headlines

Broadcast in English - 06/11/2023

Interview with Jakub Cigler, architect behind many of the highest profile projects in Prague, including the remodeling of Wenceslas Square.

News; Karolína Muchová stuns Sabalenka to reach French Open final; Prague gardens open to the public; north American pilgrims walk across Moravia to rediscover their Hutterite past

News; People in Need helping in dam-flooded regions of Ukraine; American restaurant in lower Žižkov; Sex under Communism; Adam Trachtman on his new graphic novel

News; Prague Quadrennial presents scenography through live events; Prague Diary exhibition at CAMP; Lucerna Palace: a modernist icon

News; UEFA final drawing thousands of West Ham and Fiorentina fans to Prague; From Tuscany to your table: Il Pane bakery showcases the best of Italian fare; textile designer Anna Šebestová

News; should inadmissibility of physically punishing children be enshrined in law?; Art & Activism exhibit in Prague; Head of National Film Archive Michal Bregant

Broadcast in English - 06/04/2023

Interview with Alex Zucker, perhaps the preeminent translator of Czech literature into English; Gail Papp on meeting Havel in 1960s NYC and 1980s Bohemia.

News, Night of Open Churches, scythe moving event in Prague, Prague Lions head to the European Football League, health risks of Czech cuisine

News; father banned from seeing his child born wins important battle; 2023 Prague Sounds lineup revealed; Polish independent 1980s art on display in Kutná Hora

Broadcast in English - 05/31/2023

Broadcast in English - 05/30/2023

News; Ex-PM Babiš criticised over part in Orban event; Populist right parties announce electoral alliance plan; Church allows blessing of same-sex unions; Ride of the Kings

Broadcast in English - 05/28/2023

Changing Prague: Adam Gebrian on where city development is going right – and wrong.

News; Prague through-road gets facelift plan; New project seeks to show how Czech graphic design helped shape national identity; Prague-based US artist Susan Loy

News; Why is Czechia reluctant to ratify the Istanbul Convention?; Pardubice Aviation Fair; Ambassador Sabet: Treaty in no way authorises permanent US troops on Czech soil.

News, Prince Edward in Czechia, Czech first ladies' fashion style exhibition, Sparta Prague crowned champions of the domestic soccer league, top Czech universities

News; Czechia signs defence agreement with United States; 22nd edition of Prague Fringe kicks off; the Moravian “Marco Polo”

News, two valuable documentary collections from Czechia added to the UNESCO Memory of the World register,Czech-designed software that can simultaneously translate into over 40 languages at once, interview with explorer, writer and broadcaster Benedict Allen

Broadcast in English - 05/21/2023

Broadcast in English - 05/20/2023

News; end of rent-free land use for Russia; Open House Prague festival pays tribute to Karel Prager; Telč: A Renaissance Gem of Bohemia

Special centenary broadcast: look into the archives, exhibition at the National Technical Museum, digitization of old recordings, Radio Wave a station for the young    

News, Prague Spring music festival interview with viola player Antoine Tamestit, work of sound effect specialists at Czech Radio, university series - accommodation

News; Fiala government staying the course on reforms despite strike alert; Controversial copy of Old Town Square astronomical clock calendar to be replaced; Prague’s Ponrepo cinema to screen existentialist masterpiece “Arsenal” 

News; Petr Pavel first president in years to attend annual Roma Holocaust event; exhibition documents major battle between German, US and Soviet forces days after German surrender in WWII; Leon Jakimič, head of major glass and lighting exporters Lasvit

Broadcast in English - 05/14/2023

Interview with historian Igor Lukeš on Czechoslovakia and the start of the Cold War.

News; Government fiscal reforms discussed; start of 78th Prague Spring; Czechia's best Eurovision chance?; Czech surfers heading to first world championships.

News; Fiala cabinet unveils austerity package; Book World Prague kicks-off; Markéta Davidová voted Biathlete of the Year; 1920s photos by traveller discovered in New Zealand

News, Czechia 2nd on crony capitalism index, Moravian wine makers angered by  proposal to tax still wines, Czech University of Life Sciences.