The new owner of the Prague Lions discusses why he feels the time is right for American football in Europe and says it could become Czechia's third favourite sport.

EP99: Nicholas Lowry

Apr 24th, 2024 16m 50s

Art expert Nicholas Lowry has Czech heritage and lived in Prague in the early 1990s. He will soon be seen as the presenter of a documentary on classic Czech graphic design.

EP98: Rosamund Johnston

Apr 5th, 2024 15m 57s

Rosamund Johnston discusses her book on Czechoslovak Radio, 1948–1969. How "communist" was the station? And what happened to staff after the Soviet invasion?

EP97: Peter Zusi

Feb 16th, 2024 14m 25s

Academic Peter Zusi discusses teaching Czech literature, his new book on the Czech avant-garde and Karel Teige and his teenage rock band with a future movie star.

EP96: Eva Paddock & Milena Grenfell-Baines

Feb 6th, 2024 16m 19s

Half-sisters Eva Paddock and Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines were 3 and 9 when trains organised by Nicholas Winton and others saved them from the Nazis. They share their story.

EP95: Ed Ley

Jan 31st, 2024 12m 37s

Englishman Ed Ley on his fascinating social media project recording the stories of the streets of Prague, one by one.

EP94: Kaveh Daneshmand

Jan 16th, 2024 15m 37s

Prague-based filmmaker Kaveh Daneshmand on how his homeland Iran manages to produce great films despite severe restrictions, whether he could ever move back and much more.

EP93: Jan Novák

Dec 28th, 2023 32m 50s

Writer and biographer Jan Novák discusses Miloš Forman, the Mašíns, Václav Havel and Milan Kundera, as well as sharing some of his family's own eye-popping stories.

EP92: Bijan Sabet

Dec 19th, 2023 25m 8s

In a broad and revealing interview, US Ambassador to Czechia Bijan Sabet discusses everything from his time as an early Twitter investor to his love of photography.

EP91: Tomáš Dvořák

Dec 13th, 2023 15m 2s

Why is the Czech economy so deep in the doldrums? And how to turn things around? Tomáš Dvořák, who has described Czechia as "the sick man of Europe", offers some insights.

EP90: Emil Viklický

Nov 29th, 2023 15m 42s

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

EP89: Roman David

Nov 16th, 2023 24m 6s

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

Nov 8th, 2023 15m 28s

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

EP87: Mirek Gosney

Oct 25th, 2023 14m 9s

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

Oct 12th, 2023 15m 43s

Petr Kratochvíl on a new paper he co-authored which says Russia’s 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"

EP85: Jindřiška Bláhová

Oct 5th, 2023 16m 49s

Jindřiška Bláhová, 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

Sep 27th, 2023 15m 8s

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

EP83: Jana Kománková

Sep 13th, 2023 15m 20s

Veteran DJ Jana Kománková 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

Aug 16th, 2023 16m 2s

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

Aug 10th, 2023 16m 4s

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.

EP80: John Bok

Aug 4th, 2023 29m 20s

Pre-1989 dissident John Bok, whose parents met in England during WWII, looks back on a fascinating life. Close at one time to Havel, he stood up to the StB more than most.

EP79: Ethan Scheiner

Jul 19th, 2023 14m 32s

California-based author Ethan Scheiner discusses his new book Freedom to Win, centred on Czechoslovakia's 1969 ice hockey wins over the USSR, and the riots that followed.

EP78: Yulia Oleinik

Jun 28th, 2023 15m 15s

Yulia Oleinik heads UNICEF's Czech office. She discusses how well young Ukrainians, particularly small children, have been integrated – but warns about losing those gains.

EP77: Bohumil Vostal

Jun 21st, 2023 15m 37s

Biographer Bohumil Vostal discusses the fascinating story of Czech František Bělský, the only sculptor ever to create busts of four generations of the UK royal family.

EP76: Jakub Cigler

Jun 13th, 2023 22m 23s

Jakub Cigler is perhaps THE architect of modern Prague. His studio is behind the redesign of Wencelsas Square and is also involved in the huge overhaul of Masaryk Station.