Few life stories are quite as remarkable as that of married couple Ronnie and Jitka Stiles. Having met in Canada in the mid-1990s, Ronnie and Jitka's careers have taken them to the United States, the Czech Republic, China, and now Ghana. What h

Gabriel Matula: A great photograph needs to have a soul

Jul 30th, 2020 35m 1s

Gabriel Matula is a photographer and graphic designer who has lived in Prague since 2016. In this fascinating episode of What The Czech, Gabriel gives us an insight into how he has found working in the Czech Republic, what makes a great photo,

James Harries: If you play a tour with 20 shows, 18 are great, one is so-so, and one is just weird!

Jun 12th, 2020 32m 7s

British singer-songwriter James Harries has lived in the Czech Republic for roughly twenty years. His new album, Superstition, received rave reviews from Czech critics, even though the song lyrics are in English. James was subsequently awarded

Tonya Graves: I definitely feel safer as a woman in the Czech Republic than the United States

Jun 8th, 2020 40m 37s

Few people have captivated Czech music fans like Tonya Graves. Originally from New York state, Tonya first came to the Czech Republic in 1995 and has never looked back. In this fascinating episode of What The Czech, Tonya describes her career b

Jiří Hošek: In Britain, you definitely get the feeling of being like a second-class journalist on a daily basis

Apr 27th, 2020 30m 4s

Few Czechs know the United Kingdom and how it operates like Jiří Hošek. As a foreign correspondent for Český rozhlas between 2012 and 2017, Jiří covered two key milestones in British political history: the Scottish Independence referendum and t

Milan Slezák: New York is a whole different world

Apr 27th, 2020 26m 23s

Milan Slezák is the definition of bilingual. Having been born in the Czech Republic to an American father and a Czech mother, Milan explains some of the differences in the working culture between the Czech Republic and the US. How hard was it f

Richard Jones: I try to support Czech rugby as much as I can

Apr 27th, 2020 28m 2s

Proud Welshman Richard Jones first came to the Czech Republic in 1991, and has since fallen in love with the country. A key financial services adviser for PwC, Richard has now lived in the Czech Republic for over 20 years in total, and he holds

Maella: The weather in London took me the longest to get used to

Apr 27th, 2020 9m 6s

On our next episode of What The Czech?, we welcome Maella, one of London’s brightest up-and-coming musical talents. How does the UK’s music scene compare with the one in the Czech Republic? What sort of challenges does being a foreign musician

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