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Poslechněte si podcast: Czechia in 30 minutes: Prague, Patton, and the politics of liberation
Eighty years ago, World War II ended in Czechoslovakia with both celebration and uncertainty. In this weekend edition of Czechia in 30 minutes, historian Vít Smetana reflects on how the U.S. Army and Soviet forces divided the country—not just geographically, but politically. What did liberation mean in 1945, and how should we remember it today?
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Czechia in 30 minutes: National Security Council meet over bitcoin scandal, bell made of Russian missiles, beaver comeback
News; Czech PM calls National Security Council meeting over suspect bitcoin transaction; The Netherlands send a bell made of Russian missiles from Ukraine to Prague’s Old Town; Beavers’ comeback: How a once-extinct species is reshaping the Czech landscape.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Bitcoin scandal shakes Czech government, Nawrocki’s presidential win, comedian Mark Watson in Prague
News; Bitcoin scandal shakes Czech government as opposition pushes for no-confidence vote; Czech leaders react to Nawrocki’s presidential win in Poland; British comedian Mark Watson on Prague and performing comedy abroad.
Czechia in 30 minutes: From Moravia to Thailand: a young Czech woman’s perspective
In this weekend on Czechia in 30 Minutes, we hear from Martina Šmídová—a young Moravian woman born after 1990. She talks about building a new life in Thailand, what it means to belong to the Millennial generation, and how old labels like “Czechoslovakia” still follow her. A brief but insightful look at how younger Czechs see the world—and how the world sees them.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Czechia’s digital generation, 20 years of baby boxes in Czechia, photographer Jeffrey Martin
Born free, growing up wired: Meet Czechia’s digital generation, Twenty years of baby boxes in Czechia: One adoptive father’s perspective, Jeffrey Martin on mapping Prague’s streets in 1.3 million photos, news
Czechia in 30 minutes: Chinese cyber-attack on Czechia, mural pays tribute to M. Horáková, interview with Veronika Novotná
For today's show: the News; Czech government holds China responsible for cyber-attack on Ministry of Foreign Affairs network; new mural at Prague’s Letná pays tribute to Milada Horáková; an interview with Czech UN Youth Delegate Veronika Novotná on the mental health crisis of our time and what the UN can do about it.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Karel Čapek’s Letters from England, Filtruj! 2025 coffee festival, Tomáš Páleníček on psychedelics
News; Čapek’s Letters from England, signed by WWII paratroopers, exhibited; Prague celebrates specialty coffee at Filtruj! 2025 festival; Dr. Tomáš Páleníček on psychedelics in psychiatric treatment.
Prague Talk: Tomáš Páleníček: There's a continuum of experimental psychedelic use in Czechia
Dr. Tomáš Páleníček is a leading Czech proponent of the use of psychedelics in certain kinds of psychiatric treatment. The psychiatrist and several colleagues recently appeared in a documentary named Doctor on a Trip that followed them to the Amazon rainforest, where they mapped brain activity during ceremonies centred on ayahuasca, a traditional hallucinogenic drink. I spoke to Páleníček at our Prague studios.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Czech-African partnership, Day of Czech, Beavers’ comeback to Czech landscape, news
News, Africa Day highlights historic Czech-African partnership, Day of Czech returns to enthuse and educate about Czech language and literature, Beavers’ comeback: How a once-extinct species is reshaping the Czech landscape, news
Czechia in 30 minutes: Russian disinformation campaign, 100 years of Sokol’s Tyrš House, Martin Dušek on Czech taste
From tanks to sabotage: how Russia never left Czechia alone, To mark 100th anniversary, Sokol’s Tyrš House unveils new mural, Martin Dušek maps anarchic Czech approach to construction in new film
Czechia in 30 minutes: Czechia opens the envelope on postal voting
Czechia has made a historic change to its election laws: citizens living abroad will now be able to vote by mail. As Czech women Marta McCabe, Julie O'Donovan and political scientist Petr Just point out, the reform comes after years of advocacy by Czech expatriates around the world. Weekend edition of Czechia in 30 minutes brings their views.