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Poslechněte si podcast: Prague Talk: Developer Serge Borenstein: The pilot said, It’s nothing, it’s Karlín
No foreigner can have had such an impact on Prague in the modern era as Serge Borenstein. Indeed in three and a half decades, the Belgian-born developer has been behind new constructions totalling a remarkable half a million square metres in and around the capital. His most notable projects have been in Karlín, a district he has almost single-handedly transformed with a series of gleaming office buildings. And it was at Borenstein’s offices there that we spoke recently.
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Czechia in 30 minutes: Shell's eco-driving challenge, mummy of boy found in Skalná, Petr Brod on Czech-German relations
News; Czech students join Shell’s global eco-driving challenge for the first time; Archaeologists discover mummy of boy in family tomb in Skalná; Journalist Petr Brod on Czech-German relations and the place of radio in society.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Greenpeace protest against Trump, St. Wenceslas likeness, female fighter jet pilot
Greenpeace protest against Trump and Musk policies, scientists produce likeness of St. Wenceslas, a closer look at the life of a female fighter jet pilot
Czechia in 30 minutes: Prague hosts cricket's Central Europe Cup, car race celebrates 130 years of Škoda, Serge Borenstein
On today's show: Prague hosts three teams for cricket's Central Europe Cup; veteran car race to celebrate 130 years of Škoda production; and, for out feature, an interview with Serge Borenstein, who famously redeveloped Prague’s Karlín district.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Czech army plans more garrisons, Radek Špicar on Czech economy, UN Youth Delegate on mental health
News; the Czech army plans to bring in garrisons to every region—but is still falling short; Expert Radek Špicar discusses current state of Czech economy and trade; “There’s no global resolution exclusively addressing youth mental health”, says UN Youth Delegate Veronika Novotná.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Cinematographer Smutný dies, Ondra bids farewell to bouldering, Martina Dvořáková's equality audit
News; Czech cinematography legend Vladimír Smutný dies at age 82; Climber Adam Ondra bids farewell to bouldering; Social Science graduate Martina Dvořáková's home equality audit.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Medieval pilgrimage badge, Czech scientist and oceania’s largest rodent, Tour of Pilsner Brewery
For today's show: the news; pilgrimage badge on display in Opava reveals connections of Czech medieval life; Czech scientist first to document Oceania’s largest rodent; and, for out feature, our exclusive tour of Pilsner Urquell Brewery.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Sand statute in Olomouc, 1970s rail veteran, Prague’s little Hanoi
For today's show: the News; an alternative statue of Holy Trinity created on Olomouc’s Upper Square; 1970s “bespectacled” rail veterans to get new lease on life; and for out feature, another edition of Prague Off the Beaten Track: Prague’s Little Hanoi.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Czech films at KVIFF, Medal for Merit in Diplomacy laureates, US journalist Matt Welch
What Czech films will compete at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this year? We talk to two laureates of the 2025 Medal for Merit in Diplomacy awards and US journalist Matt Welch talks about his years in Prague.
Prague Talk: “We had crazy things happen constantly”: Matt Welch's Prague years
Matt Welch was among the first wave of young Westerners who flooded into Prague in the early 1990s. Today a prominent journalist and commentator in his native US, back then he was one of the founders of Prognosis, Czechoslovakia’s first English-language newspaper. And Welch shared lots of colourful recollections of that formative period of his life from his study in New York.