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Poslechněte si podcast: 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.
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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.
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.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Major Jiří Trnka exhibition opens, Czechoslovaks in Soviet gulags, 24th Prague Fringe begins
News; A major exhibition about the Czech animator and illustrator Jiří Trnka opens in Prague; Revealing the fate of Czechoslovaks in Soviet Gulags; Interview with Steve Gove as the 24th Prague Fringe Festival begins its rich programme of performances.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Remains of Olomouc's Přemyslid rulers, medieval medical manuscripts, Czech Anne Frank
For today's show: the news; remains of Olomouc's Přemyslid rulers identified and laid to rest; researchers examine stains in medieval medical manuscripts to uncover ancient remedies; the Czech Anne Frank: Diary of Věrka Kohnová.
Czechia in 30 minutes: Czech Army reaches out to public, firefighters at risk of heart disease, interview with Jiří Pehe
For today's show: the News; how the Czech Army is reaching out to the public;are firefighters at increased risk of heart disease due to “eternal chemicals”?; and for our feature, an interview with political scientist Jiří Pehe on his career and life as he retires at 70.