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Memory of Nations awards, Czech company builds boats for famous Hollywood productions, Czech scientists reveal why some birds fear humans more than others. Interview with casting director Maya Kvetny.
Broadcast in English - 11/17/2025
In this Weekend Edition of Czechia in 30 Minutes, we visit Zlín, the birthplace of the Baťa shoe company and one of Czechia’s most distinctive modernist cities. Inside a former factory hall, the exhibition The Baťa Principle shows how a local workshop expanded into a global brand. Join us to hear excerpts from the museum and learn how one Moravian company shaped Czech and world history.
Today on Czechia in 30 Minutes: 100 years of Čechie–Böhmerland: the world’s longest motorcycles on display in Prague; scientists in Czechia uncover how the liver regenerates in “one of the most significant discoveries”; and later we meet British writer Jim Potts who recalls his years in Prague.
The Aussie & Kiwi Film Fest kicks off in Prague tomorrow. A look inside the Brno company that manufactures plaques for Michelin-starred restaurants. A new exhibition in Prague's Planetarium, and a new digital archive of Czech folk songs - Písňovna.
On today's show: Czech cavers’ discovery confirmed as the world’s largest spider web; Jamie Cullum performs in Prague; and later we meet well-known journalist Lukáš Dolanský, who has captured his experiences as Czech Television’s correspondent in the UK in a new book. Enjoy!
Ukrainian flags in Czechia – what is the ongoing debate?, Vintage cars in Nová Bystřice trace roots to America, Petra Kupská, the Entrepreneur Teaching the World How to to Cook Like Czechs
On today's show: Over 80 institutions join Freedom Week; Prague’s annual Poetry Day Festival kicks off; why Svatomartinské wines hit Czech tables early in 2025; and, for our feature, on what it’s like to live on a houseboat on the Vltava River. Enjoy!
Some Czechs have a lifelong fascination with America — and Zdeněk Jurásek is one of them. The president of the Czech Route 66 Association first cycled the legendary road from Chicago to Santa Monica in 1998 and has since done it dozens of times, even if mostly by car. In this episode of Czechia in 30 Minutes, he talks about why Route 66 became his American dream — and how it still inspires Czechs today.
Czech scientists develop nano-patch that helps heal without scarring, Rare Czech cubism collection exhibited at Prague’s Kampa Museum, “Top Czech influencer” Kovy on politics, marriage equality – and life beyond social media
On today's show: Controversial figure Tomio Okamura, the leader of the Freedom and Direct Democracy party, has been elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies; Czech-Slovak relations under Andrej Babiš and Robert Fico; Pardubice will host the Canicross World Championships for dog racing for the first time; and lastly, we cover former president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko’s perspective on the War in Ukraine and what the future may hold. Enjoy!
On today's show: Celebrating Roma Language Day; Albrecht Dürer’s first edition of Rhinoceros discovered in Czech Academy library; and with the announcement that Prague D’s Olbrachtova metro stop has been constructed, although of course far from opened, we thought to bring you our interview on why Prague needs a fourth metro line.
On today's show: Architect’s design for Kundera’s tombstone; Cardinal Dominik Duka dies at 82; Lidice Art Collection. Enjoy!
Lidice Art Collection receives record donation from Turkish-British curator Hüma Kabakcı; Movember inspires men to think about health; musician Gareth Davis on contemporary classical music in Prague
In Czechia in 30 Minutes with Jan Bumba, the longtime Czech Radio journalist talks about leaving the newsroom for academia. Now the spokesperson of Charles University, he explains why the institution is not just Prague’s oldest symbol but a living, forward-looking place of learning. The conversation reveals how tradition and innovation meet at one of Europe’s oldest universities.
Today on Czechia in 30 Minutes: Charles Games’ Playing Prague wins top mobile game award; rediscovering slow fashion with Humanoddity; Czech philosopher Tomáš Koblížek on fake news and hate speech.
Today on Czechia in 30 Minutes: St. Wenceslaus reclaims his lance in Vienna; Czechia leads EU in electricity prices; The Braník Rocks: Where Prague’s prehistoric past meets today’s city life. Enjoy!
The Prague Indian Film Festival kicks off highlighting Bollywood’s diversity. A new book chronicles the fates of people executed for political reasons in Communist Czechoslovakia. And an interview with prominent human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk, who aims to bring the human dimension of the war in Ukraine back to Czech audiences.
Metropolitan Plan for Prague's development , Harley Davidson Museum in Moravia, traveller Jan "Eskimo" Welzl
Czechia in 30 Minutes examines why Andrej Babiš is back in the political spotlight. Daniel Kaiser, journalist and keen observer of Czech politics, shares his insights into coalition talks and public sentiment. Host Vit Pohanka asks what this comeback means for the country’s future direction.
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