Danny Bate
I may be completely English by origin, but I am also a committed Czechophile. After several years of occasional visits, I moved to the Czech Republic in 2019, initially to work as a language teacher. Certain global developments the following year made teaching difficult, so I was overjoyed to be given the chance in the summer of 2020 to undertake a PhD with the University of Edinburgh. For three and a half years, I carried out research in the academic field of linguistics, specifically on historical languages. During this time, Prague remained my home, but I had the good fortune to get to experience the delights of Scotland too.
I defended my thesis and completed the PhD in the spring of 2024. All throughout my studies, I developed my passion for public engagement and for sharing linguistics with a general audience. As well as through my writing, this personal mission involved audio adventures into podcasting. These in turn sparked a newfound passion for interviewing guests and creating interesting and entertaining content for listeners. When fate offered me this great opportunity to work for Radio Prague International, which perfectly combines my Czech interests and broadcasting aspirations, I jumped at the chance.
articles by the author
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80 years ago: American bombs fell on Prague
On February 14th 1945, a deadly Allied bombing raid claimed hundreds of lives when the city of Prague became an unexpected target of the US Army Air Forces.
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Play Mozart! Innovative Mozart-themed museum opens in heart of Prague
Recently opened in Malá Strana, the Mozart Interactive Museum offers visitors a unique experience. Danny Bate took a tour with its director, Eva Velická.
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Professor Robert Langdon comes to Prague in Dan Brown’s new novel!
Dan Brown, author of international bestsellers like The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, has set his next mystery-thriller in Prague, entitled The Secret of Secrets.
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Czech scientists in Albania discover world's largest underground thermal lake
Czech scientists have discovered in southern Albania the world's largest underground thermal lake, named Lake Neuron, after the foundation that funded the expedition.
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Teacher, senator, martyr: Women’s rights champion Františka Plamínková, born 150 years ago
On February 5th 1875, Františka Plamínková was born, who fought for rights of women in Czechoslovakia, before her execution by the Nazis in 1942.
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Wine not? Czech Dry February campaign returns to promote break from alcohol
Petr Freimann talks to us about the national Dry February campaign (‘Suchej únor’), which is running for another year to help Czechs to take a month’s break from alcohol.
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Cheers! Czech beer culture given status of ‘intangible cultural heritage’
The Ministry of Culture has added Czech beer and brewing culture to the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Czech Republic.
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New high-capacity Škoda trams soon to arrive on Prague’s streets
We spoke to councillor and former Deputy Mayor for Transport Adam Scheinherr about the Škoda ForCity Plus 52T tram, launched this week in Plzeň and destined for Prague.
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The Dominator turns 60: Legendary goalie Dominik Hašek looks back at his hockey career
Dominik Hašek, considered by some to be the greatest ice-hockey goaltender in history, is celebrating his sixtieth birthday, and he spoke to Danny Bate about his career.
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Student invents new system of communication for pilots and small airports
A student at the Prague University of Economics and Business has invented a new speech-to-text system that can help small airports and small aircraft to communicate better.