David Vaughan

We look at the wartime satirical sketches and songs of Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich, broadcast from the United States to their homeland. 

Several hundred sound recordings have been found, opening a window onto Czech life in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. 

When the artist Tomáš Fantl was a small child, the course of his life was decided by the toss of a coin. He tells us the story of a life shaped by chance and serendipity.

When Audrey Knoth was growing up, there seemed to be huge gaps in her family's past. She tells the story of a discovery that has changed her life.

Jaroslava Skleničková, the last surviving woman of Lidice massacre, has died at the age of 98, leaving behind a legacy of strength and courage.

In Their Own Words: Tagore, Janáček and yoga: Czech-Indian connections over two centuries

We draw from the archives to explore the long and rich tradition of Czech-Indian links – through music, literature, geopolitics and even yoga.

The sounds of 1968 and 1969: Jan Palach and the abnormality of normalization

Through the sound archives we tell the tragic story of Jan Palach, we look at his legacy, and trace the beginnings of the process that came to be known as “normalization”.

Through the alchemy of the radio sound archives we travel in time to 1968. We experience the great hopes and bitter disappointments of a dramatic year.