Having moved from my native Ireland to the then newly established Czech Republic in 1993, I was hired at Radio Prague in late 2001. Within a few weeks of joining the station I had got to interview two members of Monty Python (Jones and Gilliam) and thought, This is the job for me. Since then I have reported on all manner of subjects, ranging from Czech accession to the European Union to an oyster eating contest on Old Town Square. My steady feature in recent years has been the interview slot One on One and though it is challenging constantly finding guests it has been a fantastic experience. Recording the monthly My Prague has also been a treat, with subjects almost invariably taking me to at least one spot with which I had previously been unfamiliar.
articles by the author
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Singers Plachetka and Havelka team up on CD of interwar classics
Opera singer Adam Plachetka has teamed up with jazz and swing specialist Ondřej Havelka and his band Melody Makers on a new CD of interwar classics.
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Benjamin Tallis on “neo-idealist” Lipavský – and how Ukraine can save EU
In his book To Ukraine With Love Benjamin Tallis identifies a "neo-idealist" approach to foreign affairs seen in, among others, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský.
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Should Czechia fear fentanyl crisis like that seen in US?
The narcotic fentanyl has had a devastating impact in the US, contributing to record overdose numbers. Should the authorities be worried about a similar crisis in Czechia?
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“It’s the king of strains”: Žatec hops make UNESCO list
The northern town of Žatec and surrounding hop-growing landscape have just been granted UNESCO World Heritage status. But what makes its Saaz hops so special?
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Eastern European young leaders: “We all relate to the Czech experience”
Meet some young people from mainly Eastern European states who are currently in Czechia under a Foreign Ministry scheme to establish ties with high-flyers in the region.
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Yvonne Přenosilová: Singing star whose career was cut short by 1968 invasion
Yvonne Přenosilová, a popular 1960s Czechoslovak singing star who later became a radio presenter, sadly passed away last week.
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Govt. pledges funds for renewal of Terezín, second fortress town
The government has earmarked major investment for Terezín, site of the Czech lands’ biggest WWII Jewish ghetto, and Josefov, another 18th century garrison town.
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EP83: Jana Kománková
Veteran DJ Jana Kománková discusses her new book about the Prague alternative station Radio 1, including its pirate beginnings as Radio Stalin and anarchic early years.
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Jana Kománková: The first few years of Radio 1 were a party in the studio
Prague’s Radio 1 was the first non-state station in Czechoslovakia after the fall of communism. Decades later, the story of the station is the subject of a new book.
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Muchová to face rising star Gauff for place in US Open final
Karolína Muchová has reached the semi-finals of tennis’s US Open for the first time in her career. The Czech will now face US rising star Coco Gauff in New York.
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