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Prague Talk

A regular interview series hosted by Ian Willoughby

Every year Radio Prague International’s Ian Willoughby conducts dozens of interviews with fascinating people either from Czechia or with a connection to the country.

With Prague Talk you get all of those interviews as a regularly updated podcast, delivered as a download to your device or available via streaming services.

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Prague Talk
06/30/2026

Irish Ambassador Alan Gibbons: “Each member has different history, but EU project transformative”

Alan Gibbons became Ireland's ambassador to Czechia in 2023. With Dublin assuming the presidency of the EU on July 1, he came to our studios for a broad-ranging interview.
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Prague Talk
05/29/2026

“In the US they only know Kundera” – Jan Zikmund on bringing today’s Czech writers to the world

Earlier this year, Jan Zikmund launched Zikmund Literary, an agency that aims to help Czech authors find readers around the world. But how does he plan to achieve this?
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Prague Talk
05/15/2026

Prague Fringe at 25: Steve Gove and Angus Coull on early days of leading fringe festival

Since its humble beginnings in the early 2000s, the Prague Fringe has established itself as one of the leading events of its kind in Europe. Its founders look back.
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Prague Talk
04/24/2026

From London to Bohemia: Benjamin Souček on restoring stately homes, and family roots

UK-born Benjamin Souček renovates stately homes in Czechia, the country of his forefathers, and has received an award at the Senate forservices to its cultural heritage.
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Prague Talk
04/07/2026

From “dark mode” to real-life connection: How Pavlína Louženská reads the future

Pavlína Louženská is a trend forecaster, helping banks, startups and other organisations understand likely developments in the coming years – and plan accordingly.
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Prague Talk
03/13/2026

New Czech Radio U.S. reporter Ciglerová on Czech-Americans and MAGA, trading Miami for Washington

Jana Ciglerová is just about to become Czech Radio’s correspondent in Washington. She is moving there not from Prague but Florida, where she has lived for nearly a decade.
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Prague Talk
03/06/2026

Vít Hořejš and Bonnie Stein on their indie movie co-starring 200-year-old Czech marionettes

Vít Hořejš and Bonnie Stein discuss Wooden Hearts, an independent film starring the former, who in 1990 founded the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre in New York.
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Prague Talk
02/27/2026

"In the ‘90s the architecture was much more interesting": Jan Bureš on post-1989 Prague buildings

Devade (Nineties) is the title of a fascinating new book and exhibition looking at architecture in Prague in the first decade after 1989. Jan Bureš is one of its authors.
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Prague Talk
02/20/2026

From Charter 77 to Jim Henson’s studio: Jitka Exler’s journey to Sesame Street and The Muppet Show

One-time Charter 77 signatory Jitka Exler has enjoyed great success in the US, designing and making puppet characters for TV hits The Muppet Show and Sesame Street.
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Prague Talk
02/13/2026

Karel Häring on becoming a face of the Premier League for Czech soccer fans

As a presenter on Canal+ Sport Karel Häring is one of the faces of the English Premier League for many Czech football fans – and gets to work alongside legends of the game.
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