We invite special guest-guide expert Filip Huta. We discuss the life of Bohemian Jews throughout the centuries, and how it leads to Terezin, or "Theresienstadt", a concentration camp in an old Austrian fort, designed to trick the Western forces and the Red Cross.

This week is Scottless as Ryan travels to Krakow, Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw. With a recorder in-hand, Ryan talks to others and himself through a beautiful and history-burdened country.

Scott and Ryan discuss Hungary, and Budapest in particular. The war-ravaged place caught between world powers has seen genocide, opera houses, funny hats and hot springs.

In this edition, Scott and Ryan discuss the life of an "expat", and are lucky enough to be joined by Chris Westergaard: an American in Prague for over 15 years who has founded a TEFL-training school, The Language House. Thousands of English teachers have been forged in its hallowed halls, putting Chris in the center of this strange and ever-changing community.

Has Prague changed? Have the people who come to Prague changed? What even is an expat, anyway - we're not being problematic, are we?

If you want to follow in the footsteps of Scott, Ryan (and Chris) as an English teacher in Prague https://www.thelanguagehouse.net

World War II (writing "2" seems weird) doesn't get a lot of attention, does it? This week we discuss this pivotal era in Czech history, where the First Republic gets destroyed through political machinations of the Munich agreement, Nazis occupy Prague and after the dust settles, the country begins to lay the groundwork for another totalitarian regime.

The guys discuss the history, sights of Portugal - Lisbon, Sintra and Porto. Killer bakers, fortified wine the Age of Exploration.

We present you one of the all-time greats: TGM - Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk! The father of Czechoslovakia, we talk about his academic career, early feminism, and his favourite horse. Learn about the 87-year journey of the Old Man of Europe.

Full of holiday spirit(s), Scott and Ryan go on a Christmas adventure though Prague, drinking 12 different beers in 12 different bars throughout the city. Some touristy places, some traditional. Some authentic Pilsners, some craft brews. Listen as the progress (regress) over the course of a fun-filled evening.

Scott and Ryan dig deep, investigating the names, dates and nefarious actions of All the President’s Men. Imagine a world, 45 years ago, where shocking headlines reverberate through the papers every day, implicating the innermost circle of the President of the United States, and maybe even going…all the way to the top. Hard to imagine.

The guys try to do what they try to do best: going through history to help try to explain and frame (exframe) the current world. It’s long, it’s complicated, but at the other we come out knowing what it means for a conspiracy to form, and maybe what it means to tear it all down.

This week we carefully put away our reading monocles, fold our tweed jackets and only make one Proust reference. Tereza Lavičková, half of the band band Teepee (probably the “Tee” half) joins us, and shares stories of a working Czech club musician, playing in Prague, touring the country, getting into love triangles while busking in Italy. She plays a live track and jams with one podcaster as another holds a rabbit. Enjoy the righteous chops as we stretch the concept of this show for a little bit, and you’ll even hear Ryan’s rendition of Rudolph II in ballad form.

Check out Teepee, they’re good!

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