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THERE - Yet More UNESCO
We finish off the UNESCO listings for CZ with the most recent additions, all in Bohemia, three of which are shared with other countries. Delve into the history of mining, horses, forests and spas, and get some great weekend getaway ideas.
See a images of these places in the video version of this episode.
SECTIONS
01:40 - Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří (Ore Mountains) Mining Region - Jáchymov, money, radium, pits and more
07:55 - Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem - The Great Pardubice Steeplechase, a historical stud farm and more in the area
10:36 - Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe - Jizera Mountains, Ještěd, the Long waterfall, Jablonec nad Nisou, Liberec, Frýdlant
16:33 - The Great Spa Towns of Europe
17:41 - Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad), the Boheminium
21:43 - Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad), drinks and spa wafers, Loket
25:49 - Františkovy Lázně (Franzenbad)
28:52 - The Bohemian Spa triangle area - forests, lookouts, botanical gardens, geological parks, chateaus, the Spiral Tower of Krásno, Cheb (Eger)
30:52 - A quick recap of all 16 CZ UNESCO sites
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THEN - Charles IV (1346-1378)
The Luxembourgs now produce the man who would become known as Charles IV - considered by many to be the greatest Czech of all time. He'd found Charles University, commission St. Vitus and Charles Bridge, design New Town, move the capital of the Holy Roman Empire to Prague, build a LOT of castles, and generally do awfully good things for the lands of Bohemia and Moravia.
SECTIONS
01:10 - A childhood in prison, then in France, a wife, Italian adventures, a throne
04:18 - Another wife, German adventures, the path to Emperorship
06:13 - Urban improvements, Prague becomes the cultural center of Europe, Emperor at last
07:47 - He finds Karlovy Vary, no more Italian adventures, improving Nuremberg, a third wife, lots of castles and a Golden Bull, more infrastructure projects, (finally) a son, a fourth wife, another son
11:02 - The Golden Age - restructuring the HRE, treaties, various land claims, in vino veritas
12:33 - The legacy of Charles IV
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LIT - Prague Books
Guests: David Humphreys & Melissa Joulwan, Strong Sense of Place podcast
Prague inspires people, and some of those people write books set there. We take a look at some books about the City of 100 Spires as well as some Prague lore with David Humphreys & Melissa Joulwan, who run the Strong Sense of Place podcast.
SECTIONS
01:25 - Prague: the First Episode of SSoP
02:39 - The Prague-Korea connection, living in a simulation, lighting Prague Castle
07:25 - Why they choose the books, Prague Noir
09:12 - The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
11:45 - Prague Spring (and more Mawer)
13:43 - Gottland: Mostly True Stories from Half of Czechoslovakia, Slavic narrative styles
18:27 - HHhH
20:16 - More books about Prague all the time
23:26 - Book shopping is fun
24:32 - Books that Smudge the cat likes, This Is the World: A Global Treasury, cartooning around
26:29 - We live in the future
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FOLKS - Strong Sense of Place
Guests: Melissa Joulwan & David Humphreys, Strong Sense of Place podcast
Books can entertain, inform and even make you want to travel. My guests today run the Strong Sense of Place podcast out of their flat here in Prague which combines the best of reading and travel in one jam-packed website. Go all over the world without ever leaving your home.
SECTIONS
01:49 - The Strong Sense of Place podcast
03:37 - The purpose of the podcast
06:50 - A world tour from home
11:10 - Nerdy organization & gold stars
14:55 - Becoming a reader
18:27 - Kindle a flame for reading
21:40 - Transcribing for empathy
28:22 - Lots of work
29:44 - Cookbooks & roller derby
34:24 - SSOP Reading Atlas. theme episodes, apocalypse novels
39:10 - Favourite books of 2021
40:51 - Telling lies to tell the truth
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MISC - Money Matters
Money makes the world go round, but who and what is on our money? This episode looks at the figures and icons Czechs have decided are worthy of being immortalized on their currency, and by extension we'll learn a little about the story this country tells itself about itself.
SECTIONS
01:33 - To walk in money
02:20 - Current coins, the Czech Lion, the Crown of Wenceslaus
06:52 - Notes, some of the 100 greatest Czechs
07:08 - 100Kč - Charles IV
08:43 - 200Kč - Jan Amos Komenský
10:16 - 500Kč - Božena Němcová
12:36 - 1000Kč - František Palacký
15:42 - 2000Kč - Emmy Destinn (Ema Destinnová)
17:07 - 5000Kč - Tomáš Garrigue (T. G.) Masaryk
18:08 - Old 20Kč & 50Kč notes - Otakar I Přemysl & St. Agnes of Bohemia (Svatá Anežka Česká)
20:21 - Late Czechoslovak notes - Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav, Komenský, Ľudovít Štúr. peasants, SNP partisans & Bedřich Smetana
25:24 - Earlier Czechoslovak notes - Jan Žižka, SNP & Russians, youths
26:38 - Post WWII currency, the Communist coat of arms, post-Velvet Revolution commemorative 10 Kč coins (TGM, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Alois Rašín)
28:26 - What about the Euro?
33:35 - Foreign currency & ATMs
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GLUG - That's the Spirit(s)
We've talked about the oldest pub in Prague, beer and wine - now it's time to dive in to the spirit world with a look at some of the liquors Czechs like to drink.
SECTIONS
01:22 - Al-kul & distillation, a very brief history of booze in Europe
03:42 - Slivovice - fruit brandies
07:41 - Becherovka - angry Christmas
11:32 - Fernet Stock - crushed bedbugs
16:24 - Tuzemák - cancer-causing fake rum
18:40 - Zelená - liquid toothpaste
21:49 - Absinthe - the green fairy
27:49 - Vaječný likér (Czech Nog) & Algerian Coffee
29:54 - Grog (tea & rum), Svařák (mulled wine), Punč (mulled wine & fruit juice), Medovina (mead)
31:56 - Houba (Coke & red wine), Cider
33:47 - Rum, whisky & more
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Hemingway Bar Prague
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ARTS - The Bear Educational Theatre
Guest: David Fisher, artistic director & founder of the Bear Educational Theatre
David Fisher has gone from being at the fringes of the theatrical to having his own theatre company - but he considers himself a teacher more than anything else. he talks about how the Bear came about, how it works, why it's different from "evening theatre", and how they are adapting and adjusting to an online world due to the pandemic.
SECTIONS
01:49 - Storytelling through teaching & theatre
05:36 - Early Prague Theatre: Misery Loves Company & Black Box
07:13 - The Bear begins
10:53 - The Bear hits the road, bare bones; the perfect English lesson
22:56 - Overlapping skill sets
28:22 - Drama Therapy & other variations
30:20 - Going online & interactive
38:56 - I don't really want actors
Lapsus Linguae: 2016 was the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, not his birth.
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NOW - proFem
Guest: Eva Michálková, project manager for proFem – centrum pro oběti domácího a sexuálního násilí, o.p.s.
Like most European countries, the Czech Republic is pretty humanist. And yet, sexual harassment & violence continue to be problems, with more than 50% of Czech women reporting sexual harassment and/or violence. The organization proFem offers help in a number of ways, including a new infoline, counseling, and even legal help. We talk about the problem here in CZ, some historical context, the evils of Easter and how things are, hopefully, changing for the better.
SECTIONS
02:01 - What is proFem?
03:31 - Feminism in a Czech context
07:03 - Feminism under Communism
09:21 - Research into sexual harassment & violence in CZ
14:30 - The normalization of rape culture
18:53 - Context & history matter
21:13 - Harassment on public transportation, at work, at home
27:42 - Easter is problematic
33:45 - Trouble at home
39:31 - proFem's infoline & services
47:21 - Volunteer opportunities
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FOLKS - Comedy & Quizzes w/Luke Ryan
Guest: Luke Ryan, quizmaster at James Joyce Pub, writer & host of the Inquizition podcast, founder of Comedy Prague
Dublin-born Luke Ryan is all about making people laugh, and reminds us that comedy is work. We talk about the pub quiz scene in Prague, how to succeed in stand-up comedy, different styles of humour and much, much more.
The video version of this episode is also a scavenger hunt trivia game - 33 questions you can find the answers to in past episodes of Prague Times. List your numbered answers in the comments sections of on our Facebook, Twitter or Buy Me a Coffee page, or in comments for this episode on YouTube. The highest score gets a special prize!
SECTIONS
01:43 - Ya gotta love Prague
04:56 - Quizmaster at James Joyce
12:28 - The ins & outs of Prague pub quizzes
16:19 - All are welcome
17:40 - The Inquizition Podcast
20:27 - Stand-up & Comedy Prague
25:17 - Comedy workshops, what makes a comedian
33:23 - Comedy styles, how to be a comic
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EATS - Kohoutek w/Gianluca Pini
Guest: Gianluca Pini, co-owner of Kohoutek
A new place in town serves up Italian-style cockerel, while also offering a number of fun things to peruse and purchase. Gianluca Pini talks about how and why they got started, living in Prague, striving for authenticity, creating a modern concept and more.
SECTIONS
01:56 - The why & how of Italian cockerel in Prague
08:16 - Prague, reconstruction in Vinohrady, expanding the concept
14:35 - Doing business in CZ during Covid, delivery services
21:11- A modern approach to gastronomy
24:01- Authentic Italian but also international, Czech with an Italian accent
25:40 - Success measures & the future
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