Podcasts about Czechoslovakia

In March 1938, Germany declared its annexation of Austria. Soon after, Hitler demanded that the Sudetenland, an area of Czechoslovakia with a heavy German population, also be added to the Reich. On 15 September, Hitler met with the leaders of Great Britain and France, signing the Munich Agreement, in which the western Allies formally recognized Hitler's territorial expansion. Hitler declared the Sudetenland to be "the last territorial demand I have to make in Europe." But was it? Join Sean and James and you will find out!

During the 1960s and early 70s Cold War tensions were escalating. Confrontation threatened every innocence we knew. The 2 super powers watched and waited, preparing for nuclear holocaust. The world's safety depended on this threat of mutual annihilation; it was the only thing keeping us safe. A grim logic soon emerged, nuclear disarmament was not achievable but nuclear war was unthinkable.When 3 of Zita's MI6 colleagues mysteriously die in Prague and she is marked with terminate on sight orders, an American government analyst called Doc breaks through the Iron Curtain to save his partner from Communist forces in Czechoslovakia. But before they can go they must take care of a few small matters concerning a sadistic serial killer stalking them and stop a few rogue nuclear weapons before they cross the border to western Europe.Book 3 in The Hollow Man SeriesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Holiday World tourism fair took place in Prague, one of the most important events of its kind in the tourism sector in Central Europe. This year - the 31st edition of the exhibition was marked by the anniversary of the division of Czechoslovakia.

MEPs have adopted a proposal for new measures to promote the renovation of buildings in the European Union. Under the proposal, all new buildings would have to be zero-emission from 2028 and some existing buildings would have to be renovated. The Holiday World tourism fair took place in Prague, one of the most important events of its kind in the tourism sector in Central Europe. This year - the 31st edition of the exhibition was marked by the anniversary of the division of Czechoslovakia.

Val Ackerman is the current BIG EAST commissioner, the founding president of the WNBA and a past president of USA Basketball. A scholarship women's basketball athlete at the University of Virginia, Val played basketball professionally in France before attending law school. She is a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. In this episode, Val discusses what has been critical to her professional success and how her mother's journey as the youngest child of immigrants from Czechoslovakia inspired her. She discusses her athletic career and delves into what it was like growing up during a time when there were no organized sport opportunities for girls. Val reflects on the impact Title IX has had in her life. Val then highlights the role female-focused philanthropy can play in growing and shaping college sports. She examines whether NIL can help women's sports and athletes. Val outlines issues that must be addressed for the growth of women's sport to be optimized. Finally, Val discusses what is on the mind of everyone who loves college sports: where is it headed? She pinpoints critical issues facing intercollegiate sports to discuss its future. Get the Ruling Sports Newsletter: https://rulingsports.com/newsletter/ Follow Ruling Sports Instagram: www.Instagram.com/RulingSports Twitter: www.Twitter.com/RulingSports Facebook: www.Facebook.com/RulingSports LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/RulingSports TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@RulingSports

RockerMike and Rob Presents: Joe Yanosik Welcome to the RockerMike and Rob Presents Show about The Plastic People of the Universe by Joseph Yanosik (2020). This podcast will explore the fascinating history and legacy of one of the most influential underground bands in Czechoslovakia during the 1970s. We'll discuss topics such as their music, their influence on Czech culture, and what their legacy has meant for generations of musicians who followed in their footsteps. Join us as we dive deep into the story of The Plastic People of the Universe and how they continue to shape and inspire today. #JosephYanosik #RockMusic #CzechRock #ExperimentalRock #AmWriting #WriteTip #WritingCommunity #WriteMotivation #WritersLife #WriterProblems #WritersGuild #WritingGoals #WritersSupportingWriters #CzechRockMusic #CzechRockBand #CzechRockScene #CzechRockStars #PragueRocks #BohemianRocks http://furious.com/perfect/pulnoc.html https://rockcritics.com/2022/08/26/top-10-plastic-people-of-the-universe-joe-yanosik/ https://mobile.twitter.com/jyanosik?lang=en jyanosik@optonline.net https://rockandrollglobe.com/author/joe-yanosik/ https://www.tomhull.com/ocston/guests/jy/jy-ppu.php#:~:text=Ordering%20Information%3A&text=To%20order%20the%20book%2C%20send,plus%20%2425%20shipping%20(%2450) http://plasticpeople.cz/ https://m.facebook.com/100037714062243/ Ordering Information: The book is available in English language only. The first printing is limited to 250 copies. Future printings are not guaranteed so get your copy today! To order the book, send PayPal payment to Joe Yanosik (@plasticpeople): For orders shipping within U.S., the price of book is $25 plus $5 shipping ($30) For orders shipping outside U.S. (international), the price of book is $25 plus $25 shipping ($50) The book can also be ordered via Ebay. For orders shipping to USA only, the book can also be purchased by sending a personal check for $30 to: Joe Yanosik
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The state of the hospitality industry—and the trends to watch—are discussed with IMEG Director of Hospitality Bob Winter in the first in a series of episodes featuring the firm's market leaders.   “Last year, 2022, was a tremendous year in the market for design and construction,” Bob says, citing the recovery of occupancy rates as the industry emerged from the pandemic. “I have seen a little bit of a headwind this year with some of our projects due to the cost of construction and the cost of money.” However, he adds, there are still a lot of “pent-up opportunities that are coming online,” along with growing demand for more hotels in urban and resort environments.   Bob also sees a growing focus on sustainability and energy efficiency, as well as continued growth in properties with a focus on wellness. “Many of the major brands have wellness hotels that are really retreats and are located in places like Sedona or Palm Springs or in wilderness settings, but they're also in top urban markets, too. These are places where people can go to experience various mind and body rejuvenation or even a much more focused healing and recovery experience, with medical staff and licensed therapists.”   Bob is no stranger to the concept of wellness retreats. In 1912 his great grandfather opened the Hotel Thermia Palace in Czechoslovakia, one of the world's first wellness resorts.   “It was built on natural hot springs and there were mud baths; people from throughout central Europe would go there for treatment, primarily for rheumatism,” he says. Though no longer owned by the Winter family, the Thermia Palace exists to this day as a luxury spa and wellness hotel catering to clients worldwide. Those who cross the bridge onto the property pass a statue of a man breaking his crutch—a likeness of Bob's great grandfather and a symbol of the retreat's long-standing healing properties.  “It's still a very popular place,” says Bob, who has visited the site.   The Winter family's hospitality legacy transferred to the U.S. at the outbreak of World War 2, when Bob's grandmother emigrated with her sons to the U.S. She soon became the country's first female general manager of a major urban hotel, the Hotel Pearson in Chicago. Bob continues the family legacy today as IMEG's director of hospitality.  “It's the ‘giant circle',” he says. “It's been an interesting journey.” 

Mark Baker was featured in episode 9 where he told us about working in Czechoslovakia in the 1980s as a journalist for a small publishing company called Business International (BI). He was the company's Czechoslovakia expert and with his Czech minder Arnold he travelled to Prague and other cities to report on significant economic and political developments.In 2021, he published “Čas Proměn” (“Time of Changes”), written in Czech, it is a collection of stories about Central and Eastern Europe in the 1980s and early ‘90s.Over the Christmas 2021 holidays, as he was visiting family in Ohio, he received a surprise email from a Czech academic. He was writing to Mark that he had finished reading the book and that he liked it. But then he added, cryptically, that Mark might want to revise part of it for future editions as he had found Mark's Czechoslovak secret police surveillance file… We hear about the plans the Czechoslovak secret police had for Mark and the secret of Operation Oheň, aka Operation Fire.Now if you think there is a vast army of research assistants, audio engineers and producers putting together this podcast you'd be wrong. This podcast relies on your support to enable me to continue to capture these incredible stories and make them available to everyone for free. If you'd like to help to preserve Cold War history and enable me to continue to produce this podcast you can via one off or monthly donations.Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/for more details.Listen to mark's previous episode here https://pod.fo/e/f83fMark's blog is available here. https://markbakerprague.com/part-1-introducing-our-man-interHere's My Life StoryA podcast designed to capture your life story for others to hear, especially your loved...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyFind the ideal gift for the Cold War enthusiast in your life! Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/store/Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPodFacebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations

This episode was first published on Dec. 13, 2022. New episodes of History As It Happens are coming soon. Since British prime minister Neville Chamberlain attempted to avoid war with Hitler in 1938, the word appeasement has been synonymous with moral weakness and wishful thinking. While the failure to appease the Nazi dictator offers important lessons, politicians -- and even some historians -- often invoke the infamous Munich Conference as a political cudgel with which to bash their foes. It happened during Vietnam, the wars in Iraq, and it's happening again to justify Western support for Ukraine, even though its predicament differs in significant ways from that of Czechoslovakia in 1938. In this episode, military historian Cathal Nolan differentiates propaganda from history.

The United States is one step or miscalculation from a hot war in Europe. There a lot of reasons US Policy makers have used to provide military support to Ukraine, but by far, the most prominent is the Munich Peace Settlement of 1938. Largely viewed now as a disaster, in the Munich Peace Conference, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made a peace deal with the devil himself, Adolf Hitler. In exchange for an agreement not to invade other countries, France and Britain coerced Czechoslovakia to concede its Sudetenland territory to Germany. We all know what happened after that. It's now criticized as naive, idealistic, and bolstering aggression. It is now used as the primary precedent to arm Ukraine. If they are not armed, and our defeated, Russia will invade Europe and be on our doorsteps next. Is the situation now similarly similar to 1938? Is it even relevant? Or it a giant red herring? In this episode, I explore that issue.

The rise of Patrik Schick. Patrik Schick is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Czech Republic national team. Born in Prague, Schick began his career with local club Sparta Prague, rising through their youth ranks, before making his senior debut as a teenager. The Czech Republic national football team, recognised by FIFA as Czechia, represents the Czech Republic in international football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. Historically, the team participated in FIFA and UEFA competitions as Bohemia and Czechoslovakia. Image Credit: p_schicky/instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CewLLtyoc0j/

We return to Dirk's story from episode 278 with a move to East Berlin following his mother's divorce from his father.Dirk finds school life more relaxed where pupils are allowed to wear Western clothing and to speak more openly, even questioning their teachers about the existence of the Berlin Wall.After leaving school, Dirk starts work in a factory from which he can see into West Berlin and he longs for a life away from the restrictions of East Germany.His mother's new partner is a conscripted border guard who advises him not to attempt an escape over the Wall.However, as East Germany starts to implode in November 1989 Dirks sees a chance to escape… We also hear of his and his family's life in the new Germany where at school reunions the children of Stasi families reveal their secrets and his mother sees the contents of her Stasi file.Dirk's previous episode https://coldwarconversations.com/episode278/Cold War history is disappearing; however, a simple monthly donation will keep this podcast on the air. You'll become part of our community and get a sought after CWC coaster as a thank you and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/If a monthly contribution is not your cup of tea, We also welcome one-off donations via the same link.Episode notes here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode279Support the showSupport the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter here https://twitter.com/ColdWarPodFacebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations

Jakub Jankto comes out gay. Jakub Jankto is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Czech First League club Sparta Prague, on loan from La Liga club Getafe, and the Czech Republic national team. The Czech Republic national football team, recognised by FIFA as Czechia, represents the Czech Republic in international football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. Historically, the team participated in FIFA and UEFA competitions as Bohemia and Czechoslovakia. Athletic Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a football club based in Prague. Image Credit: jakubjanktojr/instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CnmvAuxK1NS/

Hitler continues his Godfather act, ignoring the Munich settlement and gobbling up the rest of Czechoslovakia. As he turns 50, the Führer is showered with extravagant birthday gifts. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the finishing touches are put to a shock pact with Stalin. But Britain and France draw a line. An invasion of Poland will mean war… A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson. Scroll down the Real Dictators feed for episodes on Hitler's early years and rise to power. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Open up with me to Romans 9. I was in my office praying not long ago, and as I was praying, the Lord kept reminding me of a meeting I went to in 1989 at the would-be Rhema campus. It was such a powerful meeting with so many young women and men present who felt called to ministry. After the Lord reminded me of this, I went online and searched major events that occurred in 1989. One major world event during this time was Tiananmen Square. Another was the peaceful revolution of Czechoslovakia. And yet another was free elections in Poland. Of course, the biggest event in 1989 was the fall of the Berlin Wall. All of this happened in one year, which is truly remarkable and not something you would believe if someone told you beforehand. I believe the Lord reminded me of this to say, “Look at what I can accomplish in just twelve months' time.” As I thought back on all of this, I thought, "Lord, why not again in this year?" I believe that if we exercise our faith, God will shower blessings upon us in this year – much like the Old Testament example of the cloud the size of a man's hand.

This is the fourth installment in Eric Ludy's winter Daily Thunder series, 1940, which follows the epic storyline of Hitler's rise to power in Europe in the the '30's and Great Britain's unexpected stand to thwart his progress. In this episode, Eric focuses on the repurcussions of Great Britain's appeasment campaign towards Adolf Hitler's ever-growing list of crimes. When evil is overlooked for the sake of convenience, its the smaller, the weaker, and the least among us that often suffer because of it. In 1938, Czechoslovakia is that smaller, weaker nation forsaken as a result of British appeasement and subsequently swallowed up in the Nazi machine.

 Direct Download“Far-Flung February” continues with a visit to Czechoslovakia and the happy little tune, “Annie Went Down to the Cabbage Patch.” This piece is in DAD tuning and includes some chord work. Download the tablature from the Patreon open house: https://www.patreon.com/posts/75312754Bing Futch is endorsed by Folkcraft Instruments, V-Picks and Zither Stands.Enjoy "Dulcimerica"? Consider supporting the program by becoming a patron!

The launch of the first black music station in Europe - the Dread Broadcasting Corporation in London in 1981 - and why Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. Plus the assassination of Burundian President Melchior Ndadaye, the Columbia space shuttle disaster and the bombing of the Palestine Post. Contributors: Michael Williams - former DBC station manager Carmella Jervier - DJ Dr Caroline Mitchell - Professor of Radio at the University of Sunderland Jean-Marie Ngendahayo - former minister in Burundi Václav Klaus - former prime minister of the Czech Republic Vladimír Mečiar - former prime minister of Slovakia Mordechai Chertoff - former foreign editor of the Palestine Post Admiral Hal Gehman - Chairman of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (Photo: Radio Caroline Pirate Radio ship. Credit: Getty Images)

Today I speak with IFBB Pro Anna Faltova, an online coach and posing coach, who started competing in 2016 in IFBB Elite. She rode horses and did show jumping for 15 years and then transitioned to gym, fitness. She switched to an NPC in 2022, where she placed first in every competition, and earned her Pro card at her third attempt. She is now getting ready for her Pro debut in 2023. Anna is also one of three IFBB Pros from Czechoslovakia!   Anna and I talk a lot about mindset and transitioning from doubt to belief. Anna tells her about her extensive search for a coach and how seriously she took this decision! We go deep about perspective shifts and how to stay focused on your goals. You don't want to miss this interview!   TOPICS COVERED -prep mindset -training in prep -importance of a stage presentation -her posing coach -taking a beak from stage -finding the right coach -posing to win -switching federations   CONNECT WITH CELESTE: Website: http://www.celestial.fit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celestial_fit/ All Links: http://www.celestial.fit/links.html   CONNECT WITH ANNA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annafaltova/ Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/AnnaFaltova Website: annalfaltova.cz   TIME STAMPS 1:00 special announcement 3:53 introduction 9:58 letting what will be will be 12:45 deciding she had more to give in the sport 19:01 transition from doubt to belief 24:45 starting to work with a coach 33:20 switching from IFBB Elite to NPC/IFBB Pro league 38:01 changes from prep to improvement season 43:01 mental approach to improvement season 55:15 evolving in posing and being a posing coach 59:33 finding bodybuilding and future goals 66:15 room for improvement 73:30 how bodybuilding has changed her life 79:54 advice for competitors   CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE FOOD RELATIONSHIP COACHING SERIES   CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE POST SHOW BLUES COACHING SERIES   LEARN MORE AND APPLY FOR MY 5 WEEK FOOD RELATIONSHIP HEALING & DISCOVERY COACHING PROGRAM   FOR OTHER FREE RESOURCES, LIVE EVENTS, AND WAYS TO WORK WITH CELESTE CLICK HERE

Arber Xhekaj's unlikely road to the NHL is about more than just not being drafted. The Habs rookie learned about fighting for opportunities from his parents' unbelievable journey. Elliotte sits down with Arber along with his Jack and Simona to get the whole story.Watch the “After The Horn” feature on Arber XhekajWe would like to thank Chantel Machabee & Charles Saindon-Courtois from the Montreal Canada communications team for helping us with this piece  — the feature was directed by Jeremy McElhanney, edited by Mark Wade and produced by Amil Delic. This story was told by Elliotte Friedman. Video management was handled by Zack Hajas. And finally, thanks to Simona, Jack and Arber for sharing their story.Email the podcast at 32thoughts@sportsnet.ca or call The Thought Line at 1-833-311-3232 and leave us a voicemailThe views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

30 years ago this month, Czechoslovakia split into the separate states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It was a rare instance of a state separating without a single life being lost. Thanks to this it became known as the ‘Velvet Divorce'. Rather than putting it to a vote, the country and its assets were divided behind closed doors by the Czech and Slovak leaders, Václav Klaus and Vladimír Mečiar, who became the Prime Ministers of their newly independent states. Ben Henderson speaks to both of them about their memories from the time. (Photo: Václav Klaus and Vladimír Mečiar negotiate the split. Credit: Zehl Igor/ČTK)

Tonight's show aired just a couple of days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We present our second interview with Naftali (Tuli) Deutsch, an Auschwitz survivor. The interview was recorded at his home in July, 2022. The previous interview is available here: https://podcast.yv.org/episodes/naftali-deutsch-auschwitz-survivor-for-yom-hashoah Naftali Deutsch was born in 1931 in the Carpathian mountain village Kimyat, Czechoslovakia, which is now in Ukraine. He is the author of A Holocaust Survivor: In The Footsteps Of His Past [Amazon link], his auto-biography. See also Naftali "Tuli" Deutsch, his page at Yad Vashem. Songs of the Holocaust, Partizans, and Ghettos to close: performer: song Rochelle Horowitz: Yisrolik Shomon Yisraeli: Zog Nit Keynmol Norbert Horowitz: Shtil di Nakht Norbert Horowitz: Farvos Iz Der Himl Geven Nekhtn Loyter Khane Cooper: Shtiler, Shtiler Wolf Krakowski: Varshe Chava Alberstein: Friling Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air Date: January 25, 2023

Donny is joined by one of the world's first supermodels, Paulina Porizkova. Porizkova takes us on a journey from her early years that saw her leave Czechoslovakia for Sweden, how meeting modeling scout John Casablancas changed her life, and how the end of her marriage to rock star Ric Ocasek impacted her. Paulina also gives her thoughts on the differences between men and women aging and discusses how aging impacts the careers of models.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our January series on Czechoslovakia - 30 years after the collapse. Today we will talk about mixed Czechoslovak marriages. On 25 January 1969, less then a week since the death of Ján Palach, people in Bratislava took to the streets in his honour. We speak to Elena Letňanová, one of the organisers of the march.

On Episode 425 of Spittin' Chiclets, the guys are joined by Zdeno Chara. Big Z joined (01:02:28:20 - 02:37:51:05) to discuss growing up in  Czechoslovakia and overcoming the odds, playing in Boston, Patrice Bergeron and tons more. But first, the guys open the show discussing the recent Vancouver Canucks drama. Are Canucks owners the most hated in all of sports? The guys also touch on all the other news across the league, including Ivan Provorov, Steven Stamkos's 500th goal, Robin Lehner's snake farm and tons more.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/schiclets

*** Become a patron of Talk Eastern Europe and get additional content: https://www.patreon.com/talkeasterneurope ***Talk Eastern Europe is back with its first episode of 2023! The episode opens with Adam and Agnieszka catching up with the news (and not only!) from the last weeks and a quick reaction to the Ramstein meeting on January 20th. The rest of the episode is dedicated to looking at the country of Slovakia, which recently celebrated 30 years of statehood following the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia. Adam sits down with Michaela Terenzani, editor in chief of the Slovak Spectator, to discuss the legacy of this break-up; the developments throughout the last 30 years; and finally to discuss the tumultuous political situation currently taking place. Check out the latest issue of New Eastern Europe now available online here: https://bit.ly/3FLKp2g

On this episode, Cullan talks with Professor Michal Kšiňan about his monograph on the Slovak national hero and co-founder of Czechoslovakia, Milan Rastislav Štefánik. Michal talks about Štefánik's military career and meteoric rise and the place he continues to hold in Czechoslovakia history and memory. Thanks for listening! ABOUT THE BOOK https://www.routledge.com/authors/i21001-michal-kian This is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919) that is focused on analysing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown internationally, his contemporaries compared him “to Choderlos de Laclos for the use of military tactics in love affairs, to Lawrence of Arabia for vision, to Bonaparte for ambition ... and to one of apostles for conviction”. He played the key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels during the First World War in order to create the Czechoslovak Army: he visited Serbia and Romania on the eve of invasion by the Central Powers, Russia before the February revolution, the United States after it declared war on Germany, Italy dealing with the consequences of defeat in the Caporetto battle, and again when Russia plunged into Civil War. Several historical methods are used to analyse the aforementioned central research question of this biography such as social capital to explain his rise in French society, the charismatic leader to understand how he convinced and won over a relatively large number of people; more traditional political, military, and diplomatic history to show his contribution to the founding of Czechoslovakia, and memory studies to analyse his extraordinary popularity in Slovakia. By mapping his intriguing life, the book will be of interest to scholars in a broad range of areas including history of Central Europe, especially Czechoslovakia, international relations, social history, French society at the beginning of the 20th century and biographical research. ABOUT THE GUEST Michal Kšiňan is a researcher at the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. He defended his PhD theses in history summa cum laude in 2011. He wrote his PhD theses en cotutelle between University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he later also lectured (2018–2019), and the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava where he currently works. He wrote several books about Štefánik, edited or coedited 5 volumes and published dozens of scientific papers on different topics. His works were published in Slovak, French, English, Italian, German and Russian. In 2006, he graduated from history and French language and literature at the Faculty of Pedagogy, Comenius University, Bratislava. In 2007, he got his Master 2 recherche from Contemporary Central European History at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on November 1, 2022 via Zoom. If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please email slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! CREDITS Host/Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Associate Producer: Lera Toropin (@earlportion) Assistant Producer: Taylor Ham Assistant Producer: Sergio Glajar Assistant Producer: Misha Simanovskyy (@MSimanovskyy) Executive Assistant: Eliza Fisher Supervising Producer: Katherine Birch Audio Editor: Blaine Young Recording and Sound Design: Michelle Daniel Music Producer: Charlie Harper (@charlieharpermusic) www.charlieharpermusic.com (Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Shaolin Dub, Simon Mathewson, Blue Dot Sessions,) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (@MSDaniel) www.msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: Michal Kšiňan.

Louisiana is the only state where beads are known to dangle from oak trees. That phenomenon is especially common in New Orleans where the trees along certain avenues are nurtured by Carnival floats passing beneath their limbs late each winter. Doug MacCash, a staff writer for the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate, has written a book titled “Mardi Gras Beads” (LSU PRESS). He joins Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde, along with podcast producer Kelly Massicot to tell share low down on and explore the history of the bead business. We will also hear why New Orleans paradegoers were once so adept at spelling “Czechoslovakia."

A special joint program of Radio Slovakia International and Radio Prague International marking 30 years since the break-up of Czechoslovakia. RERUN

On the show today, we will return to last week's night slalom race in Flachau, where the Slovak skier Petra Vlhová had a win for the third time in her career, and more importantly, for the first time this season. But first we will get to our series on the 30 years since the peaceful split of Czechoslovakia, and learn where the idea of even creating a common state for the two nations started. One of the cities connected to the idea of Czechoslovak cooperation was Cleveland, Ohio.

Ladislav Kohn grew up in a small town in communist Czechoslovakia. An unexpected invitation turned into an opportunity to leave home and play hockey at school.That turned into a spot on the national u18 team.And that turned into a flight to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada to play for the Wheatkings, of the WHL.Canada was a country Kohn had never been to. Brandon was a town he never heard of.  The WHL was a league he knew nothing about.And he never spoke a word of english.But he was told he might be able to get drafted if he went.So he did.And the Calgary Flames selected him in the 7th Round of the 1994 Entry draft.Ladislav went on to play over 180 games in the NHL with the Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Anahiem Ducks, Atlanta Thrashers and the Detroit Red Wings. Kohn had an impressive 18 year professional career.Enjoy my conversation with Ladislav Kohn.

In January, Radio Slovakia International commemorates the velvet divorce of Czechoslovakia. In 1 January 1993, two new states emerged from this region: the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic. Such a division without any loss of life is very rare. To this day, Czechs and Slovaks call themselves brothers. Marianna Palková and Zuzana Botikova visited the towns on the Czech-Slovak border. Do the locals feel the differences between Czechs and Slovaks?

At the recent World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Canada, Slovak hockey players had their home supporters in the stands - the Slovak community living in Halifax. In addition to cheering at the rink, they also prepared a home atmosphere for the young hockey players off the ice - a homemade traditional holiday dinner. František Nutar from Halifax coordinated everything. On the show we will also speak about the peaceful break-up of Czechoslovakia, which happened 30 years ago.

It's easy to assume that the life of Paulina Porizkova has always been an easy one. Most people first knew her as an internationally famous model, posing on the covers of fashion magazines and Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. She married a rock star, Ric Ocasek of The Cars, whom she met while filming a music video for the band. Seems like the sweetest life possible, right? Well, not so fast.Paulina tells stories in this interview that show another story. She was orphaned in Czechoslovakia at age three when her parents fled to Sweden, left with her grandmother, then torn away from her grandmother at age nine to be reunited with her parents in Sweden just as their marriage was collapsing. She talks about being a teenage model in Paris, not knowing that what was happening was sexual harassment or assault. And she tells the story of her marriage to and divorce from the late Ric Ocasek, who left her out of his will.Not so glamorous, really.Get your copy of Paulina Porizkova's memoir No Filter: The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful wherever books are sold. Follow Paulina on Instagram and Twitter @paulinaporizkova and @paulinaporizkova.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of Maximum Fun.Check out our I'm Glad You're Here and Depresh Mode merchandise at the brand new merch website MaxFunStore.com!Hey, remember, you're part of Depresh Mode and we want to hear what you want to hear about. What guests and issues would you like to have covered in a future episode? Write us at depreshmode@maximumfun.org.Help is available right away.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALKCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.International suicide hotline numbers available here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlinesThe Depresh Mode newsletter is available twice a week. Subscribe for free and stay up to date on the show and mental health issues. https://johnmoe.substack.com/John's acclaimed memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is now available in paperback. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250209566/thehilariousworldofdepressionFind the show on Twitter @depreshpod and Instagram @depreshpod.John is on Twitter @johnmoe.

On January 4, 1993, independent Slovak Republic launched the radio foreign service. On this occasion, the then general director of public Slovak Radio speaks about the idea behind keeping foreign service going also after the split of Czechoslovakia. The first section to start broadcasting abroad was the Slovak language one. Its editor Elena Seeber talks about its roots in the history of foreign broadcast of Czechoslovak radio that started in 1936. Speaking to colleagues from the English section of Radio Prague, we recall memories of joint projects that were run after the "velvet divorce".

News; PM: 2023 will be tough – but Czechs will get through it; Daily's move sparks debate over surname endings; “It was falling apart by itself” – Czechoslovakia's Velvet Divorce

President Zuzana Čaputová addressing citizens of the Slovak Republic on the occasion of 30 years of its independence. Sociologist Miloslav Bahna on splitting Czechoslovakia. Poet James Sutherland Smith describing the change of Slovakia from the perspective of a foreigner who has been living in this country for over 30 years.

A special joint program of Radio Slovakia International and Radio Prague International marking 30 years since the break-up of Czechoslovakia.

Friends and former team-mates pay their respects to Pele. The former Brazil and Santos player Rildo tells us how Pele halted the Nigerian civil war, and the former New York Cosmos defender Werner Roth shares a story involving Pele, a baby shark and a bathtub. We also hear from Brazilian journalist Ricardo Setyon. Picture on website: Pele in action during World Cup 1970 in a game against Czechoslovakia. (Photo by Monte Fresco/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Radio Prague Int. and Radio Slovakia Int. debate on break up of Czechoslovakia 30 years ago

#529: On today's episode we are joined by Paulina Poriskova. Paulina is a Swedish model. Born in Czechoslovakia and raised in Sweden, Porizkova became the first Central European woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in 1984. Paulina joins the show today to discuss her career as a model, her upbrining, ups and downs in life, and her recent book No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful.   To connect with Paulina Poriskova click HERE To connect with Lauryn Evarts click HERE To connect with Michael Bosstick click HERE Read More on The Skinny Confidential HERE For Detailed Show Notes visit TSCPODCAST.COM To Call the Him & Her Hotline call: 1-833-SKINNYS (754-6697) This episode is brought to you by The Skinny Confidential This episode is brought to you by Canopy The Canopy Humidifier has an anti-microbial filter that catches irritating minerals, bacteria, and other nasty stuff from the water before it is evaporated into your environment. Go to getcanopy.co and use code SKINNY at checkout for an additional 10% off your purchase. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp BetterHelp is online therapy that offers video, phone, and even live chat-only therapy sessions. So you don't have to see anyone on camera if you don't want to. It's much more affordable than in-person therapy & you can be matched with a therapist in under 48 hours. Our listeners get 10% off their firs month at betterhelp.com/skinny . This episode is brought to you by Alo Moves. Alo Moves streams on-demand yoga, fitness and mindfulness classes, and is an extension of the wildly popular Alo Yoga--athleisure brand. Alo Moves is the one stop shop for everything wellness- just need one app that has everything. Go to Alomoves.com and use code SKINNY30 for 30 days free & 60% off your annual membership. This episode is brought to you by Perfect Snacks Don't go nuts this holiday season, Fuel yourself with Perfect Bar: The original refrigerated protein bar. Go to perfectsnacks.com/skinny to find out how you can try their Refrigerated Protein Bars for free. This episode is brought to you by Route App If you shop online, Route is a must-have free app that tracks everything you order online in one place. Visit www.route.com/skinny to download Route and for more information. This episode is brought to you by AG1 You take one scoop of AG1 and you're absorbing 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole food supported superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to help start your day right. This is the best option for easy, optimal nutrition out there. Go to athleticgreens.com/SKINNY and get a free 1 year supply of Vitamin D + 5 travel packs with your first purchase. Produced by Dear Media    

After fleeing his home in Prague, Petr Beckmann learned how to use RADAR technology to help defeat the Nazis. He then earned a Doctor of Science degree in communist-run Czechoslovakia, and escaped to the freedom of America.    Beckmann wrote more than sixty-books and founded a pro-science, pro-technology, pro-free enterprise newsletter called Access to Energy. As a leading proponent of nuclear power, he wrote The Health Hazards of Not Going Nuclear in 1976. Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook:

Imagine a state apparatus of terror; they monitor citizens, they kidnap people in the middle of the night, they torture people to extract false confessions. Now imagine that same state apparatus of terror is run by a murderous pedophile. That was the Soviet people's reality with appointment of Lavrenti Beria to the dreaded People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs or the NKVD, the Soviet secret police. Please leave us a rating, or a review if you're feeling really generous. Follow Secret Police! Twitter @hush_popo Instagram @secretpolicepodcast Sources Beria - The NKVD & Death of Stalin Documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0bnt7hYmDY&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hwiZixdKcerUzA777jS27Ml&index=3&t=1927s  Lavrenti Beria Biography https://spartacus-educational.com/RUSberia.htm Richard Sorge. https://spartacus-educational.com/GERsorge.htm On Stalin's Secret Service - Richard Sorge - WW2 Biography Special. World War Two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn9NyRfbSOo&ab_channel=WorldWarTwo  Stalin and Trotsky rivalry https://www.rbth.com/history/333272-how-stalin-and-trotsky-fought Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Russia: The Wild East by Martin Sixsmith and the BBC.  Flowers in Russia: What You Need to Know by Matt Shannon. 2021. https://expatriant.com/flowers-in-russia/   The Finnish Language. LangFocus. 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-uWYvlyeBc&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hwiZixdKcerUzA777jS27Ml&index=5&t=316s  Winter War - Soviet Finnish 1939-1940 War - FULL 3d DOCUMENTARY. Kings and Generals. 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uk5bY22RSE&t=2448s  US Census. Quick Facts. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045221 The investigation of the dead or lost Finnish stages of Stalin's persecution will continue – SKS also finds out what traces of persecution left on the victims' descendants. Pekka Torvinen. https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000007766248.html China and International Law -- The Boundary Disputes by Byron N. Tzou. 1990. The end of "Millionka": the liquidation of Chinatown in Vladivostok (1936). Russia and the Pacific (in Russian). Vladivostok: Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (4): 24–31. A Historical Investigation of the Soviet Union's Handling of the Chinese Issue in the Far East (1937-1938)]. Modern Chinese History Studies (in Simplified Chinese). Beijing: Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2): 41. Khisamutdinov, Amir Aleksandrovich (2018). "Millionka": a culture that grew up in the backyard. The Origins of Soviet Ethnic Cleansing by Martin Terry. 1998. Journal of Modern History.  L'Affaire Lyushkov: Anatomy of a Defector by Alvin D Coox. 1968. Why didn't the Allies declare war on the USSR when they invaded Poland? Knowledgia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBd60UsL9u0&ab_channel=Knowledgia The NKVD: from Pen-Pushers to Communist Hit Squads - WW2 Special. World War Two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HwKl8VUZHA&t=507s&ab_channel=WorldWarTwo  State Committee of Defence Decree. Concerning the security measures in rear areas and communications of the Red Army in East Prussia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania. December 1944. https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/12/10/soviet-nkvd-iv/  Sonja Schmid. Producing Power: The Pre-Chernobyl History of the Soviet Nuclear Industry. 2015.  The Atomic Bomb, Russia and Spies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nOrMZCThNg&t=136s&ab_channel=JohnKerruish    Harry S Truman Library Bombing of Hiroshima Newsreel from the AP Music Scorching Action by Jon Presstone Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory It's Beginning to Look A lot Like Christmas by Perry Como (a parody) Mozart K.488 Piano Concerto #23 in A 2nd mov. Adagio Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP Electra to the Baltic Sea by Giuseppe Rizzo Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone Sad Smooth Piano Jazz Background Music by Volodymyr Piddubnyk Eye Of The Storm (Feat. Cicely Parnas) - Instrumental Version Humans Win Kalahari Wind by Humans Win Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod Giant Wyrm by Kevin MacLeod Selected clips from The Death of Stalin (2017)

Reporter Halley Bondy came upon an autobiography written by her grandfather, who she called Poppop. His life was astonishing: Poppop grew up in the grips of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, escaping fascism to create a new life for his family. As part of his new life in America, Poppop brought over a semi-sweet braided bread called vanocka eaten every Christmas Eve. In Proof's holiday episode, an amazing story about family, war, escape, and a very special bread.Proof will be back in January with the last episode of Season 12. In the meantime, please vote for us for Best Arts & Culture podcast and Best Food & Drink podcast for the Signal Awards People's Choice Awards!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Since British prime minister Neville Chamberlain attempted to avoid war with Hitler in 1938 by agreeing to carve up Czechoslovakia, the word appeasement has been synonymous with moral weakness and wishful thinking. While the failure to appease the Nazi dictator offers important lessons, politicians -- and even some historians -- often invoke the infamous Munich Conference as a political cudgel with which to bash their foes. It happened during Vietnam, the wars in Iraq, and it's happening again as the West supports Ukraine. In this episode, military historian Cathal Nolan differentiates propaganda from history.

Adolf Hitler was gearing up for an invasion of Czechoslovakia. Then Neville Chamberlain intervened.

At the beginning of the War of Independence Israel was vastly outnumbered and did not had sufficient weapons to defend herself. In those initial weeks before weapons began to arrive, primarily form Czechoslovakia, it was only the daring and ingenuity of lone Israeli soldiers coupled with industrial helpings of Divine Providence that enabled Israel to hold on. Ron Feller is one such hero who single-handedly took on and defeated an entire Egyptian mechanized platoon.  Swedish diplomat Count Folk Bernadotte was chosen to be the United Nations Security Council mediator in Israel's War of Independence. Bernadotte labored to turn the cease-fire into a binding peace treaty which he figured would earn him a Nobel Peace Prize. It certainly earned him disdain.

Synopsis So what do you call a setting of the Latin mass that is not in Latin? Well, if you're the Moravian-born composer Leoš Janáček, you call it “Glagolitic,” since your Mass sets an Old Church Slavonic text written down in a script called that. The idea came from a clerical friend who complained about the lack of original religious music in Czechoslovakia and suggested Janáček's do something about it. His “Glagolitic Mass” premiered in Brno on today's date in 1927. One reviewer wrote it was “a marvelous religious work of an old composer” – to which Janacek snapped back: “I am NOT old. And I am certainly NOT religious!” Now, people do say “you're only as old as you feel,” and the 73-year old Janáček had for many years been in love with a much younger woman who inspired his best works, and rather than any religious convictions, Janacek told another reporter that the piece was in fact jump-started by an electrical storm he witnessed and described as follows: ‘It grows darker and darker. Already I am looking into the black night; flashes of lightning cut through it . . . I sketch nothing more than the quiet motive of a desperate frame of mind to the words ‘Gospodi pomiluj' [Love have mercy] and nothing more than the joyous shout ‘Slava, Slava!' [Glory].” Music Played in Today's Program Leos Janácek (1854-1928) Glagolitic Mass Bavarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik, conductor. DG 429182

Along with Antonin Dvorak and Bedrich Smetana, Leos Janacek is known as one of the three great Czech composers. He was born in Moravia, part of the Austrian Empire at the time, and became passionately interested in studying the folk music of his Moravian culture. After World War I, when the empire collapsed and Moravia became incorporated into the new country of Czechoslovakia, those nationalistic sentiments only increased, and Janacek was the perfect person to express those feelings through his music, seeing as his interest in the folk music of his homeland had been a lifelong passion for him. Enter the Sinfonietta, written in 1926, commissioned by none other than a Gymnastics festival! A sinfonietta is usually a smaller scale piece than a symphony, shorter, with a lighter orchestration and a lighter touch. But Janacek was always a rebel, and his Sinfonietta is a symphony in all but name, featuring an absolutely massive brass section that lustily performs the nationliaistic fanfares that Janacek gleefully adds  to the music. The Sinfonietta is an expression of patriotic love for Janacek's homeland, but it is also a piece that shows off so many of the things that make Janacek such a unique and underrated composer, his love of short fragmented melodies, his shocks and surprises, his innovative use of orchestration, and more. If you're not familiar with Janacek's music, the Sinfonietta is the perfect entry point, so come join us on this Patreon-sponsored episode!

The center of Western Classical Music, ever since the time of Bach, has been modern-day Germany and Austria.  You can trace a line from Bach, to Haydn to Mozart to Beethoven to Schubert to Schumann, Brahms, and Wagner, and finally to Mahler. But why does that line stop in 1911, the year of Mahler's death? Part of the answer is the increasing influence of composers from outside the Austro-German canon, something that has enriched Western Classical music to this day. There was also World War I getting in the way.  But after the war, one could have expected that this line would continue again.  The 1920's in Germany and the rest of Europe were a time of radical experimentation, a flowering of ideas, a sort of wild ecstasy of innovation across all the arts. So why don't we hear of these Austro-German experimenters and innovators anymore?  Because of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, and their Entartete, or Degenerate music.  Hitler's worst crime was by no means his suppression of dozens of German, Austrian, and Eastern European composers, but it is a fact all the same that from the end of World War I until 1933, classical music in Germany and Eastern Europe(especially Czechoslovakia), was flourishing, with composers such as Zemlinsky, Krenek, Korngold, Schreker, Schulhoff, Haas, Krasa, and Ullmann taking up the mantle of the giants of the past and hoisting it upon themselves to carry it forward.     The Nazis silenced, exiled, or  killed off many of these musicians during the twelve years of 1933-1945, and those voices are forever lost, but the music they wrote before, during the War and the Holocaust, and after it, some of it masterpieces quite on the level of their predecessors, has been preserved.  So why then are these composers not better known? I've chosen 12 composers, all of whom were writing music at the highest level.  Some of them may be familiar to you, but many probably won't be.  And through all of their trials and tribulations, one of the things I want to emphasize throughout these stories, even the bleakest ones, is that so many of them found the will to be able to compose this heart-rending, beautiful, and often optimistic music all as they witnessed unimaginable horrors. It may seem empty when the end for many of these artists was so horrific, but these compositions and the men and women who were behind them are a true testament to the resilience of the human spirit.  These artists created a life for their friends, neighbors, and fellow inmates in concentration camps.  They wrote music they knew would almost certainly not be heard in their lifetimes, from an urge that could not be destroyed, even by gas chambers. Join us to learn about them this week.