Podcasts about Prague

The Voice of America relay station at Tinang in the Philippines. A tribute to Oldrich Cip of Radio Prague. Brazilian national DX meeting. Australian DX report from Bob Padula.

Interview with Barbara Winton about father Sir Nicholas Winton; report on Doreen Warriner, who also helped organise kinderstransports from Prague to UK.

News; new Prague museum brings back 1970s to ‘80s Czechoslovakia; Czech Effective Altruism movement holds second global conference; 111 places in Ostrava you shouldn't miss

Paul Kowacz lives in the world of music in Prague, he plays guitar for Red Baron Band that he formed in 1993 as well as a band called 333.     Paul is also an avid Vinyl collector with a personal collection of 8000 albums and counting! His passion for collecting led him to start buying and selling used vinyls from all over the world.  The vinyl is making a comeback!    And he told me how his Sticky Fingers album went from being worth 200 EUR to 2000 EUR when he met Keith Richards in Prague.   We talked about how it was to be a music fan during the communist era when certain music was not considered appropriate, everything was on the black market and how that created communities based on trust and mutual interest.    But were there some positive sides to communism?   We discussed many other things including how Paul can play guitar solos with the guitar behind his back and neck! (it is true, I have seen it).     Who were his idols?  Who changed music?   Is Rock and Roll dead?   http://redbaronband.cz/ https://www.333band.cz/ https://www.facebook.com/Agentura-Music-69-321418161235629 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpP_iZVIcvQJ5eVKq4kNZkw

BTC $ 29,116 Today's guest on the show is @SamaKatharo who joins me to talk about frequencies and what's on the other side of the door to the spiritual world. Will you be intrigued or afraid of what @SamaKatharo has to say? Have you entered the spiritual realms before and like Sama find yourself stuck between balancing a physical and spiritual life? How are we all emitting frequencies and what can that tell us about your level of masculinity or feminity? This rip was a blast, I was definitely out of my depth with this one but enjoyed the learning experience and hope you guys do too! Huge thanks @SamaKatharo for reaching out and coming on the show! ——————————- Pleb Service Announcement. Liberty in Our Lifetime Conference is taking place in Prague from October 21-23. If you're a liberty-minded person wanting to achieve greater sovereignty for you and your family or a remote worker looking to move to a #bitcoin-friendly autonomous city this could be an interesting weekend to spend with like-minded people! Find out more and get your tickets at www.lifetimeliberty.com and follow @LibertyIOL on Twitter ——————————— I stand on the shoulders of giants. Thank you: @coincorner @swanbitcoin @relai_ch @ShiftCryptoHQ @BTCreserveHQ @bitcoindayio for your trust and support. You can also support the show by using the @Breez_Tech App and @fountain_app by searching for the Once BITten Podcast! You can also support the show by using the @Breez_Tech App and @fountain_app by searching for the Once BITten Podcast! Fountain App - https://play.fountain.fm/show/2oJTnUm5VKs3xmSVdf5n Apple Pods - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/once-bitten/id1497540130 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4wWzXFEyAJtM6aOLA6c4Q2 Shills and Mench's: SWAN BITCOIN www.swanbitcoin.com/bitten RELAI www.relai.ch/bitten SHIFTCRYPTO http://shiftcrypto.ch/bitten Code BITTEN COINCORNER https://www.coincorner.com/social/princeySOV BITCOIN RESERVE - www.bitcoinreserve.com/bitten LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE. Early bird tickets at www.lifetimeliberty.com Use code Princey20 for a 20% discount and follow @LibertyIOL on Twitter https://bitcoinday.io/ Use code OB10 at checkout for a 10% Discount. SATSBACK - https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM

News; futuristic new building planned for Prague's Philharmonic; Czech-African Health Forum; Czech archaeology series: burial rites

Diann Schindler, DiannAbroad, takes us back to her 3rd grade geography class in Hamilton, Ohio, when her first thought of travelling outside the United States burst forth, infiltrating her head and her heart. She was nine years old. But, it wasn't until decades later that she truly acted on that notion, with full conviction, and came to understand that travelling is all about the people...meeting people from all walks of life and lands. Making connections is the true essence of broadening horizons, tolerance, understanding, and love. Diann tells us about two women she met: Marketa in Prague and Milly in Fez, Morocco. They helped her understand women are women, are women, all over the world, often with the same painful experiences.   BLOG: Prague, the City of 100 Bridges with a 1,100 year history.   Get your copy of "Claim Denied" HERE. Intro music is "The Amelia Island Sun" by Rafael Javadov.  Interlude is "Flight" Check out my websites: DiannAbroad.com and DiannSchindlerAuthor.com Write to Diann at Diann@DiannAbroad.com    

Hello from Prague!Tammy tells us about her travels through Czech Republic, and Jay describes his favorite cioppino recipes. Then, a few items from the news:The US is experiencing a critical baby-formula shortage. We get into the political and economic factors behind this crisis; discuss the role of formula and the US’s regressive family leave policies; and dabble in a bit of libertarian pro-free trade contrarianism. Also, Andy recs a book, Lactivism by Courtney Jung, for the history and debate over formula vs. feeding + a segment comparing children strollers.Then we talk about the horrific shooting that took place in east Buffalo over the weekend. What is the history of “replacement theory,” can we do anything about these shootings, and how does this intersect with the Democrats’ recommitment to policing?Finally, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has won the Philippines presidential election, 36 years after his authoritarian father was exiled by a popular coup. We get into disinformation, historical whitewashing, US influence, dynastic families, and the false trade of authoritarianism for growth and stability. Scary times in the Philippines going forward.Thanks for listening and supporting the pod! Thanks for listening, and stay in touch via Substack, timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com, https://twitter.com/ttsgpod, and/or https://www.patreon.com/ttsgpod! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe

News; Actor Josef Abrhám recalled; Prague exhibition showcases work of Chinese dissident artist; The Czech Tiger King.

News; Vatican announces new Prague archbishop; TV miniseries about Czech border guard who helped smuggle people to the West; Dana Huňátová discusses her diplomatic career

Synopsis On today's date in 1868, the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana helped lay the foundation stone for Prague's future National Theatre. As the stone was driven into the soil with a ceremonial mallet, Smetana exclaimed, “In music is the life of the Czechs!” That same evening at Prague's New Town Theatre Smetana conducted the premiere performance of his new opera “Dalibor.” It's worthy of note that one of the players in the orchestra was a 26-year old violist and fellow composer named Antonin Dvorak. The subject matter of “Dalibor” seemed theatrically apt for the occasion: a Czech legend about a rebellious 15th century knight imprisoned for supporting a peasant uprising. During his imprisonment, according to the legend, Dalibor learned to play the violin so beautifully that people came to listen to him outside the window of the Prague Castle tower in which he was held. Thirteen years after the premiere of “Dalibor,” the National Theatre opened on June 11, 1881. For that gala occasion, another Smetana opera, “Libuse,” received its premiere performance. Sadly, by that time Smetana was completely deaf, mentally ailing, and desperately poor. To add insult to injury, the directors of the new theater had neglected to invite him to the gala premiere of his own opera! Despite the inexcusable snub, Smetana found his way into the theater, and, when called on the stage and recognized by the audience, was acknowledged with thunderous applause. Music Played in Today's Program Bedrich Smetana — Act I Prelude and opening chorus,. fr "Dalibor" (Prague National Theatre Orchestra and Chorus; Zdenek Kosler, cond.) Supraphon ‎SU0077-2 632

We have the pleasure of interviewing Jud Nirenberg, author of Johann Trollmann and Romani Resistance to the Nazis, which we read from for our Romani Resistance Day episode in season 1. In this episode, we hear about Jud's work, the importance of Romani Resistance Day, and the story of Sinto fighter Johann Trollmann.Jud Nirenberg is a Romani American writer who has authored, co-authored and edited several books on Romani issues. He won the 2017 Baxt Award, given by the Romani Media Initiative.  Jud lived for many years in Europe, working in the Romani civil rights movement. Starting out at a Romani political party in Prague, he would later direct the largest program funding and training Roma activists in Europe at George Soros' Open Society Foundations. He went on to hold a variety of leadership positions in Roma organizations before serving as CEO and, later, consultant to the largest federation of Roma community organizations, the ERTF (European Roma and Traveller Forum), which survives on a much-reduced scale. Jud has lectured on Roma issues at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute and as a guest speaker at schools including Harvard, Tufts, NYU, Purdue and more.Today he serves as vice-president of board of the National Roma Centre in North. Macedonia and is a consultant to immigration attorneys and Roma asylum-seekers in refugee law cases.This episode's Romani crush is activist Orhan Tahir.Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.You can find us on Instagram @romanistanpodcast, and on Facebook under the same name, and on Twitter @romanistanpodWe started a Ko-fi fundraiser to help us expand. Our goal is to release 2 episodes a month, create video content, like an advice column and other treats, and we would also like to register as a nonprofit so we can produce content by other Romani & Sinti creators. We are hoping to cover production costs, like paying for our hosting site, website, editing and producing, and all the rest. We would love it if you could contribute and spread the word. The link, Ko-fi.com/romanistan, is in our bio on Instagram, and will be in the show notesPlease rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. If you would like to advertise with us, email us at romanistanpodcast@gmail.com. We offer sliding-scale for Romani, Sinti & related businesses, so reach out!You can find Jess on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele, and you can find Jess' vintage and curiosities shop Evil Eye Edit on Instagram @evileyeedit & Etsy.You can find Paulina Verminski on Instagram @_paulina_v_ and at https://romaniholistic.com/. Follow Paulina's store, Romani Holistic, in Corona Del Mar, CA, on Instagram @romaniholistic Romanistan is hosted by Jessica Reidy and Paulina VerminskiConceived of by Paulina VerminskiEdited by CherubWith Music by Viktor PachasAnd Artwork by Elijah Vardo

Sarah and guest Miti von Weissenberg explore sanctity and voluntary poverty in 1989 film Francesco! Join us as we delve into the real lives of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, the intertwined histories of the Franciscans and the Poor Clares, and the link between biopic and hagiography. Learn more about Miti's research and teaching: https://www.xavier.edu/history-department/directory/marita-vonweissenberg Learn more about St. Francis of Assisi and his legacy: Francis of Assisi: Early Documents. Edited by Regis J. Armstrong, J.A. Wayne Hellman, and William J. Short. New York: New City Press, 1999-2001  Moorman, John R. H. A history of the Franciscan Order from its Origins to the Year 1517. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968 Vauchez, André, translated by Michael F. Cusato. Francis of Assisi : The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint. Yale University Press, 2012   The Cambridge companion to Francis of Assisi. Edited by Michael J.P. Robson Thompson, Augustine. Francis of Assisi : A New Biography. Cornell University Press, 2012.  Appelbaum, Patricia. St. Francis of America: How a Thirteenth-Century Friar Became America's Most Popular Saint. Chapel Hill: university of North Carolina Press, 2015.  Learn more about St. Clare of Assisi:  Mooney, Catherine M. Clare of Assisi and the Thirteenth Century Church: Religious Women, Rules, and Resistance. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.  Mueller, Joan. The privilege of poverty : Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Prague, and the struggle for a Franciscan rule for women. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. Learn more about Franciscan spirituality: Ahlgren, Gillian T.W. The Tenderness of God: Reclaiming our Humanity. Lanham: Fortress Press, 2017.   Learn more about medieval sanctity: Bartlett, Robert. Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? : Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.  Vauchez, André. The Laity in the Middle Ages : Religious Beliefs and Devotional Practices. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993. Vauchez, André. Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Social Media: Twitter @mediaevalpod E-mail: media.evalpod@gmail.com Find Miti at @MvonWeissenberg Rate, review, and subscribe!

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Jonášek odjel na den k babičce, takže jsme si se Zuzkou konečně sedli a nahráli podcast na téma našeho nedávného výletu do Osla. Jak se nám tam líbilo? A Jonáškovi? Je Norsko skutečně posledním komunistickým státem, jak se říká? A proč nám teď normální auta zní jako parní lokomotivy? Taky probíráme Babiše, Michla, Okamuru a koukneme se i přes oceán na americkou debatu o právu žen na ukončení těhotenství.

L'invasion de l'Ukraine rappelle à certains d'autres invasions déclenchées par le Kremlin. Mais peut-on pousser la comparaison plus loin? Par exemple, avec la politique expansionniste de Hitler après son arrivée au pouvoir? Dans ce dernier épisode de notre série, Etienne Duval poursuit sa conversation autour de ces questions avec Jacques Rupnik, le spécialiste franco-tchèque de l'Europe de l'Est et qui a connu le Printemps de Prague. Photo: manifestation contre l'invasion de la Tchécoslovaquie par les troupes soviétiques et la répression brutale du "Printemps de Prague" dans le quartier de la gare à Zurich, fin août 1968. Sur la première banderole on peut lire "Oui au socialisme, non à la dictature". Avec l'arrivée au pouvoir du réformateur Alexander Dubček en janvier 1968, le Parti communiste tchécoslovaque introduit le "socialisme à visage humain" et prône une relative libéralisation. Ce mouvement s'achève le 21 août 1968 avec l'invasion du pays par les troupes du Pacte de Varsovie. (© KEYSTONE/Str)

BTC $ 28,530 Today's guests on the show are @bitcoin_racing who join me to share their vision of racing a #bitcoin liveried car in the Porsche Carrera Cup to inspire people to learn and educate themselves about #Bitcoin. Why is this family team so intent on spreading the word of #bitcoin and how do they intend on doing it? Who drops in on the podcast to share his experiences as a young driver and driving a Citroen C1 for @bitcoin_racing? What is the ultimate goal for undertaking this project and who can help lend support to @bitcoin_racing? A huge thank you to the guys who came on the show and I look forward to meeting the rest of the team one day! ——————————- Pleb Service Announcement. Liberty in Our Lifetime Conference is taking place in Prague from October 21-23. If you're a liberty-minded person wanting to achieve greater sovereignty for you and your family or a remote worker looking to move to a #bitcoin-friendly autonomous city this could be an interesting weekend to spend with like-minded people! Find out more and get your tickets at www.lifetimeliberty.com and follow @LibertyIOL on Twitter ——————————— I stand on the shoulders of giants. Thank you: @coincorner @swanbitcoin @relai_ch @ShiftCryptoHQ @BTCreserveHQ @bitcoindayio for your trust and support. You can also support the show by using the @Breez_Tech App and @fountain_app by searching for the Once BITten Podcast! You can also support the show by using the @Breez_Tech App and @fountain_app by searching for the Once BITten Podcast! Fountain App - https://play.fountain.fm/show/2oJTnUm5VKs3xmSVdf5n Apple Pods - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/once-bitten/id1497540130 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4wWzXFEyAJtM6aOLA6c4Q2 Shills and Mench's: SWAN BITCOIN www.swanbitcoin.com/bitten RELAI www.relai.ch/bitten SHIFTCRYPTO http://shiftcrypto.ch/bitten Code BITTEN COINCORNER https://www.coincorner.com/social/princeySOV BITCOIN RESERVE - www.bitcoinreserve.com/bitten LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE. Early bird tickets at www.lifetimeliberty.com Use code Princey20 for a 20% discount and follow @LibertyIOL on Twitter https://bitcoinday.io/ Use code OB10 at checkout for a 10% Discount. SATSBACK - https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM

"Jour J" vous raconte les évènements d'hier qui éclairent le monde d'aujourd'hui. Dans cette émission, nous allons vous expliquer une saison dans un pays qui n'existe plus : la Tchécoslovaquie. C'est le Printemps de Prague, ou comment un vent de démocratie a soufflé dans un pays étroitement lié à feu l'URSS. Bref, on ressuscite une époque ! Le 5 janvier 1968, Alexander Dubček arrive au pouvoir en Tchécoslovaquie. C'est le début du printemps de Prague qui verra fleurir et faner en quelques mois seulement le projet d'un socialisme à visage humain. Ecoutez Jour J avec Flavie Flament du 12 mai 2022

Le 5 janvier 1968, le printemps de Prague débute en Tchécoslovaquie, avec l'arrivée au pouvoir d'Alexander Dubček. Pour les plus jeunes d'entre nous, le nom de Tchécoslovaquie ne vous dit peut-être rien. Normal, c'est un État qui a disparu en 1992 avec la chute de l'URSS. Et comme son nom l'indique, il regroupait la Slovaquie et la République Tchèque actuelle. La Tchécoslovaquie était un pays communiste, lié de très près à l'URSS. Ce soir dans "Jour J", on va vous expliquer une saison dans un pays qui n'existe plus. C'est le Printemps de Prague, ou comment un vent de démocratie a soufflé dans un pays étroitement lié à feu l'URSS. Notre invité sera Jean-Christophe Buisson, Directeur adjoint du "Figaro Magazine" et auteur du "Siècle rouge". Ecoutez Jour J avec Flavie Flament du 12 mai 2022

BTC $ 28,659 Today's guest on the show is @DominicFrisby who returns to Once Bitten to discuss his latest projects and how to help you define inflation to your normie frens. Will @DominicFrisby launch a successful Musical after an astonishingly wide-ranged career to date? What does @DominicFrisby think about the latest ESG narrative and green movement? When will we be free of the State and how does @DominicFrisby define what a 'State' is to an 11-year-old. A huge thanks to @DominicFrisby for giving up his time to come on the show again and massive shout out for everything he is doing to educate plebs about #Bitcoin, financial markets, politics and moar! ——————————- Pleb Service Announcement. Liberty in Our Lifetime Conference is taking place in Prague from October 21-23. If you're a liberty-minded person wanting to achieve greater sovereignty for you and your family or a remote worker looking to move to a #bitcoin-friendly autonomous city this could be an interesting weekend to spend with like-minded people! Find out more and get your tickets at www.lifetimeliberty.com and follow @LibertyIOL on Twitter ——————————— I stand on the shoulders of giants. Thank you: @coincorner @swanbitcoin @relai_ch @ShiftCryptoHQ @BTCreserveHQ @bitcoindayio for your trust and support. You can also support the show by using the @Breez_Tech App and @fountain_app by searching for the Once BITten Podcast! You can also support the show by using the @Breez_Tech App and @fountain_app by searching for the Once BITten Podcast! Fountain App - https://play.fountain.fm/show/2oJTnUm5VKs3xmSVdf5n Apple Pods - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/once-bitten/id1497540130 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4wWzXFEyAJtM6aOLA6c4Q2 Shills and Mench's: SWAN BITCOIN www.swanbitcoin.com/bitten RELAI www.relai.ch/bitten SHIFTCRYPTO http://shiftcrypto.ch/bitten Code BITTEN COINCORNER https://www.coincorner.com/social/princeySOV BITCOIN RESERVE - https://bit.ly/3F5kwIM LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE. Early bird tickets at www.lifetimeliberty.com Use code Princey20 for a 20% discount and follow @LibertyIOL on Twitter https://bitcoinday.io/ Use code OB10 at checkout for a 10% Discount. SATSBACK - https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM

Christophe Hondelatte raconte l'année 1968 en puisant dans les archives d'Europe 1. Cette année-là… Bonnie & Clyde version Gainsbourg et Bardot, le Printemps de Prague, la France essaie sa première bombe H et l'arrivée à la télé des Shadoks et de Skippy le Kangourou.

EPISODE 58 | Spanish Caravan (Travelogue 3) Spain is a fascinating country - rich in variety and history, and it's fair share of high weirdness. We travel to Madrid, Catalonia and Valencia for statues to Lucifer, UFOs, haunted metro stations, abandoned villages, tomato fights and much more. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 01:38 - A Spain Primer 03:25 - Comunidad de Madrid 04:29 - Fallen Angel (Ángel Caído), Air Crash, Sobrino de Botín (oldest restaurant) 06:54 - Iron security bollards secret code 10:10 - Chamberi Ghost Station, around town, La Plaza de la Luna (Kcymaerxthaere) 12:20 - Cueva de la Luna (Titulcia) 14:46 - Monumento a Los Ojos (Ambite) 16:11 - Parque De Los Castillos (Alcorcón), Ummo UFOs & the Cafe of the Happy Whale 21:03 - Catalunya (Catalonia) - Around Barcelona 22:57 - Rocafort Metro Station (haunted), Barcelona Supercomputing Center & MareNostrum 25:52 - Arús Public Library (secrets of the Freemasons), the Spanish Inquisition (Plaça del Rei) 29:29 - The Calder Mercury Fountain (Joan Miró Foundation, Montjuïc Mountain) 31:16 - Parador de Cardona (haunted room 712) 34:13 - Tió de Nadal & the Caganer (Catalonian Christmas butt stuff) 36:52 - Comunidad Valenciana - Valencia, Paella, horchata, Santiago Calatrava & the Holy Grail 38:44 - La Tomatina Festival (Buñol) 40:30 - The abandoned village of La Cornudilla (Requena) 42:53 - The Colony of Santa Eulalia, Sax, & Villena - Bronze Age treasure & the Moors and Christians Festival Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info: The Bear and the Strawberry Tree – Historical Madrid Unusual things to do in Madrid on City Unscripted 5 hidden gems in Madrid 15 unique things in Madrid The Fallen Angel Air Crash sculpture Sobrino de Botín restaurant Madrid Security Bollards Chamberi metro museum La Plaza de la Luna (Kcymaerxthaere) A Weirdness Travelogue: Henges, Tiles & Plaques Cueva de la Luna restaurant Cueva de la Luna webpage (in Spanish) Monumento a los Ojos (in Spanish) Monument of Eyes pdf of tiles MAVA museum website Ummo Hoax on Encyclopedia.com UMMO: the great UFO fraud forged in Spain Ummo Wiki (in French)  The Enchanted Forest of Òrrius Mysterious places in Spain 33 unusual things in Barcelona Cool activities and places in Barcelona 10 Must See Gaudi Buildings in Barcelona Gaudi Barcelona El Bosc de les Fades Barcelona's remarkable history of rebirth and transformation The Peculiar Architecture And Design of Eixample Leche de Pantera: Revenge of the Pink Panther Haunted places in Barcelona Barcelona urban legends Barcelona Supercomputing Center Barcelona Supercomputing Center virtual tour Arús Public Library Inquisition's Blazon Executioner's house (in Spanish) Calder Mercury Fountain: The World's Most Beautiful Yet Deadly Monument Joan Miró Foundation  Cardona Salt Mountain Parador de Cardona Tio de Nadal & the Caganer Valencia Cathedral  Turia Park in Valencia City of Arts & Sciences Secret Valencia 16 Unusual Things to Do in Valencia 25 Best Things to Do in Valencia. The Ultimate Travel Guide La Tomatina La Cornudilla article (in Spanish) The strange events in Cornudilla (in Spanish) España vaciada on Wikipedia 15 must-see places in Alicante 46 Fun Things to Do in Alicante Colony of Santa Eulalia Sax Tourism Guide on Spain Made Simple Villena Treasure Moors and Christians Festval in Villena Moors and Christians website Follow us on social for extra goodies: Facebook (including upcoming conspiracy-themed events) Twitter YouTube (extra videos on the topic, Old Time Radio shows, music playlists and more) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, the 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award & 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it's a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it's going. It's Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER.

While visiting Prague to attend the New Intellectuals Conference, hosted by the Ayn Rand Center Europe and LibertyCon 2022, Matt Kibbe ran into several young persons from Ukraine who were eager to tell the world about what is going on in their country. It's shocking to hear about the devastation and ruined cities brought about by the Russian forces. Yet, contrary to all expectations, Vladimir Putin is encountering massive resistance not only from the Ukrainian military, but from the ordinary citizens of the country as well. It's inspiring to hear these students describe their experiences in occupied Ukraine and proclaim their determination to keep their country free and democratic. As they say, freedom is in Ukrainians' blood.

Between Passover and Shavuot, Jews all over the world devote themselves to the study of Ethics (Pirkei Avot). This custom follows the famous rabbinic teaching that before we can receive the Torah, we must learn Derekh Eretz - how to live together in harmony with all human beings. One of the greatest Jewish philosophers, the mighty Maharal of Prague (famous from the legend of The Golem!) called this course of study "The Path of Life."

Techno Mix @ Prague by DJ Hetman (May 9, 2022). Enjoy! ► My website: https://djhetman.com ► My live sets on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO2ntzvuLO39P5tVQVfzCspPlMIV1ptXb ► Subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/els/id1199406155?mt=2 © Cover photo by Alejandro Cartagena

Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities in the world- tempting visitors with stunning landscapes, well preserved architecture, rich history, unique museums, delicious food and some of the best beer on earth. Lindsay recently gave into Prague's siren song and visited this one-of-a-kind city on a taste testing er… mean research trip. Elizabeth – Lindsay … Continue reading Episode 391: Prague →

This is the first session from Rabbi David Kasher's five-part series that began on May 2, 2022. As we return to our yearly tradition of studying Pirkei Avot, and learn to walk the Path of Life with the Maharal as our guide. Between Passover and Shavuot, Jews all over the world devote themselves to the study of Ethics (Pirkei Avot). This custom follows the famous rabbinic teaching that before we can receive the Torah, we must learn Derekh Eretz - how to live together in harmony with all human beings. One of the greatest Jewish philosophers, the mighty Maharal of Prague (famous from the legend of The Golem!) called this course of study "The Path of Life."

I am a janitor in Prague's subway system.The Author: https://www.reddit.com/user/MikeJesus/posts/Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG1uZy72LEIRead along!: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/ixsfhk/i_am_a_janitor_in_pragues_subway_system_there_is/Check out my new books! A collection of Creepypasta compiled by some of my all time favorite authors and friends!

Vojta is a flow artist, filmmaker, musician, and circus artist based in Prague. Professionally performing since 2008, Vojta has performed worldwide, both alone and in collaboration with groups such as Fusion Arts, Phoenix Fire Dancers, SuperCho Company, and the Mandalights company to name a few. Vojta has completed several artists and teaching residencies and creates visually stunning flow and performance videos for himself and clients, that evoke emotion and highlight movement in a dynamic way. Vojta is a dance instructor for poiretreat.com and has run 14 retreats! He is the main organizer of the Roztoč fest, a circus festival in Prague which is entering its 9th year. When he is not teaching, performing, or filming, he also drums and creates music! Connect with Vojta online by visiting… Websites: www.vojtastolbenko.com https://vojtafilms.com Learning Platforms:www.poitutorials.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/vojtapoi Instagram: http://instagram.com/vojtastolbenko Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vojta.stolbenko  Support the podcast to earn early access to full-length interviews, submit questions for interviewees, win freebies, and more by becoming a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=15511651 The Art of Flow (artofflowpodcast.com) is a free public resource for creators, teachers, and supporters of the arts who are interested in flow arts and fire-dancing. It is a creativity, flow arts, and fire dancing podcast that is available for mainstream distribution and provides inspiration for artists and conversations on the creative process. The podcast is also available for download and listening via the following Platforms: iTunes, Spotify, SoundCloud, Google Play, and www.artofflowpodcast.com

The monthly World Tour returns to Global DJ Broadcast, and highlights of Markus Schulz's recent travels are spread across three stops on the European continent. For the first hour, he performs a special Down the Rabbit Hole themed set for Dreamstate Europe in Gliwice, before moving to Amsterdam for highlights of a recent open to close set at Panama. The final destination sees a return to Prague, again with highlights of a recent open to close set at Epic Club.   Tracklist:   Markus Schulz (Recorded Live from Dreamstate Europe in Gliwice - April 23 2022) 01. Markus Schulz presents Dakota - Manray 02. ID 03. Mike EFEX - Evolution 04. Rapid Eye - Circa Forever (ID Remix) 05. Purple Haze - Manoeuvres 06. Mike EFEX - Lights (Dub Mix) 07. Markus Schulz presents Dakota vs. Spartaque, Ramiro Lopez & Cicien - Tuluminati Frequency (Markus Schulz Down the Rabbit Hole Mashup) 08. ID 09. Brainbug - Nightmare (Charles D Private Remix) 10. Julian Jeweil - Minuit 11. Eli Brown - Believe 12. Sam Paganini - Rave (Talla 2XLC Prog Rework) 13. Tiesto - Traffic (Arkham Knights Remix) 14. CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola (Markus Schulz Down the Rabbit Hole Remix) 15. Hardwell - Into the Unknown 16. System F - Out of the Blue (Markus Schulz Private Remix) 17. Tiesto - Lethal Industry (Maddix Edit) 18. NWYR - The Lone Ranger 19. Markus Schulz presents Dakota vs. Age of Love - The Age of Kanan (Markus Schulz Down the Rabbit Hole Mashup)   Markus Schulz (Recorded Live from Panama in Amsterdam - April 15 2022) 01. Timmo - Mind's Eye 02. Christian Smith - Hallucinate 03. Kaskade & Deadmau5 - Move for Me (NOMADsignal Remix) 04. Belocca & Pierre Blanche - Light in the Dark 05. Genix - Mr. H2O 06. Push - Universal Nation (Bart Skils Remix)   Markus Schulz (Recorded Live from Epic Club in Prague - April 16 2022) 01. SUDO - Eternal (Jam El Mar Remix) 02. Charles D featuring MANSHIN - Twenty Twenty 03. Cosmic Gate - Fire Wire (Cosmic Gate's Back 2 the Future Dub) 04. Johan Gielen & Virtual Vault - Blue Fire (Markus Schulz Down the Rabbit Hole Remix) 05. Daxson - While We Wait 06. Markus Schulz - Lisbon  

BTC $ 39,455 Today's guest on the show is @adrflood who joins me to share his incredible story after being diagnosed with Multifocal motor neuropathy, an extremely rare Auto-Immune Disease. Our boy @adrflood is also the designer of the amazing https://seedjig.com/ that he has crafted entirely with his own hands, intuition and skill to give something back to the #bitcoin community. In this ep you will be left asking questions about the things you eat and how you have been tricked into eating them. You will also learn how these life experiences and rabbit holes from the past have primed us to be open-minded to #Bitcoin once it presents itself! Huge thanks to @adrflood for sharing his personal struggle and the way in which he has endured it and found his own answer to battle this crippling disease! ------------------ Pleb Service Announcement. Liberty in Our Lifetime Conference is taking place in Prague from October 21-23. If you're a liberty-minded person wanting to achieve greater sovereignty for you and your family or a remote worker looking to move to a #bitcoin-friendly autonomous city this could be an interesting weekend to spend with like-minded people! Find out more and get your tickets at www.lifetimeliberty.com and follow @LibertyIOL on Twitter ——————————— I stand on the shoulders of giants. Thank you: @coincorner @swanbitcoin @relai_ch @ShiftCryptoHQ @BTCreserveHQ @bitcoindayio for your trust and support. You can also support the show by using the @Breez_Tech App and @fountain_app by searching for the Once BITten Podcast! You can also support the show by using the @Breez_Tech App and @fountain_app by searching for the Once BITten Podcast! Fountain App - https://play.fountain.fm/show/2oJTnUm5VKs3xmSVdf5n Apple Pods - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/once-bitten/id1497540130 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4wWzXFEyAJtM6aOLA6c4Q2 Shills and Mench's: SWAN BITCOIN www.swanbitcoin.com/bitten RELAI www.relai.ch/bitten SHIFTCRYPTO http://shiftcrypto.ch/bitten Code BITTEN COINCORNER https://www.coincorner.com/social/princeySOV BITCOIN RESERVE - https://bit.ly/3F5kwIM LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE. Early bird tickets at www.lifetimeliberty.com Use code Princey20 for a 20% discount and follow @LibertyIOL on Twitter https://bitcoinday.io/ Use code OB10 at checkout for a 10% Discount. SATSBACK - https://satsback.com/register/5AxjyPRZV8PNJGlM

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential novella of John Polidori (1795-1821) published in 1819 and attributed first to Lord Byron (1788-1824) who had started a version of it in 1816 at the Villa Diodati in the Year Without A Summer. There Byron, his personal physician Polidori, Mary and Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont had whiled away the weeks of miserable weather by telling ghost stories, famously giving rise to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. Emerging soon after, 'The Vampyre' thrilled readers with its aristocratic Lord Ruthven who glutted his thirst with the blood of his victims, his status an abrupt change from the stories of peasant vampires of eastern and central Europe that had spread in the 18th Century with the expansion of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The connection with Lord Byron gave the novella a boost, and soon 'The Vampyre' spawned West End plays, penny dreadfuls such as 'Varney the Vampire', Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', F.W Murnau's film 'Nosferatu A Symphony of Horror', and countless others. The image above is of Bela Lugosi (1882-1956) as Count Mora in Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer's 'Vampires of Prague' (1935) With Nick Groom Professor of Literature in English at the University of Macau Samantha George Associate Professor of Research in Literature at the University of Hertfordshire And Martyn Rady Professor Emeritus of Central European History at University College London Producer: Simon Tillotson

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential novella of John Polidori (1795-1821) published in 1819 and attributed first to Lord Byron (1788-1824) who had started a version of it in 1816 at the Villa Diodati in the Year Without A Summer. There Byron, his personal physician Polidori, Mary and Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont had whiled away the weeks of miserable weather by telling ghost stories, famously giving rise to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. Emerging soon after, 'The Vampyre' thrilled readers with its aristocratic Lord Ruthven who glutted his thirst with the blood of his victims, his status an abrupt change from the stories of peasant vampires of eastern and central Europe that had spread in the 18th Century with the expansion of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The connection with Lord Byron gave the novella a boost, and soon 'The Vampyre' spawned West End plays, penny dreadfuls such as 'Varney the Vampire', Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', F.W Murnau's film 'Nosferatu A Symphony of Horror', and countless others. The image above is of Bela Lugosi (1882-1956) as Count Mora in Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer's 'Vampires of Prague' (1935) With Nick Groom Professor of Literature in English at the University of Macau Samantha George Associate Professor of Research in Literature at the University of Hertfordshire And Martyn Rady Professor Emeritus of Central European History at University College London Producer: Simon Tillotson

European Industry Consultant David Connett joins Deborah Hawkins and Peter Mayhew to discuss The Recycler Live Conference in Prague at the end of May 2022, where Keypoint Intelligence will present on digital transformation in today's business world. They also speak about working from home and hybrid working, along with some interesting insights on the forthcoming regulation for the European office printing hardware and supplies markets.

Petra Valouchová is an international DNS instructor and head Physical Therapist for the Center for Movement Medicine in Prague, Czech Republic. Petra is certified in Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, Vojta Reflex locomotion principles, Mobilization, and Soft Tissue Techniques according to Lewit, and the Bobath Method for adults. She also completed courses in Neurodynamics according to Butler, Quadrupedal Locomotion method according to Klapp, Taping methods including Kinesiotaping, Stecco Fascia Manipulation, and the Barral Institute method of Visceral Manipulation. Petra has a unique ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts with ease. As we eluded to in the podcast, your first Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) course will blow your mind! Enjoy! Show Notes DNS Website Upcoming Gestalt DNS Courses --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gestalt-education/support

Synopsis On today's date in 1895, the New York Choral Society gave the premiere of a choral work by Antonin Dvorak entitled “The American Flag.” Mrs. Jeannette Thurber, who brought Dvorak to New York City to teach at her National Conservatory, had asked him to set a patriotic poem of that name. The idea was the new work would be performed to coincide with Dvorak's arrival in the fall of 1892, and the big celebrations planned that year for the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Unfortunately, Dvorak didn't get the text in time, and so another choral work, his recently completed “Te Deum” was performed during the big Columbus Quadricentennial. “The American Flag” was put on a back burner, as it were, and wasn't performed until AFTER Dvorak returned to Prague. Dvorak never heard the work performed at all, in fact. The blustery, outright chauvinistic tone of its pro-New World, anti-Old World text would hardly endear it to European audiences of his day. In fact, this work hasn't proven to be a big hit with AMERICAN audiences, either. “The American Flag” remains one of Dvorak's least-performed pieces. Michael Tilson Thomas conducted a recording of it timed for release in 1976 during the American Bicentennial. Ironically for so “American” a work, that recording was made in Berlin with a German orchestra and chorus! Music Played in Today's Program Antonin Dvořák (1841 - 1904) — The American Flag , Op. 102 (soloists; choirs; Berlin Radio Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond.) CBS/Sony 60297

Five teams competed at the first women's edition of the annual European Box Lacrosse Invitational. The event is commonly called EBox, so the women's version has taken the nickname SheBox. The tournament was the first opportunity for women in Europe to play box lacrosse, which will have a women's world championship for the first time in 2024. This week on LaxBeat, host Stephen Stamp has conversations with five participants in the inaugural SheBox, which was universally acclaimed as a huge success. Lizzie Bottrill is from England, where she has been part of the national development field lacrosse team, and was one of three English women to play for Prague Sports at SheBox.  Becky Moloney has been a goalie for Ireland's field team and is a driver of the sport in the nation. She played between the pipes for Team Eire, which was coached by Bellingham, Wash., native and Prague resident Garrett Goshorn at the tournament. Mac MacDonough and Delaney Benson both grew up in California and have both been living in Israel, where they put enormous time and energy into coaching lacrosse. They'll both be representing Israel at World Lacrosse championship this summer. The five guests have diverse backgrounds, but they all agree that SheBox was a huge first step for lacrosse in Europe and was a seminal moment in the growth of the women's box game.

Dans la famille communiste, demandez le secret "Je suis né en 1991, l'année de la chute de l'URSS. Avec un grand-père résistant et un père militant, chez moi le communisme est une affaire de famille. J'ai fait mes premières manifs en poussette et mes premiers concerts à la fête de l'Huma. Des années plus tard, j'apprends que mon grand-père a dissimulé une lettre sous une pile d'assiettes. Un témoignage bouleversant qui dénonce la répression du printemps de Prague par les troupes soviétiques en août 1968. Et qui anticipe fortement les réactions à l'actuelle invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie. Pourquoi mon grand-père, que je vénérais pour son intégrité, a-t-il choisi de cacher cette lettre ? C'est l'occasion de questionner une génération contrainte de se positionner suite à l'invasion de la Tchécoslovaquie. C'est aussi le point de départ d'une enquête intime et politique qui me plonge dans l'histoire du Parti Communiste Français, avec ses dirigeants comme Pierre Laurent comme avec la grande famille des militants de base." (Paul Bertiaux)  Réalisateur sonore et technicien du son, Paul Bertiaux a gagné le concours de l'été 2021 des Audioblogs ARTE Radio avec L'été de Prague. Il a également travaillé trois ans dans l'agronomie et a réalisé un documentaire audio pour la Confédération paysanne autour des alternatives naturelles aux pesticides. Il est compositeur de musique électronique depuis une dizaine d'années sous le nom de Polbee.   Enregistrements : novembre 21, janvier 22 - Texte, voix, prises de son, montage : Paul Bertiaux - Voix : David Sitbon (les coelacanthes), Bénédicte Huberson (la lettre), Jérôme Pigeon (Georges Palluy) - Mise en ondes & mix : Charlie Marcelet - Illustration : Xavier Lissillour - Production : ARTE Radio

So, so what'cha, what'cha, what'cha want? If it's 3 guys talking triple trouble about an album released 30 years ago, press play, free your mind, it's time for good times.This week, we welcome aboard our first ever guest-host. It's Coop from Mondo Bizarro. We've invited him on as a Beastie Boys expert to discuss Check Your Head, the album released 30 years ago.As you'd expect from a show we make, it's thin on actual facts but if you listen, you get a real good feeling that you just can't lose.If you like what you hear, join us live (almost) every Sunday 9pm-11pm on SheffieldLive!93.2fm, via the TuneIn Radio App or www.sheffieldlive.orgGet in touch with requests, recommendations and guest mix inquiries! We're also available for family functions, weddings, funerals, boat launches and more.www.twitter.com/RadioNightTrainSHOW NOTESBeastie Revolution: A Gala EventRahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear [Live in Prague, 1967]The Genius of Rahsaan Roland KirkThe Fabulous Chi-AliPaul's Bob Dylan Album OdysseyToyota Corolla Mixtape - Beastie Boys BookWhat Had Happened Was with Open Mike EagleTNT's “Three Minute Rule” showJames Lavelle on The Breezeblock in 1998BS2000 Mix for The BreezeblockOne of Coop's Guest MixesBeastie Boys - Gratitude (Official Video)

Brand new episode!Enjoy and subscribe for more!!!Donate us on PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/iamquantom Follow our social media:instagram.com/techartofficialinstagram.com/wanderlustrecfacebook.com/wanderlustrecsoundcloud.com/wanderlustrecFollow our Spotify Playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4i4M6A9QvdIAgOStjjWQPrTAG #wandeepsession on IGFollow our group on Telegram for more music:https://t.me/wanderlustrecordsListen WAN DEEP SESSION Live on Infinity Radio every Saturday 7PM-9PMhttps://infinityradioireland.comIf you want to have a guestmix in our session, just send us link with 1,5h - 2h of your mix (WAV) including tracklist.Email: wandeepsession@outlook.com© Wanderlust Records Ltd. 2017-2022 All Rights Reserved

Guidebook co-author Pat O'Connor delves into the details of driving in Ireland, where renting a car can be worth the extra expense when it gives you the flexibility to explore the countryside on your own schedule. Then author Mary Morris explains why she prefers to go solo to connect with other people in her travels, and how she ensures her safety. And tour guides from Prague offer tips for enjoying the beauty of the Czech capital. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

In this week's story, teller Eric Charles May shares the ways in which his first trip abroad surprised and changed him.

Rachel Reichenbach, aka Rainylune, aka Patreon's Saint of Frogs, joins Fūnk-é and John as the latest special guest to endure merritt's twisted challenges. What does the internet's foremost purveyor of frog ephemera know about one of history's most famous toads? How do you design an adventure/party game about The Defenestration of Prague? Is Staff Picks really dead? Find out!! Segments: Slippy Toad's Wild Ride, Protips, Speed Pitching (17th Century History Edition), Nearly Discarded Staff Picks Games discussed: MLB The Show 22, Genshin Impact, Sephonie More from Fanbyte: Fanbyte Podcast Network (We do other podcasts too!) Follow us on Twitter (Yell at us on Twitter in good ways.) Talk to us on Discord (Talk to us and our loving community. Also we have a pets channel that is very good.) Twitch Live Streams (Hang out with us live.) Rate and review our show (Let us know how we're doin'!) And hey, get in touch if you want to advertise with us: advertising@fanbyte.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the return of our ocassional series, We Can't Have Nice Things.  This week, we look at radio contest and promotions that went badly wrong, often at the draft stage.  Free nude wedding anyone? 1-star review shirt! and shirt raising money for Ukraine Red Cross at yourbrainonfacts.com/merch 02:45 Radio Luxembourg's Ice Block Challenge 06:02 Bait & switch 10:12 Rules are rules 17:36 Review and news 20:40 No accounting for taste 22:15 Library of Chaos 27:27 Good, better, breast 30:08  Playing matchmaker  Links to all the research resources are on the website. Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs.  Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter,  or Instagram.  Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi.  Or buy the book and a shirt. Music: Kevin MacLeod, Bobby Richards . Canadian radio station AMP Radio in Calgary, caused a lot of buzz with a promotion called “Bank it or Burn it” which asked listeners to vote whether they should #BANK C$5,000 and give it away to a listener, or #BURN the money, literally. With 54% of the votes, the option to #BURN emerged victorious, and AMP Radio burned C$5,000 and put it on YouTube.   A YouTube video was posted of the station's morning show hosts throwing the bills into an incinerator.  AMP Radio defended their actions noting that businesses can easily spend C$5,000 on marketing in a week, and that their promotion has garnered a lot of talk, but at what price?  While this promotion received a lot of attention, the vast majority of it came from outraged Calgarians claiming that they would no longer be listening to station. However, that hasn't stopped AMP Radio from continuing the promotion.  The second phase is currently underway, and this time C$10,000 is at stake.   Radio stunts, and their shifty cousins, radio hoaxes, have been with us since the early days of broadcasting as a favorite marketing tool to gain listeners and advertising sponsors. Orson Welles' 1938 "War of the Worlds," caused widespread panic among listeners, who actually believed Martians were invading.  The fallout can range from disappointment to embarassment to property damage, crimes against the person, and even deaths.  You probably recall the incident in California in 2007 where a contest called Hold Your Wee for a Wii, where contestants had to drink a large volume of water and the last person to go to the bathroom would win a video game console, resulted in a woman's death from acute water intoxication.  New Yorkers are unlikely to forget the day "shock jocks" Opie and Anthony finally went too far with a contest that encouraged people to have sex in public, with one couple opting to have their dalience in St. Patrick's Cathedral.     Today's topic was voted on by our patrons, including our newest member Paul D and Pigeon and our All that and Brain Too supporters, David N and EmicationLikely, who just got a bonus mini dealing specifically with radio pranks while I struggle, and struggle it is, to confine this episode to promotions and contests.  The pranks go way, way worse.  Patrons get early, ad-free episodes, but you can also get a glimpse of next week's show and what it's like hanging out in the booth with me by following my tiktok; I've start live-streaming *some of the recording process.     There's nothing new under the sun and that applies to radio contests as much as anything else in life.  Take Radio Luxembourg's and the ice block expedition of 1958.  The challenge: to transport three metric tonnes of ice from the arctic circle to the equator, without the benefit of any form of refrigeration.  The prize was set at 100,000 francs per kilo of ice that made it to its destination as a solid, or about a million bucks per tonne in today's money.  Radio Luxembourg felt they could put their money where their mouth is since who could transport ice that far without refrigeration?  The contest drew fewer hopefuls than your average ‘say the phrase that pays' call-in, but the Norwegian company Glassvatt took them up on it.  A company that produced fiberglass insulation, incidentally, and is still in business today.     Ice was cut out of the Svartisen glacier in 200kg blocks, flown to the nearest town, and melted together into a single 3,050kg block of ice.  It was then wrapped in the company's signature glass wool and placed in an iron container on a truck donated by the Scania company and fueled with with gas donated by Shell.  This was an opportunity for publicity for everyone involved, not just the radio station.  Together with a film crew and a van full of equipment, they  expedition set off from the Norwegian city of Mo i Rana on February 22, 1959, stopping in Oslo to pick up over 600 lbs/300kg of medicine to schlep along to a hospital in Lambarene, Gabon, because when else was so much cold storage going to be going that way?   They made stops in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, which was the comparatively easy bit, then on to Algeria, Niger, and finally Gabon.  That's when the going got tough.  Not a lot of paved roads across the desert, plus Algeria was in the midst of a civil war for independence from France.  Getting stuck in the sand was a frequent occurrence that cost them hours of digging-out time in the 120degF/50C heat, and their supply of water ironically rather limited.   It took a month a day, but they did it!  And the giant block of ice had only lost about 11% of its weight to melting, so even if Radio Luxemborg didn't pro-rate for partial tons, Glassvatt was still looking to collect about $2mil.  Except.  Radio Luxembourg had withdrawn the offer.  When an insulation company stepped up to their ‘move ice without refrigeration' challenge, Radio Luxembourg got cold feet, npi.  The cancellation wasn't the jerk move it sounds like; they actually called it off before the Glassvatt truck even set out.  Glassvatt decided to continue anyway, because even without the prize, it still seemed like good publicity.     That's really the name of the game, the whole reason radio stations do these things.  It's the aural equivalent of butts in seats.  You've got to entice the public to listen to your station over all their other options.  They can be cheaply run, these contests.  Folks my age probably won a bumper sticker, which costs the station very little, or some concert tickets, which often cost the station nothing since they come from the promoter.  But a constant need for contests means you've got to keep them interesting while not blowing through the promotions budget.  This leads some DJs to get creative and not in a good way.  Oh and a word about DJ.  My mom really wants me to refer to radio DJs as “on-air radio personalities” such as when I reference her background in FM radio in NY and FL in the 70's, because these days “DJ” means Skrillex types, but I can't be asked, so for today, they're all DJs.   In 2005, a Bakersfield, CA station announced they were giving away a Hummer to the person who could correctly guess the number of miles that two Hummers the station had had supposedly driven around the town during the course of a week.  The answer was 103.9, the same as the radio station's frequency, which one Shannon Castillo cleverly guessed.  She must have been on cloud 9 to have won herself a $60k vehicle, which if I were her I would sell because it would cost $60k in gas, so you can imagine her disappointment when she went to collect her prize and was handed a remote control car.  Castillo hired an attorney, and I don't blame her, who pointed out that the station had indicated that the vehicle had 22” rims, so either they were claiming it was a real vehicle or that was one jacked-up RC car.  Castillo sued the station for $60k, but as if often the case, lot of news outlets carry the initial story about the lawsuit, but nobody cared to report how it came out.  That's my research bug-bear.  Well, one of them.   A similar but 166% worse frustration was felt by that same year by Norreasha Gill, a KY woman who was the to the lucky tenth caller in a contest to win “100 grand.”  This was going to be life-changing!  She told her kids how they could finally buy a home of their own and have financial stability, so she probably saw red when she turned up at the station to collect her prize, only to be handed a 100 Grand candy bar.  I like caramel, rice crispies, and chocolate as much as the next person, probably more than a lot of next persons, but I totally agree with Gill suing the radio station for 100,000 actual dollars.   Pulling the wool over peoples' eyes is not only mean-spirited; it can also land businesses into all manner of trouble.  You can't say “it was just a joke” and go about your business.  A FL Hooters, not a radio station, I grant you, learned that lesson in 2001 when they held a contest among their waitstaff for most drinks sold, with the prize being a Toyota.  The winner was blindfolded and led out into the parking lot to discover her Toyota was a toy Yoda, a foot-tall figure of the puppet from Star Wars.  She quit and sued the owners of the franchise, settling out of court a year later.   Radio stations operate under the auspices of the Federal Communication Commission, and they have some pretty firm opinions about what shenanigans you can get up to if you want to do it on the broadcast airwaves.  The rules require a radio station fully and accurately disclose the material terms, aka the relevant details of the contest, which cannot be deceptive, misleading, or patently false, and then to follow through with those terms.  If you're talking about a contest on the air, you have to give the material terms on the air.  It's not good enough to say “we're giving away a hundred grand, see the website for more info” and on the website, admit that it's a candy bar, no siree.  No claiming it was just a joke if you made it out to be a legit contest.     The FCC fined a Kansaa station $4,000 for failing to announce all material terms of a contest, even though it was on the website, and for failure to comply with the terms for their Santa's Sack contest.  Listeners were to call in and guess what was in Santa's Sack and you'd win what was in the sack plus a teddy bear; seems simple enough.  A listener who guessed the sack held $1,000 was told she was wrong, but the next day, she heard someone else guess $1k and that person was proclaimed the winner.  The first caller complained to the station and when that went nowhere, filed a complaint with the FCC.  With the feds breathing down their necks –don't forget, the FCC isn't just about issuing fines, they can yank your broadcast license– the radio station claimed it was an innocent mix-up among the staff, some of whom included the value of the $10 teddy bear and some didn't, and that the rules were on their website.  The radio station then sent a check for $1,000 to the complainant, meaning they were out $5k over a $10 teddy bear and for want of a memo.     The FCC issued KDKA in Pennsylvania with a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, a scary-sounding document that says “Look what you did!  I should take away your license for that.”  On Thanksgiving day 2007, a DJ, I assumed bored or annoyed at having to work a holiday, said that he'd give away $1,000,000 to the thirteenth caller and he'd do it once an hour.  A listener called and was told he was the thirteenth caller and was then placed on hold for 43 minutes before being put through to the DJ and immediately hung up on.  The station claimed that the on-air contest rules did not apply here because listeners should have realized it was a joke.  The FCC disagreed, since the DJ never said anything to indicate he wasn't serious, at one point saying it was “the real deal,” and he announced the “contest” *several times during his 3-hour show.  After finding that the on-air contest rules applied, the FCC smited them–smote?-- for the tag team of failure to announce the material terms *and failure to comply with said terms, i.e. pony up the dough, and fined the station $6,000.   An LA station got their own Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and $6k fine after they held a contest online with a drawing for tickets to the musical Les Miserables.  Their web site said the contest would run from 3:50 pm on May 29 to 8:50 pm on June 2.  A listener complained to the FCC after the station awarded the prize to three people at only 3:00.  Yer man must really have wanted to see Les Mis.  The radio station responded that the on-air contest rules didn't apply to its contest because the contest was exclusively online.  The FCC disagreed.  The rules apply to "all contests conducted by the licensee and broadcast to the public" and since the radio station had announced the contest several times on-air and told listeners who entered the contest to stay tuned, it was an on-air contest.   You don't necessarily need the FCC in your stable to hold a radio station's feet to the fire.  Just ask the folks at Singapore's Gold 905 after their big-money game “The Celebrity Name Drop.”  They made a montage of 14 celebrity voices, edited so that each celebrity said one word of “Gold 9-0-5, the station that sounds good, and makes you feel good.”  I couldn't find a clip of it, but if you do, hit up the soc meds or post it in soc.   To win $10,000, the caller had to correctly identify each voice in order.  It took a skilled ear, as well as listening out for other people's right and wrong guesses.  Muhammad Shalehan thought he had it after a month of puzzling and repeatedly trying to get through the phone lines, but when he read his list of names, the DJ said he got one wrong.  A few weeks later, Gold905 declared they had their winner, one Jerome Tan, and that was a wrap.     Except.  Listeners jumped on the station's FB page, pointing out that Shalehan had given the right answer more than two weeks earlier.  Mediacorp, the station;s parent company, said that Shalehan's attempt was invalidated because he failed to pronounce the string of celebrity names accurately, specifically that of Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet.  So Muhammad went to the mountain or in this case, the internet, whereby Shelahan was able to locate Hadley's management and ask if they could help.  He then got a video from Hadley himself, confirming that, while Muhammad Shalehan has a “slight accent,” he had, in fact, “pronounced my name absolutely correctly.”   Armed now with some pretty bitchin' evidence, Shalehan went back to the station again.  After viewing Hadley's video, Mediacorp …. still refused to pay out. [sfx]  But they offered to make a “goodwill gesture” of $5,000.  By then, the online community, a barely-controlled and badly-tempered beast on the best of days, was having none of it, making for some long work-days for the PR department.  Finally, Mediacorp relented and paid Muhammad Shalehan the full $10k.     MIDROLL  don't forget ad sting   If these stories haven't made you face-palm and ask “what were they thinking,” I'd bet my mortgage one of these will.  Strap in, kids.  The tragic Hold Your Wee for a Wii contest wasn't the first or only radio station promotion to involve urine.   In 1999, KOMP 92.3-FM of Las Vegas DJ Greg McFarlane was trying to think up a novel approach to give away some Mötley Crüe tickets.  His first idea was to have contestants re-enact the Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee sex tape live on-air, fully clothes of course; wouldn't want to be in bad taste.  Idea number 2: make contestants drink their own urine.  Y'all 1999.  What was the value in seeing Motley Crue in 1999?  That cheese had been moldy for years.  Three die-hard fans actually came into the studio, then lost their nerve when confronted with the fact that McFarlane was in no way kidding.  Then, in McFarlane's own words, “The fourth guy walks in, pushes everyone out of the way and throws it down like it was Pepsi.”  So concert tickets for guy #4 and an empty cardboard box to McFarlane, to gather his personal effects because he's just been sacked.   Hey, remind me to check my stats and see how many people jumped ship in the last 60 seconds.  For those still with me, we go now to a library in Ft Worth, TX, where the staff suddenly found themselves terrorized by crowds of people ransacking the stacks.  Unbeknownst to them, a KYNG DJ thought it would be a keen idea to announce that he had hidden $100 in $5 and $10 bills between pages of books in the library's fiction section.  Even adjusted for inflation, that's just under $200 to try to outcompete hundreds of other people for.   "People started climbing the bookshelves; they started climbing on each other, and books became airborne," library spokeswoman Marsha Anderson said, adding that 3k books had been thrown on the floor and some ended up ripped and with broken spines.  Count the books on your nearest bookcase or shelf.  How many of those would need to get to 3k?  That's a lot of damage!   Do I need to say that the library has an amount of heads-up from the radio station and that amount was none, or did you just assume because what librarian would agree to that?  More than 500 people stampeded through the Fort Worth Central Library looking for the money.  There was money in the library – the station claimed it was $100 and that was the only amount it was ever said to be, whereas a number of people in the money-mob thought it was as high as $10k.  A KYNG spokesman said the DJ was only trying to boost public interest in the library by giving away about $100, and they had no idea where people got the $10k idea.  That was after the fact of course.  In the moment, it was the librarians who had to handle the situation...because they couldn't get ahold of anyone at the radio station.  They told the crowd the only thing that could possibly make them stop looking – that someone already found the money and had just left.     Sometimes it's not judgment that's wobbly; it's taste, subjective as that may be.  BRMB in Birmingham, England ran a contest where they would pay for the winner's wedding, which as anyone less clever than my hillbilly butt getting married in my own yard both times can tell you can really run into money.  There was, of course, a catch.  The station reserved one creative right for the wedding that the station paid for.  This wedding had to be conducted au naturale.  In the buff.  Nude.  At a minimum, the happy couple had to be in all their glory; don't know if there was a maximum.  The lucky couple, who won by listener vote, had been together for eleven years, attributing their long engagement to the cost of the wedding.  Again, back yard, it's free.  The station paid all the expenses and the bride and groom held up their end…as it were, though the bride had her veil and the groom used a top hat as a fig leaf.   Your other why-is-this-so-expensive life event would come just after the end of your life, your funeral.  It costs as much as a decent used car and you don't even get to enjoy it.  Half of that would be handled if you won the contest offered by Radio Galaxy in Germany – they'd pay for your funeral, provided your funeral cost less than 3000 Euro and a modest one could.  Listeners sent in their own epitaphs, that being the words on their tombstone, like how Winston Churchill's says “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”  But you can't have a party without a party-pooper and the radio station was hit was a lawsuit from the Association of German Undertakers.  Also in Germany, station RTL 89.0 wanted to give away a Mini Cooper, but couldn't apparently be asked to put a lot of effort, or forethought, into it.  They just said, pull off the most amazing stunt.  Because that's safe.  Whatever the other entries were paled in comparison to the stunt submitted by the eventual winner – he would have the word mini tattooed on … how to put this delicately?... onto an appendage which most gentlemen would find distressing to have labeled “mini.”  The winner, Andreas Muller, went through with it, live on air with the female host looking on.  Can you imagine if the station refused to give him the car though?   That kind of personal touch would have been right up the alley of the folks at WDVE 102.5 in Pittsburgh.  Every year, for the festive holiday season, they hold a "Breast Christmas Ever."  Yep, they foot the bill for breast enhancement surgery.  To the surprise of no one, the event has come under fire from both feminist groups and health care advocates, who should like us to remember a boob job is surgery and surgery carries risk.  But sometimes, even the tackiest contest isn't as bad as it seems - there's always a silver lining if we look for it.  A Calgary station did a similar give-away and the winner, by popular vote, was a 19 year old trans-female listener who was quotes as saying having breast implants would mean she wouldn't "have to face so much bigotry on a daily basis."   Ottawa radio station Hot 89.9 looked at all that and said Hold My Molson's.  They put on a “Win a baby!” contest.  Specifically, they would pay for up to three rounds of in-vitro fertility treatment up to $35,000.  The contest drew criticism like jellowjackets at a cook-out, but it wasn't without redemption – it brought attention to the issue of IVF funding in Ontario just before voters head to the polls to vote if the provincial government should be required to pay it like other health care.   Said Beverly Hanck, executive director of the Infertility Awareness Association of Canada, “The station is clearly, clearly capitalizing on vulnerable patients that are desperate to have a family.”  The fact that couples have to turn to a radio contest at all points to a “sad state of affairs” in Ontario, she added.   Morning show host Jeff Mauler said the contest was intended to appeal to the station's 24 to 54 year old demographic, but that it has opened up a dialogue about an issue that is “more common than you think.”  “Anyone who complains is lucky enough to have kids or doesn't want kids,” Mauler said. “Anyone in the struggle doesn't slam the contest.” Common enough that more than 400 couples applied for the contest, which they launched on Labor Day.  Because of course they did.   If babies aren't your thing, how about a full-grown human woman?  Edmonton's the Bear FM also poked the bear with their contest to win a Russian bride.  The Bear partnered with an on-line matchmaking service that connects Russian women with foreign husbands.  Problem the first: eww.  Problem the close second: it's not uncommon for women you can meet through such services being exploited.  Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas Lukaszuk found the contest so offensive, he pulled his ministry's advertising from the station.  The prize included a free two-week trip to Russia, and $500 spending money.     New Zealand radio station The Rock FM sponsored their own contest in which the winner would be flown to the Ukraine to pick a bride from an agency, originally called “Win a Wife.”  When people complained, they changed it to “Win A Trip To Beautiful Ukraine For 12 Nights And Meet Eastern European Hot Lady Who Maybe One Day You Marry.”  Well, does what it says on the tin.  This is the same station that, when they needed a contest for Valentine's Day 2012, crab-walked around love and instead offered to cover all the costs of one lucky couple's divorce.  Asterisk, you had to drop the Big D bombshell on them live on the air.  Who says romance is dead?  No one who's watching OFMD on a binge loop for the last 9 days…not that I know anyone like that.  It's just a hypothetical.  An offly specific hypothetical   If you're thinking to yourself, it can't get worse than that, you haven't been paying attention.  Again in Canada (it's always the quiet ones), a Halifax radio station q104 put on a foreign bride contest.  The contest, which would send the winner to Prague, closed on March 8, International Women's Day.  The program director JC Douglad said firmly that there was no sexual connotatioin to the contest.  The men are promised dates with women in the Czech Republic, but they station made no warranty, express or implied, as to how those dates will go.  Okay, sure, but you've kind of undermined your position by calling it the "Male is in the Czech," didntcha?   And that's…AMP Radio defended their actions noting that businesses can easily spend C$5,000 on marketing in a week, and that their promotion has garnered a lot of talk, so it was kind of the same thing.  While a lot of Calgarians vowed to stop listening, then went on to do it again, this time with $10,000. this podcast remember thanks  

Markos Kounalakis is a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and an award-winning, nationally-syndicated foreign affairs columnist, author, and scholar. He's also a veritable legend in the world of Journalism, covering the developments in Eastern Europe at the end of the 20th Century, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Velvet Revolution in Prague. He was present at the Warsaw Pact meeting, covered the early phases of Yugoslavia's civil war, and went to Afghanistan with the Soviets to cover the last stages of their military occupation and the rise of the Mujahedin. He's also the first Second Gentleman of California, married to Lt. Governor Elani Kounalakis.