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Sep 13, 2026
John GreenHOST
Still other historians argue that nationalism was an outgrowth of urbanization and industrialization since new urbanites were the most likely people to want to see themselves as part of a nation.
John GreenHOST
For instance, Prague's population rose from 157,000 to 514,000 between 1850 and 1900, at the same time that the Czechs were beginning to see themselves as separate from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
John GreenHOST
Which is a cool idea, but it doesn't explain why other, less industrialized places like India also saw a lot of nationalism.
John GreenHOST
The actual business of nationalization involves creating bureaucracies, new systems of education, building a large military, and often using that military to fight other nation states, since nations often construct themselves in opposition to an idea of otherness.
Cynthia PacesGUEST
So there's also, again, you can't idealize because there was also a lot of nationalist tension.
Cynthia PacesGUEST
There were riots, um, in the 1890s and again in 1907 between Czechs and Germans.
Cynthia PacesGUEST
There was antisemitism.
Cynthia PacesGUEST
And yet that's a period of time where you get some of the Art Nouveau architecture that's so beautiful.
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Cynthia PacesGUEST
So if you don't center the Jewish story in the history of Prague, you've done the whole history a disservice.
Ian WilloughbyHOST
About the German influence on Prague or the German aspect of Prague, obviously something was lost when that was diminished and eventually disappeared.
Ian WilloughbyHOST
At the same time, isn't there something kind of exciting about the Czech National Revival and the Czechs coming to the fore, so to speak?
Cynthia PacesGUEST
Yes.
Cynthia PacesGUEST
There were riots everywhere.
Cynthia PacesGUEST
in the 1890s and again in 1907, between Czechs and Germans, there was antisemitism.
Cynthia PacesGUEST
And yet that's a period of time where you get some of the Art Nouveau architecture that's so beautiful.
Cynthia PacesGUEST
You get sort of some of the beginnings of even the modernist movements.
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Cynthia PacesGUEST
So if you don't center the Jewish story in the history of Prague, you've done the whole history a disservice.
Ian WilloughbyHOST
About the German influence on Prague or the German aspect of Prague, obviously something was lost when that was diminished and eventually disappeared.
Ian WilloughbyHOST
At the same time, isn't there something kind of exciting about the Czech national revival and the Czechs coming to the fore, so to speak?
Cynthia PacesGUEST
Yes, I think you're very right.
Jon GuerricaHOST
but her career was ready for a new chapter as she'd actually go on to rewrite her place in tennis history, becoming an Olympic gold medalist and proving to the tennis world not only her versatility, but that she's truly one of the greatest singles and doubles champions of her generation.
Jon GuerricaHOST
Born in Brno, Czech Republic, she's been influenced and surrounded by the greatness of fellow Czechs like Jan Kodes, Martina Navratilova, and the late great Jana Novotna, and has navigated through one of the most unique tennis journeys in all of the sport.
Jon GuerricaHOST
She'd win her first of now 10 doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slams back in 2018.
Jon GuerricaHOST
But it was her 2021 run at the French Open that created one of the most unforgettable breakthrough moments in recent tennis history, where as an unseeded player, she'd storm through the draw, save a match point in her epic semifinal, and would ultimately go on to defeat Anastasia Pavlichenkova in the final.
Chris BakerHOST
We say that all the time.
Chris BakerHOST
But just watching Murka play in the Five Nations a couple weeks ago for the Czechs, he's rock solid.
Chris BakerHOST
he's a very good defensive prospect.
Chris BakerHOST
And it's like, even in the athletic poll that I think we'll get into, I get it.
Pascal LottazHOST
Do you see a rapprochement between Russia and Japan overall, or is the situation deteriorating? And when it comes to the Europeans, Where is the biggest rapprochement happening at the moment? I mean, we've seen how the leadership change in Hungary basically inverted its policy toward Russia.
Pascal LottazHOST
But on the other hand, the Czechs and the Slovaks and so on are not very hot on that super confrontational stance.
Pascal LottazHOST
Can you give us, lay out a little bit where we are in 2026?
Ladislav ZemanekGUEST
It's a hard question, difficult question, because I think that no one knows what will happen in the next few weeks or months or years.
Pascal LottazHOST
Do you see a rapprochement between Russia and Japan overall or is the situation deteriorating? And when it comes to the Europeans, Where is the biggest rapprochement happening at the moment? I mean, we've seen how the leadership change in Hungary basically inverted its policy toward Russia.
Pascal LottazHOST
But on the other hand, the Czechs and the Slovaks and so on are not very hot on that super confrontational stance.
Pascal LottazHOST
Can you lay out a little bit where we are in 2026?
Ladislav ZemánekGUEST
It's a hard question, difficult question, because I think that no one knows what will happen in the next few weeks or months or years, but I think the Ukraine war is a very serious factor in the relationship between Russia and the rest of the world.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
The regiment of Tyrolease Kaiserjager stationed there had really no longer any connection with the genuine Kaiserjager, who had been practically wiped out in the repeated Italian offenses.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
This regiment, except for a few Tyrolease officers composed of Czechs, Croats, and Poles.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
The men, seized with a sudden freedom psychosis, had, despite the exhortations of their officers, set off then and there to march to Maudling after first paying a visit to the military storehouses.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
They hoped to be able to aboard a train passing through Maudling.
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Pete QuiñonesHOST
My husband's cousin, Lieutenant General R., explained this melancholy fact to me as follows.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
All the non-German peoples hitherto united in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy have, during the four war years, been more and more stirred to revolt by the irredentist leaders who have been encouraged by the Entente to the utmost of their capacity.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
After we were forced to capitulate, the Italians and Serbs in the south and the Czechs in the east occupied large stretches of territory belonging to the old monarchy.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
The Italians drove us to the Brenner and the Serbs pushed forward to Marburg and Klagenfurt.
Renata ChlumskaGUEST
We had a tent.
Renata ChlumskaGUEST
That's how the Czechs do it.
Renata ChlumskaGUEST
That's how we did it.
Renata ChlumskaGUEST
So that's how I grew up.
Nick NemethHOST
Yeah.
Dušan ŠenkyplGUEST
And it's actually out of the Czech Republic, not Croatia, but the country which is the most popular vacation holiday place for Czechs actually.
Nick NemethHOST
That's a great entree because just like I got it wrong as a shareholder and analyst, A lot of people don't know who you are, Dushan.
Nick NemethHOST
Some people, certain circles.
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