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Journalist at Czech Radio for Radio Prague International | Host of "Loosely Eastern Europe" Podcast | Self-published Author | Blogger

As a journalist at Czech Radio's external service, Radio Prague International, I cover the political landscape of the Czech Republic. I host the podcast "Loosely Eastern Europe," available on Spotify and Substack, where I have also delved into the region's politics.

In addition to this work, I am a self-published author of three books: "Up in the Air: Christianity, Atheism & the Global Problems of the 21st Century" (2020), "Beyond Reason: Why We Fail at Understanding Each Other" (2021), and "Surprised by Uncertainty: A Journey from Christian Fundamentalism" (2023), all available on Amazon. My audiobook, based o ...more

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A Brief History of Equality

by Thomas Piketty

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When the Facts Change: Essays, 1995-2010

by Tony Judt

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Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World

by Timothy Garton Ash

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“In fact, in the first recorded encounter between Sapiens and Neanderthals, the Neanderthals won.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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“The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval.”
― Peter Singer

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“Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to, and therefore does not partake of society, is either a beast or a god. ”
― Aristotle, Politics

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