Happy 75th Birthday, Radio Prague!

Set up in 1936 primarily as a tool to counter propaganda from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, Radio Prague itself long served as a mouthpiece for communist propaganda. Since the 1990s however, the station is the only Czech public news service, providing information about the Czech Republic in six languages to audiences around the world. Marking Radio Prague’s 75th anniversary, the Czech-born, UK-based writer, and former Radio Prague reporter Benjamin Kuras and Radio Prague’s own David Vaughan discuss the most interesting moments in the station’s history.

Read the rest of the story on www.radio.cz

Deux chevaux rally

Thousands of Citroën 2CVs or deux chevaux flooded the streets of the town of Salbris in central France this weekend, in the biggest-ever rally to celebrate a vehicle which is synonymous with France.

click on the image for more pictures and an audio report by RFI's Clea Caulcutt

Jean Tinguely

Here's a link to the Tinguely Museum in Basel, Switzerland.
http://tinguely.ch/en.html

If you ever have a chance to go see it, you should!

Playlist for January 12, 2011

Playlist January 5, 2011

This playlist does not reflect the news, features, PSA's and other announcements made during the show.
The show started a half hour early, time for more features...

Madrid Nativity Scene

Artist Leo Bassi has created this ever changing nativity scene, called El Belén de Lavapiés, that asks the question: What if Jesus Christ was born today?
Here are a couple of links
El Belén de Lavapiés