Prague Uprising remembered at Czech Radio, Anifilm at 25: myths, Japanese animation highlights, and Prince of Persia creator, Interview with linguist Julie Sedivy

About this episode

The episode discusses the Prague Uprising, highlights from Anifilm at 25, and features an interview with linguist Julie Sedivy about language loss and recovery.

“Freedom is not a given”: Prague Uprising remembered at Czech Radio, Anifilm at 25: myths, Japanese animation highlights, and Prince of Persia creator, Linguist Julie Sedivy on losing first language Czech – and getting it back again

People in this episode

Guest: Julie Sedivy

Topics covered

• Prague Uprising
• Czech Radio
• Anifilm
• Japanese animation
• linguistics
• language loss
• Prince of Persia

Keywords

• Prague Uprising
• Czech Radio
• Anifilm
• Japanese animation
• Julie Sedivy
• language loss
• Prince of Persia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Czech Radio, Anifilm

Books & works: Prince of Persia

Places: Czech, Japan

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