In Conversation With… ‘90s Expats

Following the fall of communism, Prague gained an image as the “Left Bank of the ‘90s”, drawing floods of young Westerners. But what was that era in Czechoslovakia/Czechia really like for those who lived through it? Were there any downsides to the “Wild East” period, when it sometimes seemed like anything literally went? And what, if anything, did dissident-turned-president Václav Havel contribute to the place’s appeal? Those questions and more will be discussed by travel writer Mark Baker, author of the memoir Time of Changes, well-known singer and actress Tonya Graves, and journalist Ray Furlong of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a former BBC Prague correspondent. Hosted by journalist Ian Willoughby of Radio Prague International.