{"podcast":{"title":"The Klassiki Podcast","slug":"the-klassiki-podcast-6921561","podcast_index_feed_id":6921561,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/klassiki/feed.xml","website_url":"https://klassiki.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18693909/Klassiki_Podcast_05_cannms.png","author":"Klassiki","episode_count":63,"summary":"Delve into the wide world of Eastern European film with the Klassiki Podcast. Featuring interviews, roundtable discussions, recorded essays, and more, we take you beyond the headlines to explore the past, present, and future of this fascinating region. Klassiki is a streaming platform with a difference. Dedicated to cinema from Eastern Europe, we offer subscribers an ever-evolving library of classic and contemporary titles, as well as highlighting recent releases and festival favourites – meaning we’re the only place to discover the best new voices in eastern European film. Subscribers get access to all this, as well as filmmaker interviews, video essays and introductions, programme notes, and much more. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T12:19:41.985493+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-klassiki-podcast-6921561"},"episode":{"title":"The Czechoslovak New Wave and beyond","slug":"the-czechoslovak-new-wave-and-beyond","published_at":"2026-03-23T08:49:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-klassiki-podcast-6921561/the-czechoslovak-new-wave-and-beyond","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-klassiki-podcast-6921561","url":"https://klassiki.podbean.com/e/the-czechoslovak-new-wave-and-beyond/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wz8ixedtmvxzpqjz/Christopher_Small_edit_mixdown8lqnd.mp3","summary":"When it comes to Central and Eastern European film, few movements loom larger than the Czechoslovak New Wave. Emerging in a period of political liberalisation and protest, the New Wave produced formally and politically audacious films before the so-called Prague Spring was crushed by a Soviet invasion in 1968. 2026 marks 60 years since the release of canonical films like Věra Chytilová’s Daisies, Jiří Menzel’s Closely Observed Trains, and Jan Němec’s A Report on the Party and Guests. But what exactly does the New Wave mean after all this time? Which names get left out of the conversation? What happened after the Prague Spring? And what about the often overlooked Slovak aspect of this Czechoslovak phenomenon? To try and answer some of these questions, this week host Sam Goff speaks with Prague-based writer and programmer Christopher Small, co-founder and co-editor of the wonderful Outskirts Film Magazine, and an editor and writer for the Locarno Film Festival. Make sure to check out Outskirts Film Magazine and Podcast. Explore Klassiki’s collection of Czech and Slovak titles here. Over on the Journal, we’ve got you covered for more writing on the New Wave, Věra Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová, and Juraj Herz. Get in touch: podcast@klassiki.online. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.","meta_description":"When it comes to Central and Eastern European film, few movements loom larger than the Czechoslovak New Wave. Emerging in a period of political liberalisa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3221,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-klassiki-podcast-6921561/episodes/the-czechoslovak-new-wave-and-beyond/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-klassiki-podcast-6921561/the-czechoslovak-new-wave-and-beyond.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}