English for Economists Podcasts

English for Economists Podcasts

Students of the course English for Economists prepare podcasts related to global challenges and their economic impacts. 

Enjoy listening to the interviews with interesting guests.

Jan Bureš on inequality in Czech society

Jan Bureš is the head economist of a Czech investment firm Patria Finance and a member of the economic team of KBC/ČSOB group. He sat at the economic advisory board during the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors of the podcast: M. Čvančara, M. Kubíček, K. Karlina

Hana Grófová on inequality in the workplace

PaedDr. Hana Grófová is currently teaching at Grammar School in Nové Zámky, Slovakia where she specializes in teaching social science in English and French. Authors of the podcast: Júlia Tyukosová and Daniel Baňár

Richard Goldie on civil partnership

Richard Goldie is a teacher and training designer from Scotland who entered into a civil partnership 8 years ago. Authors of the podcast: Justýna Brýdlová, Anna Řeháková and Alena Jechová

Natálie Nováková on the rights of transgender people

Natálie Nováková is a student of Masaryk University in Brno and one of of the organizers of the Prague Student Summit. Authors of the podcast: Denis Pščolka, Hana Rusinová and Jan de Miguel Krupanský

Michal Broža on global challenges

Michal Broža is the head of the UN Information Centre in the Czech Republic. He specializes in the UN issues in relation to global risks and global trends. Authors of the podcast: Anna Turnerová, Marián Sedlák and Han Subin

Petr Jánský on negative impacts of globalisation - tax avoidance

Petr Jánský teaches at the IES FSV UK and among other activities he is the director of the CORPTAX research group. Authors of the podcast: Matouš Fiala, Vít Kuldan and Karel Maryško. Photo: Milan Jaroš, Respekt

Lea Anna Polívková on saving the planet on a budget

Lea Polívková is a student of environmental studies at Masaryk University in Brno. Authors of the podcast: Anna Cabicarová and Rosalie Tušlová

Štěpán Paseka on the impact of climate change on the insurance sector

Štěpán Paseka is an expert in designing natural disaster models for insurance companies. Authors of the podcast: Sarah Dengová, Barbora Líbalová, Anežka Türková. Photo: Megan_Rexazin, retrieved from: https://pixabay.com

Tomáš Cahlík on globalisation

Tomáš Cahlík teaches at the Institute of Economic Studies at FSV UK and he is a member of the executive council of the FSV UK dean. Authors of the podcast: Ondřej Hájek, Mykyta Huskov and Lukáš Wehrenberg.

Petr Jánský on income inequality and taxes

Petr Jánský is an economist and an associate professor at the IES FSV UK. Authors of the podcast: Jana Bodóová, Giulia Caponi and Jakub Kašjak. Photo by Milan Jaroš, Respekt

Matyáš Holub on the effects of globalisation

Matyáš Holub is a student of the IPS FSV UK. He works for the ministery of foreign affairs. Authors of the podcast: Tobiáš Kout, Vojtěch Tabačík and Vít Voráček

Iveta Rossová on the conflict of cultures in inter-ethnic families

Iveta Rossová studied sociology at the FSV UK. She works as a researcher in marketing research for NMS Market Research. Authors of the podcast: Štěpán Cimler, Anna Kvíčalová and Michal Smieško

Filip Vrťo on globalisation and debate tournaments

Filip Vrťo is a coach of the Czech National Team and a tournament director of the Czech Debate Association. Authors of the podcast: Tomáš Galnor, Samuel Rompf and Tomáš Poskočil

David Pavlík on work in international companies

David Pavlík is a very successful Czech, who worked for SpaceX, Netflix or Amazon. Authors of the podcast: Matěj Oškera, Antonín Pytela, Martin Beránek. Source of the photo: https://cc.cz

Impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on globalization

Kushagra Singh and Roman Caha are the students of the Institute of Economic Studies FSV UK. They have discussed the exports and imports of the two countries and the future of globalisation. Give it a listen and be a part of the enriching conversation.