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Welcome to The Bla Bla Bunker, a podcast featuring interviews with regular people who have extraordinary stories to tell. The host, Almar Hilmarsson, is one of them. In 25 years he’s gone from Icelandic lawyer and airline CEO to tattooed, bearded meat enthusiast with a startup in Central Europe. On the way, he’s made plenty of stops, and cultivated a habit of running into interesting people and asking them interesting questions. Nothing is off limits in the Bla Bla Bunker, and Almar may ask questions that most people wouldn’t dare to ask.
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Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022
2hr 2 min
The Czech Republic population is one of the smallest consumers of fish in Europe. So Marek Jirovec and his partners took on a mission most people would compare to trying to sell sand in the Sahara desert or snow to Icelandic people.
Apr 14, 2022
Apr 14, 2022
2hr 28 min
Mila is an up and coming Russian stand up comedian living in Barcelona.
Mar 31, 2022
Mar 31, 2022
1hr 32 min
Chris Jagger is a musician, actor, writer and explorer who has recorded over 100 songs, acted in multiple films and plays as well as performing music with the likes of Eric Clapton, David Gilmour and of course his older brother Mick Jagger.
Mar 24, 2022
Mar 24, 2022
1hr 33 min
Lee Chang is a chef and one of the owners of QQ Asian Kitchen, a family style Michelin guide fine dining restaurant in the center of Prague in the Czech Republic.
Lee grew up in Colorado where his parents emigrated from Taiwan to live the American dream. He was supposed to be the pride of the household as the only child. They made him play violin which was not exactly the coolest thing to do in his eyes so he gave that up and then later he surprised them by telling them he wanted to do a degree in English to which they responded "don't you speak english already?"
Through a series of random decisions Lee ended up in Prague where he opened his restaurant.
He told me how it was being the only Asian kid on the block and how Asians are doing as a minority in the US of A. Their history is not held high as the US authorities treated Asians in ways that most people do not know about. We discussed why Asians are so successful and how they are being used as examples of success in ways that might make them targets for hate. Lee explained to me how he used the fact that he was teased for being different as a drive to get better and stronger instead of giving up.
And we discussed my brief adventure with Jenna Jameson
Mar 17, 2022
Mar 17, 2022
2hr 13 min
In this episode we discussed how history is being used as an indicator of the now and future and how people sometimes tend to want to edit history when it is uncomfortable and brutal.
We also discussed the geopolitical circumstances surrounding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the role of the EU and Nato as well as how Putin's Russia works. Are we looking at a shift in power in the world, are democracies deteriorating and where will we go from here?
An application that supports research teaching with historical sources in history. It focuses on the 20th century. It offers teachers and students a safe environment in which they can work creatively and not be afraid of mistakes. As a result, they acquire the skills and principles of historical thinking in a playful way, thus developing their historical literacy.
The communist experience is part of the common European identity, and therefore we have created Socialism Realised – an online learning environment that presents content aimed at a deeper understanding of the lives of the people in these regimes and a comparison of these experiences to the present.
Mar 5, 2022
Mar 5, 2022
1hr 50 min
Richard Grannon is a content creator who covers psychology and philosophy in the context of how the world is today both on an individual level as well as mass behaviours and influences.
Mar 3, 2022
Mar 3, 2022
1hr 50 min
Feb 22, 2022
Feb 22, 2022
1hr 31 min
John J. Malafronte is an American actor and director that grew up in New York City in the classic era of musicals and plays on Broadway and has directed plays on both sides of the Atlantic. He recently started Classic Stage, a professional theatre company that presents live and virtual productions of the work of the great 19th and 20th century English-language playwrights in Prague in the Czech Republic
John also spent 30 years working at Harvard University hospital as a therapist helping people dealing with eating disorders.
Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
1hr 21 min
John J. Malafronte is an American actor and director that grew up in New York City in the classic era of musicals and plays on Broadway and has directed plays on both sides of the Atlantic. He recently started Classic Stage, a professional theatre company that presents live and virtual productions of the work of the great 19th and 20th century English-language playwrights in Prague in the Czech Republic
John also spent 30 years working at Harvard University hospital as a therapist helping people dealing with eating disorders.
On this part one of our talk we discussed his catholic upbringing, how it was coming out as gay in the 70's, the abuse he suffered from both family and others and how he see's American politics.
John has strong opinions and is not afraid of expressing them and is regularly punished on social media for sharing his views.
In part two we discuss climate change, covid, censoring and globalism.
https://classicstageprague.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ClassicStagePrague/
Feb 10, 2022
Feb 10, 2022
1hr 22 min
Amanda is from Croatia and she is the founder of Prague Integration. Her idea at the start was to volunteer to support expats that are relocating to the city, helping them find their ways in the system as well as support their social life.