The Bla Bla Bunker

EP15 The Prince of Polo - Naveed Gill

The Prince of Polo

 

Naveed's family emigrated from Pakistan to Manchester UK shortly before he was born.  His parents died tragically when he was just 9 and he ended up in an orphanage for a while.  Naveed went on to have a career in top management, which eventually took him to Prague. 

 

It was the type of career that most people would just hang on to as long as they could but Naveed wanted something different, so of course he just opened a Polo Club in the Czech Republic!  

 

Amazing story

 

https://www.gillpolo.com/

https://www.facebook.com/CzechPolo/

https://www.instagram.com/gill_polo/

https://www.instagram.com/czechpoloassociation/

http://www.ceskapoloasociace.com/

EP14 The Future Females - Barbora and Dimana

Barbora Langer and Dimana Mabhena are the ambassadors for the Prague chapter of Future Females which is a global movement to inspire more female entrepreneurs, and better support their success. 

 

Established in 2017 in South Africa, Future Females provide a platform digitally, physically and emotionally where women can connect, inspire and collaborate with each other, and access the resources they need to succeed.

 

They visited my Bunker and told me why this is needed, how it can help and what challenges women currently face when it comes to career choices in the Czech Republic.  

 

https://futurefemales.co/chapter/prague/

https://www.facebook.com/futurefemalesprague

https://www.instagram.com/futurefemalesprague/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-females-prague/

EP13 Highly Sensitive Persons in a uniform world - Pavlína Hanzíková

Get overwhelmed easily by lights, sounds, smells and such?  Do you get stressed when there is a lot to do?  Feel bad after seeing violent movies?  After a busy day do you need to withdraw yourself to relief?  

 

If this is the case you might belong to 15-20% of the world population in what is called Highly Sensitive Persons (HSP). 

 

Pavlína Hanzíková is one of them and an expert on the subject and she came to my Bunker and explained what it is to be HSP, in her business her mission is to "Empower highly sensitive and empaths so they can thrive in all areas of their life"

 

https://www.instagram.com/themindsetdesigner/

https://linkable.to/themindsetdesigner

https://www.facebook.com/themindsetdesigner/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/themindsetdesigner/

EP12 From Marlene Wilfing to Marley Wildthing

Marlene Wilfing was born into a family of wine farmers in Austria and studied Dutch language.  She was planning a career in translations or anything where her Dutch skills could come in handy..........but then her long term relationship ended and she went to Prague where she was reborn as the musician Marley Wildthing!  

 

She came to my Bunker and told me about her journey, how she creates her music and how she has adjusted her lifestyle so she can live from the music that she loves to make.  

 

http://www.marleywildthing.com/

https://www.facebook.com/marley.wildthing

https://www.instagram.com/marleywildthing/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXfxMXZf-k2m9xKt7jMZNg

EP11 Johnny Youngblood (R.I.P.) - An underdog story

The rapper Johnny Youngblood was born in Portsmouth, Virginia (crime rate 132% higher than US average!).  

He was born with a defect that has influenced his life until this day.  Johnny could easily have gone down a path that would have led to no good but he kept on going and still does despite numerous setbacks including bullying, sexual abuse and drug related issues.  

 

This is Johnny's story....

EP10 From insulting the communist cantina to promoting feminism - Silvie Lauder

Silvie Lauder is an awarded journalist, at the magazine Respekt, in the Czech Republic.  For over a decade she has been an influential writer on politics and has covered some of the biggest stories and people in that world. 

 

Lately she has become very active in writing about feminism and equality.  A lot of people see her as a threat to the status quo while others see her as a messenger of change.  

 

Silvie came to my Bunker and told me how she went from complaining about the communist cantina in her town as a kid to becoming one of feminism's biggest proponents.  She gave me an insight on the status of Feminism in the Czech Republic, talked about #metoo and the resilient political corruption in the country. 

EP09 From Prince of Persia to CEO in esports - Tomas Müller

Tomas Müller was a teenage champion in cross country skiing, then he became a champion in investments and consulting, all before 30! He turned his back on it and went after his childhood passion, video games. 

He is now the CEO of an esport team.  Believe it or not then that is a real business, pro players, sponsors, fans, training camps and the works!  The estimation is that esports is now bigger than both the music and film industry together.......listen to Tomas telling us the rules of the game(s).

https://www.instagram.com/millis_gg/

https://brute.gg/

https://www.instagram.com/brute.gg/

https://www.facebook.com/brute.gg

 

 

EP08 From Napoli to Comedy - Carmine Rodi

How the hell did Carmine Rodi go from crime infested Napoli to become a standup comedian in Prague?  

Carmine Rodi is so much more though, role playing games (not the ones you imagined first though), storyteller, coach, blogger, video game player, critic and a family guy....

https://www.facebook.com/carminestandup

https://carminerodi.net/

 

EP07 From a broken tooth to mega stardom - Tonya Graves

How the hell did Tonya Graves go from a very poor background in the US, where she might have been an accidental drug dealer, to become a music mega star in the Czech Republic? And how did she end up playing for 100.000 thousand people in one gig! 

EP06 Never a plan B. It was rock or bust! - Addi Sólstafir

How the hell do a few teenage friends from Iceland go, from driving a pastel blue VW beetle for a photo shoot in the cemetery black metal style, to play for thousands of fans worldwide today?  Addi the frontman of Sólstafir visited the bunker.  He has been knocked down multiple times but never gave up. Addi never had a plan b......it was rock or bust!

 

https://www.solstafir.net/