Your Story : How We Play the Game of Life

 

 Your Story Addendum Ep 14 [6:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome To Episode 14 of Your Story Addendum.

London is a city that is confusing to me. We know that it has the biggest financial markets in the world but the amount of underlying social issues that are obvious just walking down the street is disturbing when compared to the affluence that is seen in wealthy areas.

I observe that this is a community that is in a state of fear and there is an underlying big brother, circa 1984, feel to London that is constantly reminding all that the authorities have it  under control and with millions of CCTV observing our every movement they are keeping us safe.There is a constant reminder with the TV’s, the posters and the public announcements that it is dangerous and if we all behave like good little citizens. Then we will be looked after and controlled for our own good.

Is just the English/London mentality of a big city that causes so few happy people. I can’t help but wonder is it due to the fear or the multitudes fighting to get by or maybe it’s just the cabin fever climate and the lack of decent weather. I don’t know!

These are just my musings on being in London for a short time.

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 Your Story Ep 25 [74:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome To Episode 25 of Your Story.

Today we talk with Adam Daniel Mezei who for three years as a Canadian has been living in Prauge, Czech Republic. Working as a Journalist and a Podcaster mixing with the movers and shakers of Czech society and visiting international government individuals.

Adam is one of the unique individuals in a position in Czech society as a Czech speaking outsider who has a full understanding of the culture, history, challenges. He appreciates the differences between other cultures and Czech psyche including the conflicts that are inherent in that difference sharing some of these and the historical reasons for them.

Adam take us on an audio tour of Czech culture and history giving us a grounding in where the attitudes came from that are the personality traits of this society, helping us to understand the conflicts in the culture and why they exist.

As mentioned I recorded this episode within a couple of hours of arriving in order to have a fresh conversation with Adam. Over the next three days Adam spent a huge amount of time with me during the day showing me around Prague and long into the night in cafes and bars. We spent long hours talking about the histories and cultures of our home countries and reflecting on the histories of Europe and the cultural personalities that develop from that.

I could have recorded triple the information heard here in the many conversations that we shared while exploring the culture, social and language challengers of being a foreigner in the Czech Republic.

What we have here in this podcast episode is a quick overview that lead onto those conversations and I am personally  grateful for those continuing conversations.

Adam is a published author of two books the first being We are the New Bohemians followed by We are the New Auroras in 2006.

His website is adamdanielmezei.eu
email is adam@adamdanielmezei.eu

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Wade Robson
“It Was All In Your Mind” (mp3)
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 Your Story Ep 24 [65:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome To Episode 24 of Your Story.

Today we talk with Linda Rath-Wiggins who has recently completed a Masters Thesis in podcasting for her Information and Communication Science Degree.

We discuss some statistics on podcasting and internet development and growth. We consider how podcasts are used and produced along with how the large media companies are now coming on board to ensure that they maintain control.

Our chat developed towards thoughts on how media is used to control and manipulate the masses and the comparisons of the lifestyle of the East/West divide both historically and currently along with the developments of modern politics and empire building.

Linda brings up the important point of the tacit allowance of greater political powers to control the population from an historical perspective. Looking at the development of Nazi control of Germany through to the development of the Berlin Wall. She helps us to realise that the people allowed themselves to be controlled by not standing up and how there are modern comparisons today in the erosion of liberties in ways that have been repeated in history.

Thanks Linda for coming on the show, it was incredibly good fun and interesting to see the perspective from your point of view.

Her website is lindarathwiggins.blogspot.com
email is amanah@web.de

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“Happy Everywhere” (mp3)
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 Your Story Addendum Ep 11 [5:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome To Episode 10 of Your Story Addendum.

I’ve been in Prague, Czech Republic for a couple of days and I thought that a brief overview of my time so far would be appropriate.

I’ve been having a wonderful time courtesy of Adam Daniel Mezei who is showing me around the Golden City. The cool and the seedy, helping me to avoid being ripped off and talking for me so that I’m able to do some of the things, order drinks and food that the locals consume that are a challenge for a tourist.

Thanks Adam.

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 Your Story Ep 23 [40:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome To Episode 23 of Your Story.

Today we talk with Roco Menzel of Metroccolis who in along with his collaborator Stefan Wabner is a Mime artist performing as Metroccolis.
Now after 14 years developing the skill of mime Rocco is starting to achieve real international success, earning a living and well on the way to achieving the success that is his passion.

Rocco explains that as an nearly unknown art-form there is much more to producing art than seen on stage and it’s necessary to to spend 60% of the time as an office worker to dealing with agents and negotiating the stuff in the background.

We discuss the lifestyle of Berlin, the culture and where it is going and the fact that there is still a difference between East and West Berlin and how East Berlin is the vibrant place of growth and change.

His website is metroccolis.com
email is mail@metroccolis.com

There are several YouTube clips of Metroccolis performing but here are a couple for you to look at.

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