Your Story : How We Play the Game of Life

 

 Your Story Ep 26 [42:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome To Episode 26 of Your Story.

It’s been some time since there has been a Your Story Episode, unfortunately the constraints to produce an episode while on the road travelling made it difficult to find the time required for the standard necessary to do justice to the wonderful people that I meet.

However now that I’ve returned to Australia it’s possible to finish the necessary work required to get an episode out and here it is.

Today we talk with Michael Kierans who in is a Canadian migrant living with his Czech wife in Prague, Czech Republic. He is established as a successful business owner of two cafes bars having moved from his successful life as a lawyer in Canada to Prague after the fall of Communism. Michael explains the difficulties of dealing with a different cultural and mental attitude that permeates all aspects of life in the Czech Republic from organising the necessities of running a business to the way that the government and politicians operate.

Michael explains the ever so subtle differences that he is able to be aware of now that he has been in Prague for a considerable period of time. He explains why the personality of the Czech people is the way it is, due to the long history of the Czech Lands and the impact that this history has had on the culture particularly during the communist era. Also he shows his enthiusium for this country and why there is an exciting time for the Czech Republic into the future as the next generations come through with their new and different mindset and continuation of their cultural heritages.

Impressively Michael explains what keeps him in Prague and why he loves it so much to make it his home.

His website is kava-coffee.cz

email is kava@mbox.vol.cz

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I asked a few questions that I would apprediate a quick response to if you feel inclined to help me with understanding the direction to direct Your Story. Please send you thoughts to chat@yourstorypodcast.com.

• Am I hitting the mark and what is it that interests you about Your Story?

• What is it that you like or don’t like?

• What type of personalities would you like me to find and what interests you?

• Did you enjoy my addendum episodes or would you rather I just stick to the main Your Story episodes?

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Time Machine
“The Groove That Just Won’t Stop” (mp3)
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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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“It Was All In Your Mind” (mp3)
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 Your Story Addendum Ep 12 [4:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I arrived in Prague on the invitation of Adam Daniel Mezei and spent three splendid days in his company being shown around the city and having the history and culture explained to me. Adam like many ex-pats and migrants seems to have the unique perspective that only someone who has taken the time to learn by fully immerse themselves into the culture and embrace it can obtain. However he still has the  perspective that is lost if it is the only culture that they have. So the locals are unaware of the issues that Adam was able to share with me.

Adam introduced me to both the sights and also the issues that he feels confront the modern Czech Republic. These are the things that I took away with me as I continue my travels.

On reflection I can’t help but see some similarities when I reflect on Berlin and the issues created by two world wars, Nazism and Communism and the effects on Prague of multiple occupations over centuries and Communism.

These few things I reflect on now that I’ve left the Czech Republic.

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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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