The 011 Podcast
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The 011 Podcast

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Two American misfits moved to Europe in the 1990s and watched the world change. Join Todd & Steve as they retrace the events that brought them from California and Illinois to the Wild Wild West of Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Along the way they answer questions like: Should you fear the police? What happens to rock bands at borders? And what are the best ruin pubs in Budapest? So tune in each week for a new episode of the 011 Podcast.

Two American misfits moved to Europe in the 1990s and watched the world change. Join Todd & Steve as they retrace the events that brought them from California and Illinois to the Wild Wild West of Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Along the way they answer questions like: Should you fear the police? What happens to rock bands at borders? And what are the best ruin pubs in Budapest? So tune in each week for a new episode of the 011 Podcast.

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011 Podcast #65: A Hungarian punk band on tour

After returning home from the West in 1985, Tamás Rupaszav lost his traveling privaleges but not his love for punk music. In part 2 of our interview with the Hungarian music producer, Tamás talks about dodging military service, recording music in summer homes and his never-ending car repairs.
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011 Podcast #65: A Hungarian punk band on tour

After returning home from the West in 1985, Tamás Rupaszav lost his traveling privaleges but not his love for punk music. In part 2 of our interview with the Hungarian music producer, Tamás talks about dodging military service, recording music in summer homes and his never-ending car repairs.
Travel and places 4 years
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011 Podcast #65: A Hungarian punk band on tour

After returning home from the West in 1985, Tamás Rupaszav lost his traveling privaleges but not his love for punk music. In part 2 of our interview with the Hungarian music producer, Tamás talks about dodging military service, recording music in summer homes and his never-ending car repairs.
Travel and places 4 years
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011 Podcast #64: The machine is strong

Music producer Tamás Rupaszav joins The 011 Podcast to talk about playing in a Hungarian punk band in the early 1980s. Looking like Johnny Rotten got him his first gig, launching Tamás on a wild journey that culminated in exile in France.
Travel and places 4 years
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011 Podcast #63: Art in Russia and Hungary today

Maria Gyarmati joins The 011 Podcast to talk about her work as the Art Director of Panel Magazine, why she decided to leave Russia to study and live in Hungary, and what she thinks about the state of animation, dance and NFTs.
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011 Podcast #62: John Cantwell gets Hungarian citizenship

Todd & Steve ask John about how and why he became a Hungarian citizen. They then discuss navigating local bureaucracy, addressing adults with the formal form, meeting Todd during his office hours and much more.
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011 Podcast #61: Masha Kamenetskaya on her writing and publishing projects in Hungary

The publisher of Panel Magazine joins The 011 Podcast to talk about trends in writing and publishing, printing on demand, what she looks for in new authors who submit to her magazine and much more.
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011 Podcast #60: A year or 30 in Budapest

John Cantwell left Long Island in 1993 to live in Budapest for a year or 2. Nearly 30 years later it all still makes sense.
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011 Podcast #59: Bob Cohen remembers the old days

How different were things in Hungary back in the day? Bob Cohen shares his opinions on flip phones, music promoters, and Hungarian cultural myths.
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011 Podcast #58: Funny East and West

What makes a good laugh? Todd & Steve unpack humor in the US and Europe to find we all have much more in common than we think.
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011 Podcast #57: Illicit folk music

Bronx native Bob Cohen arrived in Hungary in just before the fall of Communism and his interest in music and linguistics took him to Romania, Hungary and the Balkans during a fascinating period of change.
Travel and places 4 years
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011 Podcast #56: European and you‘re not

Todd & Steve put their American heads together and sort the European continent into sectors. The resulting paradigm may still need a little work.
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011 Podcast #55: Are you a tourist or a traveler?

There's not much adventure on a guided, all-inclusive tour. So how far do you need to go to call yourself a real traveler?
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011 Podcast #54: My identity demands action!

Todd & Steve search their histories and experiences to answer the question of how committed people are to the identities they assume and explain why they grew their hair at the beginning of their European adventure.
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011 Podcast #53: When Hungary closed its gates

Human rights lawyer Tamás Fazekas reflects on the past six years, since the Hungarian government erected a barbed wire fence across its southern border to keep refugees, whom they insisted were economic migrants, out.
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011 Podcast #52: The wild 1970s

Lighting fireworks in the driveway, skateboarding at the fire department, and building muscle cars. Todd & Steve plumb their memories to talk about being a child in the 1970s. Find out why Todd wore a suit to school and Steve only saw his mom at dinnertime.
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011 Podcast #51: A lawyer reacts to Hungary's anti-LGBTQ law

Todd & Steve are joined by lawyer and human rights activist Tamás Fazekas to talk about the effects of the government's new anti-pedophilia law, which included restrictions on classroom material and media that "popularizes" homosexuality or gender reassignment.
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011 Podcast #50: Parks, fences and passing through

Where can you go? In honor of the (partial) renovation of Budapest's vital City Park, Todd & Steve weigh up public spaces in Hungary versus the United States and why it's always a struggle to maintain public areas. Then they discuss the merits of fenceless neighborhoods.
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011 Podcast #49: Hungary versus the EU

Todd & Steve are joined again by author and professor Zoltán Pogátsa to figure out what it takes to get kicked out of the EU, why the money will keep flowing into Greece and Hungary, and what to expect in next year's Hungarian election.
Travel and places 4 years
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011 Podcast #48: Post-Communism economics and politics in Hungary

Todd & Steve are joined by published author and professor of political economy Zoltán Pogátsa to discuss privatization after the fall of Communism, the disastrous speech given by then-Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, the lack of ideology in modern politics and much more.
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