Matt Graham is the writer of Oliver Stone's award winning Showtime / Netflix series, The Untold History of the United States, as well as the upcoming new series "Apollo" - based on the little known real events leading up to the Moon Landing in 1969.  ("The Right Stuff as if told by David Fincher"). He specializes in, as he puts it:  "History told as Crime."

Matt's originally from London but now calls Los Angeles his home.  He's the survivor of a plane crash in Panama and a holdup by paramilitaries in Nigeria. He has worked as a crime reporter in South America, as well as a ranch manager in Colorado.  His great passion in life - the search for the sleaziest bars imaginable.  As well as many TV scripts for Hollywood, he's the writer of much published short fiction and a novel, The Night Driver.

Matt is a regular guest on the podcast Straight from the Hot Tap. Check it out! 

Photo credit: Xarene Eskandar 

Thanks for listening and Na zdraví. www.rorywilmer.com 

Thomas Kolster is an internationally-recognised marketing & sustainability expert , author of two books Goodvertising & The Hero Trap and keynote speaker. This is going to be a "good" one! Thomas Kolster is a marketing activist on a mission to make business put people and planet first. As a seasoned branding and sustainability professional counting more than 18 years he’s advised Fortune 500 companies, small start-ups, governments, agencies to non-profits. He’s the founder of the global Goodvertising movement that’s inspired a shift in advertising for the better. He’s also the author of two books “Goodvertising” (2012) and “The hero Trap” (2020).

As a globally recognized keynote speaker he’s inspired audiences in more than 70 countries at events like TEDx, SXSW, DAD & Sustainable Brands. He’s a columnist for the Guardian, Adweek, The Drum and several other publications and a regular judge at international award shows. As a passionate entrepreneur and change-agent he’s launched several impact platforms like Cph:Change and Wheregoodgrows. Thomas’ belief is simple: Change begins with you!

We welcome Thomas to Podcast Pivo for our 4th episode in our 1st season of podcasts.

Podcast Pivo November 2020 Update. With the COVID-19 pandemic numbers skyrocketing in the Czech Republic and an enhanced state of emergency, Podcast Pivo took a little break. So in the meantime, I thought I would give you an update on my upcoming book and TV drama, Social Media and the Seven Deadly Sins. Stay tuned for more great guests coming soon on Podcast Pivo, when we hope the pubs can open again more quickly so we can get back talking to more great people and drinking a beer with them.

Cedric Maloux is the managing director of Startupyard. Cedric is the most prolific digital entrepreneur in Prague. He has helped transform the Prague district of Smíchov into the Silicone valley start-up centre of Czechia. Since Twenty Eleven Startupyard has accelerated over 70 companies. Many of which have since been acquired, with over THIRTY MILLION EUROS of seed capital raised. The Startupyard program culminates each year with a DemoDay, a public pitching event which is a magnet for influential executives, investors as well as technology and business media. DemoDay is a showcase, and an opportunity for the start-ups to gain investments, engage with the business community, and to pitch their ideas. A live dragons den. It has become so popular that tickets to attend DemoDay sell out within hours of going online. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions - I caught up with Cedric via Zoom where we talked about technology, start-ups, poker and pivo.

Adrian Stout is the bassist in the provocative avant-garde punk cabaret band The Tiger Lillies. For over 25 years Adrian has been touring the world performing to sell out crowds and gracing the stage of Europe’s alternative theatre scene as well as grand stadiums and concert halls.

The Tiger Lillies experience is not for the faint hearted. A show will take you on a wild rollercoaster of emotions from laughs, to tears, insanity to euphoria.The unique sound of Martyn Jacques voice combined with the tight rhythmic bass-lines of Adrians strings make an evening at the theatre a flashback to the true cabaret experiences reminiscent of post war Berlin.

Adrian lived and worked in Prague for many years and was a familiar face at the infamous Bukowskis bar to name just one dive bar of most significance. Please welcome Adrian Stout to Podcast Pivo for our second episode of season one.

Aidan Hughes is a world-renowned illustrator and artist. In a career spanning over 40 years, his vector woodcut propaganda-style has made his work much in demand as a commercial artist. Aidan’s work has been exhibited all over the world. His work has stood alongside the likes of BANKSY and Shepherd Fairy and wouldn’t look out of place hanging on the wall of a post-soviet union housing block. Aidan stems from Merseyside in the northwest of the UK where he was born and raised. In the past decade, Aidan settled in the Czech Republic with his wife and two children. I caught up with Aidan in his Prague neighbourhood to discuss art, his career, what he likes to drink as well as the recent publication of his latest book THE COMPLETE BRUTE!

You can find Aidan Hughes on Facebook searching for the group BRUTE! pulp nasty and on Twitter under the handle @bruteprop or just search Google for BRUTE! Propaganda and your screen will be filled with his incredible work. Aidan’s book THE COMPLETE BRUTE! is available on Amazon and its selling fast so make sure you get your copy today. I want to thank Aidan for taking the time to be our guest on the very first episode of PODCAST PIVO and we dedicate this episode to Malcom Bennett his co creator of BRUTE! who is sadly no longer with us. Rest in peace brother. Stay tune for the next episode of Podcast Pivo for our next instalment of conversations in Prague with the great people who make this city what it is. My name is Rory Wilmer and all I have to say is: Ešte jedno prosím this Podcast Pivo.

Hello and welcome to Podcast Pivo the new podcast from Prague, Czech Republic. Or should we say 'Czechia'? No, we shouldn't.

We will be exploring the people of Prague and beyond from ex-pats to locals, foreigners to foragers.

Join me, Rory Wilmer, as we go drinking with writers, musicians, politicians, publicans, artists, architects, anarchists and alcoholics to discover more about Prague and the people who call it their home.

Ešte jedno prosím this Podcast Pivo.