The Bla Bla Bunker

The Bla Bla Bunker

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The Bla Bla Bunker episodes

  • Is There Some Viking Mentality In Iceland? - Ranting in the Car

    Viking culture is massively popular and so is Viking history.

     

    I got asked if there is any Icelandic Viking mentality today?

     

    It made me think of the Vikings that discovered Iceland and what effect Viking lifestyle has had on our modern day culture. Are Vikings responsible for Scandinavian gender equality? Do Icelanders not plan ahead as a cultural inheritance from the Vikings?

    14 min
  • EP72 To Learn To Fly You First Need To ”Crash” - Alena Huberova / SHELeads

    She had a career that many were jealous of and she was the stereotype of success. But there was something not right, the feminine side was missing and she crashed...


    Alena Huberova is a Trainer, speaker and founder of SHELeads. A globetrotter, sports enthusiast and an optimist, with an insatiable curiosity about people, life and business. Throughout her career, she has cherished living and working in five countries across Europe and Asia.

    We talked about women in leadership, the expectations of women today, how people take their childhood traumas with them into their grown up lives and how Alena had to crash before she could really fly.  And a lot more

     
    Also on Youtube in video
     
    https://www.alenahuberova.com/
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/alenahuberova/
    https://www.instagram.com/alenahuberova/
    2 hr 16 min
  • EP71 Politically Incorrect Jokes and Cancel Culture - Ahmet Bilge

    AHMET BILGE is a mess. He grew up in the US, matured in Turkey & now he's slowly decomposing in Switzerland.


    Ahmet is the creator & producer of "The American Standup Show" which features monthly high caliber English Standup Comedy all around Switzerland and through that Ahmet has performed with his favourite comedian, Louis C.K.

    Rising to be one of the top players in Switzerland, he is branching out to the International comedy scene with performances in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Liechtenstein, Thailand, & France.

     
    We talked about comedy, cancel culture and stuff.
     
    https://www.instagram.com/ahmetbilgecomedy/
    https://www.ahmetbilgecomedy.com/
    1 hr 14 min
  • EP70 American dreams, Open Relationship and Racial Stereotypes - Roc (Rahmaan Mwongozi)
    Roc was planning a murder when he was young, he considers himself lucky that they did not have a gun in the household....the future had other plans for Roc.
     

    Roc is a systems analyst who has worked with Fortune 500 corporations such as Enron, AT&T and Pfizer as well as being the host of the "Talking $*** Rahmaan Mwongozi" podcast.  


    Roc’s problem-solving and “no excuses” mindset enabled him to avoid the trappings of his East Oakland neighborhood, where poverty, physical abuse of a step father, gangs, violence, and drugs took many down the rabbit hole of despair. Keeping his distance and planning his escape, Roc paid attention to where the power and resources lay and went after them.

    He has systematically avoided the trappings of the American dream, racial stereotyping as well as traditional ideas of romantic relationships.

    We discussed all things life, America, How important Bill Cosby was, polyamory, capitalism, abuse, murder plans and his book

     "Inner Demons: Blazing A Path To Happiness" 
     
    https://twitter.com/TheRocsWorld
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ2ul1RRbeCdrg825XmUOXg/featured
    https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Demons-Blazing-Path-Happiness-ebook/dp/B07GDPB9ZL
    2 hr 10 min
  • NEW - What I miss about living in Iceland - Ranting in the Car

    Audio only version from my YOUTUBE series Ranting in the Car, you can see this episode there in video, The channel is...drumroll....The Bla Bla Bunker

    I moved abroad from Iceland 18 years ago. I lived in Copenhagen and then Prague for 18 years now. That gave a new perspective on Iceland and how it is compared to life elsewhere. Here are 6 things that I miss about living in Iceland. Stay tuned for 6 things I do not miss about living in Iceland

    9 min
  • NEW ! Ranting in the Car - 6 things I ENJOY about living in Prague

    This is (audio only) from my Youtube series Ranting in the Car, you can find it in video version on The Bla Bla Bunker Youtube channel

    I made a previous episode about 6 things I do not like about Prague but here are the 6 things I enjoy about living in Prague.

    Prague is the capital city of the Czech Republic in Central Europe. Prague has a big expat community from both east and west that gives it the Prague vibe.

    10 min
  • EP69 Music, Mushrooms and Russia - Irene Antonez

    Irene Antonez is an artist and musician from Russia.  Through her music and art she celebrates sensuality, emotionality and the beauty of nature and the microscopic world.


    Her family roots are Cossack which are a semi-nomadic and semi-militarized people from the steppes of Ukraine and Russia.  So in Irene's family tree there are Russians, Ukrainians and Lithuanians.  

    We discussed the situation in Ukraine, how that affects her family and relatives on both sides of the line, how they were taught at school in Russia that there should never be a war again but also how the messaging over the past 7-8 years has been changing with the rise of nationalism. And we talked about Russophobia that has been present and now is amplified by the War.

    Mushrooms are a big part of Irene's universe and art expression and she explained to me how advanced these organisms are and what we could learn from them as humans.

    And then we talked about her music and how Cossacks and Vikings might be connected historically.

    Irene has an art exhibition in Pragovka in Prague from the 9th of June 2022, check her links below for more

     
    https://www.instagram.com/irene_antonez/
    https://www.instagram.com/irene_antonez_art/
    https://www.facebook.com/ireneantonezz
    https://www.facebook.com/ireneantonezart
    1 hr 45 min

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