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View the full archive of Budacast Rave Reviews Coming up in this edition of Budacast… Rave Reviews…We speak to musical composer Albert Markos in a preview of a live performance of his award winning musical score to the Hungarian film“Lost Times”. Enjoy the silky sounds of Hungary’s jazziest female performer, Veronika Harcsa, who sings on the soundtrack and will also be belting it out in a concert performance of the film music at Budapest's Palace of Arts on October 20th. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dual Citizen In this edition of Budacast, "Duel Citizen" What would you do to escape a communist dictatorship? How about changing your citizenship from Hungarian to Italian? That’s what Vera Blinken and her mother did just after world war two and it’s a part of the tale that Mrs. Blinken recounts in a book she’s co-authored with her husband, Donald Blinken, who was a US ambassador to Hungary in the 1990s. Vera Blinken says that after she and her husband returned to the United States, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Budapest Beer Buddies (pub crawl) In this episode of Budacast, a middle aged yet still sexy expatriate tries to reclaim his youth by dragging his roommates out to several Budapest nightclubs. Enjoy a less than politically correct night out in the Hungarian capital as we crack bad jokes and ogle the ladies in clubs called Instant, Kuplung and Szimpla kert. Be sure to go to our website to find photos and addresses of these cool underground clubs. Stay tuned! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marching in May (May Day) In this episode of Budacast film producer Gabor Zsigmond Papp, who specializes in nostalgia documentaries, takes us back to communist Hungary to explain what happened on the workers' holiday, 'May Day'. We speak with Gabor at Heroes' Square, the scene of many festivities on May 1. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Discovering the Dike (Kopaszi gat) In this episode of Budacast we speek to Bence Turanyi, an architect who designed the mod buildings on Budapest's 'Kopaszi gat', a dike in the middle of the Danube river, not far from the Lagymanyosi bridge. In the past, he says, it was an abandoned industrial site that was quite polluted. He and his father took part in an archiectural competition to re-vamp the dike. Standing among the new buildings on the short peninsula one can see a variety of historic industrial buildings on the Buda si ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Budapest Birds and Bees Make sure to stop and smell the tulips, because it's spring in Budapest. In this episode of Budacast, 'Birds & Bees', we speak to fashion and lifestyle mavens Dora Henger of the blog 'Our Style in Hungary' and to Henrietta Trapp of Cotcot.hu about the arrival of short skirts and cleavage to the Hungarian capital with the arrival of spring. They also give us the lowdown on what makes the Magyars so damn sexy and romantic. Finally, the offer some special advice for foreigners look ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tying Up Loose Ends (Spring 2009) In this spring 2009 edition of Budacast we are accompanied by the birds and the bees in Budapest to let you know what's been happening this spring: drinking too much Czech beer, mustache parties, artsy fartsy theater performances, Finnish installations, hiring an assistant, hanging out with the funky monk in Nottingham and breaking in the grill on the mother ship of all Budapest balconies. Stay tuned! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Kick Out of Budapest In this episode of Budapest we get the backstory on a YouTube video which captures the behavior of Budapest's most infamous tourist guide who lurks around in the Castle District. We interview Tyson Sadler, the guy who was holding the camera and was threatened and eventually kicked by the Hungarian loony who keeps asking "Do you want to die?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On the Fly In this episode of Budacast you can enjoy the mellifluous sounds of Uncle Drew's voice as he talks about his new flat in the Buda hills, the Bad Plus Concert, drinkin' alone, and how persistence really pays! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Budacast on the BBC In this episode of Budacast hear yours truly on the other side of the microphone, held by Chris Vallance, reporter for the BBC show 'Pods and Blogs'. Hear us enjoy one thousand forint cups of presszo kave at Budapest's New York Cafe. Thanks to Chris for picking up the tab! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Found in Translation In this LIVE edition of Budacast we speak with Matt Ellis who edits Pilvax - Writing from Central Europe about the latest edition of his magazine (which contains some translations of Hungarian work into English), and with Carolyn Banfalvi, who has authored books on Hungarian gastronomy and is editor of Hungarian food blog Chew.hu. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Budapest Batteries (re-charge) The contemporary performing arts center called Trafo has put together a series called Dunapart, a comprehensive mish mash of drama and dance performances by uniquely Hungarian performers happening November 13th through the 17th. Get two free tickets to one of the performances - a show by Fortedance at Trafo on November 16th. All you have to do is put a text comment on the Budacast website and send us an e-mail with your full name. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cinema Paradiso Hungary is so gorgeous and wonderful during the warmer months, but when it gets cold there are a still lot of fun things to do and great places to see, inside. Looking for a classic but comfy place to while away the day reading a book? Well, you might want to check out the mozi, the hungarian word for cinema. Budapest is loaded with art house cinemas which offer a more eclectic selection of films and have a wide variety of coffeehouses where you can hang out and sometimes even drink cheap ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guaranteed Goose Skin (Bea Palya) Check out this "almost live" edition of Budacast which is sure to be spine tingling for those who dig the unique sounds of Hungary's singing sensation, Bea Palya. Bea tells us about her latest recording, "Adieux les complexes", what it's like becoming so famous, both in Hungary and around the world, and how her grandfather's heritage has left a mark on who she is and what she does. Our guest host is Zoltan Radnai from the cool cultural blog called Kultplay. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bob's Backstory When I met ethnomusicologist Bob Cohen he not only told of how he had unearthed nearly lost melodies in far away lands, he also let me listen to them. Bob's been resuscitating the musical traditions of the Carpathian Basin for years now. Among other projects, he and his band Di Naye Kapelye play many of the dusty old tunes he has happened upon in his travels. Bob's band has just released its latest recording called "Traktorist" - its a great way to chill out after a hard day tilling out i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blogging Bratislava Visitors to Central and Eastern Europe don't necessarily put Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia on their list of cities to visit, but maybe they should. This relaxing little town of just over 400,000 people is a great place to chill out compared to battling the tourist hoards in Prague. In this episode of Budacast we catch up with an American living in Bratislava who offers up tips and insights about the sights of and living in Slovakia's capital. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Just Dance The Pal Frenak Dance Company is one of the movers and shakers of the modern dance movement in Hungary - just check out one of their eclectic, angst-filled dance pieces.In this edition of Budacast we speak to choreographer Pal Frenak about what inspires the incredibly emotive movements in his various dance productions. One source of psychic fodder may be his family background: he grew up communicating in sign language with his parents, both of whom were deaf. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Still Down South (Szeged No.2) In our second episode on the Hungarian city of Szeged, we rub elbows with the locals at the Szeged Wine Festival, which was bustling and has no entry free – yea! We also drank a gorgeous glass of Villanyi Cuvee there. Be sure to visit the Reok Palota, a regional modern art center located in a gorgeous secessionist structure. We also visited Szeged’s ornate and imposing synagogue. The Anna Thermal Baths have been nicely renovated and the entry fee won’t break your budget ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Heavy History In this edition of Budacast… Heavy history… we talk to a long-term foreign correspondent who says that because of history, Hungarian nationality is almost like a religion. Reporter Kester J. Eddy, an Englishman who first came to Hungary in 1982, has lived in Budapest since 1986 and says that to understand the contemporary political scene in Hungary, one must understand a bit about the Hungarian past. Eddy contends that what he experienced in the 1980’s was that while Hun ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beat the Heat (in Budapest) In this episode of Budacast our expert Aron Mozes from Mellow Mood hotels and hostels gives us the scoop on how Hungarians beat the heat during the summer. Aron describes 'strand' culture - the Hungarian beach - as well as Budapest's hot nightlife. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website