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Comedy Dragos Cristian speaks with people from all over the world to understand their origin story and identify the spark that set them on the current path.

Talks on all topics and with an adventure mindset!

This particular podcast is in the Romanian Language as an experiment to see what the interest is and if it goes well I will start a different channel for it! In this episode Luana Matei @luanacomedy - we have a chat about her past in Japan and Comedy! Let me know what you think and if you enjoy it we do more! Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Join me as I share my experiences playing Legend of Zelda under my therapist's recommendation, performing standup comedy shows in Romania with the hilarious Ari Shaffir, and attending the Cannes Film Festival with my girlfriend Sofia for the premiere of her short film.

Update from the Road!

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Back in Berlin from Mexico

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Quick update on the start of the year!

Andrew Tate sucks

Welcome! Welcome - another episode out! We are now looking at some great consistency!

Check out what other shenanigans I've been up to!

Been a long time since I've done this Podcast but we are now BACK!

Check what I've been up to recently!

Another run down from the road and an update some of the comedy discoveries I make as I go along!

Check out latest episode and see what new comedy technique I've started to use in my show!

Keeping up with the podcast - this week as well! straight from the road!

I did 5 shows in the past 5 days and here are my thoughts - check out this late night recorded podcast!

and leave some questions!

Quick Update Episode!

Let me know if you enjoy it! and come back for more!!

The podcast is back from it's months long hiatus and I will be doing more of these episodes going forward.

Right now just a quick update from the past couple of months! Hope you enjoy it!

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The podcast is back from it's months long hiatus and I will be doing more of these episodes going forward.

Right now just a quick update from the past couple of months! Hope you enjoy it!

All the shows are listed here:

https://linktr.ee/dragoscomedy

Buy me a COFFEE HERE:

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Check out full clip on youtube here:

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This past week I went to Romania to do some comedy!

Check out my thoughts on returning after 2 years and more!

The Dragos Energy Podcast back from Hiatus! Check it out a catch up chat with Berlin based Comedian Daniel OLEL - podcast recommendation covid and more!

We taking the podcast in a new direction making it more interactive!

The path is to have more audience interaction so if you have any ideas or topics do send them my way!

Hopefully the new format can be more relevant and engaging for you!

When I was in Barcelona I did a quick chat with the guys from the Comedy Clubhouse!

Since I've been quiet here for the past month I'd figure I'd let you guys in on the action!

Check it out!

Today I had the chance to speak with Lizi who is originally form Mexico and somehow she ended relocating to my hometown in Romania- Buzau.

I came across during one of my TikTok lives and we connected for a chat! Be sure to Listen to the whole Episode to understand her cool journey!

(Early Release on Patreon on April 1st)

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On this episode of the Labrador Energy Podcast we talk to Andra - who was born in Romania but moved out at the age of 10 to Germany and then at the age of 14 to Spain.

How did she go school in Germany with no German language skills?

How was she treated in Spain?

How is she handling the culture clash and more on this episode!

Be sure to check out the Podcast!

(Early Release on Patreon on March 24th)

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As requested, I've uploaded the full show in Audio Format so you can enjoy while driving!

This is my full one hour show - Hungry Hungry Dragon! I wasn't able to upload as an album but this is just as good!

Enjoy

This week I had the chance to speak with Sandy Jones - fellow comedian and also voice actor - join us to figure out what Sandy has been up to!

@sandyjonescomedy

Fellow Comedian Based in Berlin join - the podcast to discuss more about Venezuela - moving to Germany and more!

Check this weeks! episode!

This Episode we look at the very interesting world of Ugandan elections and the rise of Bobby Wine - Musician who ran for president of Uganda against 30 year Incumbent.

Follow Daniel on @oleldaniel

On this episode we talk to Julieta Degese - about her move from Argentina life there and how she adapted to Berlin!

Check it out and check out Julieta IG @dgcjulieta #podcast #labradorenergy #dragoscomedy

Had a great chat with Swedish - Spanish comedian - Simon Gonzales about living between 2 countries and running away from the Yugolsavian mafia! in Sweden! Check out the latest episode - Eary Release On Patreon Follow Simon on IG @simongcomedy

Sat down with Anna Beros on the last day of 2020 to talk 2021 new year resolutions.

It's a chill chat - check out Anna @afberos!

Today we go deep into the life of a Pro Trumpet Player in Berlin. We learn about the orchestra industry and much more!

Scott doesn't want you to follow him so dont!

Hope you enjoy the episode!

An amazing podcast today with Ian Mbelle - who has had a crazy story from South Africa - to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban!

From Playing With Goats to Doing Comedy and much much MORE!

Find about South African Language Clicks - Getting Circumcised with a SPEAR and Joining the Army.

Ian tells all on the Labrador Energy Podcast!

Follow Ian on Instagram @blackian and facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/IAMComic

New on the scene Abhipsha moved over from India to Berlin.

With no idea of standup, she came to a show and her reaction was "I want to do that!"

Now a couple of months in - we talk about culture differences and more!

Check her out on Instagram @avipshahaha

https://www.instagram.com/avipshahaha/

Mohit Minhas is up and coming standup comedian in Berlin and originally form India.

He has recently decided to leave his corporate job and focus full time on standup but with a twist.

He will be going back to India where standup is BOOMING!

Listen to the podcast to find out more

A great over all chat - hope you enjoy it and if you do be sure to follow Mohit on his social media:

https://www.instagram.com/whiskeymojito/

On this episode of the podcast - Moni Zhang - Chinese born comedian based out of Berlin join me to talk a bit more about comedy - discovering a passion for the art fighting the inner cultural resistance to pursue this path.

A great over all chat - hope you enjoy it and if you do be sure to follow MONI on her social media:

https://www.facebook.com/moni.zhang.comedy

https://www.instagram.com/moni_zhang_comedy/

Rob Moriarty is an Irish Comedian is relatively new to the comedy game but he already knows he wants to be in it for the long run! I had a chat him to understand how he got started in Ireland, some show experiences in Berlin and also finding about a bit more about the starting struggle.

Be sure to follow rob on IG @robdoescomedy and also myself @dragoscomedy

Enjoy the podcast!

Mohammed grew up in Egypt and with the help of a friend moved over to Germany to Work as a software engineer!

With the Lockdown going strong we had a quick chat to learn more about his experience here and some things about Egypt!

Hope you enjoy the chat! Be sure to listen to the whole chat! and send me a mail at dragoscomedy@gmail.com if you'd like to be on the podcast! More Episodes of the Podcast on Spotify here: https://tinyurl.com/rpcg7h6

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The Labrador Energy is back and at just the right time.

In Berlin we are in Lockdown #2 so no more shows for at least 1 month - so pushing forward with the podcast!

I sent out an invite on the community page and got the chance to speak to Abdula he is 17 and in Saudi Arabi currently finishing highschool - he found me on TikTok and we had a good chat! We talk about camels, among us and more !

Be sure to listen to the whole chat! and send me a mail at dragoscomedy@gmail.com if you'd like to be on the podcast!

More Episodes of the Podcast on Spotify here: https://tinyurl.com/rpcg7h6

Be sure to check out all my upcoming show on my Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/dragoscomedy/events/

You can also follow my Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dragoscomedy/

The Labrador Energy is back and at just the right time.

In Berlin we are getting ready for Lockdown #2 so no more shows for at least 1 month - in the mean time I will bring back the podcast. I sent out an invite on the community page and got the chance to speak to Rohit! - who is currently studying in Rome.

He moved to Italy at the start of 2020 and started watching my content 6 months.

Rohit has an amazing story being the 1st from his village to study abroad and also do a PHD. Be sure to listen to the whole chat! and send me a mail at dragoscomedy@gmail.com if you'd like to be on the podcast!

More Episodes of the Podcast on Spotify here: https://tinyurl.com/rpcg7h6

Be sure to check out all my upcoming show on my Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/dragoscomedy/events

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This week I had the chance to sit down with fellow comedian Shahak Shapira and go over her journey to Berlin among other things.

Shahak wrote 2 books - run his own show Shapira Shapira for 2 season in German Television and also produced the Yolocaust series.

A chill conversation so be sure to check it out and also follow @Shahak on instagram as well as check pages :

https://www.instagram.com/shahak/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/ShahakShapira/

More Episodes of the Podcast on Spotify here: https://tinyurl.com/rpcg7h6

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https://www.facebook.com/dragoscomedy/events/

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This week I had the chance to sit down with fellow comedian Anna Beros and go over her journey to Berlin among other things.

A chill conversation so be sure to check it out and also follow @afberos on instagram as well as check out her upcoming shows:

Adults Only - https://www.facebook.com/adultsonlycomedy/

Glory Hole - https://www.facebook.com/gloryholecomedy/

Punch up Comedy - https://www.facebook.com/events/299811368080451/

You can also check out her Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/annaberoscomedian/

In this episode I talk to fellow Romanian Comedian that performs in English but in London: Victor Patrascan

We talk Romania, Pandemic, Comedy and Much More -be sure to check it out. Be sure to check it out and more content here:

You can follow Victor on Instagram here: @pascalhausberger and his Youtube here: @victorpatrascan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHJ3rVz6IRbrB_iJvm3FXog

More Episodes of the Podcast on Spotify here: https://tinyurl.com/rpcg7h6

Be sure to check out all my upcoming show on my Facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/dragoscomedy/events/ You can also follow my Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dragoscomedy/

The Labrador Energy Podcast #49 - Sat down with Pascal Hausberger

Austrian Korea comedian we spoke about his upbringing comedy and much more.

You can follow Pascal on Instagram here: @pascalhausberger and his own podcast @ KimchiCurrypodcast - here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYJCPT9LOR02nN2EeFPuimg

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/kimchi-curry-podcast/id1504663662

More Episodes of the Podcast on Spotify here: https://tinyurl.com/rpcg7h6

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This is a solo episode by yours truly, where I do a bit of an update on the current situation and also share some of my thoughts on the matter of joke writing about difficult times.

I talk about what's in the new that might be worth of joking about, I talk about homeless people and Surogacy check it out!

If you enjoy it do subscribe :D

In this episode of the Labrador Energy Podcast - I sit down with Justin Small who started doing comedy in Berlin and moved to Malaysia!

We had a great chat so be sure to check it out!

More Episodes of the Podcast on Spotify here: https://tinyurl.com/rpcg7h6

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This episode we sit down with follow comedian from Colombia - Karl and we discussed the LGBTQI+ movement from his perspective, we talk about polyamory, glory holes, sexual expression and many more things including the new movement that he brought to my attention - MAPs.

Be sure to check it out and subscribe to every thing that Karl does here:

https://www.instagram.com/karlmedy/

This episode we got Deo Katunga on the Podcast, Deo is Congonese Bulgarian does comedy and skateboard in Berlin and grew up in Sofia Bulgaria before moving over to Germany!

In this episode we talk about growing up in Bulgaria, getting sponsored as a skateboarder and some more comedy!

Enjoy!

This week I had the chance to talk to Harrison Tweed - the Co-Host of my favourite comedy podcast "Let's talk about sets" :

https://www.letstalkaboutsets.com/

We went over some aspects of the podcast like how they got Mark Normand and also the hierarchy in the NYC Comedy Scene!

Be sure to check them out and tune in again for more!

This episode I sat down with Chris Doering who runs successful shows in Berlin as well as Propaganda Comedy with myself. We talk quarantine, the Louis Ck show and manny more other topics.

More Episodes of the Podcast on Spotify here: https://tinyurl.com/rpcg7h6

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The Wall Comedy Club - managed by Foster Yow - Was launched in January 2020 and 3 months in come back and reassess how the first months went and what the situation looks like now for Foster and the Wall.

Be sure to come and check up the club once everything pandemic wise comes to and end!

This episode is straight out of quarantine, I had the chance to speak with Oliver Sotra! Comedian with over 10 years of experience having performed in London, Serbia and all over Europe and even opening for Eddie Izard on his Serbia Tour.

We talk about how he came up and what is there too look forward from European comedy.

Be sure to check out the episode and if you wanna get a hold of Oliver you can do so here:

https://www.facebook.com/OliverSotraOfficial/

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had the chance to sit down with in person and over skype with Daniel Olel, Ugandan born Berlin based comedian. We had the chance to track his journey, talk about cultural differences and the future of comedy in light of the current corona situation.

Daniel two successful shows as part of the Daniel and Tyrone brand in Berlin and has also toured around Europe.

You can find Daniel here :

https://www.facebook.com/oleldaniel/

This episode was recorded in 2 parts, in person at the wall and over zoom and month apart!

The first ever guest on this podcast is back, Vidura reflect on the past year in Berlin Comedy, filming a Special and a documentary on the Berlin comedy scene and now he is looking on making another big step in his comedy career which is MOVING TO London!

Find out how the past year went and why he is making the move in this episode of the podcast!

Be sure to follow and Subscribe on Spotify and Apple podcasts!

This episode, I share my thoughts on the Corona Virus - how affected my tour and what am I planning for productivity in the next couple of days.

I end up touching on TikTok where I seem to have done quite well with a couple of videos hitting 70k view and thoughts on Youtube.

Be sure to check it out and let me know what you think!

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This episode we have Jonathan on the podcast - a friend booked the session for him and it turns out he actually is quite knowledgeable about comedy. So we spent the whole episode talking about comedians like Chapelle, Rodney Dangerfield, Louis CK and other as well as the Fast and Furious franchise.

Pretty fun chat be sure to check it out!

Here's a quick breakdown:

00:30. - How is the sausage is made

02:30 - Jimmy Carr in the British Scene

04:30 - Mravelous Ms. Maisel

06:30 - Dangerfield’s

07:30 - Dirty Work

10:00 - Dave Chapelle

14:00 - Louis Ck

17:00 - Bill Burr

18:00 - Jim Gaffigan

22:00 - Tom Segura

23:00 - Theo Von

25:20 - Sebastian Maniscalco

26:13 - Fast and Furious

28:46 - Hobbs and Shaw

29:19 - Kevin Hart

32:30 - Cultural Barriers

35:00 - Comedy in Berlin

37:00 - Comedy in Europe

40:00 - Comedy in UK and Europe

44:00 - Gary Gulman

48:00 - Michele Wolf

50:30 - The Nanny

54:20 - Sam Morrill

55:00 - Mark Normand

56:00 - Jerry Seinfeld

57:00 - Larry David

This week I had the chance to speak with Marta, a polish entrepreneur, explorer overall interesting person. I found out how Marta went from wanting to live a better life in Germany to moving to Argentina and running an illegal bread business and then starting a language school one. Its an awesome story that we take the time to dissect - starting from Poland to Argentina and Berlin.

Super fan chat and highly encourage you to check it out!

Here's the outline:

01:01 - La Rioja in Argentina

01:30 - Leaving Poland

02:20 - Washing Caravans in Scotland

06:34 - Studying Abroad / Making Money Decisions

07:00 - Meeting the ExHusband

09:00 - No Cinema in La Rioja

11:00 - Argentinian Learnt Polish

12:40 - I don’t have that many dreams

14:40 - The German Dream - Grass was greener to the Dessert

16:00 - Teaching English in La Rioja

16:15 - Culture Shock

16:45 - In Poland We Share Problems not happy thoughts

17:20 - Baking Bread in Argentina - Running an Illegal Bread Business in Argentina

21:00 - Teaching Business Taking Off

25:00 - The La Rioja Identity - Being Late

28:00 - Issues with Sexism

30:50 - Motivation For Learning English is to Leave Berlin

35:00 - Teaching Business Growth

39:00 - Managing the Business Remote

This week I sat down with Mia who has been living in Berlin for the past 8 years and has went from booking Slovenia punk bands in the land of Turbo Folk to production manager at Comedy Central.

We talk about the talent management industry, career progression, managing culture shock and in Germany and producing different series with a global team at Viacom.

In this episode I also found that Warsaw shore is a thing.

Be sure to tune in and check out this latest episode!

00:40 - From Slovenia to Berlin

01:20 - Berlin Settling

02.00 - Slovenian Talent Management

02:43 - Turbo Folk in Slovenia / Halid Beslich

05:11 - Goth Daming Boys - Managing Slovenian Band / Cops non bikes

07:11 - Booking Bands in Serbia

08:20 - Booking Costs and Relationships Costs

09:30 - Studying German

11:00 - Finding Another Job in Berlin

11:34 - Jazz Cubs

13:00 - Getting Payed in Jazz

15:00 - Google trends

16:00 - Working for a Synchronisation studio

17:15 - Watching Cartoons Full Time +

18:50 - Paw Patrol in Solvenian

19:50 - Nickelodeon and Viacom

22:00 - Series and How they are Performing - Warsaw Shore

24:00 - Transitioning to Comedy Central

26:00 - What does a producer do

29:00 - Creating Content for Different Platforms

31:00 - Comedians Solve World Problems

34:00 - Other Secret Stuff

36:00 - Working Across Platform

37:20 - Youtube Algorithm

40:00 - AbuDhaBi Vid Con

42:00 - Challenges Working Across Continents

46:00 - Podcasting in Comedy Central

In this episode we talk to Dilip. Dilip is originally from India and left Indian for the fist time when he was 28 for a business trip to Germany. Since the Dilip has lived in Germany and The Netherlands in Eindhoven. In this episode we talk about aspects of the Indian culture, culture shock and aspects of the European society that took him by surprise especially Christmas Market and Mulled wine.

Here is an outline of the topics discussed:

From Indian Anupur Bangalore Inndian Bangalore is Expensive Small Facility Selling Insurance in India 03:00 Options in India - 05:20 Doctors inn India and Barter Repayment 06:50 Art in India 07:45 Art and importance 09:47 Control of artist by the system First Trip out of India 11:50 News from Germany 13:20 - Smiling First Winter In Germany 15:07 Similarities between Romania and Indian 16:40 The Experience Economy 19:00 Indian Water and Tissue Difference 21:50 ++++ Shock was using Toillet Light vs Dark Shock - 22;50 Christmas Markets 23:00 +++ Indian Markets 24:45 Gulled wine wonder 25:15 German Food 26:33 Horse Milk and Horse Cheese 28:00 Interactions with German Colleague and Expertise 29:45 The Option of Moving To Indian 32:00 Staying in Tübingen 33:00 Finding Accommodation in Germany 34:00 Challenges of Finding an apartment - worse than India 37:00 Making Romanian Friends 38:00 Positive Experience 39:00 Deciding not to go back to India 40:00 Working Across Continents 41:00 Work Life Balance Culture 41:30 Finding Another Job in Europe 42:00 Transition in Eindhoven 44:00 Eindhoven - Accommodation Issues 45:00 Eindhoven - Tech Parks 46:00 Other Options in Europe 51:00

This episode was record on Chinese New Year! Good time - Olympia is a marketed and tech professional who has recently moved over from Canada to Berlin.

In this episode we discuss her Canadian Chinese Identity, Growing up in Canada, the topic of being a global Citizen and also we talk in depth about marketing and self improvement.

Here are the topics covered:

The Name Olympia
Names and Changing Them
Communication - 04:47
Moving To Berlin and Transition 06:33
German Registrations 8:40
Ballet Companies 13:00
Traveling and China 16:00
Learning Mandarin in Canada @ Chinese School 17:40
Thinking Before Speaking 20:00
Identity - Canadian vs Canadiann Chinese
Canadian Vs Qubequea 23:30
Being Attracted to Asian Men 24:20
Identity Issue Once you leave your country 26:00
Global Citizenship 28:11
Podcast Recommendations 9:9:6 - Work Life Balance 30:00
Advantages of Working in Europe - Work Wise 31:40
Seeking Wisdom Podcast recommendations 32:00
A16z Podcast 35:00
YouTube Dynamics
TikTok 41:00
Business Wars 42:00
European Life Style 45:00
Leaving China 46:00
Book and Audible 51:00

Be sure to check out the entire episode and follow me on Instagram @dragoscomedy

Ori Havely is a Comedian, Screenwriter, Tv and Cinema Writer who was written and sold shows to HBO, Fox and was part of several successful projects in Israel.

Ori is now based out of Berlin where he regularly performs in the standup comedy scene with his unique style.

This episode we sat down and went over some aspects of comedy, in terms of writing, performing and compared how we think about the art.

Be sure to check out the outline below and check out part #2 in the future!

Comedian, Screenwriter , Tv Writer / Cinema Writer 03:23

Ori’s Writing Background 03:30 Creating a Sitcom for Kids 04:40

Selling Shows to Fox and HBO 06:20

Starting comedy in 1996 8:45

Early Success 10:10

13 year gap away from Standup 11:21

Adapting your message in Standup 13:23

Starting Comedy in Berlin 14:40

Growth in Standup and Louis CK 16:50

Russell Peters and Youtube 18:40

Vidura’s Documentary 21:20

Authentic Perspective 22:30

Having no Material 25:00

Crowd Work vs Conversation 30:00

The Fringe and Writing on Stage 32:00

Layer to Jokes 35:00

The story behind the joke 38:00

Insecurities and Voicing on stage 40:00

Audience doesn’t know what they want 42:00

Directing vs Acting on stage 43:00

This is a podcast I recorded in August with e someone you might recognised from a previous episode. Molly from the Pokemon episode. Since the topics were so different we decided to do another podcast.

This episode focused on Molly’s Polyamorous life style, experience with sexuality and her story involving rape. This is a super educations episode where you can expect to learn what a meta more is, what the logistics look like when you have 5 partners and when you are dating someone who is in poly marriage.

Molly also took the time to share her experiences involving sexual harassment and rape and offered advice to those that have experienced similar circumstances and to those that want to learn more about the poly lifestyle.

Super interesting episode and I personally learnt a great deal - hope you can do so as well.

The break down is as follows.

Piotr from Poland - Teaching Polish History to Children

This week on The Labrador Energy Podcast - we have Piotr. Piotr is originally from Poland and moved to the UK 15 years ago to find work. A programmer in Poland, Piotr started work ing in car factory for the first year, moved his wife and 2 kids over as well and then got back in programming.

Currently he works and also runs an informal Sunday school where he teaches Polish children Polish history in Polish. He uses morality questions to make the lessons more interesting and tries to support his local community as much as he can.

He also runs a podcast in polish called History for Kids and According to Kids - which has become a good resource for those who are looking to learn Polish.

Check the podcast and here is a breakdown:

Moved to the UK 15 Years ago
From Programmer to Factory Worker to Programmer
With 5 and 8 year old
3:24 - No Reference
4:15 - Borrowing Money to Move
5:30 - Living with Lithuanian Gypsies
07:00 - Fireworks For My Family
08:00 - Living in Lester
09:10 - polish community and Indian Community
11:00 - Teaching Polish History to Kids
14:30 - Polish History. / Polish Army in the West
17:00 - Moral Questions for Polish Kids
17:36 - Breast feed puppies and Dogs Breast Feed Puppies
18:20 - Weak King
19:20 - Who goes for the dog
20:00 - Polish Kings and Hungarian relations
22:00 - Queen loosing fingers - model for young girls
23:00 - Covering Modern History
24:45 - Post Brexit - Mentality Affecting Children
26:00 - Brexit - God Save the Queen
27:20 - Save with Papers
30:00 - Copernicus from Poland
31:00 - Copernicus the Polish
33:00 - Have you Killed Chicken
34:00 - Polish Village Routes
34:50 - Going to the potato fields
37:00 - The Glue Factory
38:00 - Getting a Grant From the Factory
40:00 - Teaching Children
42:00 - History for Kids and According to Kids
45:00 - People Learning Polish - Audience

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This week on the podcast we have Foster Yow. Foster is an American comedian and standup fun who is starting the first full time English Comedy Club in Berlin this January 2020.

This is something that he has been working on for the past year and I wanted to record this before the actual opening so we get an idea of the thoughts and ideas that led to the club and then we will be recoding on later in the year to understand how it all turned out.

The goal is to support the growth of the scene and the career of the comedians so it was quite an exciting episode to record.

In this episode we talk about:

Why now? and timing For the Scene
Background and Motivation
My extremely Intelligence Company
Mexico paying for the Wall
Application Process
Finding a Venue
Getting the Alcohol License
Need to start a wall
Relationship with the comedians
Format of show
Filming and Podcasting
Larget Audience
Comedians from out of town
Fun Facts About Walls

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Back to the podcast and this time around we have Kate from Ireland.

This podcast was recorded back in summer and we talk about Kate's work in the rehabilitation sector where we touch on heavy topics such as being around death a fair amount of time, moving out of Ireland to the UK , pokemon in communism, assisted suicide and the cleaning lady - Mari Kondo!

Here's a quick outline of the topics discussed:

The Irish and Healthcare

Working in Rehabilitation

HSE - Health Service Executive

Working in Liverpool and London

Moving due to recession

From Limerick - to Gallway - Dublin

Day to day working with the impaired

Watching someone you know and love regress

Dealing with intense emotions

Coming to terms with the work done

Losing People

Therapy

Dead Puppies

Killing Tiny Puppies Stories

Quality of Life Mental Health and Suicide

Palliative Care and End of Life Care

Assistend Suicide

Puppies

No Pokemon in Communism

Abandoned Berli

Devil’s Hill

East European Evening

Expensive Dublin

Living Situation

Hungary and the Fall of Communism

The Cleaning Lady

Dead Dogs vs Ted Talks

Immigration

Thanks for listening and catch you on the next one!

Dragos

Molly - How do you become a Pokemon Toy Designer?

This episode is all about POKEMON - I had the chance to talk to a real life Pokemon Toy Designer- Molly that is in charge of designing Pokemon toys for North America, working with Wicked Cool Toys.

We talk about everything from going to school for toy design and watching Disney Movies as homework to Designing The Exclusive Mew Toy for San Diego Comic Con.

Check out the whole Podcast and here’s is an outline of what we discussed!

Molly design the Pokemon Toys for North America

1:36 - How do you become a Toy Designer

2:35 - Deep in the heart of Texas

3:48 - Oil and Texas

5:40 - Friday Night Lights - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_(TV_series)

6:00 - Moving to Arizona and then California

7:20 - Toy Floor - and getting interested into Toy Design

9:30 - Studying in Australia and Designing Pick me pop - https://bit.ly/2MXMivX

10:00 - Designing Inside out and Zootopia Toys

10:46 - What courses do you take for designing toys

13:00 - Why Batman is a great toy and Superman sucks as a Toy

13:30 - Designing toy for girls - Indiana Jones Granddaughter

15:00 - Toy designers as a commodity in the marker

15:45 - Melbourne Australia- as an internship and living in France

18:00 - Japan and Toy Design in Japan

19:16 - A Silent Voice - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Silent_Voice_(film)

19:50 - Durarara!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durarara!!

21:00 - Pokemon Center - Umbreon

22:10 - Dream Job - at Pokemon

22:51 - The Inner Working - Pokemon Brand Control

23:23 - Pokemon - Worked on. ++++

24:40 - Working on Toys for the Detective Pikachu Movie

26:00 - Wicked Cool Toys ++++ - Cabbage Pack Kids -

26:30 - Licensor - are the Pokemon Company

27:00 - 3 Pokemon Designers and now 10 - Fast Growth - Halo and MicroMachine

28:00 - Digital Sculpting - and Sculpting Houses

29:00 - Pokemon Favourite - Character to Design

30:00 - Designing San Diego Pokemon Exclusive

34:00 - How long does it take to design a Pokemon

34:50 - Designing Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle

36:00 - Wining - Singing Jiggly Puff

41:00 - Collectors Item only

43:00 - Power Action Pikachu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9HFQpMtHRc

More toys from Wicked Cool Toys

https://www.wickedcooltoys.com/brands/pokemon/

Check out Molly’s Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/mollywak/

This week on the podcast we learn a lot more about Street Performers and Buskers from Nick, the the founder of Busk.co an The Busking Project a non profit organisation that helps street performers from all over the world, make money and resolve legal issues, a suppler network for hundreds of talented people.

Find out how Nick went from “Sharking” Bankers in New York pool halls at 4 am to founding a platform that helps improve the life of street performers on this weeks episode.

Couple of things covered in the episode:

Dropping out of University - Mechanical Degree

Moving to New York 1:28
Running Pool Tournaments in New York - Dual Citizens
Psychology of Pool 3:08
Writing and Filming Street Performers
Helping Street Performers
Working for channel 13
Charity that takes collage drop outs around the world
University in Manchester
Pool Skill Build Up 08:00
Doing a film 60 000 USD - 8;40
Sorting out the film on the Road 11;30
Spent a whole year filming street Artis around the world
250 video 12:32 !!!! 1500 clips
Discrimination 13:30
Criminalisation 14:10
Street Performers would bring news 15:12. - 16:00. !!!
Enabling payments via PayPal for Street Performers 19:00
Helping street performers that get arrested 20:00
Custom renting - 22:30 - taking cut of the hat - renting customs !!!
Living in Colombia and getting married 25:00
27:15 - Greek Lady - falling in love with Street Performer
Entertainment Full Proofing the Economy
Street Performing - How Much are they Making 32:00
A whole show with a single trick - getting the hat line right 33:30
Goal of a performer 36:00
The Blood Story + 38:00
The Pool Sharking Story 42:00
The Mind Games of Pool 44:00
Beating the Dutch 9 Ball Champions 47:00
Busk.co OR The Busking Project

This episode we hear from Michael, a Flamish Radio - host, Michael was in town and found himself on the other side of the mic as he is usually he one that does interviews :).

The talk bout Berlin, radio, a recent tragedy and Pop Crimes as well as comedy.

Super chill chat - tune in and check it out.

Enjoy!

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Tooics covered

Being able to make something out of nothing
No pretetiouness
Death in family
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kortrijk 8:00
Working for Radio in Belgium
Making Radio in Belgium 9:00
Small City - Naked Walking 10:00
Getting into Radio 10:50
News Show in West Flanders 13:00
Police that didn’t make the because of 1 cm 14:30
Emoji News - Pop Emoji - 14:00
People Stealing Poop Emoji 15:30
Voice dubbing cartoon in Flemish 17:00
Voice acting in cartoons
Grandchild named Wolf 20:00
Finding Interview Guests 25:00
Death To Immigrants Comedy 26:20
Ironing and Listening to Comedy 27:00
Ironing and Comedy
Round Iglesias 30:00
Hannah Gatsby 32:30
Langauge Fluency In Belgium 34:00
Olympia Stadium 35:35
Olympia Propaganda Movie - Propaganda37:40
Spending Free Time 40:00
Rap Time 43:00

This week on The Labrador Energy Podcast I had the chance to speak with Khalid!

Khaled is a software engineer and musician of Palestinian origin who lives, works and plays in New York.

Khaled was in Berlin for a trip and we had the chance to learn about his story - how he got to New York, how he discovered his passion and love for music and how he decided to follow this passion!

We also find out how we dealt with the life chancing new of being diagnosed with non hutchinson lymphoma aka Lymph-node Cancer.

We talk about passion, music, cancer, networking and motivation.

Check out the latest episode of The Labrador Energy Podcast!

Also check out Khaled’s page and band at https://www.machdharma.com

Also on Spotify @machdharma!

Topics covered!

Palestinian born in Saudi
Amsterdam - Spark of Inspiration - Music 2:40
Recording an Album in New York and Cancer
How’s the cancer?
Living in Saudi
How do you move to the US? 5:49
Getting your green card not he same day as 9/11 - 5:18///
Getting a scholarship 6:00
Arabic - French 7:33
Living in New York
Working and Doing Music Crazy Hours 8:00
Music and Dad 10:40
Becoming a Software Engineer - 11:23
Practice and Community in Music 13:40
Jumping from mics to mics 16:20
Carrying your Guitar Around 17:35
The Joy of Flow 18:30. ++++
Things picking up 19:20
Setting up A tour 21:00
Buskin 25:00
A Press Kit. 26:30
MacDharma 27:00
Lymph-node Cancer 28:34
Costa Rica Rafting 32:34 - Cancer at Stage 4??
Gratitude 33:30
Getting Traction in Music 35:00
Getting Rejected from Berghain 42:30

In this episode we take some term and learn a bit more about Artificial Intelligence and Artificial General Intelligence, my guess this week Dennis has been working in tech for the past couple of years and has taken the part year off to explore Artificial Intelligence and he has decided to share some of his learning today on the Podcast.

We discuss the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Artificial General Intelligence and ask a couple of questions:

Can AGI create new knowledge?

Can it and should it decided on it won what is a problem and if it should solve it?

What is a Problem? Are humans a problem ?

What is a Person?

What are the financial interceptive to building AGI?

If AGI has free will and we tell it what to do - do we make it a slave?

Should we pay hire and pay the AI ?

If so what do we pay it in and what is it going to do with the money?

More importantly is it going to create its own brand of AI porn ?

To find out the answer to all these questions be sure to tune in on the last episode of The Labrador Energy Podcast!

You can find Dennis on twitter @dchackethal and check out this series on AGI - Artificial Creativity on youtube.

D’Arcee - Travelling When Disabled and Correct Rhetoric

This episode features D’Arcy - super full of educational info. D’Arcy has finished his 2nd Masters in creative writing and received 6 offers for PhD and was in Berlin travelling as a reward for his graduation, which not as was as you might think as D’Arcy has Cerebral palsy, meaning he travels in a wheel chair.

In this podcast we learn a bit more about his challenges traveling, ableism, using the correct terms when referring to those with disabilities and with different sexual orientation.

We learn about dog whistles and how to remove bias from out day to day converastions, while we also talk about US politics, discrimination. Travelling in France , Scotland and all kinds of crazy adventures!!!

This podcast is full of amazing sounds bites and highlights crazy issues that disabled people face every day!

Really encourage you guys to give it a listen!

Topics we cover in this episode!

Washington DC. - Creative Writing -
Rhetoric and Composition - Academic Writing
Accepted for PHD - 6PHD programs - Ohio State - #1 School for English
Audio Rhetoric in Relation to The Black Community and Disabilities 2:48
Beyonce is Queen
Overcome Adversity
East Europe and Rap
Born with Disability - Cerebral palsy 6:00
Praying it off
7:50 - Homeless people offering money to him *
Southern Hospitality 9:00
Soul Food - Black Eyed peas
Famous Ppl from DC
Accessibility and Ableism
Cobble Street and Wheel chairs 16:00
CIS Gender - 17:30
Dog Whistles - Offensive 9:30
Queer - Negative Usage of the Word
America 25:00 - Conservative USA
Gay Presidential Candidate
German Love Black Men
Issues with Getting Around 37:00
French People 38:30 - 42:30
Trying to visit Notre Dame
Going to London 44:00
Americans with Disabilities Act 48:00
Romanians and D’Arcee 51:00

This episode features Samira Jakobs - a voice dubbing actress based out of Berlin. Samira is the German voice of various characters on Netflix, Disney+ and other series aired all over Germany. We get the chance to talk about how she joined the industry, we look at bit behind the curtain on how voice dubbing is done, how the artists find jobs, get paid and even learn a bit more how it is to become the characters you are dubbing.

In this episode we talk about the following topics:

Voice Dubbing as a job

Dubbing Black Mirror On Netflix in German

Singing Voice of Fancy Nancy - Fancy Nancy Clancy

Finding Mentors in the Voice Dubbing Industry

Getting Mentored by the German Pocahantas and German Michael J Fox

How to Network in a close knit Industry

Moving to Where the Industry

Studying in the US

Screen Writing for Standup

The Dubbing Industry Getting Squeezed

Disney’s New Creative Direction and lack of Originality

The Magic behind the curtain Voice Dubbing

Working on Top Secret Disney+ Series

You can find Samira on Instagram at

Instagram @samirajakobs

Be sure to check out her work and tune in again for the next episode of the Labrador Energy Podcast.

This episode features Murphy, a creative writing freelancer and copywriter, originally from Texas USA! Murphy previously worked in Oil and Gas travelled to Uganda and then spent some time in South America.

He moved to Berlin around 18 months ago and is now working as a freelance creative writer in Berlin. In this episode we talk a bit about his travels, freelance work and how to about finding clients as well as the creative writing process.

You can check out some of Murphy's content here:

https://a_murphy.contently.com/

In this podcast we touch on the following topics:

Living in Texas

Getting a gun at 12

Selling Arrow Heads

Education in the States

Oil and Gas in Texas - Biggest Oil Fill in the Region

Friday Night Lights

Traveling to Uganda

South America and Getting a Hostel in Guatemala

Moving to Germany

Getting Clients as a Freelancer

Deadlines as a Writer

Volume Writing as a Writer

Long Term Goal Planning

Writing Techniques

Hope you enjoy the podcast!

Sanaz - My Big Iranian Family Reunion and the Life of an Iranian American

This week I had the chance to talk Sanaz, as an Iranian American , Sanaz took it up herself to organise a massive family reunion to bring together over 40 people for a massive reunion in Turkey. In this episode we understand a bit more about her background - how her family moved to the US, upbringing and what drove Sanaz to bring her family together in this massive endeavour.

We also talk about career progression, MBA, and Social Media Detox, working at Microsoft and FOMO vs JOMO.

You can't find Sanaz on any social media platform - so enjoy the podcast!

Did you know Rich people pay someone else to swipe for them on Tinder?

This week I had the chance to speak with Deborah who is on only activist and proponent of virtual and remote work, before joining this particular line of work - she live in South America in Hondura and Argentina. While in Argentina, Deborah had a very interesting remote job - she managed the online dating profile for high net-worth individual. The company she worked for had a system set up that would help clients from the point of set up to the point of actually having conversations with the matches on behalf of clients and arranging the dates.

Very interesting time, so discuss in detail how this worked and also what the issues with this type of system and why she left!

Tune in and listen to stories that are quite aggressive at times :)

Here are some of the points we touched on:

Moving out of the States

Building up an interest in Latin America

Moving to Honduras

No Expertise is Fine

School In Honduras

Undercover Security

Honduran Boyfriends

The No Loan World and Moving to Argentina

8 Year in Argentina

Find a Job in Craigslist and Idealist.ORG

Find A Job for a Company that Manages Peoples Dating Sites

Where are the men from

Using Pick up Artist Techniques

A/B Testing Tinder Messages

Who writes these messages

What were the Package Deals

You gotta take over the finish line

Weirdest Story

Sugary Daddy Website

Dream Job

Online Activism

Agrobusiness Actrivism

Baer vs Monsanto

Getting Non Profit Virtual Jobs

SumOfUs.org

Activism Jokes

This week I had the chance to sit down with Jawad and learnt quite a lot about the Middle East.

Jawad grew up in Saudi and Lebanon where he started a small real estate business which provides him capital to travel and explore other passion such as acting and film. We discuss some of the issues that Lebanon currently is experiencing such as brain drain and also the Arab spring, the hierarchy of countries in the Middle East. Jawad also acted in a couple of commercials in Lebanon and a short movie about PTSD that was screened at Cannes - Soldier 888 which you can see here- https://vimeo.com/124301093

We also talk about Sectarianism, Palestine and March of Return and Airbnb controversy with listing settlements in the West Bank

If you are generally curious and lacking knowledge of the Arab World this should prove an interesting podcast!

Check it out now!

In this episode we talk about:

Being Born in Saudi

Gender Segregation in Saudi Schools

Civil Protest as a Child

Expat Bubble in Saudi Arabi

Beirut has something for everyone

Lebanon Brain Drain

Jobs in the Guld

SAUDI - UAE - KUWAI - QATAR

Lebanon exports human capital

People invest in Education in order to leave

Business in Lebanon

Starting a business 12:00

17 tenants for 5 apartments

How to get paid gigs as an actor

Getting Roles - Typecasting

First Film Success and Cannes Screening

Chocolate Add in Lebanon m/watch?v=Ja7H5aHFXHM

Soldier 888 - https://vimeo.com/124301093

Labrador Energy and Travelling - California - New Mexico - Berlin Travelling

Issues in the Middle East

Sectarianism in Lebanon

Arab Spring

Tunisia Dictator Fleeing

Political Context in Middle East with Jerusalem

Ethnical Cleansing - Palestinian removal

Palestinian Refugee - Right of Return

Sudan Protests - Civilian Government

Combining Art and Politics March of Return

Being Pro Human Rights

Airbnb Listing Settlements in the West Bank against International Law

Overcoming Stigma in Conservative Countries

In this episode of the Labrador Energy I had the chance to talk with Olga! an American Ukrainian who grew up in the states and has been living and working in New York for the past 15 years.

Olga had decided to do something pretty aggressive, she left her comfortable job in New York and moved all the the way to Kyiv, Ukraine to spend more time with her family , connect with her roots and start a new life!

Going from New York to Ukraine can seem a bit out there so I ask Olga about how the experience has been so far and try to understand more about why she made the move!

We get to learn about how cool Kyiv is nowadays, also conferences for Vaginal Reconstruction Surgeries, Sex and The City themed Bar Mitzvahs and even what happens when you give you business card to Kanye West!

In this episode we cover:

Growing up as an American Ukrainian
Living in a small suburban town
moving to New York
working in New York
smoking weed before your first kiss
Financial Opportunity in Kyiv
The new Berlin - Kiev ?
Choosing your own major in college

-Nap Experts

Quitting Your Comfy Job
Events Management in New York
Vaginal Reconstruction Surgery
Organising Bar Mitzvas
Sex in the City Theme bar Mirtzavs
12 year old selling his mom’s shoes on Amazon
Up Front of TV celebrities
Kanye West Music Video Launch
Going from a safe routine to a the unknown
The Pain for Not Growing
Fun Stuff To do In Ukraine
Kyiv Cheap and Fun
Integrating in a New City and Country

Hope you guys enjoyed the episode and be sure to follow on Spotify and Instagram @dragoscomedy

On this episode of the Labrador Energy I had the chance to sit down and talk very spontaneously with Stefanos and Lorena! Stefanos is Greek and Lorena is Colombian - they've been together for a couple of years and they now live in Nuremberg, Germany!

Lorena planned this recording for Stefanos as a birthday surprise and we had a great time! We spoke about hey they met, moved countries together and about their jobs as well marketing, hr also comedy!

Tune in on this episode of the Labrador Energy to learn more about Stefanos and Lorena!

We touch on the following topics:

Colombian Greek Couple living in Nuremberg
A podcast as a surprise birthday present
AISEC the student origanisation and falling in love
Berlin and Electric Guitar Slam Poetry @jacopo_arcucci on Instagram
English events in smaller cities in Europe
Doing graffiti on the Berlin Wall
Kids that are into public transport
Moving to Germany and adjusting to the cultural shock
Working in marketing and building a career
Building and audience and mailing list
Finding your core audience
Dynamic Website and personalised landing pages as a strategy
Turning negative experiences into comedy

Be sure to check in next for another episode of the Labrador Energy Podcast!

Another super cool episode coming your way this week with the amazing Brenda Marie - who moved all the away from the US to Berlin to follow in her Opera Singer dreams!

In this episode we talk about how Brenda developed her passion for Opera, how that passion grew and how she decided to focus full time on her calling.

Here's a quick on how the discussion progresses in the form of the conversation map:

Berlin has the largest number of opera houses in the World
Berlin has 3 Opera State subsidised Opera Companies
the US has a program where opera teacher go to schools to introduce opera to kids
The early journey into Opera and balancing Passion vs Pay-checks
Moving to Chicago
Fundraising at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Taking the leap - selling your house and moving to Berlin
How does the day look for an opera singer?
Practicing Opera at home and the Neighbours
Career progression in Opera
Check out the opera shows, much more accessible
The logic behind Netflix comedy specials strategy
Using a mic in the context of Opera is a no go
Is opera Boujie?
Electric Guitar Spoken Word Poetry
Different forms of Fundraising
Handling donations for 5M
Moving from large scale donations to smaller scale
Challenges in Fund-raising
Polishing off these arias!

This was a super fun episode for me and you can check out more of Brenda's work @ www.brendamarietuner.com

and on Instagram @brendamarie .

This week on The Labrador Energy Podcast I got the chance to speak with Cassandra Kehren, Cassandra is originally from Canada and she wanted to do two things, she wanted to work as a makeup artist and she wanted to travel the world. Cassandra managed to combine these two interest in a very interesting way:

She is now a makeup up artist out of Bombay for Bollywood productions - she has worked and travel all over the world with the cast of different Bollywood productions - doing projects with celebrities such as Esha Gupta, Aditi Rao Hydari, Jaqulyn Fernandes , Taapsee Pannu among others.

We had great chat about how Cassandra found herself in this position, we spoke about focus, beauty and networking in a strange and exciting new country.

Here are some of the topics we covered

Combining your interests and creating your own career path
Being intentional when thinking about your career
Bombay and the Bollywood Industry
Living, Working and Networking in Bombay
Traveling with the Bollywood stars
Doing makeup for Esha Gupta, Aditi Rao Hydari, Jaqulyn Fernandes , Taapsee Pannu
What are the hours like for a Bollywood makeup artist?
Dealing with Strong Personalities
Consulting on Makeup Styles
The Importance of Focus
Personalised Approach to Make Up and Finding your own beauty
Spirituality, Bombay and Living in the Moment
Moving to a new country and integrating
Why should you move to Bombay?

You can find Cassandra on Instagram @inherchair .

Thanks a lot for listening and catch you on the next episode of The Labrador Energy Podcast.

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On this episode of The Labrador Energy podcast - I talk to Hugleikur Dagsson.

Hugleikur is an Icelanding Cartoonist and Comedian who has been drawing since 2001. He is published around the world and has an impression portfolio of cartoons some of which are world know with famous comedians such Daniel Sloss buying one of his originals.

He recently completed a stand-up tour around Europe and is now in Berlin working on some new material for the coming year. We did a couple of shows together and also got catch up.

In this episode we talk comedy, East Europe and a bunch of other stuff, including: - Drawing over 2000 stick figures and cartoons - Formal education vs natural inclination - super hero comics - Self publishing and selling books outside on the streets of Iceland - The advantages of living in a small country and trying standup - Touring around Europe and improving the comedy - Different styles of humour around Europe - not Sweden's Sweetheart - Berlin Comedy scene - Figuring out your audience in comedy and style - Comedy and cartoons time management - Topical comedy and Daniel Sloss original piece acquisition - Cartoonist to follow: Johnny Ryan @outlawscumfudge and @cyannideandhappiness - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Morrison - @sarahandersencomics on Instagram - Sarah Scribbles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Punch_Man - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Titan - Plans going forward and favourite comedians - "Work hard and be kind and don't be an asshole"

You can find Hugleikur on his instagram here: https://dagsson.com/ and Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandachshund/ Let me know if you have any feedback or questions! Dragos

Marina has been doing comedy in Croatia since 2005 before Facebook and the Iphone and has over 3500 shows under her belt! She manages Studio Smijeha comedy club in Zagreb and produces around 550 shows a year in the Balkan region and Europe.

She is the first Female Croatian Comedian and mostly likely the first openly gay comedian in Eastern Europe, a true trailblazer and an full of Labrador Energy.

Myself and Marina did a show together in Slovenia and we had the chance to talked humour, producing shows and dealing with

Building up the comedy scene in Croatia
Managing a comedy club and comedy crareer
Producing 550 show a year around Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia
Performing for an audience of over 1856 people
Using humour to overcome nationalistic tendencies
Risks you have to take when producing show and doing comedy
Political Banter in the Balkans
Sexism in the Balkans and dealing with is as a Female Comedian
Coming Out in Croatia and Serbia and the Importance of Honesty in Comedy
Laugh Quake Project - making the world laugh

You can check out Marina on Instagram @marinaorsag

Also be sure to check out the Studio Smijeha here http://studiosmijeha.hr

this is also where you can find the pic of the large venue Marina spoke about.

On the next episode I speak with Hugleikur Dagsson Icelanding cartoonist and comedian be sure to check out the next episode :).

Karina Castan - Art, Music and Behind the Scenes of a Film Set.

In this episode of the Labrador Energy podcast I sat down with Karina Castan. Karina is a musician, artist and has worked in the movie industry in Australia and LA.

She is currently doing an art residency in Berlin and we had the chance to speak about the arts, movie production and tidbits from behind the scenes as well as music-making and finding gigs as an artist.

We had a lovely chat so be sure to check out Karina’s profile here: www.karinacastan.com

https://soundcloud.com/karina-castan

In this episode we cover:

artists and art residencies in Berlin
what art archivists do
the cool things about being on a film set
building miniature cities for film sets
what it is like to direct films
the editing process for video and audio
avicii and the music industry
connecting and networking as an artist
sense of identity in Australia
German puns

This past week I had the chance to sit down and speak with Nikhil Nair, a very interesting guy, originally Indian, studied at Oxford, worked in the UAE, US, Uganda and now lives in Kenya. Nikhil is currently working for a commercial enterprise in Kenya focused on bringing solar energy to areas with no energy at all.

Nikhil is purpose driven and is committed to enact some real change in the world!

We went into a bit of detail on what this entails with regards to solar energy and also spoke about the unique payments system present in Kenya - M-Pesa, which allows citizens of Kenya to bypass the need for banks and such just by using their mobile phones, think old Nokias. We also told a couple jokes and went into a bit of detail on why Kenya has a relatively large Indian population and what happens at Indian weddings and how arranged marriages are set up! Super fun conversation and I think both myself and Nikhil can agree that this was a great bit of cultural exchange. Romanian in Berlin and Indian in Kenya, looking forward to experiencing more and more of this cross cultural interactions. If you want to keep an eye on Nikhil you should definitely check his Instagram @ hereiamnikhil

Nikhil definitely has Labrador Energy!

Quick Update on the Podcast everyone.

After experimenting for a couple of episodes I have decided to take it in a more fun direction for both myself and the guests.

As such, the podcast has now been regraded to The Labrador Energy Podcast - the goal is to interview more people with Labrador Energy and just generally explore what that means. So I will focus on talking to guests that have a need to keep moving around, that have a need to constantly explore and try new things - with this hopefully we can learn a range of new things from very global, adventurous people that just can’t stand still.

The first episode I’ve of this new format features Issac Tay - a comedian, entrepreneurs who just wrapping up his Trans Siberian Journey and has arrived in Berlin. Issac is Singaporean, I’ve know him for a couple of years from the comedy scene and he is also a founder of a food delivery startups in South East Asia called honestbee.

Check out this Episode of Labrador Energy to learn more about Issac and his adventures!

Please let me know if you have any feedback or suggestions!

You can find Issac on LinkedIn lol! as he has not yet set up a facebook page.

Dragos

This episode was recorded prior to the Re Branding into the Labrador Energy Podcast. Enjoy Pre Labrador Area Recordings :)

I was in Iasi Romania this week doing a show that I was able to set up with the help of Gabriel Gherghe a Romanian comedian who has done shows in Romania and outside of Romania for the communities abroad.

We had the chance to sit down and talk a bit more about comedy, the scene in Romani and general vibe out his experience and also goals going forward.

The show in Iasi was the first ever English Standup Show in Iasi and with the scene growing here we will hopefully see more.

If you want to check out Gabriel's profile you can do so here: https://www.facebook.com/comediantul/ .

Hope you enjoy the Chat :)

This week I landed in Lisbon to do a show, my first time here and I got the chance to sit down with the 2 main starters of the Lisbon Comedy scene - Ash @backpackme on Instagram and That Guy @laughatthatguy on Instagram.

The started Lisbon Comedy and helped me set up the show - here they are super open in talking about the scene and how to support local comedians to perform more in English and can help you out if you are looking to come through Lisbon!

Check out this quick episode and be sure to keep an eye on the growing scene :).

The Cover for this episode is something I found in Lisbon follow me @dragoscomedy on Instagram for more.

I also recorded this episode in Video Format so if you wanna check that out head over to my YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGmFvH5bL4sUerU76Nr2f8A

This is a Plog experiment - audio blog/podcast of sorts where I record the journey from Bucharest to Naples in small audio clips you can see quite a big difference in time of voice from one to another. Let me know if you have any feedback on this format. For more Oslo check out the Vlog I will update

This week I went over to Sweden to do my one hour - Hungry Hungry Dragon - at Power Comedy Club in Stockholm. The club is ran by Ryan Bussell and 2 other comics. The venue can old up to 90 people and is located in the basement at Brother Tuck Bar.

I ask Ryan a couple of questions about the scene to get an understand where it's going and how it's growing check it out and do hit up Ryan and the club if you are in Stockholm.

You can check out Power Comedy Club here:

https://www.facebook.com/powercomedyclub/

In this episode I talk about my thoughts on the European identity and the current struggle I have with find a place for by own personal identity from that of being Romanian / European / Global Citizen - I will explore this topic going forward as I do feel it is becoming more and more important at least for me and in the context of my own jokes. Have a listen and if you do have any suggestions on topics to explore please send me a message on Instagram @dragoscomedy and I will try to approach it. Also if you want to check out upcoming shows you can do so here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/dragoscristiancomedy/events

On episode 2 of Dear Mr. Dragon - I travel to London to do a show and get the opportunity to catch up with 2 Romanian standup comedians based out of London and Birmingham - Victor Patrascan and Claudiu Ene. We ended up recording this particular episode while waling around the Tate Modern Museum.

We get to hear a couple of points on how the scene looks like here and what can one expect from it in terms of career progression.

Claudiu and Victor also have their own podcast called the Romanians Are Here - it's only in Romanian at this time however if you do speak the language to check it out.