The Jacques Lafferty podcast: Recent Episodes
Nima Koucheki
Alfredo Plessmann III is a storyteller. He is the producer and writer of the movie, Loy. He also has a cooking show called Pless table.
This is podcast number 12 and I think my best one so far. I’m finally starting to relax and be myself. We talk about everything and nothing. Mostly nothing.
Episode 11 with Mr. Glenn Lund who is a filmmaker living in LA. He has made Swedish Dicks (available on Viaplay), he was the producer of the multi award winning film Aniara, and his new series The American Runestone premieres the 15th of June.
Is there a correlation between gut flora and how well your body handles Covid 19? Bertrand Chagnaud who's father owns several hospitals in France and is well-read on the pandemic, tells me about the new theories amongst French doctors.
David Gallo lives in Rome. Together with his partner, he runs http://www.101-percent.com/ studios
Their latest game The-Suicide-of-Rachel-Foster, is beautifully made and looks scary as hell!
David and I talk about the horrendous situation in Rome.
I met Stan ten years ago when I was in Buenos Aires. I reached out to him when I saw a picture of him in Milan. Being the very nice guy that he is, he agreed to tell me about the current situation in Milan.
Stan tells stories about the Italian culture, his experience in Milan, how it is to live in a lockdown. And Stan gave me his theories on why Italians have such a high death rate.
I had an exciting talk with the great RJ, who lives in Amsterdam. We discuss what the future holds for people who already had Corona. Will we separate them from non-corona people with a little pin or a badge? How will the way we're traveling change in the future? And how is the situation right now in Amsterdam?
I spoke to Doctor Daniel Higbee today. I met him a long time ago when I was in Cuba and we have kept in touch and been good friends ever since. He currently works in a hospital two hours from London. I ask him plenty of Corona related questions, such as, when will we have a vaccine, what medicines are being tested, how long do you think this will go on for and so on. He was kind enough to answer all my questions and he gave me a lot of good and useful information.
Johnny Cubert White. Most likely the most outrageous guy in LA. Johnny lives in art district, Downtown. I would say he is the first true artist I got to know in my life. He lived and still lives in a 4000 square feet warehouse that he's decorated in the most surreal way. His art, his friends, his energy, his willingness to accept EVERYBODY, made a big impact on me when we met over ten years ago.
We were supposed to talk about the situation in LA, but we ended up talking about art, porn, what he's doing in life, and of course, a little bit about the corona situation.
If you get the chance to talk to Roshan Melwani, I guarantee you you will never forget him. He is this massive force of positive energy that's so great to be around. He was kind enough to give me some of his time to talk about the current situation in Hongkong.
Alfredo Plessmann III. The one and only. If you've met him, you know what a unique and interesting person he is. We were supposed to discuss the current situation in Moscow where he lives, but we mostly talked about his life, movies and life.
I got the chance to talk to one of my all-time favorite people, the baron, Constant Van Tuyll. He is Dutch and lives in Amsterdam, but a few weeks ago, he decided to go to South Africa to be with his brother and his brother's wife. It was nice to catch up with him and get to hear how his days are like and what the situation is like in South Africa.
I’m planning to do a series of podcasts with my friends living in different cities to get a feeling of what they’re going through right now. What are the rules right now in the city? In what way are the social norms of the culture affected and how are people taking it? How’s the general atmosphere? And so on.
So far, I have only done one episode with my good friend Knut, who is one of the smartest and most educated people I know. He actually warned me about the virus way before Sweden got its first case.
The plan was to talk about the situation in Stockholm where we live, but because he has so much knowledge about the subject, we discussed more than just how Sweden is handling the crises.
Neither Knut or I, are used to making podcasts, and this is the first podcast where I’m in charge of the equipment and editing, so please be patient and bear with us through the entire episode, for I promise that Knut has a lot of valuable and interesting information (especially towards the end).