As the public face of Kozpont, the chilled and popular Budapest hang-out, Jonas Togay is well-known to the city’s Madách tér warriors. A distillation of Hungarian, Finnish, and Turkish ancestry, Jonas also promotes for the NVC crew, known for t

#26: Craig Hull (photographer, creative entrepreneur)

Aug 25th, 2015 1h 2m

After a too long hiatus, Bp da P is back in action! This time around we chat with Craig Hull, an English-born and long-time Budapest resident who has observed his fair share of Hungarian reality over the past decade-ish. At first (and still) he

#25: Bence Simonfalvi (interior designer, Position Collective)

Jan 21st, 2015 38m 28s

Bence is an interior designer and one of the founders of the Position Collective (aka Pos1t1on). From its origins in design, architecture and installations, Position has evolved into a company offering a full suite of services around the applie

#24: Ildi Amon (editor, We Love Budapest, English)

Jan 21st, 2015 52m 36s

Ildi Amon is an Australian of Hungarian origin and a journalist, for the past year working as lead editor of the increasingly popular We Love Budapest website. The English language version of WLB has become a goto Internet site for both newcome

#23: Tom Select (DJ, Girls and Mathematics party)

Oct 21st, 2014 50m 13s

Tom Select is a fixture in Budapest if quality house-oriented music parties is your thing. His Girls and Mathematics party series first started in mid-2000s, around the time he moved back to Hungary from London. In addition to one-off dates and

#22: Andrea Giuliano (gay activist, photographer)

Oct 16th, 2014 1h 2m

Andrea is a long-time Budapest resident, gay activist, photographer, and DJ who I had the pleasure to meet a year ago when we both hosted a Halloween party at Vittula. He also happens to the second Italian i’ve now had as guest of the pod (firs

#21: Rita Balogh (Budapest International Documentary Festival) and Johnny Burke (documentarian, Tashi and the Monk)

Sep 19th, 2014 1h 6m

It’s a pleasure to have two back-to-back guests in this episode, both related to the upstart Budapest International Documentary Festival (BIDF). I first spoke with festival organizer, Rita Balogh, who together with a friend in London, turned th

#20: Tamas (TMX)

Sep 16th, 2014 57m 55s

Tamas, known by his DJ moniker TMX for almost a decade, has been making parties and music since his teenage years. These days in addition to DJing solo, he organizes several party brands, most notably Kollektiva (with Fullstereo) as well as Sti

#19: Tibor Varady (Espresso Embassy and artisanal coffee)

Aug 14th, 2014 44m 53s

Tibor is a trained lawyer who had a change of heart after finishing university and transformed his life into one devoted to coffee. His is now the owner of one of downtown Budapest’s favorite coffee haunts, Espresso Embassy. The shop is among t

#18: Gergo (Gustave Tiger, The Moog)

Aug 13th, 2014 54m 34s

Gergo is a sound engineer by day, musician contributor extraordinaire to many bands by night. I’ve known him as part of some half-dozen bands/projects over the years, but his most notable role to date is probably as drummer of the Moog, while h

#17: Gergely Kovari (Csak a Jo Sor and craft beer)

Jul 25th, 2014 54m 34s

For a long time, beer lovers in Hungary have been out of luck as they live in a country renowned for its wines and spirits. Craft beers were almost unheard of here a decade ago. Fortunately for us, for Gergely Kovari, beer has been a way of lif

#16: Marton Perlaki (photographer)

Jun 30th, 2014 56m 54s

You might not know Marton Perlaki’s face, but there’s a very good chance you know a face that he’s photographed. Marton (affectionately known as Marci in Hungary) has shot for the Room Magazine since its inception, and has since moved to New Yo

#15: Fatum Tattoo (via Dorca)

Jun 12th, 2014 39m 48s

Fatum Tattoo is the new kid on the block of Budapest’s tattoo salons, but it has quickly established itself as to goto place for Hungarians in-the-know and foreigners alike. I sat down for a second time with one of the artists originally affili

#14: Bergi (DJ/promoter)

May 29th, 2014 59m 10s

Bergi’s life has been synonymous with music. At the moment he wears many hats for the A38 party boat: as DJ, promoter, organizer, ticket taker, or maybe all at once on some nights. Previously in Pecs as a youngster, he recorded music off Viva t

#13: David Ungvari (filmmaker/producer)

May 20th, 2014 1h

David is a freelance filmmaker and producer who’s been working on movie sets -- ranging from blockbuster Hollywood, to independent Hungarian -- since childhood. At the moment he is working on the set of Spy and thus rubs shoulders daily with th

#12: Márton Miovác (fashion designer, The Four)

May 7th, 2014 49m 40s

Marton couldn’t wait to graduate to get started on his next phase of life. Two years ago, he and two classmates began building a nascent clothing brand called “The Four” (one of the original members left, just like Destiny’s Child ;)). Now, wit

Sophie Rotas, NERO homme, episode 11

Apr 29th, 2014 53m 11s

After working for several years in the magazine editorial and photography world, Sophie Rotas decided it was time to blaze her own trail and is now the primary publishing force behind NERO homme, which focuses on male fashion and erotic contemp

Bede Marton, journalist, 444, episode 10

Apr 25th, 2014 44m 21s

Bede Marton has been a journalist and writer for most of his life. Most recently, he’s joined forces with the tip of the Hungarian blog/journalism sphere called 444 (or “negy negy negy” in local parlance). In terms of coverage he’s a jack-of-al

Sandor Lenard and Adrian Zador, nightlife historians, episode 9

Apr 16th, 2014 1h 6m

In addition to being good friends of mine, Sanyo and Adrian are both longtime Budapest residents and dedicated appreciators of quality music and nightlife events. We convened in order to discuss the city’s parties from the late 1990s until pres

Paolo, DJ/entrepreneur, episode 8

Apr 10th, 2014 48m 37s

Paolo is a man with a motor. Part one of each day begins with his 9 to 5 job -- after that the real adventure begins -- most recently with operation of a tasty new pizza joint called Pizzica. On top of that he’s been a long time fixture on the

Laszlo Jozsa, documentarian, Menjek/Maradjak, episode 7

Mar 28th, 2014 56m 46s

Laszlo is is an old friend of mine and longtime maker of all sorts of things video. Two years ago he self-funded and filmed a documentary following the lives of two Hungarians living in New York, giving us a small glimpse at the trials and trib

Levente Trellay, Telep, episode 6

Mar 21st, 2014 1h 4m

He is co-owner of the Budapest bar and gallery that is there and not there at the same time. It might not have an easily recognizable street address or sign, but Telep is nonetheless a well-known gathering place for its own extended family of m

Tim, Vittula, episode 5

Mar 12th, 2014 59m 40s

He is the owner of Budapest’s seminal dive bar, Vittula, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Over that timespan, Tim has overseen his venue develop from little-known corner oddity, into everyone’s “favorite shithole.” Since he large

Ali Toth, The Room, episode 4

Feb 26th, 2014 1h 11m

As the editor-in-chief of of The Room, Ali Toth has ridden shotgun for one of the most influential publications in Hungary during the past decade. I visited his office for a tête-à-tête on a whole slew of topics including his teenage room wall

Tamas Szabo (Tonyo), The Moog, episode 3

Feb 19th, 2014 1h 1m

Tonyo is lead singer of one of Hungary’s more popular rock bands, The Moog. When not on tour or playing gigs with the band, he’s composing music professionally, and totally not using facebook, as we found out in our chat.Tonyo and I had the