More than a decade after I left Budapest Week, I met a handful of younger writers who had worked for the newspaper during its last days of publication. Although we had never worked together, these new friends—Elysia Gallo, Esther Holbrook, and

#5 - Kate Carlisle & Steven Carlson

Nov 6th, 2020 42m 15s

Kate Carlisle asked me to turn the mic around and let her interview me.I happily agreed.When I first met Kate, she was a production designer working side by side with Editor, Tom Popper and Copy Editor, Desmond MacGrath. She came on shortly bef

#4 - Chris Condon

Oct 25th, 2020 1h 28m

Chris Condon joined the Budapest Week just over a year after we launched. He started as a reporter, worked his way up to News Editor, and eventually served as Editor-in-Chief.Chris belongs to a generation of journalists, Hungarians and foreigne

#3 - Bob Cohen

Oct 19th, 2020 1h 43m

What to say about Bob Cohen? Our friendship predates the newspaper.The other foreigners I met knocking about Eastern Europe in the late '80s were an odd bunch: itinerant language teachers, folk musicians, folklore researchers, linguists, and

#2 - Rick Bruner

Oct 14th, 2020 57m 10s

I met Rick Bruner through his father, Richard W Bruner. Dick was the first editor of the Budapest Week, as well as my mentor and friend.Rick Bruner, Tibor Szendrei and I are the three surviving founders of our newspaper. That's a sobering thoug

#1 - Tibor Szendrei

Sep 28th, 2020 1h

Tibor Szendrei was one of the first people to commit to creating the Budapest Week, and as our single Hungarian partner, Tibor also had the most to lose. In this episode, he talks about why.We knew we could count on Tibor when, for example, a l

#0 - Bruce Lewis

Sep 19th, 2020 1h 15m

I asked my old friend, Bruce Lewis, to kick off this project with me by recording the pilot episode. He's is an accomplished guitarist, born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. Bruce and I were introduced by a mutual friend, Bob Cohen. Bruce bec

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