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After returning home from the West in 1985, Tamás Rupaszav lost his traveling privaleges but not his love for punk music. In part 2 of our interview with the Hungarian music producer, Tamás talks about dodging military service, recording music in summer homes and his never-ending car repairs.

Music producer Tamás Rupaszav joins The 011 Podcast to talk about playing in a Hungarian punk band in the early 1980s. Looking like Johnny Rotten got him his first gig, launching Tamás on a wild journey that culminated in exile in France.

Maria Gyarmati joins The 011 Podcast to talk about her work as the Art Director of Panel Magazine, why she decided to leave Russia to study and live in Hungary, and what she thinks about the state of animation, dance and NFTs.

Todd & Steve ask John about how and why he became a Hungarian citizen. They then discuss navigating local bureaucracy, addressing adults with the formal form, meeting Todd during his office hours and much more.

The publisher of Panel Magazine joins The 011 Podcast to talk about trends in writing and publishing, printing on demand, what she looks for in new authors who submit to her magazine and much more.

John Cantwell left Long Island in 1993 to live in Budapest for a year or 2. Nearly 30 years later it all still makes sense.

How different were things in Hungary back in the day? Bob Cohen shares his opinions on flip phones, music promoters, and Hungarian cultural myths.

What makes a good laugh? Todd & Steve unpack humor in the US and Europe to find we all have much more in common than we think.

Bronx native Bob Cohen arrived in Hungary in just before the fall of Communism and his interest in music and linguistics took him to Romania, Hungary and the Balkans during a fascinating period of change.

Todd & Steve put their American heads together and sort the European continent into sectors. The resulting paradigm may still need a little work.

There's not much adventure on a guided, all-inclusive tour. So how far do you need to go to call yourself a real traveler?

Todd & Steve search their histories and experiences to answer the question of how committed people are to the identities they assume and explain why they grew their hair at the beginning of their European adventure.

Human rights lawyer Tamás Fazekas reflects on the past six years, since the Hungarian government erected a barbed wire fence across its southern border to keep refugees, whom they insisted were economic migrants, out.

Lighting fireworks in the driveway, skateboarding at the fire department, and building muscle cars. Todd & Steve plumb their memories to talk about being a child in the 1970s. Find out why Todd wore a suit to school and Steve only saw his mom at dinnertime.

Todd & Steve are joined by lawyer and human rights activist Tamás Fazekas to talk about the effects of the government's new anti-pedophilia law, which included restrictions on classroom material and media that "popularizes" homosexuality or gender reassignment.

Where can you go? In honor of the (partial) renovation of Budapest's vital City Park, Todd & Steve weigh up public spaces in Hungary versus the United States and why it's always a struggle to maintain public areas. Then they discuss the merits of fenceless neighborhoods.

Todd & Steve are joined again by author and professor Zoltán Pogátsa to figure out what it takes to get kicked out of the EU, why the money will keep flowing into Greece and Hungary, and what to expect in next year's Hungarian election.

Todd & Steve are joined by published author and professor of political economy Zoltán Pogátsa to discuss privatization after the fall of Communism, the disastrous speech given by then-Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, the lack of ideology in modern politics and much more.

Rocking with Bródy János and the growing open-mic scene, part 2 of our interview with Gábor Bihari. After organizing a concert for Bródy János in Los Angeles, Gábor returns to Hungary and joins the good times in Budapest in the 1990s. He then tells us about running one of the most popular open-mics in Europe, while Todd announces his new album.

From Romania to California in the 1980s, part 1 of our interview with Gábor Bihari. As a teenager under the Ceausescu dictatorship, Gábor's family was cut in half when his mother and brother defected to America. Two years later he joined them in Los Angeles and the American dream was at hand. So why does he live in Hungary?