Dear Mr. Dragon

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  Be sure to check out all my upcoming show on my Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/dragoscomedy...  You can also follow my Instagram here:  https://www.instagram.com/dragoscomedy/

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/ Be sure to subscribe for more! 

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!  Dragos 

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 Busi

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 Solven

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

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 Dyn

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 Mater

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. ethical non monogamy 1:50 open marriages 3:02 Traditional background Coming out Atheist 3:50 Coming out bisexual 3:55 Coming out as poly 4:54 - married with the

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

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 Wa

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

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 g

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