Podcast #2: Jana Olivova, Prague's Speed Dating Cupid

The BlackGirlinPrague Podcast series rolls on with Episode #2!

And since this February, I tackle dating and romance—from the perspective of a Czech woman: Jana Olivova, the beautiful and super-smart Cupid behind Rande Motyl, a top speed dating agency in Prague for Czechs and Foreigners.

Find out how she got her start in the budding dating industry here; her thoughts on how Czech men stack up against their foreign counterparts; Czechs and their relationship styles; as well as pointers for being an effective speed dater, and other matters.

Now, a single podcast episode can't establish conclusively everything about the way Czechs do love, romance and dating. Jana's perspective is just one slice of something larger that I hope to explore in some fashion in other interviews.

That said, I hope you enjoy my chat with Jana, and leave feedback about it.

Cauky!


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Show Notes:

Rande Motyl
Speed Dating Prague
Rande Motyl on Facebook


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Do the Right, Fun, Affirming, Productive Things

Putting together the next podcast this weekend, and it's an interesting episode! In it, I speak with Jana Olivova, the founder of Rande Motyl, one of Prague's top speed dating agencies. Stay tuned for the podcast in the next few days.

My thanks to David Foster Wallace

While I've enjoyed the chats with my gracious guests (two and counting), already I'm not a fan of the production work required to get the podcasts listener-ready. Gotta be honest. The first episode cost me an unholy eight hours on Garageband. (Okay, it was my first time using the software....) This week, I sent off a work-related podcast to an external editor, who then billed me for an hour and a half's work. Do the math. 480 minutes versus 90 minutes

With projects at work or in our personal lives, how many of us end up overwhelmed or drained of enthusiasm because we are doing the WRONG things?

Move Me Once. Move Me Twice?

Last week, I read a NYTimes article about French fashion blogger Garance Dore moving to New York to be with her significant other—Scott Schuman, of the Satorialist blog. (A gushy NYMag interview of the two here.)

What a coincidence. An article around two topics, among others, that have popped up on my radar in recent days: Street fashion in Prague. (Does it exist?) Moving for love. (Yea or nay?)

Given that it's Valentine's week, let me try to note my thoughts on the more timely of the two topics before I lose the smidgen of enthusiasm that has me glued to my chair and in the mood to write....

But what a broad topic, and one with a personal subtext too.

When I was still back in the States, I knew I wanted to live in Europe, except I had all sorts of logical excuses and delay tactics lined up that kept me grounded. It took a short whirlwind romance with a Czech charmer I met while on vacation to Prague to light the fire.