Musings from Budapest
An audio journal chronicling my experiences as an American creative (flimmaker and author) in Budapest, navigating language barriers, creative struggles, monkey brain, and cultural displacement. Created mostly for myself as a means to look back on this chapter in my life, these sometimes philosophical, occasionally melancholic, and frequently weird musings document my journey of cutting a row in new soil.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2025
Day 360: Bullet and The Dream
November 15, 2024
Loungy. Weird ass dream. Bullet documentary is moving. Gas pipe repairs in the building. Things are OK.
Day 356: Follow Up on Nostalgia
November 11, 2024 Again
Thinking about nostalgia while making coffee. Revive the idea of an audio journal after pen and paper journaling since 1995. What makes memories?
Day 356: Autumn and The Curse
November 11, 2024
Woke up early, reminisced about autumn in Appalachia. Reflected on current projects: a novel, a documentary all while wracked with anxiety (sorta).
Day 353: Obamas Almonds
November 8, 2024
YES, 2024... Fast forward a year. This is as political as I get, which is to say, observational. Trigger warnings for people on the left. None for people on the right (they don't real…
Day 13: Saturday Vibes Daily
December 4, 2023
Why can't every day feel like Saturday?
Day 9: Snow
November 30, 2023
It's a snowy morning. Reflecting on documentaries from the Verzio film festival, heart vs commercialism. '20 Days in Mariupol' and 'Apollonia, Apollonia,' the raw, the pure, . Childh…
Day 6: Getting Out There
November 27, 2023
Woke up to my first full night's sleep in ages, fantastic. Got into my morning routines, saw a bit of snow. Signed up for a badminton event—haven't played in years—and started bondin…
Day 4: Thanksgiving Blues
November 25, 2023
Making coffee on day four. Slept 11 hours, feeling better, went to a friend's Thanksgiving, met new people. Feeling productive today. Dating apps and midlife loneliness. Looked at an…
Day 3: Antsy
November 24, 2023
It's afternoon on day three, and I’m exhausted, rough night. I didn't record yesterday but considered it. Jet lag, language barriers, and grocery shopping. Thanksgiving lonely, chick…
Day 1: I'm Back in Budapest
November 22, 2023
It's day one in Hungary, and I'm starting a daily dispatch to document my experiences and reflections. I arrived yesterday, had some luggage issues, but settled into my flat in Budap…