The Hungarian Heritage Podcast

On this episode of the Hungarian Heritage podcast I will be speaking with Eniko Basa, and she is a founding member of the American Hungarian Educator’s Association in Washington. DC.  She and I talk candidly about our different experiences with learning or maintaining the Hungarian language, what the catalyst was for creating the AHEA, as well as, how you, too,  can become a member of the organiza...

On this episode of the Hungarian Heritage Podcast we are going to talk about a romantic, and sometimes hectic topic of weddings and wedding planning.  I am speaking with Anna and Marton, a recently married couple, and we discuss their experience with what it’s like to plan a wedding in Hungary. In this modern world we live in with access to the internet, couples around the world have similar ideas...

On this episode of the Hungarian Heritage podcast I will be speaking with Marielle van Luijk ,and she is a collector of  authentic Hungarian Folk costumes. We are going to talk about Marielle’s Hungarian heritage, what inspired her at a young age about Hungarian folk clothing, when she started collecting, how her collection has grown, and how she continues to collect and showcase her pieces. Addit...

On this episode of the Hungarian Heritage Podcast we will be discussing the Future Leaders exchange program or Flex which is run and funded by the US Department of State.  It was created by former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley back in the early 1990’s. Senator Bradley believed that the best way to ensure peace between the US and the countries of Eurasia, specifically during the time period after...

On this episode of the Hungarian Heritage podcast  we will be talking about a delicious topic, and that is Kurtos Kalacs….translation…chimney cakes. That delicious, confectionary delight you typically find at a Hungarian street festival.   My special guest today is , Nicole Shaw-Provillion, who is an expertly trained chimney cake maker and she is the founder and owner of Kurly Kurtosh in Nutley, N...

On this episode of the Hungarian Heritage podcast  we will be talking with Cathy Lamont and Joseph Kroupa from the Hungarian folk dance group the Tisza Ensemble.  We will talk all about Hungarian folk dancing, the similarities and differences of dance styles and choreography in the different regions of Hungary, and we will talk about the history of Tisza Dance ensemble located outside Washington,...

On this episode of the Hungarian Heritage podcast  we will be talking with Geri Borbely,  a Hungarian who grew up on his family’s winery in Hungary learning and working on the family’s vineyard in all of the stages of  wine making from the grape on the vine to the wine in the bottle, and then using his experience to attain his degree in wines and spirits.   We will also be talking with Geri’s wife...

Willie Gevertz, a native New Yorker,  is a popular You Tuber, Instagrammer, and social media expert who fell in love with Hungary after just one visit and then decided to move there, where he then fell more in love with Hungary and it’s also where he met fiancé. During this new adventure,  Willie had been documenting his love of Hungary and the Hungarian culture by walking around towns and cities...

Sziaszktok! Welcome to the introduction episode of the Hungarian Heritage Podcast! This podcast is dedicated to helping people make more connections to their Hungarian Heritage and to help connect the circles of Hungarians around us.  Whether you are just beginning your journey of discovering about your Hungarian Heritage, or you're looking to dive a little deeper, then this is the place to b...