Intro Track
At 3:05 - Greetings Xenophiles!
Good news! My football team, Sunderland have qualified for the Europa League.
And even better news - Newcastle have not!
Today in 1703 St Petersburg (occasionally known as Leningrad) was founded by Peter The Great.
In 1937 on this day, Volkswagen was founded.
The Soviet Union’s air-defense system was humiliated when teenager Mathias Rust landed a tiny Cessna almost beside the Kremlin on this day in 1987.
9 years ago today Cristian Mungiu won the Palme D’Or at Cannes for 432.
And he’s just won it again for Fjord. - Way to go Cristi!
Happy Birthday to Kylie Minogue - 58 today and yes, I’m still dreaming…
10 years and one day ago, Binili a invins, and Radio Guerrilla came back on the air.
Georgios Bakopanos
Who do you think you are?
Throwback
Born and raised in Vancouver BC Canada, in a Greek immigrant household. Left school at sixteen.
First book - Are we good customers?
Hypocrisy, Ego and why we reward bad behaviour in the marketplace
- Companies allow customers to behave badly.
- The hypocrisy angle?
19:16
Money Money Money
Worked twelve years inside a restaurant my father originally built but had to sell, and I took over with a partner (later on my own and it became successful) on West Broadway in Vancouver.
Lost most of what I had built due to poor choices. Left Canada for Greece in 2001 with two suitcases. Rebuilt across two continents and three countries over the following years.
Second book - Are you worth remembering?
Building retention, referrals and loyalty through gratitude.
- Most businesses focus on transactions, efficiency, and sales — but long-term success comes from being emotionally memorable.
- How much of this is marketing? (Think Apple)
19:33
Chaotic, Quixotic, Exotic
Romania in 2006 - Why?
What? Speaking? Conferences. Spare time?
New book - Are Men Stupid?
OnlyFans economy, actually about human behaviour.
- Lloneliness, attention, trust, and modern digital intimacy
- AI companion industry as the wider backdrop
- A book that looks like it is about adult entertainment, and is actually about human behavior, loneliness, and the way digital systems are learning to make people feel seen.
19:46
Next Chapter
What happens next?