8: Book Culture in Prague, Czech Republic with Mel & Dave from a Strong Sense of Place Podcast

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Do you read about a place before traveling there? Yup, so do we. By we I mean Mel and Dave, two American expats living in Prague, Czech Republic and Creators of the Sense of Place Podcast. Oh, and myself. In a few podcast episodes Mel and Dave have already perfected the art of diving deep into a place via books and the people who love them. 

This mini episode is in two parts: 
1. their favorite bookstores in Prague
and
2. two really heartwarming and romantic book love stories

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 A special thank you goes out to Summer Rylander, Travel Writer, Repeat Geopats Podcast Guest and most importantly, dear friend. She is the one who turned me onto a Strong Sense of Place Podcast in the first place. Thanks Summer!
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Summer's website (which will have a companion PODCAST soon!)
Eat Something Go Somewhere    eatsomethinggosomewhere.com/
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Her episode on our internet show: 
https://geopats.podbean.com/e/ep-75-summer-rylander-the-most-productive-procrastinator-in-expatland/

Our conversation about Pico Iyer's book Global Soul on the book show: 
​https://geopats.podbean.com/e/ep-17-two-podcasting-geopats-discuss-the-global-soul-by-pico-iyer/

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After listening to their book love stories, wipe the tears from your eyes and check out this amazing post about the book on Brain Pickings, www.brainpickings.org/2019/09/02/i-like-you-stoddard-chwast/

Also, I bought the book today for you know who! Shhhhhhhhhh.-Steph

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Instead of over describing their podcast,
​ it's best that you just listen to their most recent episode. Here you go

This is an accidental mini book episode. I was actually interviewing Mel and Dave for the Global Podcasters show on Geopats when we went down a few book rabbit holes. Instead of deleting these gems like I did pre-NaPodPoMo, I suggested splitting the episode in two and they graciously agreed. What this means for you is that you get more of the Strong Sense of Place folks in March when we focus on their book podcast research process. That episode will be out Friday, March 6th! 

Mel's Prague Bookstore Recommendations:
Neoluxor Palace of Books  www.luxor.cz/
Shakespeare & Sons www.shakes.cz/  

Dave's Prague Bookstore Recommendations:
The Globe ​https://globebookstore.cz/

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Do you have a bookish project? 

If you have a bookish podcast or project and want to have your podcast promo or announcement about your project played on book show episodes of the Geopats Podcast, contact me to arrange it. It's 100% free. I love sharing bookish resources and podcasts. Promos are 1 minute long and can be as basic or fancy as you like. Past promos have timestamps in the show notes, so feel free to listen to a few before making one. 

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Geopats Podcast: 
Would love to hear from you! Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn  & you can even leave a voice message on Speakpipe. Where to find the Geopats Podcast website, Apple Podcasts page, subscribe on : iOS , Android devices, RSS. Check out all of our projects: https://stephfuccio.com/​

Music courtesy of Damon Castillo,https://www.damoncastillo.com . The song in this episode is “Body Blues” from the "Mess of Me" album

This episode was created with:
-Steph was using a Samson Q2U microphones 
-We talked to each other via Zoom Cloud Recording, zoom.us/ BUT the audio files were recorded locally and edited as Steph's first 3 track editing session
-Auphonic,free online leveling software
- Producer, Editor, & Host: Stephanie (Gmail: stephfuccio or WeChat: stephfuccio)
- Podbean hosting site: Get 1 month free, https://www.podbean.com/virtualexpats