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Budapest Unscripted: An Audio Documentary

Budapest Unscripted: An Audio Documentary

By: Chip Warren
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Painfully honest stories, reflections, and mishaps that chronicle a writer's life reinvented in Budapest.

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Episodes
  • E16: One Year In (Day 365)

    E16: One Year In (Day 365)
    Jun 25 2026

    A year ago today Chip boarded a plane to Budapest. Today he's under a blanket with a cold, watching the rain, thinking about what expatriation actually feels like — the absence of depth, the vertigo of starting over, and why challenge accentuates everything. Also: Greek temple friezes were painted in garish colors. He can't help himself.
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    14 mins
  • E15: AI and the App (Day 364)

    E15: AI and the App (Day 364)
    Jun 19 2026

    On Saturday morning Chip woke up wanting a better Hungarian flashcard app and, knowing nothing about coding, decided to build one with ChatGPT. By Sunday night it existed. What followed was a gray foggy Tuesday meditation on AI — what it's genuinely good for, what the hand-wringing gets wrong, and a Ben Affleck video worth looking up.



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit budapestunscripted.substack.com
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    25 mins
  • E14: Bullet and the Dream (Day 360)

    E14: Bullet and the Dream (Day 360)
    Jun 12 2026

    Day 360 opens with a dream — a blurred Hungarian in a rabbit mask who appropriated all the furniture for mailbox-related reasons. Then the actual news: a green light to move into development on the Bullet documentary. Who is Bullet? Chip tells you. Also: the human rights film festival, a week of double duty with a camera, and why he missed a few recording days.



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit budapestunscripted.substack.com
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    16 mins
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