35. Mia - From Slovenia to Comedy Central

This week I sat down with Mia who has been living in Berlin for the past 8 years and has went from booking Slovenia punk bands in the land of Turbo Folk to production manager at Comedy Central.  We talk about the talent management industry, career progression, managing culture shock and in Germany and producing different series with a global team at Viacom.  In this episode I also found that Warsaw shore is a thing.  Be sure to tune in and check out this latest episode!  00:40 - From Slovenia to Berlin 01:20 - Berlin Settling 02.00 - Slovenian Talent Management 02:43 - Turbo Folk in Slovenia / Halid Beslich 05:11 - Goth Daming Boys - Managing Slovenian Band / Cops non bikes 07:11 - Booking Bands in Serbia 08:20 - Booking Costs and Relationships Costs 09:30 - Studying German 11:00 - Finding Another Job in Berlin 11:34 - Jazz Cubs 13:00 - Getting Payed in Jazz 15:00 - Google trends 16:00 - Working for a Synchronisation studio 17:15 - Watching Cartoons Full Time + 18:50 - Paw Patrol in Solvenian 19:50 - Nickelodeon and Viacom 22:00 - Series and How they are Performing - Warsaw Shore 24:00 - Transitioning to Comedy Central 26:00 - What does a producer do 29:00 - Creating Content for Different Platforms 31:00 - Comedians Solve World Problems 34:00 - Other Secret Stuff 36:00 - Working Across Platform 37:20 - Youtube Algorithm 40:00 - AbuDhaBi Vid Con 42:00 - Challenges Working Across Continents 46:00 - Podcasting in Comedy Central