Friderikusz - Podcast

It was exactly on the evening of my 30th birthday that Sándor Friderikusz contacted me, inviting me for a conversation on his show, the Friderikusz Podcast. I have been listening to it for years, and it was my dream to one day be featured and share the message and knowledge I have accumulated over a decade, which I also write about in my books.

The location of our first personal meeting was a café in the capital, where I arrived running, holding the book *Run, Believe, Live* in my hand—stylish, authentic, and true to the book's theme.

Fridi and I talked in flow for at least an hour, as if we had known each other for years. We parted with the understanding that he would get back to me regarding whether the interview would take place.

Suddenly the phone rings, it was Fridi calling: there will be an interview, he sobbed while reading the book.

Days pass—email exchanges, phone calls, the date for the studio recording approaches.

Meanwhile, I listen to my favorite Friderikusz Podcast episode for the third time: their conversation with Tamás Frei.

I'm browsing the channel.

Brilliant interviews with Katalin Karikó, Krisztián Steigervald, Dr. Gábor Máté, Tamás Náray, Dr. Richárd Schwab, Azahriah, and many others.

Soon I will be there too; a dream is coming true.

The greatest opportunity of my life so far was waiting for me. I had already told my family and friends where I would be appearing.

I prepare because I know how big an opportunity I've been given: it felt as if, after 20 years of unwavering work and diligent study, I had reached the final of the "Olympics of domestic podcasts," the Friderikusz Podcast, where I am the only contestant, so my only task is to reach the finish line.

I thought all the struggles of the past two decades were worth it. All's well that ends well.

But unfortunately, this conversation did not reach its end: I had to drop out halfway. As they say in sports: it was a DNF, Did Not Finish; I did not reach the finish line.

I couldn't deliver the performance—there wasn't enough emotional charge in the conversation. Despite the childhood dreams, the story of the battle with cancer, or the story of the medical device I developed, it didn't come across clearly enough during the conversation what this meant to me.

Life isn't always fair—although most of the time it's magical, every now and then it's tragic. I experienced this during my struggle with cancer, in connection with the loss of my brother, and on the occasion of the unfinished Friderikusz Podcast.

Nevertheless, I left with my head held high and with the greatest respect, and I still consider Fridi's podcast the best in the country in this genre: for me, it is the absolute finalist and winner of the domestic podcast Olympics.

It was a joy and an eternal experience for me to get to know Sándor Friderikusz, or as everyone knows him, Fridi.