Show Notes
Welcome!
In this episode we chat with our friend Quignor. One of the first mentors to join Balakun. He told us about mentoring, his trips to Ukraine as a volunteer and meeting his student in person. Thanks for chatting with us while jet lagged Quignor. / quignor
In other news, Sandi scored a point in the “try to pronounce it” game, finally stumping Vit with a completely nonsense word. Vit quickly reminded her that she can’t say mushroom in Ukrainian.
Such is life…
To become a mentor at Balakun go to www.balakun.co
A big thank you to Vladyslove for your help with the intro, outro and interludes… / vladyslove
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