Decades From Home - A Podcast About Germany 40% German
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- Society & Culture
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With over two decades of living in Germany between them, Nic and Dili, host a podcast about Germany filled with news, articles, and stories that show the many different sides to German life.
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Ep 183: More Tor
Euro 2024 has kicked off in style, and to celebrate the first football tournament in Germany since 2006 we have German football journalist Hendrik Buchheister on the pod this week. Hendrik brings his expert knowledge to discuss the possibility of another Sommermärchen, the gloomy backdrop to the tournament, and his excellent new book, We call it a Klassiker.
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Ep 182: Großes Tor
This week we're joined by Berlin tour guide extraordinaire Jonny Whitlam! With Euro 2024 on the horizon, Berlin is abuzz with preparations for the influx of football fans. We talk about the excitement as the city embraces football fever. We also delve into a contentious poll by TV channel ARD that has sparked accusations of racism, and finish on the major flooding in the south of the country.
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Ep 181: Vogel Titten
We're thrilled to be joined by Kat, occasional guest co-host and founder of the @germany_iam Twitter account. We delve into British and German buffets, spotting squirrels, and discuss the advantages of renting your home to visiting football fans. We also celebrate the 75th anniversary of Germany's Grundgesetz, and finish on the unfolding scandal on the affluent island of Sylt in northern Germany.
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Ep 180: Hugh Hefner's Playmobil Set
Nic recounts a drunken meeting with a fan and his hopes that he made a good impression. We also discuss German lake life, Dili regales us with her pottery adventures and we go on a trip to Nürnberg's Playmobil Fun park.
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Ep 179: Mega Guests
Join us this week as we welcome Megan and Konrad, the wonderful hosts of the fantastic podcast Megan's Megacan, who share insights into their show's origins, the significance of the eponymous "megacan", and we learn whether alcohol can make us better podcasters. We also enlist Megan to explain why Eurovision is so popular, and we pick Konrad's brains on the complexities of German politics.
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Ep 178: Potted History
The saga of Dili's pigeon woes continues as her unwelcome visitors make a bold return to the balcony, defying all eviction attempts yet again. We also discuss Dili’s new found love of ceramics, the lack of value at flea markets, and the problems of bidding on Meisse. we reexamine the uproar surrounding the soaring prices of ice cream, and finish on the rise in attacks on German politicians.
Customer Reviews
Great year of podcasting
This is a great fun to listen podcast with Nic, Dili and producer Simon, it cheers up the weekend, makes me laugh, but also has a serious side. I love the podcasts that tackle the politics and what is going on in Germany. Great to also have guests along to the podcasts throughout the year. They really range far and wide about all things German and living there. It's a great show. Looking forward to 2024 and my weekend fix.
A must listen
Makes me yearn for my old student days and summer jobs in Hamburg, Ulm and Erlangen. I really love the accounts of meetings with Herr ‘Hallo!’ which crop up from time to time.
My weekly fix of Anglo-German goodness
Within the sea of podcasts that wash up in my subscription feed, this is amongst the few that I’ll have to listen to immediately after it drops. Nic and Simon give me my weekly fix of Anglo-German intercultural observations. As a German living in the UK their experience as Brits in Germany is just a wonderful flipside to my own perspective - plus they’re lovely (albeit wrong on most questions relating to food).