Watermelon Juice Dima Arbooze

In the special episode dedicated to International Women's Day, I was joined by my new co-host Tlhonepho, and we celebrated women together with Berlin-based comedian Lena Stolby who brought her funny and fresh perspective on feminism, women and other stuff. This episode is more funny than inappropriate.

February is officially Black History Month in the US and because Germany is basically the colony of the United States and still has around ~40 000 US troops on its land, people here closely follow everything that happens in the metropole. 

I used this opportunity to educate myself on black history by talking to one of Berlin most lit comedians, Tyrone Stallone. Tyrone came to Berlin all the way from LA, which automatically makes him a black history expert in my eyes. Besides being a great storyteller, Tyrone also travelled to more than 30 countries, so we also discussed topics such as sex tourism and racial issues all around the world.  

This is the first truly German episode. Since I moved to Germany I was always fascinated by Turkish culture and people because they are such a crucial part of modern Germany bringing flavour to Berlin with delicious doners, 24-hour open Spatis and unquestionable swag but still living in a sort of a parallel society…

So for this episode, I invited my only Turkish-German friend Nihan to talk about her experience living in Germany. Among other stuff, we talked about topics like the difference between integration and assimilation, racism and how to pick up Turkish girls.

Are you making any new year resolutions this year?

In the first episode of 2021, I met with a Berlin-based comedian from Australia, Anna Beros, who actually managed to stay sober for the entire 2020, which is a bit ironic, because I personally don’t remember a better year to get hammered every day.

Among other things, we talked about reasons which pushed her to take such a radical step, tips and tricks on how not to relapse, and of course - dating without alcohol - is it worth it, and is it even possible.

In the Christmas episode, I met with a Berlin-based comedian Moni Zhang to discuss how expats, who don’t celebrate Christmas in their cultures, experience Christmas in Germany. Moni is from China, and they don’t give a damn about Christmas, in Ukraine we are orthodox, so we celebrate Christmas in January. For me, it always felt a bit weird being in Germany during this time of the year so I decided to make an episode with someone who shares a similar experience. Moni is from Wuhan, so of course, we also discuss what’s happening there with the coronavirus, and why she is ok with Chicken being slaughtered at meat factories.

In the first episode, I sat down with a Berlin-based psychologist, Mikko, to discuss mental health in the times of corona and psychotherapy in general. It was a weird year for all of us and I was curious about how it was for people whose job is to keep other people sane.

Among other stuff, we talked about how to recognize that you need help, why therapy is so expensive and is microdosing actually good for you.

00:14 - Intro

01:39 - Warm-up/remote work

04:54 - Why psychotherapy is so expensive

08:15 - Price of therapy in Ukraine

09:43 - Education you need to be a psychotherapist

13:43 - Does everyone need therapy?

16:00 - How to see if the therapist is good for you

16:58 - How to understand that you are depressed (spoiler alert: google it)

19:10 - Why Mikko became a psychotherapist

20:08 - The best part of being a therapist

24:35 - Why do therapy if you have friends

26:22 - Did pandemic affected the workload of therapists

27:37 - Human sterilization in Sweden

28:18 - Did corona expose issues of the society

29:34 - Epidemic of depression

34:24 - How to find a healthy line between working and chilling

36:05 - Self-help (Meditation apps, books, etc)

40:10 - Vipassana meditation

43:08 - Microdosing and drugs

46:23 - Are all therapists messed up?

48:35 - Dima’s attachment issues

51:55 - Pitching of the “fake therapist” idea