Decades From Home - A Podcast About Germany

Episode 202: Haferflocken Hell

It’s an action packed episode this week, which isn’t good news for Nic who seems to be a little under the weather. Luckily Kat has a sure fire remedy to perk him up. We also review the vote and various controversies over the 2024 Jugendwort des Jahre…

Episode 201: Hey Prude

It’s back to school, or rather university, this week as Nic returns to the classroom for another semester of inspiring students with jazzy Powerpoint slides. We also discuss why an opera ended with 18 audience members needing medical attention, and t…

Episode 200: Two Centuries From Home

Well look at that, we’ve made it two whole centuries of podcast episodes, who would have thought! Continuing a tradition established way back in episode 100, we’ve collected some of the most asked questions about Germany from across the internet (wel…

Episode 199: Kurbis Your Enthusiasm

It’s feeling autumnal this week, probably because of all the pumpkins we keep seeing around the place. Nic has seen piles of them at the side of the road, and Dili’s found a novel way of getting a discount when she needs a Kurbis. Nic wishes the Okto…

Episode 198: Procrastination Eis

On the show this week, Nic has a run in with the Bishop of Augsburg, we discuss the election results in Brandenburg and what it all means for Germany, and we finish on a surprise invitation to Oktoberfest.

Episode 197: Big Beamter

On the show this week, we’re joined by translator, Würzburg resident, and all round top Scottish lass Lynn Nothegger! As if to celebrate Lynn’s debut, Producer Simon brings us some exciting news about trams coming out of Frankfurt, we find out why no…

Episode 196: How Now Kinocow

On this week’s pod, we inject a little mystery into proceedings as we’re joined by our first unnamed guest, Kinocow! We ask about useful pseudonyms, social media anonymity, and whether cows really do have interesting opinions about Germany. We talk a…

Episode 195: Adelewelt

After three weeks of general calm, we welcome Nic back to the podcast, fresh from some serious holiday adventuring. Before we can get to that though, we pick through the recent and rather depressing results from state elections in Sachsen & Thuri…

Episode 194: Berlinglish

With Nic still away, Dili and Kat helm the show for another episode. They're joined by Berlin-based writer, Jacinta Nandi, who tells us about the pre-€ days when Germany seemed so affordable, the mental block many Brits have about the relatively shor…

Episode 193: Dorflife

This week Dili and frequent guest Kat are joined by friend-of-the-show, Scandi Tina. Originally from Norway, Tina grew up in Africa and then moved to the UK. Tina shares how her complicated family background necessitated her learning English, then Af…