Know Your Place Podcast - Episode 53 - German Cultural References

On this week's episode I talk about some of the things that have shaped my view of German culture. These include the Hofbrauhaus chain, Oktoberfest celebrations, the movie the Bourne Supremacy, the movie Goodbye Lenin, the Remarque novel Goodbye Lenin, the singer Heino, The bands Die Artze and Rammstein. German Deserts, Breads, Dishes and Butchers.

On this week's episode I talk about American Military Interventionism throughout my lifetime 1989-present. I also discuss previous wars to WW2 and why I think they are different.

This week I talk about my different cook out experiences in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Cincinnati, and Kentucky.

For the special 50th episode, I bring back on my first guest WIll Tune for a livestream about middle american colleges and college towns. We've all heard of Berkley, Princeton, Havard and Yale. However, Will and I will take a minute to talk about the middle american college atmosphere. Some colleges and campus that will be mentioned include Bloomington (IU), Muncie (Ball State), Kentucky (Lexington), Tennessee (Knoxville), and Northwestern (Evanston).

On this week's episode I talk about house hunting and desirabilty in the US, Canada, and the UK.

On this week's episode, I talk about the ancestry of certain parts of america and the cultural impact it's had and is having. Including French Louisiana, New England, German midwest (especially Wisconsin) and Mexican in Texas.

On this week's episode I talk about three different famous state border skirmishes in American History

The Toledo War - Ohio vs Michigan

https://erenow.net/common/how-the-states-got-their-shapes/21.php

Bleeding Kansas - Kansas vs Missouri

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding_Kansas

West Virginia secession - West Virginia (part)/Union forces vs mainly Virginia

https://aaregistry.org/story/west-virginia-created-by-secession-from-southern-confederate-state/

On this episode I talk about independent/smaller corporate vs larger radio. Stations mentioned WGSO (new Orleans), WTTS (bloomington, IN), WRFL (Lexington, KY), Capetalk (Capetown, SA), LBC (London, England) and RTE (Ireland).

On this episode, I talk about what is considered great leadership in different countries. Main topics include the United States, UK, Russia, France, and Germany.

On this episode I talk about ends of eras and how they define places they are tied to. Deaths of John Mccain and George HW Bush are discussed. As well as Bill Clinton era and Merkel era in Germany.