My Very Last Life

My Very Last Life

By Eric T. Hansen (Grumpy Old Writer)Society & CultureEducationArtsBooksSelf-Improvement
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My Very Last Life episodes

  • Treppenwitz
    You know that one time you didn't know what to say until it was too late? Germans have a word for that.
    6 min
  • Mitläufer
    Americans say: Are you a leader or a follower? Germans say: Do you run, or do you run with?
    12 min
  • Musse
    We all must .... but when can we unmust?
    Weird, wonderful, disturbing, challenging, funny – the video and podcast series Great German Words (on iTunes & Podbean) presents words everyone needs or at least should think about.
    Eric T. Hansen is an American writer – originally from Hawaii – who has lived in Germany for 30 years, writes books in German and has a great need to share these words with you.
    6 min
  • Halbwissen
    When you know enough to convince everyone else you know everything, but not so much that you actually know anything.
    7 min
  • Grosskotz
    Who's the Big Vomit? Are you the Big Vomit? Do you know the Big Vomit? Do you want to?
    4 min
  • Leistungsgesellschaft
    Germans love to criticize, and some of the words they invent – like Leistungsgesellschaft – contain inherent criticism of the very foundations of their own society.
    12 min
  • Arschgeige
    If you think Germans just aren't funny – try insulting them. "A****geige" - so funny you'll laugh until some guy slugs you in the face.
    4 min

About My Very Last Life

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Eric T. Hansen – also known as Grumpy Old Writer – looks back upon his 60 years gone before and forward to the last 20 yet to come ...