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- Where has The Germany Experience been?
Here's a short update on why there have been no new epsidoes in the last month, and when you can expect the next episodes.
2 min - Writing a Eurovision song, and traveling to the Arctic and Antarctic (Fadi from the UK)
Fadi Gaziri returns to the show to talk about writing a song for the Eurovision song contest. We talk about why we love the Eurovision song contest so much, what makes a good Eurovision song, and how countries select their entries. Listen to the end of the episode to hear Fadi's Eurovision song entry.
Fadi also talks about scoring music for German TV shows and working as a musician on cruises to the Arctic and Antarctic.
The book Fadi wrote: ZE GERMANS: An expat's guide to living in Germany
The video for Fadi's Eurovision song entry: Rettermädchen ESC2022 GermanyFadi's Website: http://fadigaziri.com/
The NDR documentary that Fadi scored: Was ist damals passiert? Meine Kinderverschickung
JOIN THE THE GERMANY EXPERIENCE FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/theGermanyExperienceVisit the official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
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Review the podcast: https://thegermanyexperience.de/rateContact me: [email protected]
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Official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Contact me: [email protected]
Podcast Intro Music by: Adrian Bran40 min - Choosing a rural life, coming to Germany as a lawyer, and a giant tea cup (Rachel from South Africa)
It only took 106 episodes, but Shaun finally has a South African guest on the podcast! Rachel is a lawyer (also a first) who has only been in Germany for a few weeks. She discusses her first impressions of Germany, choosing between a corporate and a startup when she was looking for a job, and why she is leaning towards a more rural life in Germany. She also explains why winter jackets are such foreign things to people from the southern hemisphere and we marvel over her very large tea cup.
Rachel on Instagram: @RachInBerlin
Some links from the episode:- Smile at Amazon (donate to charity with your purchases)
- Clarkson's Farm
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Review the podcast: https://thegermanyexperience.de/rateContact me: [email protected]
Support the showInstagram: the.germany.experience
Official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Contact me: [email protected]
Podcast Intro Music by: Adrian Bran46 min - Visa struggles, escaping the pandemic on an organic farm, and being a musician in Germany (Laura Osburn from Canada)
Laura Osburn is a singer/songwriter from Canada who came to Germany in January 2020 to work on her album and play live shows – and both those plans have been derailed by COVID. We talk about her struggles to get a long-term visa for Germany, how she spent the beginning of the pandemic on an organic farm, and the difficulties she's faced with getting her album recorded.
Get in touch with Laura on Instagram: @lauraosburnsongstress
Listen to her music on Spotify: Laura Osburn on Spotify
Her Website: Laura Osburn
Laura in concert: Laura Osburn live from DIE LUKE in Ludwigsburg
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Official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Contact me: [email protected]
Podcast Intro Music by: Adrian Bran41 min - How to be a good dinner guest in a German home (Nina from Germany)
Getting invited to a German's home for dinner is difficult enough, but if it happens, you're probably nearing the German's "inner circle". But how do you behave? What is good etiquette? Are there unwritten rules you need to know about? For foreigners, being a dinner guest in a German's home can feel like daunting minefield.
But actually, it's really not. Allegedly German Nina joins me for this episode to take us step-by-step through being a dinner guest in a German's home, starting from getting a small gift through to how to signal that you're done eating your food.
Listen to my German podcast with Nina: Die Deutsche und der Ausländer
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Official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
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Podcast Intro Music by: Adrian Bran42 min - Podcasts, why we love them, and how they help foreigners (Marina and Greta from Buongiorno Bitch)
Marina is from Spain and Greta is from Italy, and together they host a podcast called Buongiorno Bitch. They join me to discuss our love for podcasts, and how they can help foreigners. We also talk about how both of them ended up in Germany, and how they made friends in an old-school 2010 way.
Follow Buongiorno Bitch on Instagram: @Buongiorno Bitch
Some of the podcasts we mentioned in the show:- Just Break Up
- Glücklich Verkopft
- Greta's favorite Zeit Online podcast: Ist das normal?
- Spanish podcasts that Marina listens to: Estirando el Chicle and Deforme Semanal Ideal Total
- Conan Needs a Friend
- Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Stuff You Should Know
- Italian podcast by former guest Carmen Romano: Crucchi o Terroni siamo tutti Fannulloni
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Visit the official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
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Review the podcast: https://thegermanyexperience.de/rateContact me: [email protected]
Support the showInstagram: the.germany.experience
Official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Contact me: [email protected]
Podcast Intro Music by: Adrian Bran53 min - Charity challenge wrap-up, and when The Germany Experience will be back
The 2021 charity challenge between Nicole of The Expat Cast and I is done, and we have a winner! We were able to raise a combined total of 1065€ for Kinderlachen, a charity that helps children in need. Thank you to everyone who donated for your kindness and generosity.
To find out who won, take a listen to the wrap-up :)
The Germany Experience will now be taking a break over the next few weeks, and will return in the last week of January. Wishing you a "guten Rutsch ins neues Jahr", and a very healthy and happy 2022!
FOLLOW MY NEW PODCAST, 5 GERMAN SONGS, ON SPOTIFY:
Get to know Germany through its music! In each episode, listen to five songs that define a certain aspect of Germany, along with explanations and deeper insights into the music: 5 German Songs
JOIN THE THE GERMANY EXPERIENCE FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/theGermanyExperienceVisit the official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
Subscribe to the YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Review the podcast: https://thegermanyexperience.de/rateContact me: [email protected]
Support the showInstagram: the.germany.experience
Official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Contact me: [email protected]
Podcast Intro Music by: Adrian Bran4 min - 2021 lows and highs and a charity challenge update with Nicole of the Expat Cast
Recorded as an Instagram Live on 21 December 2021. Nicole of The Expat Cast joins me to discuss our low and high points of 2021, and to give an update on our annual charity challenge, this year called ThrEGEPADFO. I also read out the low and high points of some listeners and Instagram followers.
We're also joined at one point by Lawin, host of the Pop Your Cultural Cherry podcast.
GO AND DONATE IN THE GERMANY PODCASTERS' ADVENT CHARITY CHALLENGE:
Nicole of The Expat Cast and I are once again competing in our annual charity challenge to see which podcast can raise the most money for our chosen cause. This year, it's Kinderlachen, which helps children across Germany who are in need or ill. The project I am supporting on focuses on helping children who face unexpected difficulties due to serious illness, an accident or other personal circumstances.
In this episode, I recite my THREGEPADFO poem as a response to Nicole's challenge!
Learn more and donate here!
FOLLOW MY NEW PODCAST, 5 GERMAN SONGS, ON SPOTIFY:
Get to know Germany through its music! In each episode, listen to five songs that define a certain aspect of Germany, along with explanations and deeper insights into the music: 5 German Songs
JOIN THE THE GERMANY EXPERIENCE FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/theGermanyExperienceVisit the official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
Subscribe to the YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Review the podcast: https://thegermanyexperience.de/rateContact me: [email protected]
Support the showInstagram: the.germany.experience
Official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Contact me: [email protected]
Podcast Intro Music by: Adrian Bran37 min - Making German easier with “-chen” endings, a PhD as a job, and Germans take long to say goodbye (Jeanette from the USA)
Jeanette from the USA moved to Germany to continue her studies, and ended up in a PhD program in Aachen. She discusses her experiences making friends while studying, learning German, and her life as a PhD student in Germany.
The children's book author Jeanette mentioned in her discussion: Janosch
+++Send me your highs and lows of 2021! I'd love to read them on the show with a special guest next week! Send to: [email protected], or leave me a voice message on The Germany Experience (click on the microphone icon on the bottom right of your screen and follow the instructions to leave a voice mail).+++
GO AND DONATE IN THE GERMANY PODCASTERS' ADVENT CHARITY CHALLENGE:
Nicole of The Expat Cast and I are once again competing in our annual charity challenge to see which podcast can raise the most money for our chosen cause. This year, it's Kinderlachen, which helps children across Germany who are in need or ill. The project I am supporting on focuses on helping children who face unexpected difficulties due to serious illness, an accident or other personal circumstances.
In this episode, I recite my THREGEPADFO poem as a response to Nicole's challenge!
Learn more and donate here!
FOLLOW MY NEW PODCAST, 5 GERMAN SONGS, ON SPOTIFY:
Get to know Germany through its music! In each episode, listen to five songs that define a certain aspect of Germany, along with explanations and deeper insights into the music: 5 German Songs
JOIN THE THE GERMANY EXPERIENCE FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/theGermanyExperienceVisit the official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
Subscribe to the YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Review the podcast: https://thegermanyexperience.de/rateContact me: [email protected]
Support the showInstagram: the.germany.experience
Official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Contact me: [email protected]
Podcast Intro Music by: Adrian Bran43 min - Episode 100: Funny and memorable The Germany Experience moments
DONATE in the ThrEGEPADFO CHARITY CHALLENGE!
It's the 100th episode of The Germany Experience! To celebrate, I take a look at just a few of the many memorable moments I've had on the show.
Including clips from the following previous episodes:- Church bells and bicycles (Shannon from the USA)
- Bonus Episode - A German experiences the Ausländerbehörde (Nina from Germany)
- Leaving Germany after a decade (Natalie from the UK)
- Feeling weighed down by the pandemic, and making the trip back home (Beth from the USA)
- Ask a German (Dominik, Jürgen & Philipp from Ach?)
- Sparkling wine receptions, digitization, WG living, and coming to Germany on a scholarship (Alex from the USA
- "Was guckst du?": A 20 year love/hate relationship with Germany (Elizabeth from the USA)
Do you have a favorite moment of The Germany Experience? I would love to hear it! Get in touch on social media (links below) or mail me: [email protected]
It's THREGEPADFO time!
Nicole of The Expat Cast and I are once again competing in our annual charity challenge to see which podcast can raise the most money for our chosen cause. This year, it's Kinderlachen, which helps children across Germany who are in need or ill. The project I am supporting on focuses on helping children who face unexpected difficulties due to serious illness, an accident or other personal circumstances.
Learn more and donate here!
JOIN THE THE GERMANY EXPERIENCE FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/theGermanyExperienceVisit the official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
Subscribe to the YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Review the podcast: https://thegermanyexperience.de/rateContact me: [email protected]
Support the showInstagram: the.germany.experience
Official podcast website: https://thegermanyexperience.de
YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thegermanyexperience
Contact me: [email protected]
Podcast Intro Music by: Adrian Bran32 min
About The Germany Experience
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Life in Germany, as seen through the eyes of outsiders. Featuring the stories of foreigners who moved to Germany - either temporarily or permanently - and tips and advice for life in Germany. Get an…
inside view of the joys, the frustrations, and the quirks of adapting to the culture and learning German. New episodes every second Wednesday.