Are You Taking Longer Showers When You Have an Energy Crisis?

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Jen Kirby: Are the Germans better at making sacrifices? Nicole American: I am a typical American. "I'm inclined to be very like economic with energy in the first place," she says. She and her husband are preparing for an energy crisis by taking shorter showers, turning off lights when they leave room.

Pipelines are leaking, winter is coming, and concerns over an energy crisis in Europe are growing. Vox’s Jen Kirby heads to Oktoberfest to find out more.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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