Decades From Home - A Podcast About Germany

This week Simon & Nic discuss road rage and if Germany is less violent than the UK, how insulting people on German roads can lead to heavy fines and even jail time, one German who found the fines for insulting police officers can get very expensive very fast, the proposed new laws in UK to shutdown protests and why swearing in English is so popular in Germany and why many people get it wrong.

This week Simon & Nic discuss German cartoons and the 50th anniversary of Die Sendung mit der Maus., the continued popularity of the GDRs favourite car, the Trabant, the wonders of driving a Volkswagen UP! on the Autobahn, learning to drive in Germany and German car stereotypes.

This week Simon & Nic discuss Introducing Germans to good British food, our favourite German music, was Immanuel Kant a racist, an unexploded World War II bomb in Exeter and accent change when living abroad.

This week Simon & Nic discuss parental leave, Lucky numbers and German superstitions, the “wisdom” of football coaches, the campaign to support gay footballers and 1,200 new German words inspired by Covid.

This week Simon & Nic discuss a woman giving birth outside in -15 temperatures, Hartz IV recipients getting FFP2 masks after winning a legal battle and a father spying on his daughter’s conversations with teacher getting a heavy fine.

This week Simon & Nic discuss travelling without leaving the house, Birkenstocks and German footwear, controversial changes to the German dictionary, the British pub crisis and the Millions worth of beer being thrown away in Germany.

This week Nic & Simon discuss an update on Tesla in Brandenburg, hidden treasure, drama at Schalke 04 and demolishing your own home.

This week Nic & Simon discuss whether pickle juice is a viable alternative to salt or grit for frozen roads, issues of recycling and waste in lockdown and do the English really get drunk the most?

This week, Nic and Simon discuss problems with passwords, baby names in Berlin, why your name is important for the covid vaccine roll out in Saxony, why Berlin’s new airport is a potential health hazard and breaking up covid house parties in house shoes.

This week, Nic and Simon discuss hunting for elusive FFP2 masks, skyscrapers in Munich and Germany’s tall buildings, footballers breaking lockdown for a haircut, traditional German bakeries dying out, and Why a German man’s missing password is the key to a $240 million fortune.