Megan's Megacan

Five weeks of drought and one dose of COVID-19 later, the Megacanners are back in your ears, with more German Things: Germany's north-south rivalry gets reinflamed by a row over energy policy, there's the anniversary of the Rostock pogrom, and How To Fight Money Laundering with Christian Lindner. Sante! Buy us a round, ask us a question: https://www.patreon.com/megansmegacan Or follow us on whichever billionaire's data-mining operation you prefer: https://twitter.com/megansmegacan https://www.facebook.com/MegansMegacan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-o_U5nqe4_-yKfOm1CXOPA

Megan's about to go on her summer holidays, so the last thing she wants is a German official called Klaus warning her about her winter heating bills. But Germany is on the brink of a gas crisis, so we have special guest energy expert Izzy Choksey to keep us calm. If anyone can help it'll be Economy Minister and noughties romcom star Robert Habeck. Skol! Buy us a round, ask us a question: https://www.patreon.com/megansmegacan Or follow us on whichever billionaire's data-mining operation you prefer: https://twitter.com/megansmegacan https://www.facebook.com/MegansMegacan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-o_U5nqe4_-yKfOm1CXOPA

Megan's in a superb mood as this week's show begins, so Konrad decides to try and explain Germany's antitrust laws, and why Robert Habeck thinks he can tighten them, because of Christian Lindner's petrol price fiasco. Long story. Then something else that needs tightening: gun control. As well as our grip on the news. Prost! Buy us a round, ask us a question: https://www.patreon.com/megansmegacan Or follow us on whichever billionaire's data-mining operation you prefer: https://twitter.com/megansmegacan https://www.facebook.com/MegansMegacan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-o_U5nqe4_-yKfOm1CXOPA

What do AfD Bundestag members message each other about when they think no one's listening? Now we know, thanks to some awkward text leaks. Plus, another state election has happened out West, somewhat confusingly, and what do East Germans feel about Russia? Konrad reports back from Erfurt. Mahlzeit! Buy us a round, ask us a question: https://www.patreon.com/megansmegacan Or follow us on whichever billionaire's data-mining operation you prefer: https://twitter.com/megansmegacan https://www.facebook.com/MegansMegacan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-o_U5nqe4_-yKfOm1CXOPA

New limited edition megas this week, after Schleswig-Holstein, AKA the sticky-up bit that's almost Denmark, went to the polls and delivered a blow to the AfD. Then Berlin cops failed to enforce neutrality on Victory Day, Giffey got a Gif-Ei (crap German pun), and why Berlin's Education Minister gives Megan the heebie-jeebies. Ahoy! Buy us a round, ask us a question: https://www.patreon.com/megansmegacan Or follow us on whichever billionaire's data-mining operation you prefer: https://twitter.com/megansmegacan https://www.facebook.com/MegansMegacan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-o_U5nqe4_-yKfOm1CXOPA

SPD fossils Steini, Siggi, and Scholz come to terms with their party's disastrous Russia policy, as nerves fray between Germany and Ukraine over arms supplies. Meanwhile, 4/20 protesters took to the streets of Berlin this week to ask why Germany has still not introduced humane drug policies. Gebt das Hanf frei! Buy us a round, ask us a question: https://www.patreon.com/megansmegacan Or follow us on whichever billionaire's data-mining operation you prefer: https://twitter.com/megansmegacan https://www.facebook.com/MegansMegacan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-o_U5nqe4_-yKfOm1CXOPA

While Ukraine fights for European democracy, Germany manages to distract itself for a week with some good old pandemic nonsense. The government gets embarrassed in the Bundestag, tries to figure out what to do if we run out of gas, and argues about speed limits. Meanwhile Boris Becker gets himself in a mess. Time for some rave fuel.

War, refugees, pipelines, Nazis, Gerhard Schröder. Things just keep happening and people keep doing them, and Megan and Konrad are here to tell you about it, with the soft cushion of an attitude adjuster, AKA a Rum and Coke. What's all this about then?

The horror won't go away, but then neither do megacans. This week, Megan and Konrad get some distraction from world insanity with a welcome visit from veteran Berlin tour guide and history raconteur Ryan Balmer, who duly vents magnificently about the Humboldt Forum. Also Konrad has something to add about German arms exports.

Konrad has been to Hessen to see what's going on with the investigations into two of the more famous far-right crimes that Germany has witnessed in the last few years. Which was obviously delightful. And it's been raining. There's only one thing for it – lemonade and whisky.