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Decades From Home - A Podcast About Germany

With over two decades of living in Germany between them, Nic and Dili, host a podcast about Germany filled with news, articles, and stories that show the many different sides to German life.

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Episode 211: Nach Weihnachten

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2024/12/28

It’s that wonderful time between Christmas and New Year, where time has no meaning, and we’re all surviving off of the last of the Plätzchen and whatever leftovers we can find in the fridge. Speaking of leftovers, we find out what everyone’s been eating over Christmas, and how to deal with unfortunate dessert theft.Instead of bringing the weird and wonderful news of Germany, we instead focus on some festive curiosities as we discuss potential Cheese & Stollen sales, why Germans complain about

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00:49:08

Episode 210: Tetris Instruments

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2024/12/21

As some may have noticed, the pod is late in this week. Due to the recent attack in Magdeburg, we decided to remove some of the segments and release a shorter episode than usual. We hope you all understand, and join us in sending our sympathies to the victims and their families.Theme tune courtesy of Kloß mit SoßIt’s not just Glühwein and Sausages on the agenda this week though. If your home is anything like ours, there’s an ever increasing pile of cardboard boxes taking over as parcel deliveries

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00:40:05

Episode 209: Glühwein Gouged

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2024/12/14

Although it might be too early to call an intervention, it is becoming clear that Nic has a growing Weihnachtsmarkt addiction which is probably why he keeps bringing them up on the podcast. In fairness, it would take Scrooge-like levels of humbug to deny him his festive enjoyment, so we kick things off with a discussion of Glühwein price gouging, stealing mugs from the market, and the dubious names of certain Christmas beverages.Sadly, we can’t spend the whole show discussing Christmas markets,

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Episode 208: Cesspit

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2024/12/07

We always knew Producer Simon was award worthy, but now we have definitive proof as we celebrate our stalwart Producer’s first podcast award. Sadly, it turns out he’s been off winning recognition for another podcast…splitter. Anyway, we’re not jealous, especially with so much going on across Germany.Kat catches a moped parade of Santas, Nic discovers the 2024’s Weihnachtsmarkt beverage of choice, and there’s a Krampus run in Munich to discuss. If that wasn’t enough, there’s drama in Berlin over a

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00:40:49

Episode 207: Just Desserts

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2024/11/30

Has Christmas come early? Kat certainly thinks so, especially since her neighbours seem to be putting up their trees even before December has begun. Though we don’t really care when people decide to start the festive joy, Nic is a little worried about how to keep a Christmas tree from falling apart after two weeks.Continuing the festive vibes, we discover what it takes to be the Christkind as the city of Coburg offers would-be Christkinder a seminar and training to prepare for the role. Do they

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Episode 206: Habeck, Habeck,...HABECK!

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2024/11/23

You might have thought the last weeks of November in Germany would be the calm before the storm of December, but you’d be sorely mistaken. First of all, Karneval or Fasching is back again, providing a much needed levity to those dark winter nights, although as co-host Kat points out, Germany’s Fifth Season isn’t without its problems.We may not be dressing up in costumes and hitting the streets of Köln or Düsseldorf anytime soon, but we may enjoy a few Glühweins at the Weihnachtsmärkte with so many

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00:50:43

Episode 205: Tactile Cinema

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2024/11/16

We welcome the fantastic Kinocow back to the podcast to join regular co-hosts Kat, Nic, and Producer Simon after a week of politcal turmoil. While many eyes were watching the results of the US elections, the German government took the opportunity to collapse itself in a show of solidarity. We sift through the rubble of the Ampelkoalition and wonder what the hell might happen next.Thankfully, politics is only one part of the show this week, with Kinocow back with us, we get a chance to ask all the

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Episode 204: Pony Express

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2024/11/09

It’s been an exciting week for all our hosts, Kat’s in Vienna, Simon has been messing around in his garden, and Nic, well he got himself a haircut. OK, maybe only Kat has had an exciting week, but wait till you hear about Simon’s exciting new topiary!We’re not here for gardening tips though, so we kick off proceedings with the controversy surrounding Russian songstress Helene Fischer and her new album of Kinderlieder, which includes one rather offensive song in particular. We also discuss the

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00:44:31

Episode 203: Horror in Duisburg

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2024/11/02

It’s pretty scary on the podcast this week, although it’s nothing to do with Halloween, and rather more to do with the Germany’s Women’s Football Team having something of a horror story against Australia this week. Luckily for us, Producer Simon was in attendance, and he brings us all the gory details.Slightly less scary, though no less controversial, is the debate around Daylight Savings Time in Germany. As the clocks go back once again, The Hessian teachers' association is less than pleased about

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Episode 202: Haferflocken Hell

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2024/10/26

It’s an action packed episode this week, which isn’t good news for Nic who seems to be a little under the weather. Luckily Kat has a sure fire remedy, although it might not pack as much of a punch as Nic’s less complicated concoction. From medicine to language, we review the vote and various controversies over the 2024 Jugendwort des Jahres and find out which new bit of English will be invading the conversations of under-25s across Germany for the next year or so. We also find time to discuss the

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00:37:52

Episode 201: Hey Prude

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2024/10/19

It’s back to school, or rather university, this week as Nic returns to the classroom for another semester of inspiring students with jazzy Powerpoint slides. We discuss issues of technology, where to find an overhead projector, and why a room full of engineering apprentices is a terrifying vision.A story coming out of Stuttgart catches our attention, I mean it’s not often that an opera ends in 18 people needing medical attention. Why has Florentina Holzinger's opera "Sancta" caused so much

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00:46:07

Episode 200: Two Centuries From Home

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2024/10/12

Well look at that, we’ve made it two whole centuries of podcast episodes, who would have thought! By way of a reward to our lovely listeners, we have an action packed episode full of dodgy German pronunciation, brutal Denglish phrasing, and numerous grammar corrections, and that’s only the first five minutes!Continuing a tradition established way back in episode 100, we’ve collected some of the most asked questions about Germany from across the internet (well, Reddit) and we attempt to bring the

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Episode 199: Kurbis Your Enthusiasm

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2024/10/05

It’s feeling very autumnal on the podcast this week, probably because of all the pumpkins we keep seeing around the place. Nic, our man in the Bavarian countryside, has seen piles of them on sale at the side of the road, but Dili’s only seen them in the shops. She’s not complaining though, because she’s found a novel way of getting a discount when she needs a Kurbis.Somewhere that needs a discount or two is Oktoberfest, which Nic learned first hand at the weekend. After his adventure at the Wiesn,

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Episode 198: Procrastination Eis

Decades From Home - A Podcast About Germany ·

2024/09/28

On the show this week, Nic has a run in with the Bishop of Augsburg as his kids’ Kindergarten is finally opened. We discuss Bavarian flavoured Catholics, the correct kind of wurst, and sermons for 4-year-olds. Elections are in the air at the moment, and we start with Dili’s optimistic assessment from her former home of Sri Lanka as things seem to be taking a turn for the better after Presidential elections. From the positive, we turn to slightly more negative state election results in Brandenburg,

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Episode 197: Big Beamter

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2024/09/21

On the show this week, we’re joined by translator, Würzburg resident, and all round top Scottish lass Lynn Nothegger! As if to celebrate Lynn’s debut, Producer Simon brings us some exciting news coming out of Frankfurt concerning one of Germany’s premier sporting events, the 11th European Tram Driver Championship. We discuss drag racing on the Straßenbahn, and our own experiences of Germany’s public transport.It’s not often we have another resident of Bavaria on the show, but we quickly learn why

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Episode 196: How Now Kinocow

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2024/09/14

On this week’s pod, we inject a little mystery into proceedings as we’re joined by our first unnamed guest, Kinocow! We ask about useful pseudonyms, social media anonymity, and whether cows really do have interesting opinions about Germany.Perhaps the reason our guest would rather not offer their real name is due to their controversial opinions about mangos, which is enough to bring our resident fruit expert Dili to the boil. Luckily Kinocow has more to say about Germany than exotic fruit, as he

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00:41:55

Episode 195: Adelewelt

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2024/09/07

After three weeks of general calm, we welcome Nic back to the podcast, fresh from some serious holiday adventuring. Before we can get to that though, there’s some admin to cover, and an important question to ask: how come the podcast gets the best reviews when Nic is away? We probably all know, but better not to tell him…We take some time to pick through the recent and rather depressing results from state elections in Sachsen & Thuringia, and ponder how to form a government from the disparate

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00:49:41

Episode 194: Berlinglish

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2024/08/31

Once again we're "Nic-less" this week (let's hope he still remembers how to pod when he does finally return!), leaving Dili and Kat to helm our way through another episode.Thankfully, we have a great new guest to welcome the show, Berlin-based writer Jacinda Nandi! Jacinda first came to Berlin in 2000, spending only a year there, but returned in 2002 after completing her degree and has called Berlin home ever since.Jacinta talks about the pre-Euro days when everything in Germany seemed so

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Episode 193: Dorflife

Decades From Home - A Podcast About Germany ·

2024/08/24

This week's show is again hosted by Dili and frequent guest Kat, and they're delighted to be joined by friend-of-the-show, Scandi Tina. Tina was born in Norway but spent her childhood in Africa before moving to the UK as a adult. She and her partner now call the south of Hesse home, having left the UK during the pandemic. With such an international upbringing, our talk with Tina inevitably turns to the meaning of "home", how we define it and where we locate it.We also hear about Tina's

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00:48:59

Episode 192: Brat Worst

Decades From Home - A Podcast About Germany ·

2024/08/17

This week's show sees the return of co-host Dili and the reappearance of frequent guest, Kat. Good thing too, because Nic is away, enjoying a much deserved break from the podcast. We discuss house-moving, a distraction from the Paris Olympics and whether "Brat" is compatible with the essence of being German.

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