Producer Simon has wrangled himself a holiday, but is it a week in Fürth visiting the Rundfunkmuseum that he’s always wanted? While he considers his options, Nic & Simon wonder why a mysterious wooden phallus has appeared in a Munich street, and they try to explain a recent survey suggesting Germans have fallen out of love with Spargel.

This week, Simon sees a terrifying omen of impending doom on his way to the Bäckerei, England’s rose Harry Kane wins the Bundesliga, we find out if Munich is really the most unfriendly city…for expats, and finish with the anniversary of the Deutschlandticket.

All it takes is one hot day in Germany, and your hosts quickly wilt, but no matter how warm it gets, Nic won’t be following Simon’s corduroy shorts recommendation. However, he’s more than happy to listen as Simon explains the curious story behind VfL Bochum. We also pick over the fallout from this week’s confirmation vote for the new Chancellor Friedrich Merz which really didn’t go to plan.

After flying around the world visiting New Zealand, Producer Simon lands on the podcast with the perfect mix of exhaustion and fury. We learn how not to transit through an airport, and curious significance of orange chocolate ice cream. Returning to more German matters, we get some supermarket nostalgia, learn what the hell “Snackification” means, and enjoy a cold pint of Schadenfreude.

With the Easter chocolate still littering the floor, Nic & Simon discuss the Easter traditions of the Sorbain community of Germany, and a odd new delivery service in the UK. We find out if Germany will have a functioning government, and look at the finer points of the new coalition agreement. We also find time to share some spurious rumours about the real origin of Germany’s humble Gummistiefel.

As Germany celebrates Easter, little do they know that the future is coming in the form of new rules about...passport photos! We discuss the changes and whether we're becoming a modern country. We return to the topic of boycotting US products and look at what's difficult to replace, and we finish off with a review of the first year of Cannabis legalisation across the country. The topic of boycotting US products has continued to pick up pace across Europe since the global turmoil instigated by the Trump regime in America. Having discussed our own feelings on possible boycotts, we look at how to find replacements for US products, what we’re trying to avoid, and what is really difficult to replace. We finish off the show with a major birthday as Germany sees the end of the first year of new Cannabis regulations. How has semi-legalisation changed Germany, and how might legislation change with a new incoming government? Theme tune courtesy of Kloß mit Soß

Once again, Germany is preparing to celebrate the world’s worst vegetable as Spargelzeit begins. What does 2025 have in store for Spargel lovers, and where will Simon get his regular Spargeleis? The current economic turmoil caused by US tarifs leads us back to the question of boycotting US products,

This week we’re joined by senior editor at Bloomberg News in Berlin Chris Reiter & automotive and industrial correspondent for Bloomberg News in Frankfurt Will Wilkes to discuss their excellent book Broken Republik: The Inside Story of Germany’s Descent into Crisis.

On the show this week, Simon brings us a story on a Hanoi based Instagrammer who’s memeing themselves to a German education. We find out if Germany has a government, follow up on the changing advice for Germans travelling to the US, and find out why one young German visitor to the UK is regretting their trip to London. We finish things off as Nic and Simon test each other’s love for German food.

After weeks of hard podcasting, it’s time for a holiday, but we need something specific, something…Geordie. Luckily we have a guide as Nic tells Simon about his Geordie German adventures from a Sam Fender gig in Munich, witnessing football history from a bar stool in the cellar of an Irish pub, and a final adventure on St Patrick’s Day in the fine city of Nürnberg.

There’s a bit of symmetry this week as we begin where we left off on the topic of kebabs, although these ones have nothing to do with football legend Lukas Podolski. No, these kebabs are in a more British variation, as we discuss and award winning kebab pie in the UK, and why Australia seems to have cornered the market in German pies.

Free of the Federal Election, there’s Faschings celebrations to cover, including the satirical Rosenmontagswagen in Düsseldorf. From Karneval, we take a look at weird goings on in Munich, where it paying for parking also includes signing up for a gym. To finish, we discuss an investigation into the many and varied health concerns at the Kebab chain of German footballing legend Lukas Podolski.

We’re all about fulfilling dreams on this podcast. Ok, maybe seeing Bayern Munich isn’t exactly fulfilling a dream, but Simon did see Harry Kane! We discuss catching a footballer’s attention, matchday atmosphere, and when it’s OK to leave a game early. As we reach the end of the Federal election campaign we break down the election results and make sense of the many stories from election night.

This week we send Nic on some health & safety training to the Feuerwehrerlebniswelt in Augsburg and find out if he actually learnt anything, aside from how to scare the other parents. We argue over whether chicken is the worst meat, discuss Geordie musician Sam Fender's upcoming concert in Munich, and finish things off with a final look at the upcoming federal election in Germany.

After last week’s villa on the Tegernsee going for an eye watering €25 million, this week we learn Berlin has a property going for significantly more; we discuss why Brad Pitt is to blame. The election is still a week away, and we discuss the anti far-right protest in Munich, and whether it’s impacting the polls. We finish off with a fiery debate on doughnuts, or Krapfen, or Berliner...

A forgotten Werner Herzog clip gives us our first topic as we discuss the work of one of Germany’s greatest directors, and somehow manage to avoid doing any impressions of him. We also discuss the murky details of wealth, power, and influence on the banks of the beautiful Bavarian lake of Tegernsee, and we finish on the busiest speed camera in the country.

The end of January beckons, but despite the dark cold evenings, Producer Simon went to watch some Bundesliga football. Try as we might, we can’t avoid German politics at the moment. We discuss Elon Musk’s giant head, the Brandmauer and protests on the streets of various German cities. We finish things off this week with the mysterious story of a suitcase filled with €42,000.

We rectify an error from last week as Nic finally updates the pod on his DJ set. We also discuss the new Bavarian member of the Avengers, the trial phase of Germany’s digital patient record app, and we end on the world’s fastest fare dodger.

After his triumphant return to the podcast last week, Simon is settling in nicely, so much so he takes the reins to bring us a segment on the various alternative versions of German cities in the good old USA. We discuss what seems to be annoying Germans the most and why not every petition to the government is treated the same, and we finish on an update on the Federal Election.

It’s the first pod of 2025, and boy is it a doozy! We say goodbye to co-hosts Kat and Dili we are taking a much deserved break from the show, and we welcome an old friend who makes a surprising return. We discuss the Silvester celebrations in Germany, the annual fireworks chaos, and look ahead to what Germany has in store for us in 2025.