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The Germany Experience

The Germany Experience

160 Episodes • By Shaun Behrens • www.thegermanyexperience.de/...
Life in Germany, as seen through the eyes of outsiders. Featuring the stories of foreigners who moved to Germany - either temporarily or permanently - and tips and advice for life in Germany. Get an inside view of the joys, the frustrations, and the quirks of adapting to the culture and learning Ger ...more
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Dating, toxic relationships, and making friends in Germany (Lulu from Ireland)
Dating can be a minefield at the best of times. But ... more
May 21 2023 35m
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The diversity trend, Misfit Models, and German bureaucracy when starting a company (Del from the UK)
Just do a Google search for Del Keens, and you will ... more
Apr 8 2023 37m
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Financing property in Germany (with Kerstin Brunner)
Kerstin Brunner is a finance coach, and she comes on... more
Mar 31 2023 55m
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Life in Germany as a gay woman (Kim from the UK)
Kim from the UK explains what life is like in German... more
Mar 8 2023 43m
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How German are you? (Nina from Germany)
The Germany Experience is back with a repost from Sh... more
Mar 1 2023 50m
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4GEPADFO charity drive update, and when The Germany Experience will be back
Shaun gives an update on 4GEPADFO (spoiler: we made ... more
Jan 4 2023 4m
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Getting ready to leave Germany (Nicole from The Expat Cast)
Nicole joins me this week to discuss some big change... more
Dec 22 2022 47m
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House hunting, finding day care, and handling rough starts (Wafeeqa from Saudi Arabia)
When Wafeeqa and her family moved to Germany, they t... more
Dec 2 2022 48m
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Using hypnosis to help foreigners in Germany (Suzanne Dinter from the UK)
Suzanne Dinter joins me this week to explain what hy... more
Nov 9 2022 52m
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Hidden grief, loss of identity, and getting to know the German version of a loved one (Katie Rössler from the USA)
Katie Rössler, author of The New Face of Grief, come... more
Oct 19 2022 48m
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Advice for adapting and integrating in Germany, from discussions with 100+ foreigners
At the end of September 2022, I gave a talk at the W... more
Oct 12 2022 22m
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Convincing a company to take a chance on you (Veronica from Mexico)
“I feel like a lot of people feel this - this feelin... more
Oct 5 2022 48m
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Recovering from a car accident while abroad (Sadaf from Pakistan)
Many foreigners do a lot of traveling around Europe ... more
Sep 28 2022 40m
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The Welcome To Germany Summit on 29th September 2022
A group of experts (including me!) has come together... more
Sep 25 2022 19m
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A German returning to Germany after a decade (Cathrin from Germany)
Cathrin, originally from Germany, has been living in... more
Sep 13 2022 50m
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RERUN: Wurst/arsch/schwein idioms, why “Der/Die/Das” is weird, and sitting down to pee in Germany (Ricardo from Bra...
Originally released on October 19th, 2020.View the o... more
Aug 24 2022 52m
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RERUN: Q&A - Making long-term German friends, reverse parking, and origins of German idioms
Originally released March 8th, 2021View the original... more
Aug 17 2022 29m
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RERUN: Antoinette Emily from New Zealand
Originally released November 23rd, 2020.View the ori... more
Aug 10 2022 40m
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RERUN: Ask a German - Bureaucracy, German pillows, standing in line, and recruitment through fruit
Original release: November 2nd, 2020View the origina... more
Aug 3 2022 56m
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RERUN: Advice for foreigners in Germany, taken from two years of The Germany Experience
Original release: June 2, 2001View the original show... more
Jul 27 2022 34m
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The Berlin episode (recorded live @ PodFest Berlin 2022)
I've always felt a special connection to Berlin... more
Jul 20 2022 1h 9m
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Q&A: Self-learning B2, dealing with language barrier frustrations, and is there foolproof advice for making friends...
You sent in some questions about life in Germany, an... more
Jul 6 2022 20m
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Probezeit: The first six months in a German job (Lisa Janz, Job Coach Germany)
The first six months in a new job is important. In G... more
Jun 29 2022 42m
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Lessons from changing jobs in Germany (Alexandrea from the USA)
Alexandrea from the USA (and former guest on the pod... more
Jun 22 2022 50m
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Helping families to meet like-minded families (Dzhangar from MatchFamilies)
During Dzhangar's first years in Germany, he no... more
Jun 15 2022 36m
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