Decades From Home - A Podcast About Germany

Decades From Home - A Podcast About Germany

40% German

Episodes 251
Avg. Duration 53m
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Since Nov 2020
Latest Episode Sep 2025

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About This Podcast

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 250: Endstation, Tschüsseldorf

Sep 27, 2025 51m

Well, here we are then, the end. After 250 episodes and almost 5 years of podcasts, the curtains close on the old Decades from Home stage. Before we wistfully turn to an empty podcast studio before…

Episode 249: Vorletzte Haltestelle

Sep 20, 2025 35m

Kicking off our penultimate episode in style, we have a listener email to pore over as we discuss the curiously creepy phrasing to be found in German. We also outline some key strategies to maximise…

Episode 248: Rainer vs the Machine

Sep 13, 2025 32m

It’s never too early to start the festive cheer, and with Christmas biscuits hitting the shelves, Simon’s pleased for early Plätzchen. We take a tour the slightly odd world of the local Freibad with…

Episode 247: Farmer Drama

Sep 06, 2025 33m

Despite decades of living in Germany between us, there is always a cultural error to be made, as Producer Simon discovers this week. After a slightly embarrassing conversation with a farmer, he…

Episode 246: The Sprudelwasser Express

Aug 30, 2025 32m

We’ve discussed the topic of integration on the podcast more than a few times over the five years of the show, but how integrated do your hosts feel now that we’re bringing things to a close. Simon…

Episode 245: Champagne & Kia-Ora

Aug 23, 2025 34m

We’ve always wondered what it’s like to rub shoulders with the great and good, and thankfully for us Simon’s here to tell us as he enjoys the corporate seats at the Allianz Arena. We find what makes…

Episode 244: Goon Squad

Aug 16, 2025 20m

It may not feel like a year, but apparently it’s time once again for Germany to go full crazy for Jugendwort des Jahres 2025!!! We look at the runners and riders, discuss the pernicious influence of…

Episode 243: Handybitch

Aug 09, 2025 33m

What’s the definition of bravery? Surely it’s living in Germany and answering the phone to unknown numbers. It can be panic inducing, but it might be the purest form of conversation, and as Simon…

Episode 242: Tanks vs Castles

Aug 02, 2025 33m

As summer continues to cut a rug through to August, we talk tourist sites, and three in particular: Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof. Why these three? For the simple reason that they are…

Episode 241: Porzellan Prince

Jul 26, 2025 33m

There are many ways to have the perfect summer, and Nic has landed on his perfect recipe. All he needs is a few beer tents, some schlager, and the cleanest public toilets he’s ever seen. An England…

Episode 240: Animal + Verb

Jul 19, 2025 31m

Living in Germany as long as we have, you sometimes forget how German things can be. As Nic finds out, all it takes is a quick reminder, or the mere mention of David Hasselhoff. On the other hand,…

Episode 239: Legumes for Days

Jul 12, 2025 30m

For good or for ill, Germany has reputation for steely seriousness, but if we’ve learned anything living here for as long as we have, it’s that reputation means nothing. Honestly, how serious can any…

Episode 238: Hitze spitze

Jul 05, 2025 32m

It might feel like stating the obvious, but it’s been fairly warm this week in Germany, which means a little more of the weird and wonderful than usual. In this case, the wonderful came in the form…

Episode 237: Ramble On, Moose!

Jun 28, 2025 32m

This is usually a podcast about Germany, but after a trip to Strasbourg, Nic’s a hare’s breadth from trying to turn this podcast all French with his general love of one of Europe’s most delightful…

Episode 236: All Cats Are Beautiful

Jun 21, 2025 30m

Known for his formidable producing powers, the aptly named Producer Simon is also something of a travel expert, or at least he’s gone on holiday a lot recently. It does mean he has some interesting…

Episode 235: Audere est facere

Jun 14, 2025 30m

In order to ensure our darling Producer Simon made it on his holiday, we recorded a number of episodes back to back, but we may have forgottten when they needed to be released…perhaps this is why we…

Episode 234: Viva Volksdöner

Jun 07, 2025 31m

This is a podcast about Germany, so you might assume some of that fabled Germanic organisation might have rubbed off on us. Well…sort of, but all the organisation in the world can’t prevent the…

Episode 233: Merzer, Better, Faster, Stronger

May 31, 2025 31m

Having missed Eurovision last week, Simon brings in a special guest reporter to remedy that situation as we discuss politics, Pride flags, and Celine Dion, while learning some new vocabulary to boot.…

Episode 232: Beerenverbände Ultras

May 24, 2025 30m

No one’s entirely sure how, but Producer Simon has managed to wrangle himself a holiday. Though he’d hoped for sunnier climes, the discovery that he could spend a week in Fürth visiting a…

Episode 231: RudeGebiet

May 17, 2025 31m

Of all the things Simon could have hoped to find on his morning walk to the local Bäckerei, terrifying omens of impending doom would be low on the list. Of course, that’s not how these things work,…

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