This week's Megacan - should Germany remove the word "race" from its constitution? What happened in Dessau 20 years ago and why you should care - and what did they inscribe on the cross on the Schloss again?
On this week's show - Megan describes her experiences at the Black Lives Matter demo in Berlin, which just became the first German state to pass an anti-discrimination law - not that the police unions think they have a problem. Also, why won't the German government count racial profiling cases?
Maybe the Bild newspaper is a cancer poisoning our minds, which is shame because we've found a better way to do that, thanks to our Polish pals: Bisongrass vodka with apple soda. Delicious! Also, the stats say that lockdown is making everyone more depressed - but also maybe less depressed, because people are complicated and stats don't always help (yeah, Bild?). Meanwhile Berlin finds a new way to ignore its colonial legacy. Enjoy!
On this week's sharp and focussed half-hour of well-researched information, a rundown of Berlin's latest lockdown plans, some chat about Germany's basic pension plans, and trouble at the meatpacking plant. Not all the facts may be accurate. Honestly if it's that important go outside and find out for yourselves.
And yet the megas runneth aplenty! On this week's show: Germany's infection rate has gone up, the football is coming back, but at least there'll be money for new cars. Also some semi-good news about the conversion therapy. Megacan!
Why does Germany let the US drone people to death at Ramstein (with one M), while still pursing its lips and making disapproving noises? Meanwhile Dr. Drosten is unhappy with us all going to Einkaufsmalls, and Markus Söder the Bavarian bandit jockeys for position.
Just because there's a deadly pandemic sweeping through the population, doesn't mean German teenagers shouldn't be in school doing five hours of exams. That's what Merkel says anyway, and even Armin Laschet thinks she's being too soft.
Time seems to have lost all meaning and yet the news keeps rolling on.
The lockdown is on, and yet the unnaturally sweetened alcohol keeps flowing. The news this week: Is America stealing our masks? Is it a good idea to deliberately infect yourself with just a tiny bit of the Rona? (No.) And what did Merkel buy at the shops before she went into quarantine? All the answers, and plus some general chat...
Konrad and Megan discuss the extensive disaster aid package being implemented by the German government. Including money for freelancers - but how do you get it?
Megan and Konrad produce a podcast while maintaining a social distance of well over a kilometre. Is Merkel the right leader for these times? How are Berlin's school children coping? And what has happened to the AfD? All questions answered with a disinfected megacan.
This week Megan vents all the reasons why Germany needs women's day, plus an update on the CDU leadership race, why Germany can't deal with the far-right, and some general rambling on Corona hysteria.
Berlin's rent freeze has been in force for a whole week now, and we get fellow podcaster and Radio Spätkauf producer Joel Dullroy to give us his considerable in-depth take on the great city experiment... What has Berlin got itself into?
It's the end for AKK, but not for the CDU, at least not yet. We discuss a weird day in Dresden, and why does Ai Weiwei hate Berlin so much? Also, will you have JD or JW & Coke? Music: Inferno Dresden by Hans-Jürgen Westphal
Get your weekend started the right way, with a Cuba Libre and JB & Lime, to cushion the blow of another week of German politics: this week, the state of Thuringia, the legalities of egg donation, and free the BVG! Also, what would happen if Christian Lindner came round to Megan's house for dinner?
What goes on at the Grüne Woche? What happens when a soldier posts an intelligence report on Facebook? Who is Combat 18? And what about the homeless count? All the news with our favourite classic megas.
This week on Megan's Megacan, we drink the enigmatically named JD & Berry while discussing Siemens' Australian adventures, the EU tolerating a mafia state, and Berlin finally confronting its colonial past.
A brand new year, a brand new Megacan - and welcome to our Exberliner listeners! We drink two of the classics, and discuss naughty kids in Leipzig, the German speed limit fetish, and what has Siemens been up to in Australia.
Megan and Konrad celebrate Megan's blazing return to the megas by welcoming back two of our old favourites - the Bombay G&T and a Johnnie & Ginger. In between soothing gulps of sweet alcohol we talk of jewel heists, the right to be forgotten on the internet, and we have a rant each about German NGO laws and conscription.
This week, Megan and Konrad sample the three pillars of Germany's early-teenage drinking culture - Spezi, Club Mate, and Almdudler - along with special guest Carl Clancy. We also talk about preppers on trial, flags outside schools, and what the fuck is 5G anyway? Also: come to the Live Show!
Konrad and Megan go deeper into the jungle weird organic drinks and come out with something that tastes vaguely of apples and cola nuts? Meanwhile, we discuss that cheeky beggar Rezo and what Germany is doing with Nazis and Islamists.
Megan and Konrad and special guest Maurice Frank drink fizzy algae and vodka and discuss Angela Merkel's Klimapaket. CO2 pricing, subsidised wind farms, cheaper tickets - that'll definitely stop climate catastrophe, won't it?
Week 2 of Megan's abstention experience sees us necking the Fritz-Spritz Schorles with indecent abandon. Meanwhile, there's much to discuss: Berlin's rent freeze, the Thuringia election, and what is Braunschweig in English?
Megan's on the wagon, so she and Konrad have taken to reviewing weird German organic lemonades, before catching up on three months of news to discuss Halle, the Kurds in Syria, and the proposed supply chain law, which is remarkably less boring than it sounds.
In which Megan and Konrad discuss Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKA AK56) and her rise to the defence seat. There is some robust talk about defence budgets, an attempt to stick up for Health Minister Jens Spahn, and then they unpick the riddle of Hans-Georg Maaßen, the former head of the German Verfassungschutz. But is there any good news? https://www.dw.com/en/kramp-karrenbauer-sworn-in-as-german-defense-minister/a-49727370 https://www.dw.com/en/german-ex-spy-chief-pushes-angela-merkels-cdu-furth...
Megan and Konrad discuss how the EU's benign finger of welcome pointed at Ursula von der Leyen. But does anyone else get a say? Also, Carola Rackete, Kristina Hänel, and of course, Nazis again.
Looks like we made it through a whole year! Sit back, crack a mega, and take a sentimental journey through a year of German politics with Konrad and Megan. Plus, the taste test: who's the best at the Cola Mix: Jack Daniels, Johnnie Walker, or ... er .... George Washington?
With the European election looming, Konrad and Megan do a tough political interview with Joanna Bronowicka, candidate for DiEM25. So why does Europe need a new left-wing movement? We find out over a Jack Daniel's Lynchburg Lemonade, a Pitu Caipirinha, and a Bacardi Rum & Coke.
Megan and Konrad are joined by brilliant AFP economics correspondent Daphné Rousseau for a wee chat about the consolidation of Europe through French-German partnership, and Berlin's club commission, and some extraordinary megas.
Only 10 more sleeps till Brexit, and artist, raconteur, and carpenter Jack Pudding comes on the show to explain why the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has played a blinder. Also: Fridays for Future has come to Berlin, and Megan was there.
