21 - Spaghettieis, Fax Machines, and the Church Tax (Mailbag episode #1)

Ted, Michelle, and Isaac answer some listener questions to start off the new year!

We will be having our second live show ***tomorrow (Jan. 23)*** with our friends at Corner Späti at Donau 115 in Neukölln. Join us at 7:30 p.m. as we celebrate (mourn?) the death of 2021. For more details, see the Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/315PJyXpt

Some of the sources cited in this episode:

Why Germany Needs to Accelerate into the Digital Fast Lane by Guy Chazan for the Financial Times

Germany: Four Out of 10 Companies Still Use Fax Machines by Darko Janjevic for Deutsche Welle

The Fax is Dead, Long Live the Fax by Brian Hanrahan for Handelsblatt

German Village’s Painfully Slow Internet Quickly Becomes a Major Problem by Janosch Delcker

Ist unser Fernseher so schlecht, wie alle sagen? By N. Bodgon, M. Niehus and Ch. Seidl for Bild

Germany’s Love Affair with Crime Fiction by Thomas Kniesche for Foreign Policy

Berlinale Blog: Why is German TV So Crap? by Ben Knight for Exberliner

Expats Beware: Germany Uses Dodgy Taxes to Snatch Church Tax by Grace Dobush for Handelsblatt

Leaving the Church in Germany: ‘A Liberation’ by Christoph Strack for Deutsche Welle

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