Current podcasts – 2018

I like to listen to podcasts while doing something else – gardening, cooking, exercising.  I cover a number of topics – politics, technology, films, health, current affairs, history, German etc. Here are most of the podcasts I currently keep up with – but I don’t listen to any particular podcast if the topic doesn’t interest me. They are very loosely separated into categories:

 

FILM & REVIEWS

The Dusty Den – book and film reviews – only broadcast occasionally

http://www.empireonline.com/podcast/ – film and TV reviews from the UK, but covers US too

 

GERMAN

Langsam Gesprochene Nachrichten – Deutsche Welle – http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/nachrichten/s-8030 – comes with the script so you can read along

Was heißt das auf Deutsch – songs with English lyrics translated to German

DeutschTop-Thema – various themes in German, covered in two or three minutes

Germanpod101.com – short teaching podcasts

News des Nachrichtens – from Berlin about Germany but in English – I met the podcaster in Berlin once

Radio Spaetkauf – from and about Berlin but in English – http://www.radiospaetkauf.com/ – I once attended the live podcast in Berlin

Slow German – every couple of weeks or so, covering one theme for a few minutes

 

HEALTH

Healing with Jennifer Daniels – now on Republic Broadcasting

Kick it Naturally – natural approaches to solving health problems

 

HISTORY

The Dangerous History Podcast – fantastic history podcast – but much is US based

http://www.spingola.com/SpingolaSpecials.html – long running political, health, history etc. podcast

http://spingolaspeaks.wordpress.com/

 

IT

Gadget Lab podcast – from Wired Magazine US

http://www.wired.co.uk/podcast – from Wired Magazine UK

http://podcast.pcpro.co.uk/ – from PC Pro magazine – UK

Reply All – US – idiosyncratic topics – sometimes really interesting, sometimes I skip it

 

JAPANESE

News in Slow Japanese – and full speed, too – a few minutes on a specific topic

Disrupting Japan – in English – Tokyo based, in English, talking to start-ups

 

POLITICS & NEWS

http://www.corbettreport.com/?i=Interviews – Japan based, excellently researched politics, news, history

NovaraFM – far left UK broadcasts, but some more moderate coverage, too

Project censored – another mostly left wing leading podcast, that advocates no censorship

Free Man beyond the Wall – right oriented freedom podcast

Liberty Weekly Podcast  – right oriented freedom podcast

Brexit Central – mainly anti-Brexit

Brexit Podcast – pro-Brexit

http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/podcast.php – right oriented freedom podcast

http://www.blacklistedradio.com/ –  – right oriented freedom podcast

http://www.sovereignman.com/category/podcast/ – right oriented freedom podcast

http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/nonsubscriber.phphttp://www.redicecreations.com/radio3fourteen/ – right oriented podcast

http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/category/radio-archives/ – right oriented freedom podcast

Democracy Now – far left extremists – yesterday they were pushing marxism. Best are interviews with musicians, which they occasionally have.

 

SPANISH

SBS en español – from Australia, short podcasts on various topics

Radio Nacional de España – Nómadas – http://www.listenradios.com/en/radio-nacional-de-espana/

News in Slow Spanish – weekly or so

Duolingual Podcast – a series of podcasts in both English and Spanish

 

SPIRITUAL

Eschaton – eclectic, but interesting

The Mind Renewed – from the UK, sometimes also political or religious

http://www.21stcenturyradio.com/audioarchives/2018/index.html – from Baltimore, sometimes ecological, music…

http://www.thecrowhouse.com/radio.html – from Australia – politics, too

Berlin Buddy Bears

Today I went to the Esplanade in Penang to see the Berlin Buddy Bears.  For more information see here:

http://www.buddy-baer.com/classic-buddy-bears/events-in-cities/berlin.html

They are here in Penang until October 30th.

It has rained so much for the past few days that the ground is sodden in many places, so either rain boots or flip flops and shorts are preferable.  Parking, is, of course, not easy.

Esplanade

There are seven groups of 21 bears each in a circle , plus the odd bear elsewhere, making around 150 bears.  Almost every bear represents a country, and there is only one bear per country.

All the bears are good, so here are a few photos of my favourites.

Australia – by Ken Done

 

Cuba, of course

 

Iraq

 

Ireland

 

Malaysia

 

Malaysia

 

Berlin – one of the few that don’t represent a country

 

Berlin – behind

 

Berlin – close up

 

And then a few bears I photographed in Berlin, October three years ago

It’s so much fun seeing the bears I want to go back again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Penang Oktoberfest 2014 – a few photos

Early in the evening.

Penang Oktoberfest 2014 is this weekend

The biggest Oktoberfest in Penang is the one held by the Malaysian German Society.  This year it is being held this coming Friday and Saturday nights, October 17th and 18th.  I just picked up my ticket for Saturday night.

MGS magazine, ticket and voucher

Beforehand tickets cost RM10 for members and RM25 for non-members. At the door they are RM30 for all. Tickets come with a voucher for one can of Carlsberg or soft drink.

Oktoberfest information

Oktoberfest information

Last Saturday they were setting up the venue:

setup Saturday 11th

setup Saturday 11th

setup Saturday 11th

And by today they had made some progress:

Thursday 15th

Warum will ich Deutsch lernen

• Seit ich ein Kind war, wollte ich Deutsch lernen.

• Die Wirtschaften der meisten Länder sind sehr volatil.  Wenn man deutschsprachig ist, gibt es eine Möglichkeit, da erfolgreich zu leben. Es ist wichtig, Möglichkeiten zu haben.
  

• Unser derzeitiges Wirtschaftssystem geht grundsätzlich von  der Geschichte der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts aus. Ich will die verstehen.

• Die Geschichte, dass wir  in der Schule und die Medien  lernen, zeigen Deutschen als extrem böse.  Normalerweise während des Krieges die Propaganda zeigt der Feind als böse. Dann, nach dem Krieg, negieren sie die Propaganda. Die Leute waren ganz normale, von der Regierung, die sie hatte, für ihr Land zu kämpfen erzählt.  Nach dem 1. Weltkrieg gaben sie zu, dass die Propaganda war falsch.  Jedoch, nach dem 2. Weltkrieg gaben sie nicht zu, dass die Propaganda war falsch.  Sind die Deutsche böse? Ich habe einige deutsche Vorfahren.  Ich will es wissen.

•  Von 1929 bis 2. Weltkrieg war die Welt in der wirtschaftlichen Depression. Von 1933 boomte die Wirtschaft in Deutschland trotz einer weltweiten jüdischen Wirtschaftsboykott.  Bis 1939 waren Rüstung  weniger als 5% der Wirtschaft. Was war Deutschlands Geheimnis? Ich will wissen.
  

Ich fand, dass viele “Geschichte” falsch ist.  Es ist interessant zu wissen, zum Beispiel, dass Hitler und JFK hatten beiden dieselbe Frau ausgegangen. (Inga Arvad.)  JFK war ein großer Bewunderer von Hitler. Und Harry Cooper hat gezeigt, dass Hitler hat nach dem Krieg viele Jahre in Argentina gewohnt. Das ist das Gegenteil von dem, was uns gesagt wird.

Jetzt habe ich viele Antworten, aber ich möchte wenn möglich durch das Lesen von ursprünglichen Unterlagen in Deutsch bestätigen.

Um diese Ziele zu erreichen, muss ich viel besser Deutsch sprechen.  Deswegen lerne ich weiter.