After a week of brainstorming, Nic has come up with a new introduction for co-host Dili. Despite his best efforts, the result doesn’t quite land they way he’d hoped, but at least he still has his health, unlike last week. After days of drinking randomly flavoured tea, which is the cure-all for any sickness in Germany, Dili wonders which is the best beverage to recover from a cold and why it has to be mint flavoured.

While not drinking tea, Dili has been experimenting at the Christmas market, and this week reports back on her findings. Apparently liver & onions isn’t recommended, which comes as no surprise to Producer Simon who knows there’s only one sensible choice to make when looking for good food: currywurst!

We dedicate a good portion of this week’s show to the recent results from the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study that was released last week. Termed the “PISA Shock”, we discuss whether Germany is overly reliant on a flawed report on global education.

For those of you looking to support Ukraine or the many refugees currently fleeing the conflict, please take a look at these different charities and consider donating if you can.

Ukraine Crisis Media Centre - A list of different donation pages to help the Ukrainian military response.

Disaster Emergency Committee - Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

Save the Children

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