On the show this week

Although Dili has built a reputation for being the pods expert on fruit, her true passion seems to be cake. Luckily she lives in Germany, a land of amazing cakes and happens to have an equally cake loving co-host to share her favourite cake choices. We talk the merits of jelly, the power of Bienenstich, and why a bad cake can still be a good cake.

Fashing has arrived right on schedule, and Nic goes above and beyond for the pod as he enters the lion’s den of a Kinder Faschingsparty, with only his 2-year old monkey daughter and a gorilla costume to protect him. Germany’s best new drama, Berlinwahl 2023, had its season finale last Sunday, but despite the Berlin election coming to end, the fallout may last just as long. We discuss coalition negotiations, the importance of making friends, and why acting like a grown up might be a refreshing new strategy.

After a ballet director lashes out at a critic in the worst way possible, we discuss creative ways to take revenge on critics, and we finish with a government plan from Leipzig to make companies pay their employees to sleep at work.

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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Image Credit

Foto von Couleur

Theme tune courtesy of Kloß mit Soß