All tagged Mental Health
For some reason Simon and Nic are really happy this week, possibly it’s the sunny weather, but more likely it’s finally seeing an England football team win a major tournament. We share our stories of jubilation, tears and glorious lobbed goals from the final of the European Women's Championship.
We investigate reports of a crisis in the Uk’s language learning sector as Germans look to other countries to get their grammar fix. Things get personal with Der Spiegel’s recent report on the rapid increase in obesity among British children and finally, a fish restaurant has haddock enough of complaints about unruly kids and has decided that children have no plaice in their establishment.
Nic learns that like many things in Germany, there are some important rules to remember when ordering a takeaway. Simon talks about his love of currywurst and defends his favourite comfort food from his co-hosts food cynicism. The lads celebrate the upcoming release of Sam Fender’s new album and take some time out from discussing the peculiarities of German life to discuss how mental health is a central part of the Geordie musicians work and why men, especially in the UK find it difficult to talk about their feelings. Finally, Simon and Nic ask if Germany has a class system similar to the UK and whether social class is obsessed over in the same way as their former home.
This week Nic & Simon discuss whether pickle juice is a viable alternative to salt or grit for frozen roads, issues of recycling and waste in lockdown and do the English really get drunk the most?
This week, Nic and Simon discuss problems with passwords, baby names in Berlin, why your name is important for the covid vaccine roll out in Saxony, why Berlin’s new airport is a potential health hazard and breaking up covid house parties in house shoes.
This week, Nic and Simon discuss hunting for elusive FFP2 masks, skyscrapers in Munich and Germany’s tall buildings, footballers breaking lockdown for a haircut, traditional German bakeries dying out, and Why a German man’s missing password is the key to a $240 million fortune.
This week, Nic and Simon discuss changes to how German storms are named, why a new German TV show about raising children has caused a storm of complaints, the troubles of German hairdressers and why a simple sauna sparked calls to the police.
This week, Nic and Simon discuss festive differences in Germany and Britain, why the names of German cities keep repeating, the small town of Fickenhof, the legal fight over Pippi Longstockings and why a naked carnival prince is too much for one German city.
This week, Nic and Simon discuss why British communication is useless in Germany, Tesla’s new gigafactory in Northern Germany, Covid lockdown and its impact on mental health and how a 67 year old man drove for 40 years without a driving license.
