Decades from Home - A Podcast About Germany
@decadesfromhome.bsky.social
A podcast about the weird and wonderful side of living in Germany.
Contact us: decadesfromhome@gmail.com
Contact us: decadesfromhome@gmail.com
It's the end of an era... Our final episode is available to download/stream.
Ep 250: "Endstation, Tschüsseldorf". Out now!
Ep 250: "Endstation, Tschüsseldorf". Out now!
September 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It's the end of an era... Our final episode is available to download/stream.
Ep 250: "Endstation, Tschüsseldorf". Out now!
Ep 250: "Endstation, Tschüsseldorf". Out now!
After 250 episodes and almost 5 years of podcasting, the curtains close on the "Decades from Home" stage.
Thanks to the listeners, guests, contributors and co-hosts who’ve been part of the show - you’ve been class, and we love you!
Ep 250: "Endstation, Tschüsseldorf". Out now!
Thanks to the listeners, guests, contributors and co-hosts who’ve been part of the show - you’ve been class, and we love you!
Ep 250: "Endstation, Tschüsseldorf". Out now!
September 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
After 250 episodes and almost 5 years of podcasting, the curtains close on the "Decades from Home" stage.
Thanks to the listeners, guests, contributors and co-hosts who’ve been part of the show - you’ve been class, and we love you!
Ep 250: "Endstation, Tschüsseldorf". Out now!
Thanks to the listeners, guests, contributors and co-hosts who’ve been part of the show - you’ve been class, and we love you!
Ep 250: "Endstation, Tschüsseldorf". Out now!
It’s the end of an era, or at least it’s the end of this podcast. After 250 episodes, Nic, Simon, and Producer Simon have reached their final episode. No, I’m not crying…you’re crying…
Find out more on Ep 249, coming Saturday morning!
Find out more on Ep 249, coming Saturday morning!
September 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It’s the end of an era, or at least it’s the end of this podcast. After 250 episodes, Nic, Simon, and Producer Simon have reached their final episode. No, I’m not crying…you’re crying…
Find out more on Ep 249, coming Saturday morning!
Find out more on Ep 249, coming Saturday morning!
Today is your last chance to submit a voice message for inclusion in our last episode of "Decades from Home", episode 250, which will be published this coming Saturday.
Link to our email can be found in bio.
Link to our email can be found in bio.
September 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Today is your last chance to submit a voice message for inclusion in our last episode of "Decades from Home", episode 250, which will be published this coming Saturday.
Link to our email can be found in bio.
Link to our email can be found in bio.
There's just 2 days left to send us your voice message for inclusion in "Decades from Home's" last episode, which will be published this coming Saturday.
Email link in bio.
Email link in bio.
September 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
There's just 2 days left to send us your voice message for inclusion in "Decades from Home's" last episode, which will be published this coming Saturday.
Email link in bio.
Email link in bio.
How's your Sunday looking? It's going to be a wet one here in the west of Germany..... Perhaps you're stuck inside too, which makes it a great time to record and email us a voice message for inclusion in our very last episode, ep250.
Send us your message by Tuesday 23rd September. Email link in bio.
Send us your message by Tuesday 23rd September. Email link in bio.
September 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
How's your Sunday looking? It's going to be a wet one here in the west of Germany..... Perhaps you're stuck inside too, which makes it a great time to record and email us a voice message for inclusion in our very last episode, ep250.
Send us your message by Tuesday 23rd September. Email link in bio.
Send us your message by Tuesday 23rd September. Email link in bio.
As we approach the finish line, we focus much of the episode on buffet strategy, but still have time to hear about Nic's recent trip to the UK.... which triggers a biscuit-related rant from Simon.
Ep 249: "Vorletzte Haltestelle". Out now!
Ep 249: "Vorletzte Haltestelle". Out now!
September 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
As we approach the finish line, we focus much of the episode on buffet strategy, but still have time to hear about Nic's recent trip to the UK.... which triggers a biscuit-related rant from Simon.
Ep 249: "Vorletzte Haltestelle". Out now!
Ep 249: "Vorletzte Haltestelle". Out now!
It's the weekend, which means it's a great time to record and send us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode of "Decades from Home", ep 250.
Send us your message by next Tuesday, 23rd September. Our email address can be found in bio.
Send us your message by next Tuesday, 23rd September. Our email address can be found in bio.
September 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
It's the weekend, which means it's a great time to record and send us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode of "Decades from Home", ep 250.
Send us your message by next Tuesday, 23rd September. Our email address can be found in bio.
Send us your message by next Tuesday, 23rd September. Our email address can be found in bio.
For our penultimate episode we have a listener email to pore over. We also outline strategies for maximising a hotel buffet. Finally Nic tells us about a dream pub lunch and we ponder who sends out the worst tourists, Britain or Germany?
Ep 249: "Vorletzte Haltestelle". Out now!
Ep 249: "Vorletzte Haltestelle". Out now!
September 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
For our penultimate episode we have a listener email to pore over. We also outline strategies for maximising a hotel buffet. Finally Nic tells us about a dream pub lunch and we ponder who sends out the worst tourists, Britain or Germany?
Ep 249: "Vorletzte Haltestelle". Out now!
Ep 249: "Vorletzte Haltestelle". Out now!
Yes! That's right! There's still time to email us a voice message for inclusion in episode 250, our last episode.
Get your message to us by next Tuesday, 23rd September.
Email link in bio.
Get your message to us by next Tuesday, 23rd September.
Email link in bio.
September 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Yes! That's right! There's still time to email us a voice message for inclusion in episode 250, our last episode.
Get your message to us by next Tuesday, 23rd September.
Email link in bio.
Get your message to us by next Tuesday, 23rd September.
Email link in bio.
How do you pronounce muesli? Seems obvious, right? So how come Nic seems to be adding new vowels when he says it? Simon and Producer Simon try and work it out…
Find out more on Ep 249, coming Saturday morning!
Find out more on Ep 249, coming Saturday morning!
September 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
How do you pronounce muesli? Seems obvious, right? So how come Nic seems to be adding new vowels when he says it? Simon and Producer Simon try and work it out…
Find out more on Ep 249, coming Saturday morning!
Find out more on Ep 249, coming Saturday morning!
Less than a week!!!
Yep, that's right! If you want to leave us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode, Ep250, please email it to us by Tuesday 23rd September.
Email link in bio.
Yep, that's right! If you want to leave us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode, Ep250, please email it to us by Tuesday 23rd September.
Email link in bio.
September 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Less than a week!!!
Yep, that's right! If you want to leave us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode, Ep250, please email it to us by Tuesday 23rd September.
Email link in bio.
Yep, that's right! If you want to leave us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode, Ep250, please email it to us by Tuesday 23rd September.
Email link in bio.
Would you like to hear your own voice on a world-famous podcast?
Send us a voice message by 23 September and feature in our last episode. Contact address in bio.
Send us a voice message by 23 September and feature in our last episode. Contact address in bio.
September 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Would you like to hear your own voice on a world-famous podcast?
Send us a voice message by 23 September and feature in our last episode. Contact address in bio.
Send us a voice message by 23 September and feature in our last episode. Contact address in bio.
With the publication date of our last episode (Ep 250) fast approaching, this is your daily reminder to email us a voice message for inclusion in the final ever episode of "Decades from Home".
Email address can be found in bio.
Email address can be found in bio.
September 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
With the publication date of our last episode (Ep 250) fast approaching, this is your daily reminder to email us a voice message for inclusion in the final ever episode of "Decades from Home".
Email address can be found in bio.
Email address can be found in bio.
We visit the slightly odd world of the local Freibad with Nic and discuss the retirement of a one-man bottle-capping factory. We also look at a case of rainwater theft and ask whether rainwater can really belong to anyone?
Find out more on Ep 248: "Rainer vs the Machine". Out now!
Find out more on Ep 248: "Rainer vs the Machine". Out now!
September 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We visit the slightly odd world of the local Freibad with Nic and discuss the retirement of a one-man bottle-capping factory. We also look at a case of rainwater theft and ask whether rainwater can really belong to anyone?
Find out more on Ep 248: "Rainer vs the Machine". Out now!
Find out more on Ep 248: "Rainer vs the Machine". Out now!
Hey "Decades from Home" fans..... You have just 9 days left to email us your voice message for inclusion in our last episode.
Our email address can be found in our bio.
Our email address can be found in our bio.
September 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Hey "Decades from Home" fans..... You have just 9 days left to email us your voice message for inclusion in our last episode.
Our email address can be found in our bio.
Our email address can be found in our bio.
Have you considered recording us a voice message for our last episode - episode 250?
Please get it to us via email (link in bio) by 23 September.
Please get it to us via email (link in bio) by 23 September.
September 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Have you considered recording us a voice message for our last episode - episode 250?
Please get it to us via email (link in bio) by 23 September.
Please get it to us via email (link in bio) by 23 September.
Counting down to the release of our last episode.... If you'd like to send us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode, please send us your voice message by 23 September.
September 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Counting down to the release of our last episode.... If you'd like to send us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode, please send us your voice message by 23 September.
We visit the slightly odd world of the local Freibad with Nic and discuss the retirement of a one-man bottle-capping factory. We also look at a case of rainwater theft and ask whether rainwater can really belong to anyone?
Find out more on Ep 248: "Rainer vs the Machine". Out now!
Find out more on Ep 248: "Rainer vs the Machine". Out now!
September 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
We visit the slightly odd world of the local Freibad with Nic and discuss the retirement of a one-man bottle-capping factory. We also look at a case of rainwater theft and ask whether rainwater can really belong to anyone?
Find out more on Ep 248: "Rainer vs the Machine". Out now!
Find out more on Ep 248: "Rainer vs the Machine". Out now!
Food? Next to a swimming pool? What is this European novelty? Well, not as European as Nic & Simon assume, but there’s still no excuse to eat schnitzel and pommes next to the shallow end…surely?
Find out more on Ep 248, coming Saturday morning!
Find out more on Ep 248, coming Saturday morning!
September 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Food? Next to a swimming pool? What is this European novelty? Well, not as European as Nic & Simon assume, but there’s still no excuse to eat schnitzel and pommes next to the shallow end…surely?
Find out more on Ep 248, coming Saturday morning!
Find out more on Ep 248, coming Saturday morning!
Quark - the cure-all for everything, right? RIGHT!??
Find out more on episode 247: "Farmer Drama". Out now.
Find out more on episode 247: "Farmer Drama". Out now.
September 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Quark - the cure-all for everything, right? RIGHT!??
Find out more on episode 247: "Farmer Drama". Out now.
Find out more on episode 247: "Farmer Drama". Out now.
There’s nothing like a language to cause confusion, as Producer Simon discovers when he gets on the wrong side of a farmer. How do you say “get off my land!” in German? We find out!
Find out more on Ep 247, coming Saturday morning!
Find out more on Ep 247, coming Saturday morning!
September 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
There’s nothing like a language to cause confusion, as Producer Simon discovers when he gets on the wrong side of a farmer. How do you say “get off my land!” in German? We find out!
Find out more on Ep 247, coming Saturday morning!
Find out more on Ep 247, coming Saturday morning!
We’ve discussed the topic of integration on the podcast a few times, but how integrated do your hosts feel now that we’re bringing things to a close? Simon asks the important questions while Nic and Producer Simon provide the answers.
Find out more on Ep 246: "The Sprudelwasser Express". Out now.
Find out more on Ep 246: "The Sprudelwasser Express". Out now.
August 31, 2025 at 6:53 AM
We’ve discussed the topic of integration on the podcast a few times, but how integrated do your hosts feel now that we’re bringing things to a close? Simon asks the important questions while Nic and Producer Simon provide the answers.
Find out more on Ep 246: "The Sprudelwasser Express". Out now.
Find out more on Ep 246: "The Sprudelwasser Express". Out now.
How integrated do your hosts feel? Simon asks the important questions to find out how German we’ve all become: do we have any cash to hand, do we know how to recycle a pizza box, and can we handle the shops being closed on Sunday?
Find out more on Ep 246: The Sprudelwasser Express. Out now!
Find out more on Ep 246: The Sprudelwasser Express. Out now!
August 30, 2025 at 5:36 AM
How integrated do your hosts feel? Simon asks the important questions to find out how German we’ve all become: do we have any cash to hand, do we know how to recycle a pizza box, and can we handle the shops being closed on Sunday?
Find out more on Ep 246: The Sprudelwasser Express. Out now!
Find out more on Ep 246: The Sprudelwasser Express. Out now!
The contents of your wallet can tell someone exactly how German a person is, or at least that’s what Simon believes anyway. He puts Nic and Producer Simon through their paces to find out how integrated we all really are!
Find out more on Ep 246, coming Saturday morning!
Find out more on Ep 246, coming Saturday morning!
August 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The contents of your wallet can tell someone exactly how German a person is, or at least that’s what Simon believes anyway. He puts Nic and Producer Simon through their paces to find out how integrated we all really are!
Find out more on Ep 246, coming Saturday morning!
Find out more on Ep 246, coming Saturday morning!