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Kemi Badenoch, a black woman contestant in the ongoing search for Boris Johnson's replacement was recently endorsed by Britain First, a fascist party in Britain. What is this about? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Thoughts and reflections about abortion laws in Germany and how progressive the US really was prior to their supreme court striking down the laws legalizing abortions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is it fair to demand for peace from the attacked? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Britannica defines friendship as a "state of enduring affection, esteem, intimacy, and trust between two people."Is it possible to be friends with people you disagree with politically? Some people would say yes, but I have my reservations.I
Whoopi Goldberg was this week suspended from 'The View', an American TV show because she said that the Holocaust was not about race. This issue is complicated, and it is disappointing to see the superficial outrage and the subsequent suspension
Gil Olfarim's gift to anti-semites. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Thoughts and reflections on Germany's elections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
German elections are not just unemotional but are a master class on how to do elections right.When looked at from the prism of my birth country Kenya, one can only describe them as peculiar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor
The Querdenker, the German equivalent of Qanon have been encouraging their followers to move to Africa. One of their leading lights, Bodo Schiffmann is at the forefront of encouraging the move to Tanzania. From Africa, they plan to fight to fre
A former German national football keeper Jens Lehman, a former professional and national football player Denis Aogo and the current Greens party mayor of the city of Tübingen Boris Palmer and their supporters probably believe that they are vict
This week, German superstar actors like Heike Makatsch, Jan Joseph Liefers, Ulrike Folkerts and 50 of their colleagues published videos mocking the current Covid regulations passed by Angela Merkel’s government. The applause from the far-right
Thoughts and reflections on the toxic parasitic relationship between Britain and Kenya. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Thoughts and reflections on the toxic parasitic relationship between Britain and Kenya. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Merkel's disastrous week and the complicated relationship between Germans and the catholic church. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the Tanzanian president Dr. Magufuli Pombe, a major Covid-19 skeptic died. As someone who grew up in Kenya, I feel a special connection to Tanzania. My reflections of a man celebrated by many and despised by not so few.Also included
This week, the Tanzanian president Dr. Magufuli Pombe, a major Covid-19 skeptic died. As someone who grew up in Kenya, I feel a special connection to Tanzania. My reflections of a man celebrated by many and despised by not so few.Also included
The silent musings of a foreigner in Germany
2020 is finally coming to an end and I could not be more relieved. Yesterday, more than 1000 people lost their lives here in Germany because of Covid-19. To call 2020 tragic would be a huge understatement. Despite this, 2020 has taught me a fe
At the beginning of the year, Germany was hailed as a model of how to contain the corona virus. Watching the current number of infections and deaths from corona virus in Germany, that glorious past seems like a bad joke.
Every country has its own peculiar habits or things that are so commonly done there that no one pauses to wonder about them. For foreigners, this can sometimes be very baffling if not downright hilarious. In this episode, we talk of the peculia
Today is the 3rd of October 2020 and it’s a national holiday in Germany. On the 3rd of October 1990, two independent countries East Germany and West Germany reunified to form the current Federal state of Germany. 30 years later, what are the d
To call this year a disaster would for many people be a huge understatement. 2020 has been rough. No, it has been a catastrophe. I tried to record a podcast about it but could barely string two words together so I invited my 10 year old son to
The silent musings of a foreigner in Germany
The silent musings of a foreigner in Germany
It has been 4 weeks since Germany was put in a lockdown because of the highly contagious COVID-19. Schools, business and everything that's not considered essential has been closed. A group of experts suggest that it is about time to ease the lo
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