Episode 155: On the German Mindset (and Americans too?)

About this episode

The hosts explore the characteristics of German culture and its parallels with American culture.

Your two loveable hosts draw on a topic that is near and dear to their hearts - the wonderful culture of the Germans. Using an episode of the German language podcast Easy German as inspiration, the Old School look at a few characteristics and quirks of the German culture and see to what it extent it applies to them in particular and the American culture in general. And in many cases, given the long history of German immigration to the United States, these are not foreign ideas. These are fun comparisons, looking at the some of the great, unique and quizzical qualities of both countries. d

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Steven Bourgeois, Mr. Ross Miller

Topics covered

• German culture
• American culture
• cultural comparisons
• immigration
• quirks of culture

Keywords

• German mindset
• cultural quirks
• Easy German podcast
• German immigration
• cultural comparisons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Easy German

Places: Germany, United States

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