Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2013 February 3

= February 3 =

This German Life?
I've been listening to Deutsche Welle's Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten podcast, and it's improving my German (rather hypnopoedically) quite a bit. But the vocabulary isn't very general, so I find myself knowing how to discuss Patriot missiles and Syrian politics, but not knowing the word for a bowl. I also listen to the podcast for This American Life. Is there something somewhat akin to that, but in German? Specifically I'm looking for all of: So I guess some kind of magazine program like This American Life or Radiolab would be just the ticket. I don't particularly care that it's not targeted at learners; I'd rather have language above my head wash over me than be talked down to. Is there anything like that which anyone here can recommend? -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 23:49, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) a podcast (I want stuff to just appear in my phone without my lifting a finger)
 * 2) in Standarddeutsch, or thereabouts; I don't think my German is good enough to fathom regional dialects or strong accents
 * 3) regular (ideally weekly)
 * 4) factual
 * 5) spoken and engineered professionally (so it's clear for my Anglophonic ears)
 * 6) discussing a wide range of everyday subjects (not some specific subject area, nor news and current affairs)
 * I don't know This American Life, but from what I read in the article, I'd recommend you to try "Neugier genügt" which is broadcast by WDR5, which seems quite comparable. Though unfortunately, they seem to be unable to create a full podcast of the emissions, so you'd have to download the different parts individually. Or "Lebensart", the topics there are even more everyday-ish and trivial. -- MF-W 11:05, 4 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Deutsche im Alltag might be just what you're looking for - they published 473 episodes already, so that should keep you occupied for a while :) -- Ferkelparade &pi; 12:02, 4 February 2013 (UTC)


 * While Ferkel's link seems to be exactly what you're looking for, I'd like to recommend Die Sendung mit der Maus. It's a children's TV-show that' both educating and entertaining, and it's enjoyed by many adults in Germany.  It aims to explain everyday things in a language children can understand.--Zoppp (talk) 18:35, 4 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks everyone, those all seem to be just the kind of thing I'm looking for. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 01:58, 6 February 2013 (UTC)