Difficulty: Advanced
Germany High German
The SPD only recently announced their candidate for Chancellor in the 2021 Federal Election: Olaf Scholz. Will he be able to catch up with the other candidates? What has his approach been so far? The heute-show can’t help but poke fun.
Difficulty: Advanced
Germany
Just before the Bundestag vote over longer running times of nuclear power plants, Greenpeace activists have occupied the roof of the CDU headquarters in Berlin. They hung up a ten-meter-long banner. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German Upper Saxon
Drivers are seeing red at this traffic light in Dresden – and it's been that way for 25 years! Does that sound insane to you? It is! But there's a reason behind it ...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German
The first Advent is approaching with great strides — and the weekend weather has something for everyone! In this video, WetterOnline meteorologist Björn Goldhausen gives us an overview.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German
Today’s Tagesschau looks at Germany’s recent harvest, which was once again poor, and what kinds of coronavirus safety measures the government is considering implementing on trains and domestic flights.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German North German
A section of the A26 autobahn has been completed, but traffic is only open in one direction. The state of Lower Saxony now fears a wave of lawsuits and chaos.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German
A candidate for the chancellorship who is somehow involved in the CumEx scandal and can't seem to remember anything... Maybe not the best choice after all?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
When are abusive insults protected under free speech, and when do they constitute criminal behavior? Using satire, this episode of the heute-show examines the obstacles that arise when it comes to preventing hate speech online.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
The heute-show is Germany's answer to the The Daily Show in the US. German comedian and journalist Oliver Welke discusses the issue of hate speech and online harassment, and how it's not being handled adequately in Germany.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German
Bees are rapidly dying off – a major environmental problem – and there are numerous causes. The weekly political satire show extra 3, which is produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Northern German Broadcasting), investigates colony collapse by sassily redubbing an old episode of Maya the Honey Bee, a 1970s Japanese TV series based on a German book.
Are you sure you want to delete this comment? You will not be able to recover it.