Merry Christmas And A Penis Morning To You
*Content warning: This episode contains some colourful language and a discussion of what happens to letters to Sinterklaas*
It's our final episode of 2022! This week we're getting into the festive spirit with Berlin-based historian Kathrin Schwarz, creator of an entire series of Christmassy European podcasts. We're also talking about Belgium's Sinterklaas postal failure, and why a 1970s Eurovision hit has gone viral in Ukraine.
This episode was recorded live on Zoom in front of an audience of our supporters! Thank you so much to everyone who chips in so that we can keep making The Europeans. You can join us at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify.
Kathrin's podcast, available in German, is called 'Have yourself a very European Christmas - Adventskalenderpodcast'. You can find all 24 episodes here on Spotify, as well as on Apple. You can also follow Kathrin on Twitter here or Instagram here, and find her latest work on witches in Brandenberg here.
This week's Isolation Inspiration: @balthazar_theblackmagus and 'Limbic' by Peter Scapello.
04:01 Good Week: Goeiemorgen, morgen
09:56 Bad Week: The great Sinterklaas postal failure
18:03 Kathrin Schwarz on Christmas in the EU
29:13 Isolation Inspiration: @balthazar_theblackmagus and 'Limbic' by Peter Scapello
31:11 Happy Ending: Fighting loneliness at the supermarket checkout
Thanks for listening! We'll be back in January.
Hosts: Dominic Kraemer and Katy Lee
Producers: Katy Lee, Wojciech Oleksiak and Katz Laszlo
Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina
This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. You can find more like-minded European podcasts at areweeurope.com/audio-family.
