HeyJaredMegan's Megacan
It's a German news podcast in English, because the German news is hard enough without it being all in German. Also involves canned cocktails.
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- Sep 5, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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You Ok, Sachsen-Anhalt? (with The Bupkes!) (opens the original)
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September is upon us, Megan's back in school, the megacans are turning yellow, and the slow wheel of history is gently tipping towards fascism. This week, the Megacanners are joined by friend of the pod and host of the Bupkes, Noach Głuchowicz, to talk about the elections in Saxony-Anhalt, an intervention from a Kabarettist, and the disenfranchised people of Berlin — as well as Noach's fascinating Master's thesis on settler colonialism. Lechaim! Read Noach's thesis here: https://www.thebupkes.co
Fascism = Colonialism for White People - with Wael Eskandar (Summer Repeat) (opens the original)
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This episode was first released on September 12, 2025 A special episode this week, as the Megacanners are joined by journalist Wael Eskandar to talk about his journey from asking permission from the cops to buy an ice cream on Hermannplatz to watching them brutalize protesters with impunity on a weekly basis. Well done, Kai Wegner. — If only there was some kind of catastrophic lesson in German history to learn from to prevent this kind of thing. Prost! Music by Eden Ottignon from
Does The State Need A Reason x The Bupkes (Summer Repeat) (opens the original)
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The Megacanners are on holiday, so here's another chance to listen to one of our best episodes of the past year - our collab with the Bupkes! This week, the Megacanners are joined by Noach Gɫuchowicz of the Bupkes podcast for a special collab episode! Noach explains Berlin's anti-antisemitism fiscal misappropriation scandal (AKA Germans explaining to Jews what Jews are supposed to be). There's also Germany's obsession with having a reason for its state — because German people always need a reaso
Basti's Beercan: Surrogacy, Surveillance, Drones, Difficulties Finding Wally (opens the original)
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Megan's off on holiday, so as a special treat Konrad is joined by ex-chef, thwarted drone pilot, occasional traffic law violator, and shrewd political analyst Basti Knight. Over bottles of arguably the worst and second-worst beers produced in Germany, they discuss the fall of Jens Spahn to a surrogacy scandal, the federal police's new Minority Report powers, Germany's obsession with tanks, and Basti's surprising difficulties on Where's Wally. Prost! Music by Eden Ottignon from
Here's A Hammer, Maybe We'll Do Some Sums (opens the original)
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This week, Megan dissects everything that's wrong (and right) with Germany's weird, segregated education system, while Konrad worries whether this is the right time to gut Germany's freedom of information act. Also, Merz's government maintains a slightly strained relationship with the German constitution: Instead of banning the AfD, it wants to ban the bit about expropriating parasite real estate corporations. Still, at least Berlin has a rent database and Megan will never have to think about Ju
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