On the show this week

After bickering over who gets to ask our kick-off question, Dili wins the battle of wills and wouldn’t you believe it, she wants to know about favourite vegetables. Thankfully, Nic takes it all in his stride, since no vegetable chat could compete with the hell he experienced after his family weekend trip to IKEA. We find some time to introduce a new segment, Dili’s Sports Roundup, and Nic recounts his first sojourn into the TV festival that is “Berlin, Berlin”.

Thankfully pandemic lockdowns are becoming a distant memory, but the shadow cast by them still remains, especially in education. A recent analysis of various studies around the world shows that many children have educational deficits after two years of online classes. We discuss how we both dealt with teaching online, and what can be done to help children and students overcome the numerous gaps in their studies.

We finish off with a look at the pension system in Germany and the news that the government are looking at pension reform.

Articles mentioned in the show

Analysis of global studies on education gaps

For those of you looking to support Ukraine or the many refugees currently fleeing the conflict, please take a look at these different charities and consider donating if you can:

Ukraine Crisis Media Centre - A list of different donation pages to help the Ukrainian military response.

Disaster Emergency Committee - Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

Save the Children

Ärzte ohne Grenzen

Image Credit

Foto von Vsevolod Tymofyeyev auf Unsplash

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