Surprise surprise! This weekend is a double-episode feast, simply because we want to spoil our amazing audience! (What audience...? :D)

My podcast-launch guest Nelli and I are trying something new with this episode by recording today's session remotely, because it is just not always practical for my friends to come over to my place to do the recording face-to-face. Not to mention that even when we record on site, still, the audio quality can be very poor, see the S01E06 with Fei, though we enjoyed the content greatly. And to our surprise, the audio from this remote recording is incredibly good! That means in the future, I can do remote sessions with my guests more often regardless of the physical distance.

In terms of the content for this episode, Nelli goes down a "dark" path (that's what she called it) to share her personal experience of being a German but at the same time not feeling like a German at all. She says she needs to get it off her chest. So, if a German finds it already difficult when it comes to self-identity and integration in Germany, what are we complete foreigners supposed to do? I assume everyone might have their own answers to this question.

In any case, this remote recording experiment has opened new doors for my podcast, where I am more than happy to provide a platform for my guests and friends to express themselves and share our memories, personal stories as well as their ups and downs in Germany. With that being said, that's what makes this podcast meaningful, extremely so.