ML returns from Munich, so Shawn decides to talk up his trip to Des Moines, while Marc waits for Calgon to take him away.







STRAIGHT DOPE: ML starts with some breaking fake news – the podcast has a new sponsor, German shampoo Schauma – “kraftigendes shampoo mit hoppen!”







While ML was soaking up history and suds in Berlin, Prague and Munich, Shawn was visiting every city in Iowa and Ohio. So instead of discussing ML’s visit to the Topography or Terror, his crib along the Berlin Wall, trips to Prague Castle or the Kafka Museum, a day at Oktoberfest and a day at Dachau, Shawn wants to know WHAT HE ATE. Spoiler alert: ML disappoints his friend. BIG TIME.







In between defending his pedestrian palate, ML opines that his stay in Berlin and Munich revealed how badly Hitler failed in his bid to turn Germany in a homogenous empire: Both cities are among the most diverse he’s ever been to. Take that, Fuhrer!!!







Marc and ML discuss their visits to legendary Prague beer hall U Fleku – and how much it has changed over the years.







Kafka is one of the most famous writers of the 20th century, but ML and Marc suggest that he was also one of the biggest whiners. Hear why.







Shawn observes that ML’s trip to Munich has something diabolically in common with his visit to Lyon: He was victimized by criminals and fraudsters in both places! Listen and learn all about it!







Marc marvels at ML’s love of Aldi when ML offers that one of the highlights of his trip was staying so close to an Aldi in Munich.







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