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Would you like to learn more German?
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You get a mind-opening podcast called The Hansel and Gretel Code, by Curtis Cates, MD.
(However as usual, there are no swear words in this post.)
During the dark days during the Plague of 2020, a guy contacted me about another podcast I had been on, and then he started a podcast. It was the story of Hansel and Gretel through the lens of Jungian Psychoanalysis. Carl Jung was a Swiss Psychologist who gave us Jungian Psychoanalysis. (He's like Freud's healthy cousin, 'cuz Freud had some ISSUES.) Jungian Psychoanalysis is fascinating and when you take a fresh look at the context of Hansel & Gretel, with alllll the additional context, quotes, and information provided by Cates, you get a fresh take on all of it.
Fairy tales are fodder for the spirit, and this is no exception.
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This business started out 10 years ago this month, in May of 2013. By mid-2015 this was a real part-time job, and now every week I teach two classes, over a dozen private lessons, and since I began teaching German back in 2010, I've taught a total of more than 5,550 hours of German.
Wir feiern heute! Wir feiern heute! We will celebrate today! Wir feiern heute!
In the episode/blog post you'll hear and see 10 of my favorite moments of the past 10 years – meine Lieblingsmomente der letzten 10 Jahre.
Sind Sie bereit? Los geht's!
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For those of you who don't know yet, I (Frau Warner) am also a classical singer and I love the Germanic repertoire. The Bel Canto Chorus here in Milwaukee, along with the Kettle Moraine Symphony, is performing Johannes Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) on May 21, 2023 at 3:00 pm.
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What did we cover in German in 2021?
Really a lot!
From the podcast episodes to blog posts, and in each week of the Weekly German Practice, we covered a huge amount of material this year!
It's good to take a step back from time to time and to 'zoom out' so you can see the big picture.
Once you do that, you'll see exactly how much progress you've made this year, and I hope this episode is helpful.
PLUS you'll hear a run-down of all the countries that listeners to this podcast live in.
It's quite a lot of countries!
You can follow along with the country names, as they're all in German, and perhaps even learn a few new ones!
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It's a 'scary' time of year and to go along with it, here is your Brothers Grimm fairy tale in a video.
You might not know Der Kobold in der Mühle, however it's every bit as eery as the other fairy tales.
What does Kobold mean?
A Kobold is a "house spirit," a German folk being who takes care of household tasks and sometimes causes mischief. Britannica.com has a fantastic description of a Kobold that includes this important information:
"...mischievous household spirit who usually helps with chores...He is temperamental and becomes outraged when he is not properly fed. He sometimes sings to children."
Can you imagine that kind of Hausgeist being your Gute Nacht Geschichte? Creepy! There are different interpretations of what a Kobold would look like and a lot of them are pretty disturbing.
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