PR alert: race riots, koala pogroms and John Howard do not a good reputation make. Neither does threatening Anglofritz en masse at the local watering hole (don't worry, baby, Anglofritz didn't back down). Australia, you're part of the Anglo triangle, but you're so remote that sometimes, we need to go through extreme measures just to get to you.

That's why we need Jan M. Meissner, a German expat who spent his formative years Down Under. How did he swing that, anyway? As a former expat from the country that could easily be termed the geological (spiritual?) opposite of Germany, he's harrowed the cultural gulf that needs to be addressed before any further misunderstandings happen. Ben hits hard with questions about Perth, senses of expanse, and David Beckham's kangaroo-leathers.

anglofritz podcast (11.6 mb, 12.43 min)