Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:08 — 13.1MB)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More
Show summary
This week we listen to Jasmin share her knowledge about foraging for wild edibles. We talk about our experiences foraging berries, nuts and various plants in Germany and Nova Scotia. We also explain how we make teas, juices and salads from wild berries and herbs.
Show notes
1:00 – Picking elderberries and making homemade elderberry juice
3:05 – Elderberry juice is an important ingredient for making German Christmas wine (Glühwein)
3:55 – Make your own camomile tea by picking it fresh in your neighbourhood
5:00 – We noticed that the locals in Munich love to forage for wild onions
9:02 – Making tea and salads from the prickly stinging nettle
10:29 – Walnuts do not look like walnuts when they’re growing on a tree
12:53 – Beware of mushrooms (Do not eat wild mushrooms if you don’t know what is safe to eat)
15:12 – Don’t mistake elderberries for “bird berries”
15:38 – Raspberries and blackberries tend to grow in the same areas
16:41 – Wild “German” plums are generally smaller than the imported variety
19:50– Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
21:35 – Les Stroud on his Survivorman show, demonstrated how to eat cattail roots and wild cucumber
23:54 – Foraging is a fun activity for all ages
26:38 – I caught a beaver stealing corn from a farmer’s field in Munich
29:03 – Suburban farming in Munich
-
GenYChron Ep. 0010 – The secret language of fathers
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:53 — 13.8MB)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More
Show summary
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there! On this week’s episode, we review a list of seven facts based on research about how fathers can affect a child’s development. We talk about the surprising importance of roughhousing, how fathers encourage courageous exploration and many other relatively unknown facts that will change the way you think about fathers.
-
GenYChron Ep. 0008 – Demystifying yourself, your IQ and the education system
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:30 — 19.0MB)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More
Show summary
Do you know how your personality compares to 10 000 others? This week we try to demystify ourselves by taking a scientifically valid personality test. The results were somewhat surprising… we also discuss some facts worth knowing about intelligence and how your IQ is determined. To top it off, we talk about our childhood experiences in an obsolete education system.
-
GenYChron Ep. 0001 – Infantilized youth, data privacy and gut bacteria
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:32 — 21.3MB)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More
Show summary
We’re excited to welcome you to our first podcast episode. Today we discuss a wide range of nagging social issues. We make a few observations about independent kids in Germany vs. kids in Canada, your online freedom and personal privacy, low-sugar diets, gut bacteria, the supermarket scene in Germany and yes… goose fat. Read More
