EP9: Growing up between the US and Germany feat. Jay Samuelz

What's it like to grow up in both Germany and the USA? That's what we talked about with this week's guest Jay Samuelz, a successful KZbinr, filmmaker, and musician based in Berlin. Since he is half American and half German and moved back and forth between the two countries several times growing up, we were curious to find out what it's like to switch between the school systems, what role the two languages play in his everyday life, what his experiences with racism have been, and much more. We hope you guys enjoy the conversation as much as we did! :)
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Jay & Arya channel▸ @jayandarya / jayandarya
Among Us Short Film [English]▸ • AMONG US | Short Film
Jay & Arya - Podcast [some English episodes]▸ @jayundaryapodcast bit.ly/38gPYDV
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Instagram▸ / jaysamuelz
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0:00 Intro
6:58 Background Story
12:32 Switching between school systems
16:58 Cursing in the US vs. Germany
19:21 Disciplining children
21:20 Differences at school (Which is system is harder?)
27:27 Adjusting to a new culture/culture Shocks
31:14 Missing out on pop culture
33:33 Switching between languages
41:51 Experiences with stereotypes
48:38 Race in the US
52:16 Racism in GER & US [German section w/ subtitles]
59:58 Culture clashes within the family
01:06:52 What do you miss from the US?
01:08:52 Accents
01:14:46 Jay’s content
01:16:32 Outro
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[@sandrophina]

omg, ich dachte schon auf dem Thumbnail, dass ich meinen Augen nicht trauen kann. Jay Samuelz als Gast, einfach hammer 😍❤ und super interessant, von ihm auch noch mehr zu erfahren. Einfach eine geile Kombi ihr 3 👌

[@kaylakayla3976]

True!!!

[@amazingeric97]

Josh is going to become American Guy in Germany in 2021.

[@hairyairey]

And hopefully unlike Feli, the only one with a KZbin channel.

[@kennethdonaldson3087]

i was threatened to wash mouth outi dont hear a german accent from jay or josh a small accent from feli sometimes

[@hallotschuss4177]

Jay ist so ein interessanter und lieber Mensch

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

19:50 This is not only "pretty taboo", but simply illegal in Germany.

[@meladyann]

Sehr interessant! Ich bin zweisprachig aufgewachsen, mit Deutsch und Russisch. Wobei Deutsch meine Wohlfühlsprache ist. Wenn ich Russisch spreche, habe ich immer einen leichten Deutschen Akzent. Als ich ich jedoch eine Weile in England gewohnt habe und dann wieder mit jemanden aus Deutschland Russisch sprach, sagte man mir das ich jetzt eine Englischen Akzent im Russischen habe. Die Tücken und Marotten von bilingualen Kindern 😂

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

Hahaha verrückt wie Sprache und Akzente manchmal funktionieren 😅 -Feli

[@bennybendt3490]

Mega, dass ihr Jay in den Podcast geholt habt! 😍

[@sapkra]

Jay is a great person and rapper. I'm surprised and happy to see this collaboration.

[@AlexaGhiurau]

I enjoyed listening the podcast in German too! I am a Romanian girl working for a German company, thus leraning the German language for a couple of years now (on and off). It was so nice to see I understand what you are talking about even though you were speaking in German. Congrats on the podcast & keep up the good work! :D

[@yubogolfer4040]

1:00:30 Rhetorical questions are quite often in german in my experience at least in my social circle. I think rhetorical questions in english are more part of the normal talking, where it's more a thing of irony and sarcasm in german.

[@Belgarion2601]

The Among Us short film is so freaking good!

[@jimeffler]

I laughed when josh said the Catholics were better at multiplying.

[@earlhollar1906]

It was almost a prerequisite. During marriage classes, we were asked if we were planning on having children and how many. And if you both answered at least 8 or 10 they immediately signed your diploma.

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

The Catholic Church is opposed to abortion, and contraception, that is why and of course they love to have sex just like everyone else. I agree with them, I am willing to give the fetus the benefit of the doubt whenever possible about personhood. As most Catholics are not priests, monks, or nuns, they tend to have more children.

[@alexs5744]

My Grandma who is of Irish descent and Catholic had 9 children. Had to raise them all by herself after my Grandpa had a heart attack. My Dad was just a baby when my Grandpa died. I can’t imagine raising 9 children.

[@godworden2768]

@@thomaskalbfus2005 It was about growing the religion mostly.

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

@@godworden2768 its about more than that. Jews grow their religion by having children, Catholics grow their religion by seeking converts. As for Germany, supposedly in the decade before the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, it was a majority Christian country. How religious were those Catholics and Protestants? Apparently not too religious it seems, because it would be hard to explain the rise of Hitler if they were. I think a lot of what Hitler did goes against Christian teachings, particularly in the disregard for human life.

[@hajotge12]

"Scheißprojekt" - If I imagine the situation, it probably has been less about "Scheiß" but possibly more about calling a project at work crappy without a build-up of consensus in the group about the project. You may have been the messenger ;)

[@michaelgill9922]

I am french from Bordeaux ! I speak fluent American -english and good (but not fluent German) ! I enjoy your videos very much ! That video was very interesting ( one of my favorit ) Keep up the good work !

[@rapunzeldisney229]

Die wirklich wichtige Deutsche Frage ist doch... Hat Jay eine dieser Glasschüsseln mit Blattmotiv? 😂🍃

[@Poseidonjd]

That thing Jay Samuelz mentioned about rhetorical questions is 100% a problem I have with my German boyfriend as a Frenchman too. We also throw questions around that are not meant to be answered by those who hear them. x) Also, people, never dumb your speech down and adapt it to other people's mistakes; it's not on you if they don't want to learn and, if they feel attacked by it, they need to check their self-esteem.

[@jillpruett4772]

I had to fill out a form for my last mammogram that asked for race. I filled in "human", which instantly got me brownie points with the technician.

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

Best answer! -Feli

[@imconnected870]

brownie points?

[@jillpruett4772]

@@imconnected870 Recognition/praise/approval. Actual response of the imaging tech wal 'I liked your response.' BTW most of those race etc questions can just be passed/clicked through. You don't have to answer.

[@berndhoffmann7703]

Basically this is the only correct and non-racist answer. Maybe Homo Sapiens would have worked as well.

[@faycelkouteib]

Boss move!

[@caszzxs4104]

This was pretty cool guys, thanks for the content!

[@SRTarlow]

I always enjoy your conversations. Thank you for what you do!

[@69coreyrandall]

You guys are so awesome! Thanks for doing all of this. It's very interesting. Listening from Arkansas

[@stefanjung4454]

Immer wieder interessant, einfach zuhören und dazulernen. Ihr werdet lachen, ich verstehe immer weniger nur Bahnhof! Macht einfach weiter, ich finde den Podcast klasse.

[@raythevagabond3724]

Once more a great podcast. And again somehow to short. Such a nice easy flow, easy to listen to (well fixed zoom problems).

[@deanmcmanis9398]

Another fun show! It was interesting that Jay thought that his English had a German accent. To my ears Jay's English is VERY American sounding, and in regular conversation I would never guess that he spoke another language. Feli's English is so good and her accent so slight that even though I would guess that she was bilingual, I couldn't tell what the other language was exactly. And without knowing I would guess that English was her native language, but maybe her parents were from a different country. When you were all puzzled with the fact that American schools asked about race, I can understand that you would think that it was racist to ask, but I believe that the origin of asking about race in school or government forms is actually meant to counter-racism. Your discussion touched on the idea that sometimes racism is inherited, invisible, and quietly accepted. And one problem is that some regions may not openly express it, but many people make assumptions and have stereotypes about other races. And often they may treat people of different races with inequality without thinking about it, or ever questioning it. But one way to begin to analyze race bias first requires knowing how many people are different races, and what races they are before you can quantify inequity. Admittedly, the classification is poor. Here Asian includes all people from Asia, except that Russia is seen as European, and they would be classified as white/caucasian. But Indian is lumped together as Asian, along with Japanese and Chinese, which makes no sense. Jay provided a nice twist/extension of your regular show, instead of looking across the divide and similarities of cultures, being equally American and German in most ways. Except the house slippers and metric measurement of course.

[@Skyl3t0n]

Jay hast the slightest trace or twang on some words. Like the way he says "funny". It's basically right, but there is a little something that I can't pinpoint exactly. With Feli it is a little more obvious. If you didn't know they were german you could mistake them both for natives (I mean Jay is), but you might guess Feli isn't speaking her first language.

[@crazy_giiirl99]

Made me so happy seeing Jay in this vid 😍 great and interesting video! :)

[@logankerlee]

Oh my gosh! That was such a fun interview to watch. :) Definitely subscribing.

[@missxy8217]

Ich hab Jay & Arya seid 2017 abonniert und schau eure Videos in letzter Zeit richtig gerne. Einfach nur geil!!!

[@TheWebversionChannel]

Love this episode 🤩 you guys are the born natural mood enhancer, ever, keep up the good work 👍

[@brittany5972]

I can't wait for the day I'll be able to understand your German!! Sadly with the whole covid situation my German class got cancelled and I have a hard time studying on my own, so I keep using your videos to improve it by myself (I even try to repeat some of your sentences with the best pronunciation I can do 😅) I am happy for Josh that he'll be back in Germany very soon. He's definitely out there living my dream 😂🇩🇪❤️

[@juwen7908]

Hey, you can try the yt-channel "Easy german - learn german from the streets". It's pretty good for german learners. They only speak german, but with german subs, so you can read it, too. They explain a lot, especially for foreigners. And even as a native german speaker I really enjoy this content and I'm not the only one, cause they're soo funny 😂😂😂😂 Greetings from Berlin 😎

[@xemmaginationx7148]

the collab i never knew i needed!!!!❤

[@mathildal3291]

What a great conversation! I'd love to see/hear another session with Jay. Maybe with questions from the audience?

[@ericwilliams8374]

Best episode ever. Ich habe diese sehr geliebt

[@juwen7908]

Tolles Video. Kannte bisher nur Felis yt-channel, hatte aber noch nie in den Podcast reingehört. Dann hat mir jemand den Link geschickt, weil Jay dabei ist und jetzt werde ich definitiv öfter reinhören. Ihr seid toll! Würde mich freuen, wenn Jay noch mal dabei wäre. Greetings from Berlin 😎

[@Trifler500]

50:00 - There actually is a US Federal law now that questions about race are supposed to allow checking multiple boxes, but there are a ton of old forms out there that just don't get updated, and there are actually a lot of people who don't know about it as well. I'm slowly starting to see it more, but it is definitely taking decades to become commonplace.

[@amirusmusic]

cool interview guys! Keep up the good work❤

[@eivlysdranoel]

LOved it. Almost one and a half hour of your podcast is a strain on my facial muscles. I have to smile all the time.

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

😊

[@mermaidfromthewakenitz1977]

Well that guest was a very nice surprise. I have been following Jay for a couple of years now and absolutly adore him. Such a talented rapper, with sadly not that much original music, but that's alright, I know he's a perfectionist and has a lot of other stuff to do. The regular Jay & Arya content is so great not only because it's about movies but because of their friendship and funny way of communicate with each other, same for the podcast btw but with switching topics. But then they're also creating such impressing movies themselves and I am just excited to see what will come in the future in general but especially next, because they're actually working on something new right now. Your conversation with him was very interesting but entertaining as well.

[@jakefromsf7580]

I honestly don't remember ever having to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance before 9/11. After 9/11 it became mandatory. In fact, there was a supreme court ruling stating that it is unconstitutional to force students to salute or recite the Pledge of Allegiance. You can find that case here. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)

[@joellongfellow3574]

Well done, Josh and Feli. Another successful podcast. I rrelly don"t hear an accent from any of you. Keep up the great topics and I look forward to next Thursday.

[@branscombeR]

Continuing the debate on the best way to visually present your podcasts on youtube, even when it's just the two of you ... this is by far the best solution ... better audio too! ... direct to camera in neat widescreen boxes using the integrated laptop HD cameras, with a static third camera for wide angle cutaways and plenty of room for closed captions. PS: This whole discussion was great! R (Australia)

[@alexj9603]

I grew up with two native languages (German and French), and I can relate to so many things Jay said.

[@Mia-we4se]

I just started this episode on spotify and thought I had accedently turned the Jay and Arya Podcast on

[@josephlim6854]

Thank you for sharing your discussion! The gymnasium is probably similar to AP/honors/IB programs in high schools here in USA as those classes tend to be more challenging. I always thought those race boxes when taking tests or filling out applications were optional. Speaking of racism between US and Germany, I recently listened to an interview of Esther Anumu Fordham on youtube and it was intriguing to me. She is Afro-German who grew up in Weimar era (her father is from Togo) in the cosmopolitan city of Hamburg. She then married an American after WWII and moved to the USA and after living and working here for 30 years opted to retire back in Germany. She even stated somehow she never felt comfortable in USA the same way she did in Germany as a person of color.

[@Amaterasu199LP]

I always wondered why jay has an american accent but now i know. It was a great episode and overall a really good podcast you both have. I would really like to see Jay in it again.

[@SGE19997]

great episode😃

[@ganimagalaktika5720]

The best episode so far.

[@cathiewndrlnd1197]

Warum sehe ich das hier jetzt erst? Richtig interessant omg und ich kannte euch tatsächlich, erstmal gönnen jetzt.

[@andrear.berndt9504]

Your Guests are interesting and funny! 😊

[@JulianPicht]

As a German who's mind is mainly working in English (because KZbin): life is confusing. Sometimes I talk to a person on the street in English (without intending to) and then struggle to recover and explain, that I'm actually a German native...

[@Trifler500]

13:09 - The hat thing is because historically it was considered rude and/or impolite to wear a hat indoors. That's why you're still not supposed to wear a hat in church, or at formal occasions, and why people remove their hats when saying a prayer or the Pledge of Allegiance. Despite the fact that school buildings are so large in most places now, they've still held onto that. Hats also make it harder to identify people, so that might also be a factor. It's hard enough to remember students as it is.

[@mariee.8107]

40:10 I'm so glad we get points for the process, my solution is always wrong but I have the right "beginning"

[@PvtAlmost]

Excellent podcast! 👌

[@DaGeezman]

Great episode. I'm happy about the part in German. I caught about 25% of what was said, but I'll keep listening and improving my comprehension if you keep adding those parts.

[@laser8389]

It's always fun to hear someone who grew up bilingual/bicultural! It really gives a fresh perspective to a lot of differences.

[@real_doombastic]

Klasse Podcast!! Und jetzt hab ich Lust auf Reeses Peanut Butter Cups... ich liebe diese Zeugs... aber hier ist es so teuer, weil es importiert wird. Jay ist ein klasse Junge - wusste gar nicht, dass er halb Amerikaner ist. Keep up your amazing work ... have a good time & a merry christmas ... and stay healthy.

[@wesleybush8646]

What amazes me about Rammstein is not that they're a German band, but that they have achieved success in English speaking countries when they sing in German. (Same goes to BTS, which speak Korean, of course.) They're have been German bands who have had success abroad, but sang in English (Scorpions, Accept, Helloween, Kreator).

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

Why not, there are English songs that are popular in Germany?

[@RawritsRIA]

I also have to say, that I agree with this comment because I am a huge fan of the band Tokio Hotel which is also a German band that before they did their Scream album, which is actually just translated songs from their first 2 all German albums, Schrei & Zimmer 483 they had no success at all in the USA. Now, obviously their success here is also very limited unfortunately compared to Rammstein.

[@RawritsRIA]

@@thomaskalbfus2005 I think this may be because most of the US is very.. ENGLISH ENGLISH! I mean even though the original commenter mentioned BTS's success, I think a lot of BTS success is because they have such a huge following because SO many people who listen to them already listened to other KPOP artists, that while have not had the same achievement, have done quite well.

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

@@RawritsRIA English is a Germanic Language. I'm not sure what you mean by English English, I speak American English. English English is slightly different although I can understand it, I figure I won't bother trying to imitate an English accent when speaking with an English person, I figure he can understand me in my American accent just as easily as I can understand him in his English accent.

[@wesleybush8646]

@@thomaskalbfus2005 My point was that foreign language hits are relatively rare in the United States. Despacito was the probably the last one that crossed over into general pop hitdom, but 99 Luftballoons was a hit in the early 80's as well as Rock Me Amadeus a few years later. These were one offs, though in this country.

[@sylvie797]

I really enjoyed this conversation. Thanks all!

[@NerdBirds-pod]

as a long time fan its so unusual hearing him in english much love

[@acsu96]

Glad Jay asked about his accent! I randomly noticed about halfway through his 's' sounds are a little more s like rather than z like. That's the only thing that i heard where i was like 'oh huh i guess he's got a bit of accent'

[@juwen7908]

Hey, ich bin soo happy. Ich würde sagen, ich habe 99% von dem was ihr auf englisch gesagt habt, verstanden. Es ist soo lustig, oft, wenn Amerikaner nur 3 Sätze in einer Fremdsprache lernen und dann fragt man sie z.B. "Sprichst du Deutsch?" wäre die Antwort "Yeah, I do!". Weil sie so selbstbewusst sind. Wenn man einen Deutschen fragt "Kannst du englisch sprechen?" , da würde ich meine Hand für ins Feuer legen, 100% sagen "Nein" oder "Ein bisschen ..."! Völlig egal, auf welchem Level die tatsächlich sind. Ich sage auch immer "Ein bisschen" oder "Nicht so gut", aber so schlecht ist es offenbar gar nicht. 😁😁😁😁 Greetings from Berlin 😎

[@winterburden]

German Girl's sitting on the right. American guy's in the middle. And another guy's taking up half the screen. This might be the most exciting episode yet 😱

[@Trifler500]

I hope you guys have read my previous comments about the Pledge of Allegiance. It's very important to recognize that it is a pledge to the values and the country itself, and not to the government. That's why I do not agree at all that it has dictator connotations. On a separate note, Josh mentioned that he never even thought about saying the Pledge while he was growing up. In my own experience, I actually started questioning why we were disciplined if we didn't say it at a fairly early age. I would ask my teachers, "Doesn't a pledge only mean something if we say it voluntarily?" and most of them would just tell me I didn't have to say it anymore once I graduate. A few agreed with me, but said I still had to stand and go through the motions to meet school policy. I never really disagreed with the Pledge, so I still said it, but I guess these interactions kind of gave me a slightly different perspective.

[@josephlim6854]

I also think the US flag and Pledge of Allegiance would have more meaning to those who have fought for the USA. I remember after 9/11 I felt more patriotism when saying the pledge in the mornings. I do find it interesting how divided our country is in recent years yet we all said the same pledge of allegiance each morning as children.

[@simonegorlich6334]

I always think that at some point there will be an episode where I think: This is not so good! But so far that hasn't happened. ;-) I found a lot of things very interesting, for example that what you learn is obviously connected to the language you learn it in. I often watched English KZbin videos to learn something new. And then I found that I can then explain these things very well in English, but less well in German. It's like the knowledge is only available in the English area of my brain. ;-) I also found the conversation about prayers before class and what influence that might have, very interesting. As known from advertising, we end up believing things that don't have to be true, but if we hear them often enough. I look forward to the next podcast. And thanks to Jay for the insights into the life of someone who grew up bilingual.

[@Lisared023]

Very entertaining!!

[@adamjurczak8606]

it was great. Ihr habt euch 100 mal entschuldigt für das overlapping aber es brachte dem ganzen eine tolle dynamik und machte spass zuzuhören.

[@karinland8533]

There was no need for a disclaimer, a very nice conversation, very respectful handling of the zoom delay

[@lillianloveee28]

So interesting 😊

[@Trifler500]

Speaking of there being a "special type of racism" in the US, and it being much more of an issue on the news in general: I saw an interview with Denzel Washington a while back, and he was saying that he thinks that while there definitely is racism, he also thinks that a lot of what we lump into the racism category is actually culture-clash, because the majority of the black population in America is raised under fairly significantly different cultural norms. He said something about how a lot of black folks have no interest in trying to integrate culturally. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I'm under the impression that black people in Germany and Europe in general are culturally integrated. As far as I know, they don't have their own separate customs, norms, speech patterns, etc. that specifically come from their being raised in a black family. I decided that I agree with Denzel Washington that there probably wouldn't be as much racial tension in the US if there wasn't also that cultural divide.

[@danthomas7413]

This makes me sound old, but its soooo refreshing to listen to intelligent young people discussing the nuances of different cultures and especially race, in an adult, eloquent and insightful way. Makes me hopeful for the future of humanity in this crazy time. Loving the podcast/youtube vids. I'm neither American nor German but really enjoy all your content.

[@greenhawx]

As you are asking your guests in which language they count and which kind of numbers they write you could also add the question which signs/fingers they use to count or show lower numbers to someone else. Cause that's very different in the US and in Germany.

[@AndreLei1982]

I live in a little village in the middle of nowhere but we have Butterfinger in our local Rewe store.

[@ewa_zen]

Hey, ich nutze euren Podcast um mein englisch zu verbessern bzw. um ein besseres Verständnis für die englische Sprache zu bekommen. Das Video ist sehr unterhaltsam.

[@Keygstan]

It’s so interesting hearing about the different measuring systems. The company I work for uses robots and I never really paid attention to it but I just looked and they use the metric system when writing the programs for the robot. Ex: 3000mm/sec for a robot movement.

[@Dareios4297]

Have to say thats a very fast robot with that movement speed

[@071949]

I enjoyed this; very interesting discussion. My mother was born in the US of German parents and she frequently used "scheisse" when she was upset about something.

[@Novosax]

I love this series/podcast. I studied German in high school and a few semesters in college, and this show has inspired me to back into learning it again. As a native West Virginian, I can confirm I have seen a few people giving their babies Mountain Dew in bottles, but it’s only been a handful of times in my many years living in Appalachia (pronounced “apple-at-chuh,” by natives, not “apple-eh-shuh” =D). A lot of the stereotypical dental issues people hear about in other parts of the country are caused primarily by economic difficulties and lack of access to proper dentistry. Unfortunately, food that’s bad for you is much cheaper than food that’s healthy. Life expectancy is statistically lower here too because of healthcare access. The disparity between the American healthcare system and that of Germany is sometimes infuriating. I wish the US system was much more like Germany’s. It’s so interesting to hear people from Europe and America talk about the topic of race. Even as an American, the race question on forms has always bothered me. I’m primarily of Scottish and Dutch ancestry, and I usually just put “other” or “Northwest European American” to mess with them. From what I understand, those questions are on applications and forms as a means of “tracking demographics” for the Census Bureau. I don’t feel it’s something that should be asked, and I feel like gender is another item that shouldn’t be on those forms. Although I have no idea what the German thoughts are on gender identity. Thank you so much for this podcast! Thank you especially for the German portion of this episode. I watched it a few times without subtitles and once with them. I was surprised at how much I understood even though I haven’t spoken German with anyone in over a decade.

[@bensherman2045]

Before this episode I have no clue that Jay is half American! This was another great episode :)

[@butenbremer1965]

Weekly "Pep-Rallys" and daily "Pledge of Allegiance" in my US-Government class.... that brings up my worst culture shocks I thought I had actively forgotten.... OMG :-) Again, very entertaining EP. Every new episode is a Feiertag, aber sowas von....

[@SuperDupr8]

Great episode, guys! I'm from NY, and Jay did not sound German in the slightest when he spoke English. Definitely evident that he calls the Northeast home in the US tho 😁👍

[@EricChipko]

I.was surprised to learn Jay's father was black. I was not surprised he went to school in New Jersey from his accent.

[@LuBaer]

very nice german speaking part! i am envious at your language skills

[@emiliajojo5703]

In Baden-Württemberg we had at the end of a school year Preis und Belobigung

[@jkiker7918]

16:50 the USA pledge of allegiance is not about USA superiority over all others. The pledge is a statement about unity of the American republic and support for liberty and justice for all.

[@karinland8533]

And looking at history and present thats a lost case

[@jkiker7918]

@@karinland8533Your lack of progressive idealism and support for social justice is noted and depressing.

[@lynda2450]

I like the Pledge of Allegiance and am glad I was raised saying it in school.

[@karinland8533]

@@lynda2450 That's what indoctrination doe's to a volnarable mind of children.

[@lynda2450]

@@karinland8533 Interesting perspective.... what concepts do you think reciting the Pledge is trying to indoctrinate vulnerable children into? For me, I would say maybe National Pride and allegiance to the Republic that is established for us by our founding documents. Then of course there’s the aspect of unity under the principle of Liberty for all. I personally really appreciate this and find it inspirational. Looking forward to what you think.

[@surfingthedarkness]

And OMG washing children's mouthes out with soap???? I'm 37, germany, and i am 100% sure that nobody in my class back then had that happen to them. It was definitely not a thing. I'd say maybe like 70 years ago?? It would most certainly even be illegal ("Kindesmisshandlung")

[@annypenny8621]

You are absolutely right, this is child abuse...

[@danielkeough1412]

A very interesting vlog, especially the transfer issues of mind response from one language to the other. I think language is a very Left Brain/ Right Brain process. I regret that I left my German language skills lapse so completely, but in the mid 1980s I did an advertising campaign as a model for Lord Cigarettes, which I was told is the most popular cigarette brand in Germany. I was cast in Los Angeles but the ad agency was based in Frankfurt. The photo shoot was shot on location at a resort in the Canary Islands that was at the time and might still be, frequented predominantly by German tourists. Because we would shoot early in the mornings and then go back out late in the day to catch the sun at an angle to bounce light off of a white wall, I had most of the mid day to lay around the swimming pool and hear nothing but German being spoken. After about the third day, I started to understand more of what was being said. And that was a good thing because, just as it was when I was in Germany, I always got taken as a German, and Germans around the pool at the resort would casually address me with a statement in German, and if was short, I might be able to understand what they said, but if it was a long phrase, I was buried and I'd have to mention that I was an Americana. The long and the short of it is that there's nothing like being smack in the middle of an environment of the language.

[@NL-tq1yr]

You should film yourselves from the side and in front of the desk and then add both screen side by side on the video and it will kind look like you are in the same room just like the previous podcasts.

[@juwen7908]

Hey Feli, struggelst du im Englischen noch oft mit Dialekten? Ich schaue gerne Filme und YT-Videos auf englisch und verstehe sie auch schon ganz gut. Aber manchmal habe welche dabei, da verstehe ich absolut gar nichts 😱😠 Dann fühle ich mich wie ein absoluter Anfänger, als ob ich überhaupt kein Englisch könnte. Das ist so frustrierend!!! Vielleicht wäre das ja mal ein Thema für euch, Dialekte in beiden Sprachen 😉😀 Greetings from Berlin 😎

[@carolynruppersberg1000]

Ahhh. Christmas in Germany! Happy Holidays!

[@karinland8533]

That would be Merry Christmas in Germany. Frohe Weihnachten!

[@jabba6552]

"shampoo for black people's hair" - das erste Mal, dass ich einen Ausdruck gehört habe, bei dem eine "Rassenunterscheidung" Sinn macht - that's the first time I heared an expression where a "racial differentiation" makes sense Some German grocery stores do have Butterfinger mostly at the check out. Keep on searching

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

Being bilingual is different depending on whether you're an only child, or have siblings. Bilingual children with bilingual siblings tend to engage in a lot of automatic switching between the languages, in mid-paragraph, sometimes mid-sentence, occasionally even in the middle of a word (particularly with cognates, but also compound words). Without the bilingual siblings, this is much less likely to happen.

[@FelonFitness]

I'm curious where Jay went to school in Pennsylvania, especially since I grew up in Erie and currently live in Pittsburgh.

[@blindleader42]

Based on only an hour of listening to Jay, I'd say that Feli has more of a German accent than Jay. But it took a long time for me to detect Feli's (I'd hardly call it an) accent, so there could be some really obscure features of his speech that are easy to miss. She often pronounces a German 'o' in English words where Americans pronounce that letter as 'uh'. eg. "of" pronounced like "off".1:16:33 "So that was the end _off_ the interview." See?

[@RawritsRIA]

Feli's accent to me, is like a soft Berlin accent, which when she said she lived in Munich I was like.. no way.

[@abernardes2]

In UK we always have to specify race in forms. Not only race but religion, sexual orientation and others.

[@lililopez2235]

Omg sexual orientation as well and Religion! Well know that I think sbout it in the US when they asked who they should contact in case of an emergency they did ask for Religion. I guess that would be helpful if you need a blood transfusion or if you wanted a priest to give you the anointing of the sick if you are Catholic. I don't recall in other forms that would ask that.

[@sisarothalbae7644]

Pop Tarts were sold some time at kaufland. They were extremely expensive, like 5 euros a package. And since nobody bought it, they threw it out of the sells program

[@einstuckheilewelt8603]

Jay, I saw pop tarts at our REWE Last week... Maybe you can find them there.

[@charliejg]

Ha! On time is definitely late for me. I come from a very German and Eastern European family. I get very anxious about being late.

[@NathanielStickley]

Regarding the Instagram thing at the end of the video, I'm just speaking for myself here, but I personally only check Instagram about as often as I check LinkedIn (maybe twice per month), whereas I use Facebook and KZbin every day. It doesn't make sense to install another crappy app (Instagram) on my phone if I barely use it. So, I use the browser version.

[@Henning_Rech]

Why not use portait format for the single video streams if you want to combine them side-by-side for the final format?

[@gringoviejo1935]

there're also short tons & long tons. short tons, US, are 2000 lbs. long tons are 2240 lbs.

[@TaeNi95]

37:10 Im German I learned English and Polish in school. My polish is very bad because I have no one to talk to. BUT we have a new colleague at work who is Polish and everytime we work together, my brain throws in all the Polish words I have ever learnt. So it's still in there, burried deep. 😂 And I am always so excited when it happens. My Polish is now being trained just by her being there. (She speaks German with me btw)

[@not-a-theist8251]

sehr nice habe früher viel jay und arya geschaut

[@CurtisMontague]

What a great perspective Jay provides, especially being of mixed race and how this is dealt with in both countries. Another great episode!

[@CurtisMontague]

@@highlife8038 Did you not watch the video? His father is Black and his mother is German. How is this not mixed race?

[@surfingthedarkness]

Bei "Ich bin kein Rassist, aber..." fand ich schon an innerlich auszuflippen. Da kommt nie was Gutes. Jedenfalls habt ihr das mit den Arten von Rassismus in beiden Ländern genau richtig aufgeschlüsselt glaube ich. Hier in Deutschland interessiert die Hautfarbe wenig aber die Herkunfts-kultur-.

[@arnodobler1096]

ja stimmt, aber was ich hier komisch fand: warum dieser Teil in deutsch, nur dieser? Komisch. Macht mich nachdenklich!