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Time for our program's highlights - this week's hottest topics. Comedian CJ Delling and Oliver Heuthe chat why Barack Obama seems to be an alien from Mars and why Prime MinisterJulia Gillard should take a lesson in maths.

457 - three numbers that have a big influence on the lives of many migrants in Australia. Visa 457 allows immigrants to work in Australia for up to four-years, when sponsored by an employer. But as Oliver Heuthe reports, it can also be used to exp...

Two Germans in Australia who love the arts in very different ways: Christina Fuchs' passion is producing art, she is a leading German saxophonist-composer. Selling the art of the others is Matthias Arndts' business, he is an art dealer.

The Gillard government's white paper on the Asian Century contains an ambitious agenda. By 2025 our children will have to learn an Asian language at school, for example. But is the Asian path the right one for Australia?

Trouble with the children-in-law, boring retiree-lifestyle and newly discovered sexual passion. These are the topics that people in the 60s are confronted with. As always, psychologist Claudia Rothhaas chats with Sabrina Frangos about how to make ...

Aged 60, 65 or 75, is there a right time for retirement? In our talkback, Oliver Heuthe speaks with retired engineer Volker Lange about his busy lifestyle as a pensioner with many responsibilities.

The Swiss philosoper Jean-Jacques Rousseau was arguably one of Switzerland's most influental figures. He was born in Geneva 300 years ago and delighted his audience with a prolific output of ideas and literary works. But he wasn't an easy compatri...

Sunday night, 8-9pm, from August to October: Listen to Anke Richter's "Was scheren mich die Schafe. Unter Neuseeländern. Eine Verwandlung". Friends of German comic Karl Valentin will particularly enjoy the journey. Today: Part 12 - the end of the...

She worked with Frank Zappa, and is generally considered a master in the area of contemporary music. In the 1970s she went to Germany, sponsored by the DAAD, and already in 1980 she became a member of the well regarded Ensemble Modern. Christian ...

In one of our program's highlights, Comedian CJ Delling and Oliver Heuthe chat about this week's hottest topics. This time: the cuts to the baby bonus, corruption in the Vatican and doping king Lance Armstrong.

Our weekly discussion with the editor of the only German paper in Australia, we look at the win of the greens in the state capital Stuttgart, the canonisation of 6 people at the same time and the still happening Oktoberfest events.  

Internationally renowned Heldenbaritone John Wegner sings the role of Johanaan in the Strauss Opera Salome. He was born in Germany but grew up in Australia. The famous Opera is already over 100 years old and has seen many different approaches. Her...

Selling the house, investing in a motorhome and living a lifestyle of endless summers and inner peace! That's what the so called "grey nomads" do. More and more elderly people decide to discover the open roads and the beauty of the Australian cont...

In his attempt to become the fastest cyclist to go around the world, Thomas Grosserichter has already left Eastern Europe, South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand behind him.

Thomas Kaulisch from the German Embassy in Canberra was one of the participants in the German-Australian Media Dialogue, which took place in Sydney mid October this year. Trudi Latour spoke with him, about the differences between the Australian an...