Zero Effort

By Coline & Alex

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Episodes: 16

Description

This is the podcast we never had and probably the reason why one of us still doesn’t speak German and the other one never really learned French. We’re a German–French duo who spend a lot of time talking about words. Not to teach vocabulary, but to understand what’s actually going on underneath.


This is not a language course.

And definitely not a “how to behave” guide.


It’s about:

  • why things feel different in Germany and France
  • what we secretly admire (and don’t understand) about each others culture
  • work culture, daily life, and unspoken rules
  • and laughing at ourselves instead of taking everything too seriously

If you’re living between cultures, working in Germany, curious about France, or just enjoy honest conversations with a bit of humor and self-irony — you’re in the right place.


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Episode Date
#16 - The One Where We Discover the Art of French Gastronomy
May 11, 2026
#15 - The One Where Germans Wait At A Red Light At 3 AM
May 04, 2026
#14 - The One Where We Expose The Weirdest German Habits
Apr 27, 2026
#13 - The One Where We Learn How To Behave In France
Apr 20, 2026
#12 - The One Where We Judge German Fashion (And Creepy Ice Clowns)
Apr 13, 2026
#11 - The One Where We Realise That France And Germany Live In Different Time Zones
Apr 06, 2026
#10 - The One Where You Learn Why This Week Dancing Is Illegal In Germany (*on one day)
Mar 30, 2026
#9 - The One Where We Find Out If French People Are Actually Rude
Mar 23, 2026
#8 - The One Where We Talk About Baguettes (And How To "Sauce" Someone)
Mar 16, 2026
#7 - The One Where We Argue About German vs. French Food Culture
Mar 09, 2026
#6 - The one where we talk about the French art of saying the exact opposite
Mar 02, 2026
#5 - The one where we talk about the German voices of your favourite actors
Feb 23, 2026
#4 – The one where we talk about school and French “vacation tribes”
Feb 16, 2026
#3 – The one where we talk about cars and driving in Germany vs. France
Feb 09, 2026
#2 – Why “Ça va?” might be the most stressful small talk question for a German
Feb 01, 2026
#1 – A German–French conversation that somehow turned into a podcast
Jan 25, 2026