Comments on: Why you probably shouldn’t buy Schau ins Land

By: Automaat

Automaat — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:19:38 +0000

Robley,

Indeed, they went bankrupt and folded as a company. They didn’t send out emails to subscribers telling us this because they didn’t want to tell you that they were no longer going to fulfill our subscriptions, and they aren’t giving anyone their money back. Sad but true.

By: Robley Bates

Robley Bates — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:14:31 +0000

For many years I have subscribed to Schau ins Land and was generally satisfied. The main problem for me was delivery, often never knowing when it would arrive. Even now, there’s no communication and I wonder if they are even in business since I cannot get them by phone. I have always thought their format was good and articles challenging and if one really concentrated on working through every thing presented, he could learn a great deal about all facets of speaking and understanding German, as well picking up a lot of culture. It is, as pointed out, expensive.
I would like to learn about other good possibilities such as Deutsche Welle. What’s the best way to start? Vielen Dank ! Robley Bates

By: GERHARDT J. STEINKE

GERHARDT J. STEINKE — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:12:30 +0000

I agree with fans of Deutsche Welle, Deutschland Funk, and Deutschland Radio. Another resource for really good audio is Radio Berlin Brandenburg rbb-online.de.
Most RBB is available as podcasts. I’ve recorded their Forums for many years.

Willkommen beim rbb Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg http://www.inforadio.de/

By: a cuppa tee

a cuppa tee — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 05:52:23 +0000

thank you for the info! i’m actually currently trying to improve my french. any suggestions of the french equivalent of “Deutsche Welle?”

By: anka

anka — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:22:03 +0000

danke schoen! these links are priceless

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:04:29 +0000

FrF: Indeed, I’d never heard of the site; thanks for the link! I just did a preliminary poke-around, and there’s a lot of material there. I found a bunch of interviews complete with transcripts that I’m definitely going to check out more thoroughly.

Welcome, by the way!

By: FrF

FrF — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:17:19 +0000

Josh, I don't think that Deutschlandfunk/DeutschlandRadio has been recommended to you. DLF/DR has a very generous audio on demand service which makes available each day dozens and dozens of programs and keeps them on its servers for months. You can either use flash or html interfaces to access the DLF/DR archives. Of course the question remains whether Deutschlandfunk isn't too challenging for your language skills for the time being but I'd wager that it's worth trying because there are a lot of interesting series like "Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt" or "Buechermarkt". I'm a big fan of DLF's aod!