Welcome to the Better German Podcast +
2026-04-09 10 min
Description & Show Notes
đWelcome to Better German Podcast Plusđ
 Welcome! There's now a Plus version of the Better German podcast â and in this episode, you'll see what's different and how it can help you actually start using German. In this short welcome episode, you'll see exactly what you now have access to â and how to get the most out of it from the start.Â
 Welcome! There's now a Plus version of the Better German podcast â and in this episode, you'll see what's different and how it can help you actually start using German. In this short welcome episode, you'll see exactly what you now have access to â and how to get the most out of it from the start.Â
This is not a replacement for the main podcast; it's an upgrade.
- Â Early access to new episodes (sometimes weeks, even months, ahead)Â
- Â Exclusive VIP-only episodes and material every month (additional content you won't find in the main podcast)
- Â Guided practice episodes to help you actually use what you learn,Â
- Â The ability to suggest topics and shape future episodes,
- Â Expanded resources, word lists, and sentence patterns.
Get early access to new episodes and exclusive PLUS content you wonât hear in the public podcast â delivered directly to your podcast app via your own private feed.
Inside the Podcast+ Community, you also get all podcast resources in one place and a space to ask questions and actually use what youâre learning. A free version is available if you just want to get started.
đ Join here: https://bettergerman.info/community
If youâre serious about learning German and want to learn with me, your first step is the free placement exam.
Youâll get a clear starting point, followed by a personal interview where I create a program based on your level and your goals. Even if youâre a complete beginner, start here â this is how your path is defined.
Courses are structured as guided programs with online materials and live lessons, tailored to you. Pricing starts at âŹ100/month, depending on your program.
đ Take the placement exam: https://bettergerman.info/test
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Transcript
Welcome to the Better German Plus podcast!
I have just started this new premium
version of the podcast and I'm calling
it The Better German Podcast Plus,
and it goes with its own community
tier of the Better German Podcast
Community, and this is basically
just a very short episode to say,
Hello!
I'm very happy to have you here and
thank you very much for joining me and
for supporting this podcast in that way.
And I am going to tell you shortly
what you will get, what is different.
So first of all, the normal better
German podcast isn't going anywhere.
I very much intend on continuing that.
It's fun, I like to do it,
and it's not going anywhere.
What you get in the podcast community,
just in a normal podcast community,
is the possibilities to ask questions
about the Better German podcast and to
get answers, and there is resources and
at some point later this month, a free
starter course is going to go live.
In this course, you get, an idea how
to get the best out of the community
and you will actually learn your
first words and sentences, and
there are monthly live Zoom classes.
Now what is different about the plus tier?
First of all, you do get everything
that is in the normal community,
obviously, but, you get early
access to podcast episodes.
This can be anywhere from a
week to a month or even more.
So as soon as the podcast episodes are
edited, you will have access to them.
So, that's the fastest way
to get access to those.
This is of course, particularly
interesting if you have already listened
to all of the previous episodes.
This could possibly be negative for me,
but I'm telling you a secret now from
me to you because I want you to really
get something out of this podcast.
So if you haven't actually listened
to previous episodes, what I suggest
to you deeply, from the bottom of my
heart, start at the first episode.
It doesn't always seem like that, and
not every single episode is out of
context otherwise, but there is really a
path when you go from the first episode
on to present and, if you want to get
something out of it, particularly if
you are a beginner or if you're hoping
to find things that you haven't found
in previous ways of learning English.
I really cannot envision a version where
it wouldn't be best for you to just start
at the beginning and go through them.
Because if you have learned German
before, yes, there will maybe, maybe
be some things where you go like,
"Yeah, okay, good. I already know that."
However, if you have learned German
before, but you're not successful in
the way you want to be, and I suppose
that that's the case, otherwise you
probably wouldn't be listening to the
podcast, then it could be very helpful
if you start at the beginning because
it could be that there are things
cleared up for you this way, that you
could maybe not get otherwise and then
you couldn't get the most out of it.
So that's the thing.
However, there is quite a few episodes,
but at some point you're through and
then you get early access to this, but
there is also exclusive episodes that
I'm going to publish just for you.
They're not going in the normal
podcast and these plus episodes,
you can even give me your input.
You can even tell me what
it is that you need most.
So there is a few things planned.
One of the things that I have planned
is to do additional practice episodes.
So let's say there's an episode that is
a Word List, and we will do, an episode
in the plus tier that is actually
guiding you through practicing them.
This is particularly helpful if
you are as many podcast listeners
listening to the podcast on the go.
So I suppose you might be listening,
I don't know, in the gym or doing your
housework or maybe even during work,
if you have work where you can do
that and you're listening to this and
then you get some additional practice
episode, where there could be things
like more example sentences for you
to repeat, but also things like,
"Okay, good, fine and now you
make a sentence using this
word" and things like that.
So this is one of the things that
I'm thinking of doing in there.
Other things or maybe some behind
the scenes or bonus content,
things that are not really in the
normal episode, sneak previews to,
future content, things like that.
So all of this is going to be in
there and there is going to be
one extra episode every month.
So that's 25% more than all the
others get, and at this point in
time there are the podcast resources.
The free resources that do
exist are available also in the
free podcast community here.
But this might not always be like that.
There will always be some resources,
but the Better German Podcast
Plus community is the only place
where all podcast resources are
going to continue to be free.
It's not free because you're paying
for them, but without further payment.
The starter course that is going to go
live in April is going to be expanded.
There is going to be more
word lists and more sentence
patterns than in the basic tier.
So this is what you are
expecting or can expect.
So when you're listening to
this episode, you've obviously
already mastered the signup.
So this episode is going to go live
as a bonus episode for all members.
No, this episode is going to be available
to all of the Better German Podcast
listeners, kind of like an intro, and
that's why I'm going to give you a
little bit of an idea of how to sign up.
So basically what you're going
to do is you're going to go, for
example, community.besser-lernen.at
but it's going to be linked of course,
and you go there and, then you're
going to go on, sign up, in German
it's abonnieren but I'm pretty sure
it's going to be in your language.
Then, you can choose if you want to
do monthly payments or if you want
to do yearly, where you get two
months for free, and then you're
going to sign up and you're going to
end up in the Heartbeat community.
Maybe you're already in there, then
you can sign up for the plus tier and
I will know that you are in there and
I will add you to the feed of the Plus
Podcast and then you get an email.
I'm actually going to record that
as a video too, but you get an email
and you're going to follow the link,
and then you can listen to the Plus
version in Apple Podcast, and also for
Android in an app called Antenna Pod.
There are other options and you will get
explanation to that once you sign up.
So as soon as you're signed
up, we're going to add you and
you're going to get an email.
Okay, good!
So I hope I have answered any questions
that you have on an immediate basis and it
would be very nice to hear you in there.
And yes, talk to you soon, again,
both in the Better German podcast
and also now in the Plus tier.
Bye-bye!