Podcast, Season 2 - Episode 07
15 December 2022
00:36 - Welcome/Topic introduction
01:10 – Citizens want an end to constant optimization: Google yields more than 35 million results on the topic of "optimize your life" – from nutrition and health tips to work, relationships, and leisure activities. Meanwhile, more than two-thirds of Germans view the trend toward continuous self-improvement critically. Will this obsession with optimization soon come to an end?
14:15 – The future of churches: This week's inquiry focuses on faith, God, and the church: In addition to taking stock of attendance figures in places of worship, the focus is on what German citizens expect, what developments are emerging, and what the future of the church – between community and mediator of values – could look like.
Midnight – Christmas Reflection: Fittingly for the Advent season, our theme of the week revolves around the festival of love. Family, tradition, and sparkling children's eyes, or rather kitsch, commercialism, and stress – what do Germans really associate with Christmas?
34:20 - What comes, what stays, what goes?
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