Favorites of 2021 & How to stay in the USA/Germany permanently

Germany vs USA

Alex and Jim discuss the process of getting a Green card aka getting a permanent residency in the USA and Germany, respectively.
Just like last year, the guys list their favorites of the year 2021, which are the following:

• Book
  • Alex:
    • Katapult - Magazin für Eis, Kartografie and Sozialwissenschaft
  • Jim:
    • How to Break Up With Your Phone by Catherine Price
    • How to Avoid A Climate Disaster by Bill Gates,
    • Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
• App:
  • Jim:
    • Goodreads
    • Waze
  • Alex:
    • CovPass App/Corona WarnApp
• Series
  • Jim:
    • Fiction: The Mare of Easttown with Kate Winslet
      (HBO)
    • Non-fiction: The Way Down
      (HBO)
  • Alex:
    • Dig Deeper
      (Netflix)
• Movie
  • Jim:
    • Hell or High Water (2016) with Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine
    • Loki
  • Alex:
    • Primal Fear (Zwielicht)
    • Bourne Movies
    • James Bond
    • Big Lebowski
• Band
  • Alex:
    • Bo Burnham
  • Jim:
    • The Replacements
    • Beck
    • Drive by Truckers (also a top band in 2020)
• Purchase
  • Jim:
    • COVID Vaccine and Booster
    • Bubbles the Doodle
  • Alex:
    • Smart Home Stuff for the house
    • Tools for the house
    • The house
• Hobby:
  • Jim:
    • Rock Climbing
• Podcast
  • Jim:
    • HBR IdeaCast
• Alex:
  • Fest & Flauschig
  • Übermedien
  • Der Politikpodcast/DLF & das Politikteil/Zeit, die Lage der Nation

Afterwards the guys briefly discuss the legacy of Angela Merkel and the new government.

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