# Day One German | Beginner News-Focused German Course

A podcast by LinguaWire. German Day One is a 20-episode beginner German podcast for absolute beginners who want to understand slow German news. No prior German is needed. Visit https://linguawire.com/dayone/german for all learning materials and homework to test your knowledge. In five minutes a day, learn the essential German words, verbs, phrases, grammar patterns, and listening skills you need to start listening to our main podcast - LinguaWire A1 German news. In that feed, we post a new episode every day discussing the latest real news stories, in simple A1 German. This podcast is perfect for learners who are just beginning German, learning German for the first time, starting German A1, and looking for slow, basic German education. LinguaWire podcasts use AI support, including translations and multi-language recording, under native speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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## Latest episodes

- [Day 20: Graduation: your first German news bulletin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/461185382cef) (2026-01-01, 8 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34e272ff36e11a351013/media.mp3
- [Day 19: How to read German headlines](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/522d207e2bcb) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34df479dfe546fca7749/media.mp3
- [Day 18: The German future with wird — and the will trap](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/20e9e2ab840c) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34dd72ff36e11a350e99/media.mp3
- [Day 17: The sentence bracket: past tense, part two](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/f7d7ba289373) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34db622531b86459a582/media.mp3
- [Day 16: The German past tense: the ge- hug](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/3078268eddaa) (2026-01-01, 7 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34d8479dfe546fca759a/media.mp3
- [Day 15: German question words — wer, was, wo, wann, warum](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/840e899b903d) (2026-01-01, 7 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34d6622531b86459a498/media.mp3
- [Day 14: Kein vs nicht — the two German no's](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/943a6666780d) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34d490aa100df92b053c/media.mp3
- [Day 13: Days, months and seasons in German](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/58d1e6b41a05) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34d290aa100df92b04ee/media.mp3
- [Day 12: Kommen, gehen, fahren — and nach for countries](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/37e18fccb0e3) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34d0479dfe546fca73ae/media.mp3
- [Day 11: Sagen and your first German comparison](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/e0c7bdc629c5) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34ce440b9d7bbf9040bc/media.mp3
- [Day 10: Football German — spielen, das Tor, gewinnen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/bf2cca226454) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34cb622531b86459a211/media.mp3
- [Day 9: Money in German — and the unbending Euro](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/a32b47267d1e) (2026-01-01, 5 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34c972ff36e11a350a1b/media.mp3
- [Day 8: Welded words — Flughafen, Hauptbahnhof](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/50d730dc05fa) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34c7622531b86459a0dc/media.mp3
- [Day 7: Es gibt — how German says "there is"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/13e935ba230c) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34c5622531b86459a08c/media.mp3
- [Day 6: Election German — die Wahl, wählen, der Wähler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/510462d7f6ea) (2026-01-01, 6 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34c3440b9d7bbf903e74/media.mp3
- [Day 5: German plurals and the umlaut](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/4e1ef87f3eee) (2026-01-01, 7 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34c1440b9d7bbf903de8/media.mp3
- [Day 4: Big German numbers are Lego](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/663bfaade728) (2026-01-01, 7 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34bd72ff36e11a35076f/media.mp3
- [Day 3: Der, die, das — never learn a naked noun](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/917cf20b412f) (2026-01-01, 7 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34bb622531b864599e41/media.mp3
- [Day 2: The verb haben — and why nouns wear capitals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/b69caad685b4) (2026-01-01, 7 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34b8440b9d7bbf903beb/media.mp3
- [Day 1: The verb sein and the German number trick](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647/3068afa8bf26) (2026-01-01, 8 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/e/6a2b34b5622531b864599c40/media.mp3

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