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Dec 2024
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The elusive “Führerschein” – Why drivers...

Common Ground Berlin
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Jen Palacios
 of Simple Germany in Dusseldorf and Matthias Roth of Asphalt-Profis in Berlin join host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson in an informative and humorous conversation about the woes of getting a driver’s license in the land of Autobahns.


Produced by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Eden Brockman

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