PlusFortyNine Podcast

Plus Forty Nine is the ultimate podcast for internationals and expats living in Germany. Each week we dive into the personal stories and experiences of other expats. Together, we look back on their unique journey and explore how they have adapted to life in Germany. We address key challenges, offer practical solutions and valuable tips to help you truly feel at home here. In addition to these conversations, we offer you a select news section, up-to-date information on local events and our ASK a German segment, where we get answers directly from our German friends to bridge the cultural gap. Whether you've just arrived or have lived here for years: Plus Forty Nine is your guide to life in Germany.

PlusFortyNine Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Sigrid Arteaga, with 70 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Sigrid Arteaga hosts PlusFortyNine Podcast, a society show with 70 episodes published.

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  Week 5: From Public Policy to Impact Communication: Finding Purpose, Honesty, and Boundaries in Berlin

  Feb 5, 202630 minS0

  How Yash Das Sharma navigated German directness, leadership, and belonging as an international professional in Germany In this episode of Plus Forty-Nine, we speaks with Yash Das Sharma, a marketing and business development professional originally from Kolkata, India, who has been living in Berlin for six years. Trained in political science, international relations, and public policy, Yash’s path into communication was anything but linear. The conversation explores how Berlin shaped his professional identity, the role of brutal honesty in German work culture, adapting to direct feedback, and the challenge of setting boundaries in environments that reward efficiency over people-pleasing. Ya...

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  Week 4: God Has Done Well: Directness, Belonging, and Building a Life in Germany - Chiemela O.

  Jan 30, 202630 minS0

  What winter, bureaucracy, and community teach you over time In this episode, we sit down with Chiemela, a product manager from Nigeria living in Berlin, whose name means “God has done well.” What starts as a conversation about moving to Germany for work quickly becomes a deeper reflection on language, cultural adjustment, community, and the quiet ways belonging is built over time. Chiemela shares what surprised him most about German directness, why adapting your communication style matters more than changing who you are, and how finding community through work, faith, and friendships makes life here feel grounded. We also talk abou...

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  Week 3: Germany Didn’t Choose Me. It Happened to Me - Laura Soto

  Jan 22, 202634 minS0

  Laura Soto never planned to stay in Germany. Like many internationals, she arrived through love, stayed through circumstance, and slowly built a life through resilience, curiosity, and openness to change. In this episode, Laura shares how Germany became home after heartbreak, bureaucracy, a second master’s degree, and an unexpected journey into entrepreneurship. As a Colombian founder working in Germany’s startup ecosystem, Laura reflects on cultural differences between Latin America and Germany, why migrants often thrive in innovation, and how learning not to “submit” to perfection became essential to her confidence. From navigating German structure and skepticism to embracing risk, fa...

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  Week 51: Failure, Freedom, and Founding in Germany with Munay Zamorano

  Dec 17, 202534 minS0

  Munay Zamorano on entrepreneurship, migration, and why letting things fall apart can be the smartest move What happens when you build a business before you’re fully prepared for it and then have the courage to let it go? In this episode, Andrea speaks with Munay Zamorano, entrepreneur, mentor, and founder of the Female Founder Academy. Born in Germany to Chilean and US-American roots, Monaisa reflects on growing up between cultures, buying her first company at twenty-three, navigating German bureaucracy, and learning when growth becomes misalignment. They talk about business succession instead of the usual startup myth, the emotional reality of...

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  Week 50: Burnout, Big Moves and Listening to Your Gut – Simon de los Rios on Starting Over in Germany

  Dec 10, 202531 minS0

  In this episode of PlusFortyNine, we talk to life and career coach Simon de los Rios about what really happens when you reinvent yourself far from home. Simon grew up in Colombia, spent almost two decades in Miami, studied in Europe and eventually chose Germany as the “hardest” next step: new language, coldest climate, barely any prior connection. Behind that decision were years of high-pressure leadership jobs, a pattern of burning out every five years and several long sabbaticals that ended in a silent retreat in Indonesia – and the realisation that something had to change. Together they talk about migration as a p...

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