Episode

A1 German News | Dock Workers Fight AI for Shorter Hours

Podcast
Learn German A1 | Slow Easy German News, Daily
Published
Jul 9, 2026
Duration seconds
394
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
https://shows.acast.com/learn-german-a1-easy-news/episodes/6a4f21261c8f5a97d899a6f6
Audio
https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2b43d5479dfe546fd07156/e/6a4f21261c8f5a97d899a6f6/media.mp3
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898/episodes/a1-german-news-dock-workers-fight-ai-for-shorter-hours
Markdown
/podcast/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898/a1-german-news-dock-workers-fight-ai-for-shorter-hours.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898/episodes/a1-german-news-dock-workers-fight-ai-for-shorter-hours/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898/a1-german-news-dock-workers-fight-ai-for-shorter-hours.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Learn with slow German news for A1 listening practice.In this episode: Australian dock workers want a 28-hour week with no pay cut as ports test automation and new technology. Also: A major Telstra outage cut mobile service, disrupted trains, and affected emergency calls across Australia.Today’s German focus: arbeiten = to work. Vocabulary: automatisch (automatic), Arbeitswoche (work week), Geld behalten (to keep one's money).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a1-2026-07-09 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.