> I speak German and trying to keep up with the language in America is nearly impossible because I can't find any good source of German language I find that ha

> I speak German and trying to keep up with the language in America is nearly impossible because I can't find any good source of German language I find that hard to believe. Nowadays it is so easy to get a lot of stuff online. > books For older stuff there is the English Gutenberg or the German Gutenberg site and Wikisource also has some stuff. And almost all books released in German are available as DRM free ePubs. Sign up to e.g. https://www.ebook.de/ https://www.ebook.de/ with an email and minimal fake address (they require one even if you don't buy physical books) and pay with paypal. > or TV shows or movies here in the US. The public stations put a lot of stuff online. Google for "Mediathek" and the channel name (ARD, ZDF, 3Sat, ARTE, ORF, SRF). Most stuff shouldn't be geolocked and if it is, youtube-dl works also on those Mediatheken, too and if it is really geolocked, try the option '--geo-bypass-country de'. If that doesn't work, get a VPN like NordVPN. Youtube also has lots of stuff. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk_(Medienangebot) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk_(Medienangebot) is a network of publicly funded producers, but it is entirely online, geared towards younger viewers but has lots of informative channels. Two of my favorites are mailab (short clips, topic always something scientific) or kurzgesagt (similar style as xkcd but with colored animations [they are Munich based, started out in English but added German content since being payed for it]). And the best thing is that all those shows are subtitled. Depending on your age and if you are watching Let's Plays, people like Gronkh and the Rocketbeans might suit you. Or look for German channels on Twitch. And as others already said, podcasts are big in Germany. Or online radio stations. Also Netflix now. Of course "Dark" but especially"How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)" is a great one. > And beyond trying to legally purchase them, it's difficult to even pirate German language media. It just doesn't exist. It does. You're just looking in the wrong places. :-) Mldonkey is surprisingly often still used for that. Also some plain old download sites (granted, that are not that easy to find if you're not a regular on German sites). Anybody can hit me up if they want some pointers (mail from profile, dingir_bhaak on Twitter, or bhaak on Freenode IRC).