Joy Denalane, one of Germany's best-known singers. "Her husband is Max Herre, rapper, songwriter and long-time member of the hip-hop formation Freundeskreis." She was born in Berlin, her father was South African, her mother German. In 2020, she presented her studio album »Let Yourself Be Loved« on the US label Motown, where artists such as Marvin Gay, Steve Wonder, Michael Jackson and Diana Ross were under contract. Joy Denalane was the first German to do so. At the beginning of October, Joy Denalane will release her new album »Willpower«.

She began her artistic career at the end of the nineties in the philanthropic hippie rap collective Freundeskreis; their solo debut »Mamani« from 2002 can be considered the first German soul album worthy of the name.

In the podcast with host Juan Moreno, Denalane talks about songwriting, her life's big theme "love", the debate about the band Rammstein and the questions of why she can't understand why her fellow musicians explain the world with football.

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Sebastian Klüsener from the Federal Institute for Population Research

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In the podcast »Moreno+ 1« he talks to host Juan Moreno about the demographic challenges facing Germany. He is particularly worried about the baby boomers. "We have to get this generation into old age," says Klüsener, meaning that in the next few years, an average of one hundred to two hundred thousand more people will leave the labor market than new ones will join. This will lead to stress.

"By 2030, I am cautiously optimistic that we will make the transition. However, it is not yet entirely clear what will happen to the health care system after that," says Klüsener. The reason for the short-term optimism: Klüsener believes that although the number of workers is declining, the number of hours worked can be kept at the level of 2017 – among other things, because he still sees labour potential, especially in the west of the republic. "The proportion of women working full-time in the West is still lower than the rate in East Germany. After 2030, however, I see little room for manoeuvre. At some point, children have to be educated," says Klüsener. The next chance will be immigration.