We browse local news stories (mostly reported in German) every weekday morning and report them back in a succinct five to ten minute audio summary. In English.
Abby Ross Menacher, Albert Menacher
As you have noticed, due to changes in our academic and professional lives, the frequency of our podcast has not been the same over the last couple of months. Because of this and after some deliberation we've made the decision to go on an indefinite hiatus starting today. This is not a sad situation, but a celebration of what we were to all of you, and to ourselves, for the last 6 years. Thank you for your engagement, for sharing, telling your friends and colleagues about us, tagging us in your stories, for donating and for writing to us. If you chose to support us through Patreon you don't have to do anything. Those who have set up payments via their bank or Paypal, please take action and stop your monthly donations. Lastly, to those of you who would like a BB tote bag, please write to us (at berlinbriefing@gmail.com) with your mailing address and we will send you one. It's been a pleasure. As always, thanks for listening! Abby and Albert ** Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Summer pool incidents CSD Transphobic attacks WW2 bomb !! We will be taking a 2 week break and are scheduled to be back on August 1st. !! ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
State budget Tegel arrival center U2 Berlinale ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Rent cap Fire department Water Pool fights ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Rave the planet Youth violence E-Scooters Façade accident ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Bike lane projects Organized crime Fire Rave the planet ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Cycling budget University restrictions Rave the planet Air taxis ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Rave the planet Dead fish Hotel accident Illegal towing ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
July changes ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Gigabit Monitor Bicycle infrastructure Drug checking - https://www.drugchecking.berlin. Drone ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Housing expropriation report Missing Special Olympics participants Rammstein office attack Last Generation ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Surveillance "Deutsche Wohnen Co. Enteignen" Planetarium "Super-Ferien-Pass" ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Mental illness Pears Jewish Campus Bike lane closure Last Generation ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Immigrant work situation Vivantes dispute Drug checking Google Street View ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Rail travel DB AI Graffiti & vandalism Racoons ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Charité patient data Heating Allotment gardens Rammstein ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Rent Index S-Bahn interruptions Ecstasy Photovoltaic subsidy program ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Water shortage Knockout drops Skin cancer Rap workshop ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
"Air Defender 23" Refugee housing Debt counseling Break in ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
U2 tunnel BER operations Pharmacy protest Elevator damage ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Teacher strike Drug checking NYE riot sentence Special Olympics ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Sternfahrt Cannabis model regions Strike Homphobic incident ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Refugee accommodation Private jets Sex worker demo Noise blitzer ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
June changes Layoffs ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Dirty S-Bahn tracks U-Bahn accident Tegel Arrival Center House fire ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Climate protection Attack S-Bahn Union Berlin ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Last Generation raid Giffey interview Friedrichstraße Racoon on bus ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
CDU donation Data abuse Rats Shootings ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Arrest after shooting Hertha relegation Last Generation New Senate pt. 11 – Felor Badenberg ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Donation investigation Man shot Protest camp New Senate pt. 10 – Christian Gaebler ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Park trash Water quality - https://www.badestellen.berlin.de/ Karneval der Kulturen - https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article238406397/karneval-der-kulturen-2023-berlin-kreuzberg-umzug-route-fest-pfingsten.html New Senate pt. 9 - Ina Czyborra ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Zelensky visit Rail strike avertedf Letzte Generation New Senate pt. 8 – Cansel Kiziltepe ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Antisemitism Lieferando Special Olympics New Senate pt. 7 - Joe Chialo ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Energy cost subsidies Cardiologist accused Air rifle New Senate pt 6. - Manja Schreiner ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Teacher award Reusable offer obligation Kidical Mass New Senate pt. 5 – Katharina Günther-Wünsch ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Aquarium burst 1933 book burning BER job fair New Senate pt. 4 – Iris Spranger ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Police Knife attack Doctor appointments - https://www.116117.de/de/index.php Obama visit New Senate pt.3 ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
May 1st demos Deutschlandticket Climate activism New Senate pt.2 ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
May changes Stadtbahn closure New Senate pt.1 ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Coalition agreement Climate activism Bike survey Outdoor Pools ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
BER strike SPD coalition vote Climate protests Student housing ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Rail strike Station crimes Medical fraud After school care ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Joint control center Ukrainian passport office Allotment gardens Brothel death ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Asbestos Regional train punctuality Fridays for Future Cannabis Action Day ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Demo ban Climate policy Tank memorial Turngemeinde Berlin ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Cyclist death Pool temps Vandalism Ringbahn ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Cannabis legalization Climate protests Water prices ATMs ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Vandalism ATMs Post-demo investigation Deutschlandticket - Order online: BVG: https://abo.bvg.de/de/subscriber/order - S-Bahn: https://www.abo-antrag.de/de/ ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Demo outrage Letter to BVG Taxi driver killed DHL fraud ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Public service bargaining Body cams Street names Earthquake fundraiser ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com
Bulky waste - Dates: https://www.bsr.de/mein-sperrmuell-kieztag-30414.php - Map: https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2023/03/berlin-bsr-stadtreinigung-sperrmuelltage-im-bezirk.html Headscarves Student housing costs Pergamon Museum ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com