Love in the Time of Corona

In this episode Kate Cheka explores the importance of nature and what is means to us as people. First played on THFRadio Berlin on the Winter Solstice 2020 the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere it is collection of stories and interviews all about what it is to love nature. Featuring the voices of my friend Marleen; Nick, Nick and Naomi at The Natural Selection Podcast and Phil Bryant of Stowford Manor Farm. Music and composition by Tim Maryon and as always you can find us at our home https://www.thfradio.de/ and your host @katecheka on fb, Insta and Twitter

We're back in lockdown again! In this episode Kate chats with Joe and Jeff in the kitchen (hence the dishwasher sounds) about imaginary lovers, mind palaces, Ancient Greece and Pokémon. Enjoy and please check out www.thfradio.de

Our second episode live in the THF studio! This week we're joined by the amazing Sara who discusses the difficulties of dating in Berlin, being single over thirty and slowing it down. Hope you enjoy this intimate chat and thanks to Sara for sharing her feelings and go check out THF Radio http://thfradio.de/

This week we're in the studio and joined by the wonderful Ken Okuda, host of Not on Time on THF Radio. We discuss our favourite drinks, texts vs phone calls and the philosophy of love. Joined by a cheeky guest "twenty-one from London". Be sure to check out Ken's show and follow him @kenokudas on Instagram.

Disliking astrology as a hate crime, having the same politics as your friends and Fuseli's The Nightmare are all up for discussion in today's episode. Join your host Kate Cheka and her pal and temporary roommate Eve in Berlin as they debate these things and more over a puzzle in the kitchen. It is very hot in Berlin - both a curse and a blessing - and we want to know what's up in friendships. If you have a job for Eve hmu @katecheka on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter

What does it mean to love people you don't really know? This week Kate explores the idea of internet friends, i.e. people you know mainly through social media. She explores the idea of internet community, echo chambers and finding solidarity amongst likeminded people online. Featuring artist and writer Abi Palmer http://www.abipalmer.com/ @abipalmer_bot on Twitter and Instagram

Continuing the theme of last week i.e. SEX we have an old episode of Shamelips the podcast featuring Lexi Dark and my friend Julia, recorded in 2018 at the Workshop on Forster and edited by Rhianna Ilube we explore sex work. The sex work industry that has taken a huge hit in these times and they do vital work especially in a city like Berlin. This is a relieving of good times and a reminder to be vocal in your support of sex workers. Warning explicit content of the best kind. Get in touch at loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.com

Today we talk SEX! Particularly masturbation and a toy that can make you squirt in twenty seconds. Kate Cheka is joined by Fifi and her friend to explore what self-pleasure looks like under lockdown and beyond! Warning explicit content of the best kind. Get in touch at loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.comOur music is Ride It by The Dogon Lights courtesy of the freemusicarchive.org.

This week's episode explores looking after your mental wellbeing as an act of love. Your host Kate Cheka goes to speak with artist and art psychologist Ella Bryant about her relationship to art and using it as a tool to treat mental health problems. We discuss our mental health history in the context of British society and her work as an art therapist including running the Portable Wellbeing Studio to take support where it is needed. In these times when the world feels unstable taking care of oneself is an act of love. You can find more about the Portable Wellbeing Studio @portablewellbeingstudio on Instagram and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/theportablewellbeingstudio/

Love black womxn. A conversation between black women podcasters in Berlin, you heard an extract from them in episode nine - love as solidarity #blacklivesmatter, you can hear Rhea and Goitsy @tantitablepodcast, Edna Bonhomme from Decolonization in Action @bonhomme, Ropa @afrocombpodcast and Cassianne @tonesofmelanintv and Bonnie. Music Aneybara by The Dogon Lights through the freemusicarchive.org

In this week's episode we explore marriage with Nickeeta Gordan and Amlak RedSquare of Music and Marriage podcast. In today's times it feels like people are moving further and further away from the ideal of marriage. What does love mean in the context of marriage? And how does corona times affect it? Music by Amlak RedSquare Official on YouTube and search for Music and Marriage podcast. A huge thanks to them both and be sure to check it out https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/music-marriage-podcast/id1505036637

In today's episode your host Kate Cheka goes on an exploration of the local finding what love during this time means to the people around here. It features the voices of Lance who works in a shop in Frome, Obby who is a glassblower and boater and Liz who comes to help my mother with the garden every week. With editing and music composition by Tim Maryon @timmaryon on Instagram. If you have a story you would like to submit then please reach out at loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.com

It has been another exhausting week with the continued protests and momentum building for #BlackLivesMatter so this episode explores mental health, family history and sex as a means to cope. It features the voices of Sailesh Naidu @sailesh_n, Tobi Adebajo @tobiadebajo and comedians Gauri @be_gauri and Freddi @freddi_gralle. We talk love and sex in communities of colour, forgetting your porn premium password and posh dildos. Music and sound effects by Sams N, Podington Bear and Arnaud Coutancier. Find your host Kate Cheka @katecheka on Instgram, Facebook and Twitter or email us at loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.com

In response to the events of the last weeks, the murders of George Floyd, Brianna Taylor and Tony McDade killed by police in the US, this episode continues with Love as Solidarity this time: #BlackLivesMatter. It features recordings from filmmaker and director Mhla Ncube @malelevision, the poet @humanityinpoetry, black women podcasters Rhea and Goitsy @tantitablepodcast, Edna Bonhomme from Decolonization in Action @bonhomme, Ropa @afrocombpodcast and Cassianne @tonesofmelanintv. Finally I check in with my friend Ina from episode one. Music by Sams N, song Crocodile Baby Boy. To all my black people out there, look after yourselves and one another #BlackLivesMatter #BLM

In this episode I reach out to my friend Samie to find out how different activist groups in Berlin have been dealing with the corona crisis. This is love as solidarity. Thank you to Kenneth Okonkwo at the Lagos Covid-19 Prevention Hygiene Project, Esther and Lydia at IJM, Jacque at the Bloque Latinoamericano Berlin and Jane, Doris and Sarah at Women in Exile for their contributions. The music by Art Boys Collection, Ryoma Maeda, Carlos Carty and Tim Maryon. Protest sounds from the climate strike in Guildford and the demonstration in response to the assassination of Marielle Franco in Sao Paulo. Please share this episode using the hashtags #DecolonizeCoronaCrisis #LeaveNoOneBehind #SocialDistanceIsAPrivilege

This episode I return home and start to question what love means. So I invite three Berin-based artists who I personally admire for their thoughts on love and what it means in this moment. It features the voices of Júpiter who you may know as the drag queen Vanessa Júpiter, poet/comedian/yoga teacher Daddypuss Rex and historian of science, lecturer and writer (and host of the podcast Decolonization in Action) Edna Bonhomme. This episode features music composed by Tim Maryon, the song Kimberly's Mine by Son Little and the sound 'Train Passing, Left to Right' by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.As usual you can find me @katecheka on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook and loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.com

This episode continues the theme of platonic love and explores our relationships in the home. Featuring conversations with Lily at The Enoki Tribe and her housemate Ruta, an interview with my quarantine housemate Liliana Velásquez and a kind message from a faraway friend. To hear more of Lily and Ruta check out @enokitribepodcast on Instagram, for updates from Liliana and Sunday Slips follow @freudianslipclub and as usual you can find me @katecheka on Instagram and Facebook or send your stories to loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.com. Our music is by Ketsa and our cover photo by Johanna Makowski.

The original non-sexual platonic gay couple Wayne and Alex interview each other about their friendship. As I referenced them so often I thought you all deserve to meet them properly for yourselves so hear they are answering my questions about their relationship. Our music is by Ketsa and the track is titled Mission Ready. You can get in touch with your stories of platonic love at loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.com or find me, your host @katecheka on Instagram and Facebook.

This episode is all about the difficulties dating during Covid-19 and features comedian Ben Maclean, Rosie Wilby host of The Breakup Monologues podcast and author of Is Monogamy Dead? And Tyrone Stallone is the love doctor at his online show Crazy, Stupid Berlin ;) Our music is by KieLoKaz the song is called Alte Herren and is sourced from the freemusicarchive.org. As usual you can get in touch via loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.com or find your host Kate Cheka @katecheka on Instagram and Facebook.

This episode is all about how to adjust to the new reality we're living in. First we have a piece written by Aïssa Sica who runs the project People Racializadas. Then a submission from Nick at Corner Späti and one from Jordana Del Feld about Domestic Violence, so careful if that is a trigger for you. FInally we finish up with a meditation from Lily at The Enoki Tribe another Berlin-based podcast. As usual you can get in touch via loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.com or find your host Kate Cheka @katecheka on Instagram and Twitter

It's been a rough week all round so for this episode we thought we'd explore the triggers and coping mechanisms to get us through the difficult days. First we have a story of lost love from Jordana Del Feld, second a story of escape from Duckie L'orange. Then our host Kate has reunited with her former isolation companion the wonderful Liliana Velasquez, legendary Berlin comedian and host of Sunday Slips! No Matter What (which is living up to it's name and livestreaming every Sunday evening. As usual you can get in touch via loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.com or find your host Kate Cheka @katecheka on Instagram and Twitter

This episode features two interviews and a submission. In the first interview with dominatrix Lexie Dark we talk about the sub space and why you should always leave your club boyfriend in the club. Then Kristin Kirkley from NYC talks about finding good D for lockdown. Finally Wayne French and Kate discuss the difficulties of getting love off the ground as Berlin heads into isolation. You can get in touch via loveinthetimeofpodcast@gmail.com or find your host Kate Cheka @katecheka on Instagram and Twitter. Cover art by Johanna Makowski.