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Is expropriation, or forcing corporations to sell apartments to the government, a way to ease the housing crisis? Berlin seems to think so. In a landmark referendum back in 2021, the majority of Berliners voted ‘yes' to forced sales, calling for the government to buy 240,000 apartments owned by some of Berlin's mega landlords - whether they want to sell or not. Some call the strategy “radical” but needed. Others say it's unconstitutional. But is it a viable solution to Berlin's housing crisis, and could it work here in Canada? In this episode, we dive into the history behind Berlin's expropriation campaign and try to figure out if a similar referendum on housing could succeed on this side of the Atlantic.You can find more episodes of City Space here, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

makko ist in unserer Podcast-Vita irgendwie ein Spezialfall. Nicht selten schwärmen wir beide von neuen Singles oder Live-Performances des Berliners - aber eine volle Review gab's noch nie. Das liegt irgendwie auch daran, dass uns bis jetzt kein ganzes Projekt des Solo-Bolo Boys so wirklich überzeugen konnte. Der erste Eindruck passt, aber dann war der Vibe oft genauso schnell weg, wie er aufkam. Kann das die »Undercover« EP ändern? Die Vorzeichen stehen jedenfalls nicht schlecht! In der Kombi mit Producer-Duo Miksu / Macloud sind schließlich schon einige Hits entstanden, die makko in die Top 10 und sogar auf die 1 der Single-Charts gebracht haben (»nachts wach«). Und auch an der Single »Streit« mitsamt eskalativem Musikvideo war in Deutschrap-Gefilden beim besten Willen kein Vorbeikommen. Wir waren also vorsichtig optimistisch was die »Undercover« EP angeht und hatten sowieso Bock, einfach mal ausführlicher über makko zu quatschen. Rausgekommen ist ein Gespräch über die beeindruckenden Genre-Switches der EP, Hiphop.de-Punchline-Award-verdächtige Zeilen und (ge)pinke(lte) Diamanten. Viel Spaß beim Hören! Du möchtest uns unterstützen? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/favouriteworstcast Steady: https://steadyhq.com/de/favouriteworstcast PayPal: https://paypal.me/FavouriteWorstCast Folg uns auf Instagram & TikTok für mehr Content & Updates! https://www.instagram.com/favouriteworstcast https://www.tiktok.com/@favouriteworstcast

Is expropriation, or forcing corporations to sell apartments to the government, a way to ease the housing crisis? Berlin seems to think so. In a landmark referendum back in 2021, the majority of Berliners voted ‘yes' to forced sales, calling for the government to buy 240,000 apartments owned by some of Berlin's mega landlords - whether they want to sell or not. Some call the strategy “radical” but needed. Others say it's unconstitutional. But is it a viable solution to Berlin's housing crisis, and could it work here in Canada? In this episode, we dive into the history behind Berlin's expropriation campaign and try to figure out if a similar referendum on housing could succeed on this side of the Atlantic.

THE FACTS ABOUT THE NSDAP AND THE RISE OF THE THIRD REICH.   6 /16: Coffee With Hitler: The Untold Story of the Amateur Spies Who Tried to Civilize the Nazis Hardcover – September 6, 2022 by  Charles Spicer  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Hitler-Untold-Amateur-Civilize/dp/1639362266 "How might the British have handled Hitler differently?” remains one of history's greatest "what ifs." Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding story of how a handful of amateur British intelligence agents wined, dined, and befriended the leading National Socialists between the wars. With support from royalty, aristocracy, politicians, and businessmen, they hoped to use the recently founded Anglo-German Fellowship as a vehicle to civilize and enlighten the Nazis. 1937 BERLINERS

The scene at Kebap With Attitude in Berlin's trendy Mitte neighborhood is typical of any street-side stand or restaurant where cooks pile the ingredients into pita bread to create the city's beloved döner kebab. But the snack's status could be in jeopardy if the European Commission approves a bid by Turkey to regulate what can legally take the döner kebab name. The word “döner” is derived from the Turkish verb “dönmek,” which means “to turn.” In Turkey, the dish originally was made of lamb and sold only on a plate. But in the 1970s, Turkish immigrants in Berlin opted to serve it in a pita and tweak the recipe to make it special for Berliners. In April, Turkey applied to have döner kebab protected under a status called “traditional specialty guaranteed.” It's below the vaunted “protected designation of origin” that applies to geographic region-specific products, like Champagne from its eponymous region in France, but could still impact kebab shop owners, their individual recipes, and their customers throughout Germany. Under Turkey's proposal, beef would be required to come from cattle that are at least 16 months old. It would be marinated with specific amounts of animal fat, yogurt or milk, onion, salt, and thyme, as well as black, red, and white peppers. The final product would be sliced off the vertical spit into pieces that are 3 to 5 millimeters (0.1 to 0.2 inches) thick. Chicken would be similarly regulated. “The kebab is part of Germany, and the diversity of its preparation methods reflects the diversity of our country—this must be preserved. [...] We are committed to ensuring that the döner kebab can remain as it is prepared and eaten here,” Germany's Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture said. It appears that vegetables, turkey, and some veal kebabs—all of which are popular in Germany—would no longer be allowed under Turkey's application because it does not specifically mention them, causing confusion in the German food industry. “The kebab belongs to Germany. Everyone should be allowed to decide for themselves how it is prepared and eaten here. There's no need for guidelines from Ankara,” said Cem Özdemir, Germany's federal food and agriculture minister who also has Turkish roots. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

Am Freitag ist das neue Album von Bonsai Kitten erscheinen! "Let It Burn" heißt es und spielt mit den Sound-Images der Rock-Klassiker der 70er und 80er Jahre, erinnert aber zugleich an den Pop-Rock der Nuller Jahre, der alle möglichen Genres – von Metal bis Blues – umschließt. Die Gerüchte um sogenannte "Bonsai Kitten" halten sich nach der Fake-Webseite von Studierenden des MIT in Boston zum Teil bis heute. In den 2000ern hatten die vorgegeben, "Katzen im Glas" zu züchten und zu verkaufen, die dann die Form des jeweiligen Gefäßes angenommen hätten und entsprechend klein blieben; so wie eben die Bonsai-Bäume der japanischen Gartenkunst. Diese Falschmeldung hatte die Berliner Sängerin "Tiger Lilly" Marleen daraufhin zum Namen ihrer Band inspiriert. "Let It Burn" ist das mittlerweile sechste Album der Band, deren Reise mit einer Debüt-EP 2007 begann, die nur in Japan veröffentlicht wurde, und sechs Coversongs von u.a. Alice Cooper, Trio oder Depeche Mode enthielt. Viel beachtet, beschert das Debüt der Band Auftritte auf diversen Festivals oder die Chance als Support für Mad Dog Cole, und später für The Boss Hoss oder King Kurt, diverse Bühnen zu betreten. Heute spielen sie als Headliner ihre eigenen Konzerte, touren durch Europa – oder sogar mal nach Bangkog!

Am Freitag ist das neue Album von Bonsai Kitten erscheinen! "Let It Burn" heißt es und spielt mit den Sound-Images der Rock-Klassiker der 70er und 80er Jahre, erinnert aber zugleich an den Pop-Rock der Nuller Jahre, der alle möglichen Genres – von Metal bis Blues – umschließt. Die Gerüchte um sogenannte "Bonsai Kitten" halten sich nach der Fake-Webseite von Studierenden des MIT in Boston zum Teil bis heute. In den 2000ern hatten die vorgegeben, "Katzen im Glas" zu züchten und zu verkaufen, die dann die Form des jeweiligen Gefäßes angenommen hätten und entsprechend klein blieben; so wie eben die Bonsai-Bäume der japanischen Gartenkunst. Diese Falschmeldung hatte die Berliner Sängerin "Tiger Lilly" Marleen daraufhin zum Namen ihrer Band inspiriert. "Let It Burn" ist das mittlerweile sechste Album der Band, deren Reise mit einer Debüt-EP 2007 begann, die nur in Japan veröffentlicht wurde, und sechs Coversongs von u.a. Alice Cooper, Trio oder Depeche Mode enthielt. Viel beachtet, beschert das Debüt der Band Auftritte auf diversen Festivals oder die Chance als Support für Mad Dog Cole, und später für The Boss Hoss oder King Kurt, diverse Bühnen zu betreten. Heute spielen sie als Headliner ihre eigenen Konzerte, touren durch Europa – oder sogar mal nach Bangkog!

Am Freitag ist das neue Album von Bonsai Kitten erscheinen! "Let It Burn" heißt es und spielt mit den Sound-Images der Rock-Klassiker der 70er und 80er Jahre, erinnert aber zugleich an den Pop-Rock der Nuller Jahre, der alle möglichen Genres – von Metal bis Blues – umschließt. Die Gerüchte um sogenannte "Bonsai Kitten" halten sich nach der Fake-Webseite von Studierenden des MIT in Boston zum Teil bis heute. In den 2000ern hatten die vorgegeben, "Katzen im Glas" zu züchten und zu verkaufen, die dann die Form des jeweiligen Gefäßes angenommen hätten und entsprechend klein blieben; so wie eben die Bonsai-Bäume der japanischen Gartenkunst. Diese Falschmeldung hatte die Berliner Sängerin "Tiger Lilly" Marleen daraufhin zum Namen ihrer Band inspiriert. "Let It Burn" ist das mittlerweile sechste Album der Band, deren Reise mit einer Debüt-EP 2007 begann, die nur in Japan veröffentlicht wurde, und sechs Coversongs von u.a. Alice Cooper, Trio oder Depeche Mode enthielt. Viel beachtet, beschert das Debüt der Band Auftritte auf diversen Festivals oder die Chance als Support für Mad Dog Cole, und später für The Boss Hoss oder King Kurt, diverse Bühnen zu betreten. Heute spielen sie als Headliner ihre eigenen Konzerte, touren durch Europa – oder sogar mal nach Bangkog!

Am Freitag ist das neue Album von Bonsai Kitten erscheinen! "Let It Burn" heißt es und spielt mit den Sound-Images der Rock-Klassiker der 70er und 80er Jahre, erinnert aber zugleich an den Pop-Rock der Nuller Jahre, der alle möglichen Genres – von Metal bis Blues – umschließt. Die Gerüchte um sogenannte "Bonsai Kitten" halten sich nach der Fake-Webseite von Studierenden des MIT in Boston zum Teil bis heute. In den 2000ern hatten die vorgegeben, "Katzen im Glas" zu züchten und zu verkaufen, die dann die Form des jeweiligen Gefäßes angenommen hätten und entsprechend klein blieben; so wie eben die Bonsai-Bäume der japanischen Gartenkunst. Diese Falschmeldung hatte die Berliner Sängerin "Tiger Lilly" Marleen daraufhin zum Namen ihrer Band inspiriert. "Let It Burn" ist das mittlerweile sechste Album der Band, deren Reise mit einer Debüt-EP 2007 begann, die nur in Japan veröffentlicht wurde, und sechs Coversongs von u.a. Alice Cooper, Trio oder Depeche Mode enthielt. Viel beachtet, beschert das Debüt der Band Auftritte auf diversen Festivals oder die Chance als Support für Mad Dog Cole, und später für The Boss Hoss oder King Kurt, diverse Bühnen zu betreten. Heute spielen sie als Headliner ihre eigenen Konzerte, touren durch Europa – oder sogar mal nach Bangkog!

After the end of the second world war, Berlin was a divided city controlled by the four major allied powers. Despite the different zones of control, people could move freely between them. However, on August 13, 1961, the East German government decided to end the free travel of Berliners by building a wall around West Berlin.  For 28 years, the wall defined the city and served as a metaphor for the entire Cold War. Learn more about the Berlin Wall on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Sign up for ButcherBox today by going to Butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily at checkout to get $30 off your first box! Subscribe to the podcast!  https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Ruskin takes us to a postmodern, circus-tent-like event space that has been entertaining Berliners for decades.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The History Buff is charting the story of one of history's most infamous barriers - The Berlin Wall, which divided a city in the heart of a divided Europe for 28 years. As a Berlin tour guide, this is something that I talk about a lot, and it's something visitors Berlin continue to be fascinated by. In the last episode, I discussed the end of the Second World War, the division of Germany and the beginnings of the Cold War, which set the stage for the events of this episode.In this second episode of The Berlin Wall series, I am joined by Quincy, a fellow Berlin tour guide, to talk about the events surrounding that fateful night in August 1961 where the last hole in the Iron Curtain, the border between East and West Berlin, was sealed off literally overnight. Berliners woke up on the morning of 13 August to find themselves cut off from friends, family and work.But why was the Berlin Wall built in the first place? How was the mammoth task of sealing off the 155 kilometre border surrounding West Berlin actually put into practice? Who planned it? How did the West react? Listen to find out!This episode is available to watch as a video on YouTube.Quincy is launching his own online magazine about history and culture in Berlin, which you will be able to find here.For more content and if you'd like to sign up to our mailing list to be notified whenever we release a new episode, then head over to The History Buff website. You can find more History Buff content on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook.Artwork by Leila Mead. Check out her website and follow her on Instagram.Music: As History Unfolds by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why are there areas of severe deprivation in prosperous countries, and how can prosperity be shared more equally? Those are the questions the world-renowned development economist Paul Collier explores in his book, Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places. He looks at areas that were once thriving – from the mining towns of South Yorkshire to the bustling city ports in Colombia – to explore widening inequality, but also to offer ideas of economic renewal.Matthew Xia directs the UK premier of Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morriseau at the Donmar Warehouse (from 28th June to 24th August 2024). Set in Detroit in 2008, the play follows a tight-knit group of workers in one of the city's last surviving car factories as they struggle to come to terms with its inevitable closure. This is a story about the human cost of a global financial crisis and of enduring hope, against the odds.Joanna Kusiak calls herself a scholar-activist as she recounts the movement she was involved in that put people and community before speculative finance and profit. Her book, Radically Legal, is the story of how a group of ordinary Berliners used a forgotten clause in the German constitution to take back more than 240,000 apartments from corporate landlords. The book is based on Kusiak's winning entry to the Nine Dots Prize, which supports the development of book proposals, and was in response to the question set by the prize: ‘why has the rule of law become so fragile?' Producer: Katy Hickman

Kaiser Friedrich, a vessel steeped in history, was built in 1886. It recently marked its return to service with a ceremonial christening in central Berlin. In a bid to preserve its legacy, its owners refitted the historic 30-meter vessel with a modern, emission-free electric drive system by the world leader in electric mobility on the water, Torqeedo. Kaiser Friedrich, Berlin's oldest passenger vessel goes green The Kaiser Friedrich, a twin-screw steamship, plied Berlin's waters for almost 80 years before it was decommissioned in 1967 and converted into offices and residential space. In 1986, the German Museum of Technology purchased the 100-ton boat and restored it to its original appearance. For several years, the Kaiser Friedrich once again delighted guests with historical city tours until its engines, which used over 150 liters of diesel per hour, made operation both ecologically and economically unviable. The museum reclaimed the boat in 2012 and started the search for Kaiser Friedrich's next chapter. In 2022, Volker Marhold and Julius Dahmen, who both have experience converting historic boats to electric propulsion, purchased the Kaiser Friedrich. In close collaboration with Torqeedo's Customized Solutions team, the conversion to an ultra-efficient electric drive system with twin Deep Blue 50 kW inboard motors and a 400 kWh Deep Blue battery bank was expertly completed by the Tangermünde Shipbuilding and Development Company in Genthin, Germany. Starting on 13 May, Berliners and visitors to the "Athens on the Spree" can enjoy an eco-friendly city tour on board this legendary passenger vessel. At night, the city's most famous boat transforms into a floating beer garden during the 3.5-hour Old Berlin Beer Evening. Online booking is available at www.kaiserfriedrich.berlin. Mr. Dahmen, co-owner of the 138-year-old vessel and operator of Berliner Welle, a company that provides a variety of historic boats for excursions and events, said: "Whisper-quiet, environmentally conscious and free of local emissions, the Kaiser Friedrich will again be available to the people of Berlin. This is the third Berliner Welle excursion boat that we have converted to Torqeedo electric drives, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration." "The Kaiser Friedrich is a longtime maritime landmark of the city," said Mr. Marhold. "And now it is also a symbol of transformation towards the mobility of the future. And what a wonderful future for Berlin's oldest passenger vessel, which can now once again welcome passengers to celebrate life with them while enjoying breathtaking views of our beautiful city." "Torqeedo's electric drive and energy management systems for commercial vessels are transforming the world's waterways," said Fabian Bez, CEO of Torqeedo GmbH. "Major cities like Berlin are taking measures to reduce boating and shipping's ecological, health and climate impacts. But it's not just happening in urban areas: Lake Constance is working toward a holistic decarbonization strategy, and we see similar efforts implemented around the globe." "An electrification project of this size and historical significance is an important step forward," continued Bez. "Commercial vessels of all sizes can be cleaner, quieter, and healthier for our natural and human environments. The technology is here today. It's time to go electric." About Torqeedo: Torqeedo is the market leader for electric mobility on the water. Founded in 2005 in Starnberg, the company develops and manufactures electric and hybrid drives from 0.5 to 100 kW for commercial applications and recreational use. Torqeedo products are characterized by an uncompromising high-tech focus, maximum efficiency and complete system integration. www.torqeedo.com See more breaking stories here.

Berlin has been referred to as a “creative utopia,” where the arts and cultural scene exploded after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Nowadays, the city's draw as an artist hub is fading and its spaces are being displaced, thanks to skyrocketing real estate prices and limited space, among other things.But does this mean Berlin's artists are leaving? And how are Berliners in creative fields coping with the changes to what then German mayor Klaus Wowereit our “poor but sexy” city? Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Eden Brockman talk to:BBK Studio Commissioner Julia BrodaufVisual Artist Ulf SaupeThe Berliner Art Editor Duncan Ballantyne-WayMusic: “The last ones” by Jahzzar and “modum” by Kai Engel  (Source: FMA)  This episode was produced by Axel Scheele and Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

This week we have Berlin tour guide extraordinaire Jonny Whitlam joining Nic & producer Simon for an Easter trip through the world of tour guiding in the German capital. We find out how Jonny first started taking tours, despite not enjoying history much at school, and gradually became one of the most popular guides in the city.We quiz Jonny on what makes a good tour group, the most visited spots, and why he doesn't buy into Berliners' nostalgia for the “good old days”. We also learn about the tourist traps to avoid and Jonny's recommendation for the best place to visit.Finally, we take some time to discuss Jonny's foray into podcasting with the release of his new show History Flakes - The Berlin History Podcast.For those of you looking to support Ukraine or the many refugees currently fleeing the conflict, please take a look at these different charities and consider donating if you can.Ukraine Crisis Media Centre - A list of different donation pages to help the Ukrainian military response.Disaster Emergency Committee - Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal Save the ChildrenÄrzte ohne GrenzenTheme tune courtesy of Kloß mit Soß

Thank you very much. Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen: Twenty-four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, speaking to the people of this city and the world at the city hall. Well, since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn, to Berlin. And today I, myself, make my second visit to your city.We come to Berlin, we American Presidents, because it's our duty to speak, in this place, of freedom. But I must confess, we're drawn here by other things as well: by the feeling of history in this city, more than 500 years older than our own nation; by the beauty of the Grunewald and the Tiergarten; most of all, by your courage and determination. Perhaps the composer, Paul Lincke, understood something about American Presidents. You see, like so many Presidents before me, I come here today because wherever I go, whatever I do: "Ich hab noch einen koffer in Berlin." [I still have a suitcase in Berlin.]Our gathering today is being broadcast throughout Western Europe and North America. I understand that it is being seen and heard as well in the East. To those listening throughout Eastern Europe, I extend my warmest greetings and the good will of the American people. To those listening in East Berlin, a special word: Although I cannot be with you, I address my remarks to you just as surely as to those standing here before me. For I join you, as I join your fellow countrymen in the West, in this firm, this unalterable belief: Es gibt nur ein Berlin. [There is only one Berlin.]Behind me stands a wall that encircles the free sectors of this city, part of a vast system of barriers that divides the entire continent of Europe. From the Baltic, south, those barriers cut across Germany in a gash of barbed wire, concrete, dog runs, and guardtowers. Farther south, there may be no visible, no obvious wall. But there remain armed guards and checkpoints all the same—still a restriction on the right to travel, still an instrument to impose upon ordinary men and women the will of a totalitarian state. Yet it is here in Berlin where the wall emerges most clearly; here, cutting across your city, where the news photo and the television screen have imprinted this brutal division of a continent upon the mind of the world. Standing before the Brandenburg Gate, every man is a German, separated from his fellow men. Every man is a Berliner, forced to look upon a scar.President von Weizsacker has said: "The German question is open as long as the Brandenburg Gate is closed." Today I say: As long as this gate is closed, as long as this scar of a wall is permitted to stand, it is not the German question alone that remains open, but the question of freedom for all mankind. Yet I do not come here to lament. For I find in Berlin a message of hope, even in the shadow of this wall, a message of triumph.In this season of spring in 1945, the people of Berlin emerged from their air raid shelters to find devastation. Thousands of miles away, the people of the United States reached out to help. And in 1947 Secretary of State—as you've been told—George Marshall announced the creation of what would become known as the Marshall Plan. Speaking precisely 40 years ago this month, he said: "Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos."In the Reichstag a few moments ago, I saw a display commemorating this 40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. I was struck by the sign on a burnt-out, gutted structure that was being rebuilt. I understand that Berliners of my own generation can remember seeing signs like it dotted throughout the Western sectors of the city. The sign read simply: "The Marshall Plan is helping here to strengthen the free world." A strong, free world in the West, that dream became real. Japan rose from ruin to become an economic giant. Italy , France , Belgium—virtually every nation in Western Europe saw political and economic rebirth; the European Community was founded.In West Germany and here in Berlin, there took place an economic miracle, the Wirtschaftswunder. Adenauer, Erhard, Reuter, and other leaders understood the practical importance of liberty—that just as truth can flourish only when the journalist is given freedom of speech, so prosperity can come about only when the farmer and businessman enjoy economic freedom. The German leaders reduced tariffs, expanded free trade, lowered taxes. From 1950 to 1960 alone, the standard of living in West Germany and Berlin doubled.Where four decades ago there was rubble, today in West Berlin there is the greatest industrial output of any city in Germany—busy office blocks, fine homes and apartments, proud avenues, and the spreading lawns of park land. Where a city's culture seemed to have been destroyed, today there are two great universities, orchestras and an opera, countless theaters, and museums. Where there was want, today there's abundance—food, clothing, automobiles—the wonderful goods of the Ku'damm. From devastation, from utter ruin, you Berliners have, in freedom, rebuilt a city that once again ranks as one of the greatest on Earth. The Soviets may have had other plans. But, my friends, there were a few things the Soviets didn't count on Berliner herz, Berliner humor, ja, und Berliner schnauze. [Berliner heart, Berliner humor, yes, and a Berliner schnauze.] [Laughter]In the 1950s, Khrushchev predicted: "We will bury you." But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind—too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.And now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom. We hear much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness. Some political prisoners have been released. Certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed. Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control. Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? Or are they token gestures, intended to raise false hopes in the West, or to strengthen the Soviet system without changing it? We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!I understand the fear of war and the pain of division that afflict this continent—and I pledge to you my country's efforts to help overcome these burdens. To be sure, we in the West must resist Soviet expansion. So we must maintain defenses of unassailable strength. Yet we seek peace; so we must strive to reduce arms on both sides. Beginning 10 years ago, the Soviets challenged the Western alliance with a grave new threat, hundreds of new and more deadly SS-20 nuclear missiles, capable of striking every capital in Europe. The Western alliance responded by committing itself to a counterdeployment unless the Soviets agreed to negotiate a better solution; namely, the elimination of such weapons on both sides. For many months, the Soviets refused to bargain in earnestness. As the alliance, in turn, prepared to go forward with its counterdeployment, there were difficult days—days of protests like those during my 1982 visit to this city—and the Soviets later walked away from the table.But through it all, the alliance held firm. And I invite those who protested then—I invite those who protest today—to mark this fact: Because we remained strong, the Soviets came back to the table. And because we remained strong, today we have within reach the possibility, not merely of limiting the growth of arms, but of eliminating, for the first time, an entire class of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth. As I speak, NATO ministers are meeting in Iceland to review the progress of our proposals for eliminating these weapons. At the talks in Geneva, we have also proposed deep cuts in strategic offensive weapons. And the Western allies have likewise made far-reaching proposals to reduce the danger of conventional war and to place a total ban on chemical weapons.While we pursue these arms reductions, I pledge to you that we will maintain the capacity to deter Soviet aggression at any level at which it might occur. And in cooperation with many of our allies, the United States is pursuing the Strategic Defense Initiative—research to base deterrence not on the threat of offensive retaliation, but on defenses that truly defend; on systems, in short, that will not target populations, but shield them. By these means we seek to increase the safety of Europe and all the world. But we must remember a crucial fact: East and West do not mistrust each other because we are armed; we are armed because we mistrust each other. And our differences are not about weapons but about liberty. When President Kennedy spoke at the City Hall those 24 years ago, freedom was encircled, Berlin was under siege. And tod

------------------------------- 通勤學英語VIP加值內容與線上課程 ------------------------------- 通勤學英語VIP訂閱方案：https://open.firstory.me/join/15minstoday 社會人核心英語有聲書課程連結：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm ------------------------------- 15Mins.Today 相關連結 ------------------------------- 歡迎針對這一集留言你的想法： 留言連結 主題投稿/意見回覆 : ask15mins@gmail.com 官方網站：www.15mins.today 加入Clubhouse直播室：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/46hm8k 訂閱YouTube頻道：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy 商業合作/贊助來信：15minstoday@gmail.com ------------------------------- 以下是此單集逐字稿 (播放器有不同字數限制，完整文稿可到官網) ------------------------------- 國際時事跟讀 Ep.K735: Berlin's No-Selfie Culture: Embracing Privacy and Liberation Highlights 主題摘要：Berlin's Privacy Culture: Berliners, influenced by a history of surveillance and a vibrant club scene, embrace privacy, avoiding selfies to preserve moments without constant digital documentation.Club Scene Impact: The renowned Berlin club scene, with establishments like Berghain, shapes the city's "no-selfie" culture, fostering an environment for counterculture movements to thrive.Globalization Influence: While globalization pressures professionals for online presence, Berliners maintain an aversion to public selfies, preserving the city's unique blend of privacy and liberation. In Berlin, a city where values of privacy, living in the moment, and counterculture thrive, the act of taking a selfie can be perceived as awkward. Despite the global selfie trend, Berliners tend to shy away from capturing moments with their phone cameras, considering it somewhat self-indulgent. This cultural nuance is deeply rooted in the city's history and its vibrant club scene, creating a unique atmosphere where people cherish the freedom to live in the moment without the need for constant digital documentation. 在柏林這座注重隱私、現場感和反主流文化價值的城市，自拍被視為一種尷尬的行為。儘管全球自拍風潮盛行，柏林人傾向於避免用手機拍攝紀錄，認為這有點自我沉迷。這種文化細微差異深植於城市的歷史和充滿活力的夜店文化，營造出一種獨特的氛圍，讓人們珍惜在當下生活的自由，無需不斷進行數位紀錄。 Berlin's privacy-oriented mindset is not a recent phenomenon. A 2017 study from the University of Hohenheim highlighted that Germans, in general, hold a high regard for personal privacy, disclosing personal information sparingly. This attitude extends to sharing photos on social networks, with only a small percentage finding it useful to do so, particularly among the younger demographic. The former East Germany's experience with state surveillance during the division may contribute to the heightened privacy concerns in the region. 在柏林，這種注重隱私的心態並非最近才出現。2017年一份來自霍恩海姆大學的研究強調，德國人普遍高度重視個人隱私，謹慎披露個人信息。這種態度延伸到在社群網路上分享照片，只有少數人認為這樣做是“有用”的，特別是在年輕人中。前東德在分裂期間對國家監視的經歷可能加劇了該地區對隱私的加重考量。 The city's renowned club scene, epitomized by establishments like Berghain, ://about blank, and Sisyphos, plays a significant role in shaping Berlin's "no-selfie" culture. These clubs discourage photography to maintain an air of secrecy and encourage patrons to revel in the moment, fostering an environment where counterculture movements, including LGBTQI+ communities and sex-positive groups, can thrive without judgment or external repercussions. This attitude extends beyond clubs, as other spaces in Berlin, such as the Badeschiff pool and post-war memorials, also prohibit or discourage photography for the sake of preserving the moment and respecting the space. 柏林著名的夜店文化，以Berghain、://about blank和Sisyphos等場所為代表，在形成柏林的“對自拍說不”文化中扮演了關鍵角色。這些夜店禁止攝影，以保持神秘感，鼓勵顧客沉浸在當下，培養了一種使非主流文化運動：包括LGBTQI+社群和性積極主義團體，能夠在不被評論和外部影響下成長茁壯的環境。這種態度不僅局限於夜店，柏林的其他空間，如Badeschiff游泳池和戰後紀念碑，也為了保留當下和尊重空間而禁止或反對攝影。 As globalization advances and influences seep into Berlin, there is speculation about the potential erosion of the city's distinct values. Privacy concerns within Germany are gradually aligning with global trends, and professionals, such as social influencers, feel the pressure to have an active online presence. However, many Berliners still find taking selfies in public awkward, and the city's unique blend of privacy and liberation remains a defining characteristic. Whether the increasing global influence will impact Berlin's aversion to selfies remains uncertain, but for now, the city continues to embrace its liberating attitude, allowing residents and visitors to enjoy moments without the pressure of constant digital documentation. 隨著全球化的推展和影響滲入柏林，人們猜測該城市的獨特價值觀可能會受到侵蝕。德國的隱私考量逐漸與全球趨勢一致，專業人士，如社群媒體網紅，有在線上活躍（固定）曝光的壓力。然而，許多柏林人仍然覺得在公共場合自拍很尷尬，城市獨特的隱私性和解放性的融合仍然是其鮮明特徵。全球影響力的不斷擴大是否會影響柏林對自拍的反感，這點尚未明確，但目前看來，這座城市仍傾向繼續擁抱自由的態度，讓居民和訪客能享受當下美好時光，沒有需要不斷進行數位紀錄的壓力。 Keyword Drills 關鍵字：Counterculture (coun-ter-cul-ture): In Berlin, a city where values of privacy, living in the moment, and counterculture thrive, the act of taking a selfie can be perceived as awkward.Epitomized (e-pi-to-mized): The city's renowned club scene, epitomized by establishments like Berghain, plays a significant role in shaping Berlin's "no-selfie" culture.Repercussions (re-per-cus-sions): Clubs discourage photography to avoid repercussions, fostering an environment for counterculture movements to thrive without judgment.Globalization (glo-bal-i-za-tion): As globalization advances and influences seep into Berlin, there is speculation about the potential erosion of the city's distinct values.Characteristic (cha-rac-ter-is-tic): Many Berliners still find taking selfies in public awkward, and the city's unique blend of privacy and liberation remains a defining characteristic. Reference article: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240115-the-european-city-where-selfies-are-awkward

Speaker: Joanna Kusiak, Junior Research Fellow in Urban Studies at King's CollegeBio: Dr Joanna Kusiak is a scholar-activist who works at the University of Cambridge. Born in Poland, she has been shaped by the emancipatory tradition of the Solidarność movement and by the brutality of the neoliberal transformation. Her work focuses on urban land, housing crises, and the progressive potential of law. In 2021 she was one of the spokespeople of Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen, Berlin's successful referendum campaign to expropriate stock-listed landlords. She is the winner of the 2023 Nine Dots Prize for 'thinking about the box' about contemporary social challenges. Her winning book ‘Radically Legal: Berlin Constitutes the Future' will appear in May 2023 in Cambridge University Press.Do we need a revolution to save our cities from the rampant housing crisis? Yes – but this revolution is powered by the law. Right in the middle of the German constitution, a group of ordinary citizen discovers a forgotten clause that allows them to take 240.000 homes back from multi-billion corporations. My talk describes the story of a grassroots movement that convinced one million Berliners to pop the speculative housing bubble a design a new institutional model for managing urban housing.For more about the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group see:https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/researchfaculty-centres-networks-and-groups/cambridge-socio-legal-group

Speaker: Joanna Kusiak, Junior Research Fellow in Urban Studies at King’s College Bio: Dr Joanna Kusiak is a scholar-activist who works at the University of Cambridge. Born in Poland, she has been shaped by the emancipatory tradition of the Solidarność movement and by the brutality of the neoliberal transformation. Her work focuses on urban land, housing crises, and the progressive potential of law. In 2021 she was one of the spokespeople of Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen, Berlin’s successful referendum campaign to expropriate stock-listed landlords. She is the winner of the 2023 Nine Dots Prize for ’thinking about the box’ about contemporary social challenges. Her winning book ‘Radically Legal: Berlin Constitutes the Future’ will appear in May 2023 in Cambridge University Press. Do we need a revolution to save our cities from the rampant housing crisis? Yes – but this revolution is powered by the law. Right in the middle of the German constitution, a group of ordinary citizen discovers a forgotten clause that allows them to take 240.000 homes back from multi-billion corporations. My talk describes the story of a grassroots movement that convinced one million Berliners to pop the speculative housing bubble a design a new institutional model for managing urban housing. For more about the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group see: https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/researchfaculty-centres-networks-and-groups/cambridge-socio-legal-group This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.

28th January 2024 recorded live at Zimmer48, with Izzy and Dan plus two guest hosts: Maria Debinska, a research fellow at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin and Megan Whittington of German news in English podcast Megan's Megacan.   Support Radio Spaetkauf: https://www.radiospaetkauf.com/donate/   A bahn-strike started last Wednesday, running six days until the morning of January 29th included the S-Bahn. The rail worker's union, the GDL, is advocating for a shorter 35-hour work week with full pay,  a wage increase of €555 per month immediately as well as a €3,000 one off inflation compensation. Deutsche Bahn has offered only a 4.8% raise for 2024, 5% in 2025 and 2.7% in 2026.    Berlin's mayor Kai Wegner and education secretary Katharina Günther-Wünsch revealed they were in a romantic relationship. An anti-semitism clause proposed by CDU politician Joe Chialo was deemed a violation of artists' constitutional rights. Agricultural sector protestors brought the city centre of Berlin to a standstill. Emergency vehicles were blocked and streets took hours to clear. The protests were organised in opposition to the proposed end of tax exemptions for diesel used in agricultural vehicles. A meteorite listed as 2024 BX1 crashed near Berlin last Sunday night and has not yet been found. According to Thomas Becker of Westhavelland Star Park, it may have crashed in an area east of Nennhausen. If you come across a suspicious looking rock, don't touch it. Members of the AfD and some CDU were present at a secret meeting last November in a villa outside Potsdam along with extreme right activists including Martin Sellner of the Identitarian Movement. Plans to ‘re-migrate' both foreigners and Germans from a foreign country were discussed. In response over a million people across Germany took to the streets, demonstrating against right wing extremism. Berlin politicians left in protest when AfD state Chair Kristin Brinker rose to speak at a recent Assembly session. Green party leader Bettina Jarasch commented that it would be wrong to ‘listen to AfD denials', and Berlin CDU parliamentary group leader Dirk Strettner said “I don't listen to right wing radical relativising and lying.” January 27th was Holocaust Remembrance Day, and commemorations were held across the city, including in Reinickendorf where the BVV has five AfD members who were automatically invited to the ceremony, so a local alliance against the far right organised an alternative vigil on another memorial site. Jonny Tiernan of Ex Berliner Magazine joins us to discuss changes in the print edition and invite us to take part in their research into the sex lives of Berliners. Survey LINK: https://form.typeform.com/to/WwKxHa02   Thanks to Yvonne at Zimmer48 and to Sebastian for the pic and Joel on his travels. Next Live Show: Feb 25th

Jo Glanville meets Berliners who have researched the stories of the Jewish families who once lived in their homes. Marie, Hugh, Anke and Matthias all became fascinated by the history of the families who lived in their flats before them when the Nazis were in power and wanted to find out what happened to them. Their discoveries are an intimate portrait of how lives were turned upside down and offer a new way of honouring the memory of Berliners who lost everything in the Holocaust. Jo visits one of the surviving residents - 95-year-old Ruth, now living in the UK, who vividly remembers what it was like to grow up in Nazi Germany. She tracks down the house in Berlin where her own mother spent part of her childhood. It is a journey that uncovers the past through forgotten family stories, revealing how the Nazis deprived Jews of the right to live in their homes.

Four-year-old panda twins Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan, the first giant pandas born in Germany, arrived in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Sunday, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding said.After a farewell ceremony at Zoo Berlin earlier this month attended by visitors, the pandas were put on a flight to China on Saturday afternoon. Staff members from the German zoo accompanied the twins on the flight.As agreed to by China and Germany, the twins were sent to the Chengdu base, an institution for panda scientific research and breeding."The birth of the first giant pandas in Germany was not only a personally moving experience, but also a highlight in my professional career as a zoo veterinarian and zoo director that nothing will easily eclipse," said Andreas Knieriem, the head of Zoo Berlin.Born on Aug 31, 2019, the panda twins had their fourth birthday this summer. In 2017, the twins' parents Meng Meng and Jiao Qing were sent to Berlin from Chengdu, and were the only two giant pandas in Germany at the time.At birth, the twins were as light as a bar of chocolate and were dependent on their mother's care, according to the zoo.The twins have "brought Berliners and many tourists a lot of joy in recent years", said Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner at the farewell ceremony. "It's time to say goodbye."Zoo Berlin recently released a collection of video footage on social media platforms showing the twins' growth over the past four years.The zoo also launched a campaign to collect paintings and illustrations of the twin pandas. Fans in Germany sent their submissions this month, which were sent to China along with the twins.Zoo Berlin said it will not be too hard for the panda parents to be without the twins as they have been living separately for two years.The period between one and three years is the most active stage of a giant panda's development when they spend most of their time playing, exploring, and climbing trees. Captive male giant pandas become sexually mature around the age of six. After moving to China, the twins are expected to be able to find mates.According to the zoo, their staff who accompanied the pandas will explain to their Chinese colleagues how to communicate with Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan through hand gestures.This year, at least 17 pandas have been returned to China from overseas countries, including the United States, France and Japan.According to the Sichuan provincial forestry and grassland bureau, most of the pandas were returned this year due to the expiration of agreements. Some of the returns were delayed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a large number of pandas coming back this year.Source: Xinhua

Finn hat als queerer Mensch lange nach einem Ort in der Kletterszene gesucht, wo er mit seiner Identität reinpasst und angenommen wird. Das war nicht leicht, also hat Finn in Berlin 2016 selbst eine Initiative gestartet, mit dem Namen “Queerclimb”. Unter dem Titel gibt er Boulder- und Kletterkurse, hält Vorträge, macht Vernetzungstreffen usw. Ich habe mit Finn über seinen Weg in der Kletterszene gesprochen und darüber, welche Bedeutung Initiativen wie “Queerclimb” für queere Menschen haben. Danke an Finn fürs Interview und danke an den Berliner Südbloc, in dem wir uns zum Interview treffen konnten, wo Finn arbeitet und Kurse gibt. Foto Credit: Katharina Szmidt +++ Shownotes +++ Zur Webseite von Queerclimb https://queerclimb.com/ Queerclimb bei Instagram https://www.instagram.com/queerclimb/ Magst du mich bei meiner Podcast-Arbeit unterstützen? Damit ich meine Arbeit machen kann gibt es auf der Plattform Steady ein Crowdfunding: https://steadyhq.com/de/binwegbouldern Oder hol dir ein BIN WEG BOULDERN Shirt / Hoodies uvm.: https://binwegbouldern.de/bwb_shop#!/

Who can save us from the AfD? Please don't say Sahra Wagenknecht. Armed with Whisky & Gs and Lynchburg Lemonades, the intrepid megacanners try to figure out who Die Linke's most notorious politician is and what she wants. Plus, finally FINALLY young Berliners will be allowed to vote in state elections, as the cool capital drags itself into the 21st century. What took ya so long, homies? Konrad's movie next week: Backhaus Projects, Sept 27, 8pm: https://www.backhausprojects.com/events/were-all-going-to-die-film-screening Live show at the Podfest 2023 (and watch Konrad's movie there too!): ⁠https://www.podfestberlin.com/event-details/MegansMegacanBundle⁠ Buy us a round, ask us a question: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/megansmegacan⁠⁠⁠ Or follow us on whichever billionaire's data-mining operation you prefer: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/megansmegacan⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/MegansMegacan⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-o_U5nqe4_-yKfOm1CXOPA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/megans-megacan/message

2016, mit dem Album "Speak Low", sind viele Menschen dem Zauber ihres lakonischen Gesangs erlegen. Auf ihrem zehnten Album "AKI" überrascht die aus der Schweiz stammende Berliner Sängerin Lucia Cadotsch mit neuer Band.

Benvenuto zu unserer Deutsch-Italienischen Ausgabe. Während Moritz leider immer noch mit der Internetanbindung kämpft, kämpft Till in Mailand um die Akzeptanz eines Berliners in Italien. Kennt ihr diese Momente, in denen ihr Menschen knacken wollt? Wo ihr unter allen Umständen von Personen akzeptiert, respektiert und gemocht werden wollt? Diese Folge ist eine Hommage ans Loslassen und eine Tankstelle für euer Selbstbewusstsein.     „falsch, aber lustig“ mit Falk Pyrczek https://youtu.be/32hTyGgyssA   Deutscher Podcastpreis: Es kann nur einen 360-Grad-Qualitätspodcast geben: https://www.deutscher-podcastpreis.de/podcasts/talk-ohne-gast-3/   Till Reiners: Flamingos am Kotti: https://youtu.be/-wS7TANL1vc released by rbb media

Berlin is about to get conservative. The Christian Democrats have taken control of our once lefty, greeny, progressive and mismanaged city. The new CDU mayor is Kai Wegner, and he's already off to a bad start. Berlin's parliament took an unprecedented three rounds of voting to elect him, despite his coalition having a majority. That means some within his own ranks aren't happy with him in power, and could cause trouble by refusing to pass legislation. Was the New Election Justified? How did the CDU come to power? They won 28.2% of the vote in the February 2023 re-election. They invited the SPD (which won 18.4% of votes) to join in a coalition. Together the CDU and SPD have 46.6% of votes and 82 of 159 seats in parliament. But the previous coalition of SPD, Greens (18.4%) and die Linke (12.2%) together had 49% of votes and taken 90 seats. Put simply, the old R2G (or G2R) coalition could have continued, and would have represented more voters. Why did the 2023 election happen at all? Joel read the court decision which overturned the previous 2021 'marathon' election and found few facts to support the claim that it was terminally flawed. You can read the verdict for yourself here: https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/KVRE008452215 Joel's take: The 2021 election shouldn't have been re-run, and the 2023 coalition isn't democratically supported. How Berlin is Becoming a Psychedelics Hotspot Several major medical trials are underway at Berlin's Charite hospital using psilocybin and MDMA to treating depression and PTSD. And plenty of Berliners are conducting their own experiments with micro-dosing. Our guest is Anne Philippi, host of The New Health Club podcast, which dives into the emerging field of psychedelic therapy. Listen to her show on Apple Podcasts here. Try Athletic Greens! Check out athleticgreens.com/spaetkauf now, try AG1 completely risk-free with a 90-day money-back guarantee, and get a free year's supply of Vitamin D3+K2 for immune support & 5 convenient travel packs with your first AG1 order! For health information about AG1 and what we have to offer, visit: athleticgreens.com/spaetkauf Reference is made to the importance of a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. Keep out of reach of children. Not suitable for children and adolescents under 18 years, pregnant or nursing women. Do not exceed the recommended daily intake. Episode Credits This episode was recorded live at Selina Mitte: https://www.selina.com/germany/berlin-mitte/ Hosts: Joel Dullroy, Izzy Choksey, Dan Stern. Producers: Anne-Marie Harrison, Sebastian Filip. Thanks to our listeners who support us with a monthly donation via Steady! Please consider contributing here.

After the end of the second world war, Berlin was a divided city controlled by the four major allied powers. Despite the different zones of control, people could move freely between the zones in the city.  However, on August 13, 1961, the East German government decided to end the free travel of Berliners by building a wall around West Berlin.  For 28, the wall defined the city and served as a metaphor for the entire Cold War. Learn more about the Berlin Wall on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsor If you're looking for a simpler and cost-effective supplement routine, Athletic Greens is giving you a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Go to athleticgreens.com/EVERYWHERE.  Subscribe to the podcast!  https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audio stories sculpted of improvised spoken word, music, and sound: Walter, Be Bop, The Girl and The Goat, Berliners' March, and Flightless.   www.charlesbursell.com

On this episode of Artsy Engineering Radio,  Adam Butler joins us in our new series "Artsy Berliners" where we highlight the exciting stories of the Artsy team in Berlin. Adam shares his unique journey from being a security guard to becoming a musician, then transitioning to tech while still being a musician on the side. We'll hear about his experiences touring as a musician, and his move from the UK to the US, and finally settling in Germany. Tune in for an interesting conversation!

I am truly honored to be joined today by author and illustrator Vesper Stamper who in 2022 published Berliners, a historical fiction about two twin brothers, Rudi and Peter, who end up divided by their views of the GDR and then, quite literally, by the Berlin Wall. This is a must read, guys. Listen as we talk to Vesper about how the theme of "history rhymes" inspired this book, how the characters reckon with Judaism, race and their Nazi pasts and how each twin develops opposing views of the GDR that have lasting consequences. Keep your eye out for the Stasi in this one too, guys, and look out for Vesper's beautiful illustrations which make you pause to meditatively reflect on the story. The book is Berliners by Vesper Stamper, and also check out her other novels What the Night Sings and a Cloud of Outrageous Blue. You will not be disappointed when you pick these up.   For more about Vesper and Berliners, check out these links   www.vesperillustration.com   Berliners Our ability to bring you stories from behind the Berlin Wall is dependent on monthly donors like you. Visit us at  https://www.eastgermanypodcast.com/p/support-the-podcast/ to contribute. For the price of a Berliner Pilsner, you can feel good you are contributing to preserve one of the most important pieces of Cold War history. If you feel more comfortable leaving us a review to help us get more listeners, we appreciate it very much and encourage you to do so wherever you get your podcasts or at https://www.eastgermanypodcast.com/reviews/new/. For discussions about podcast episodes and GDR history, please do join our Facebook discussion group. Just search Radio GDR in Facebook. Vielen dank for being a listener!

Recorded Live at the Babylon Berlin Cinema in Mitte on Sunday, January 22, 2023.  A brand new year brings Berlin fresh cringe from mayor Franziska Giffey and a reignition of the annual fireworks debate. We look at how racism and feminism might play a role in that conversation. Berlin vs. Hamburg? 25 percent of Germans found Hamburg the “most likable” German city, but which city-state do Radio Spaetkauf hosts prefer? The answer may shock you! (It probably won't).  This episode was sponsored by Athletic Greens. Visit http://www.athleticgreens.com/spaetkauf and get a free year's supply of Vitamin D3+K2 for immune support, 5 convenient Travel Packs and a starter kit with your first AG1 order! Fresh scandals and new posters leading up to the election redo, who stands to gain and do any deserve us? We chat with Nathaniel Flakin, author of “Revolutionary Berlin” about the election and some of the Berlin actors in the recent coup attempt. His book is published by Pluto Books and his tours can be found at https://revolutionaryberlin.wordpress.com/ Our second guest Yevhenii Surniaieva, is a board member of IWEK e.V. (fb page link), one of the associations that founded the Alliance of Ukrainian Organizations. He gives us some perspective on the new Ukrainian experience of Berlin and Ukraine as well as suggestions on how to help those displaced and suffering because of the Russian invasion. Links here: https://www.medhelpukraine2022.org/ https://plastde.org/spendenaufruf/  https://ukr-dim.de/help/ Berlin will, at long last, send Nigeria ten artifacts know as “Benin Bronzes”. Hopefully the return of these stolen artworks signals a better reckoning with Germany's colonial past.  The online portal queer.de has been sued for “disparaging the memory of the deceased” because of an article they wrote describing the now-deceased Joseph Ratzinger, AKA Pope Benedict the 16th, as being queerphobic. However, the head of the journalist union says there is no violation of the press codex and no obvious insult against the former pope. In transportation news, it was recently made public that the BVG fired their security company Pütz in November after an assault on a passenger was “the straw that broke the camel's back,” according to BVG sources.It's hard to believe, but there's actually some good economic news to kick off this year. Berlin's economic output rose by about 2.5 percent last year, above the average for the rest of the country.Berlin Fashion Week kicked off with Mayor Giffey's embarrassing hype line of “Hey, where are all the Berliners?!” and was later trolled by activists “The Yes Men” who infiltrated the Adidas RealityWear show with models in fake blood “literally wearing the toil of workers on [their] sleeves.”  Thank you to everyone who listens. We appreciate the audience and the community. Your financial support will help keep this project viable. Become a monthly supporter or make a one time donation at https://www.radiospaetkauf.com/donate/ thank you. Join Izzy February 4th on a walking tour of Berlin covering social movements. Political Walking Tour – Social Movements in Berlin – The Left Berlin Dan has a new weekly stand up show called “Slingshot” at Two Fellas in Pankow. Info and reservations at sterndaniel.com Matilde is a frequent performer at Comedy Cafe Berlin, catch her there! This episode was produced by Anne-Marie Harrison and Daniel Stern. Editing and additional research by Sebastian Filip. Writing by Anne-Marie, Matilde Keizer and Izzy Choksey. Hosts: Matilde Keizer, Izzy Choksey and Daniel Stern.Additional contributions by Joran Mandik and as always the support of Joel Dullroy.  Assistance from https://www.podfestberlin.com/ and technical help from https://mobilekino.berlin/ Recorded live at Babylon Cinema in Mitte - a wonderful place to see thoughtfully curated film: https://babylonberlin.eu/ thank you to their wonderful staff!

Ideas for a day trip from Berlin to Lake Wannsee, where Berliners love to swim and enjoy the lakeside beach and surrounding forest.  Plus what to visit nearby - an exotic island, a couple of royal castles, an artist's hideaway, a villa steeped in WW2 history and the real  Bridge of Spies.  Maybe you need longer than a day to visit, but you can get all the info here in under half an hour!   Useful Links Lake Wannsee Lido     Peacock Island Castle Glienicke Palace  Glienicke Bridge (The Bridge of Spies) Wannsee Conference House Max Liebermann House  Lakes mentioned Wannsee - Dämeritzsee - Schlachtensee - Müggelsee - Tegeler See   Berlin Tourist Information Offices Inspiring Germany Tourist Information   City Breaks: all the history and culture you'd research for yourself if you had the time! Check our website to find more episodes from our Berlin series or to browse our back catalogue of other cities which are well worth visiting: https://www.citybreakspodcast.co.uk We love to receive your comments and suggestions!  You can e mail us at citybreaks@citybreakspodcast.co.uk And if you like what you hear, please do post comments or a review wherever you downloaded this episode.  That would be very much appreciated!  

Hi there, today we're excited to release the fourth episode in our 2022 Baking Month. Today's guest is Laurel Kratochvila, whose debut cookbook, New European Baking, is out now. For all of December, we'll be celebrating some of the year's best baking books with a handful of author interviews, dozens of featured recipes, excerpts, and more. Read on!* Do you love Salt + Spine? We'd love if you shared this email with a friend who might want to #TalkCookbooks with us, too:Episode 150: Laurel Kratochvila Next in our Baking Month series, Laurel Kratochvila joins us to #TalkCookbooks!Born in Boston, Laurel left her hometown for Katmandu after graduating with a degree in Physics from Tufts. She wound up in Prague, working in a bookstore and café, where she also met her husband. It wasn't until the duo decided to open up a bookstore in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg that Laurel started baking professionally—and her delicious bagels and baked goods were a hit. But Germany loves its paperwork, so Laurel decided to head to France to get a formal education in pastry. The long-standing traditions of baking in Europe inspired her first cookbook: New European Baking: 99 Recipes for Breads, Brioches, and Pastries. The book features not only classic pastry recipes and step-by-step instructions for complicated breads and pastry, but it also profiles a dozen bakers across Europe who represent what Laurel sees as the “new” baking that's taking off in Europe. Working off a basis of strong tradition, female bakers are leading the way to a thoughtful approach to baking. Now, Laurel's café, Fine Bagels, and her husband's bookstore, Shakespeare & Sons, are both running smoothly, and Laurel reports that Berliners have come to love the English-language bookshop and New York-style bagels. Bonus Content + Recipes This WeekThis week, paid subscribers have access to two recipes from Laurel's book: Halva Flan and Potato, Thyme, and Gruyère Hand Pies as well as other bonus Baking Month content:Find the New European Baking recipes here:* Halva Flan* Potato, Thyme, and Gruyère Hand PiesMore Salt + Spine Baking Month!Stay tuned to our Substack over the next two weeks for exclusive recipes and more featured conversations with baking authors. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit saltandspine.substack.com/subscribe

Its official! Berliners will have to return to the voting booths. Berlin's constitutional court ruled on Wednesday, that the Senate and Bezirks elections will have to be redone completely. Parties now have 2 months to get their ducks in a row and mount a sort of Sprint-Campaign before the re-election on February 12. Here to tell us all about the ramifications of this decision is friend of the show, frequent Radio Spaetkauf guest and co-host of the wonderful podcast Megan's Megacan, Konrad Werner.   https://twitter.com/megansmegacan https://anchor.fm/megans-megacan   Climate activists are keeping busy in Berlin and celebrated a big success this week. Letzte Generation have joined forces with Ende Gelände and Extinction Rebellion to block off traffic to BER and the Klimaneustart 2030 initiative managed to collect around 262,000 signatures—way more than the 170,000 required to get a referendum going! Will we get to vote for decisive climate action on February 12 as well?    https://klimaneustart.berlin/ https://letztegeneration.de/   We speak to Lea Beckmann, a lawyer and anti-discrimination expert for the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte, to understand how Berlin law enforcement and Germany's judicial system are failing people with disabilities in cases of gendered harassment and violence.    https://twitter.com/lea_beckmann_  https://www.frauen-gegen-gewalt.de/en/  https://www.weibernetz.de/welcome.html  https://bodys.evh-bochum.de/ueber-bodys.html     And we discuss how Berlin is reacting to the criticism of the football World Cup in Qatar and what the Berlin Senate is doing about skyrocketing raccoon populations…   This episode was sponsored by Athletic Greens. Visit http://www.athleticgreens.com/spaetkauf and get a free year's supply of Vitamin D3+K2 for immune support, 5 convenient Travel Packs and a starter kit with your first AG1 order!   This episode was recorded live at Two Fellas Brewery in Pankow, so you might hear a little extra background noise. https://twofellas.beer/   Stop by one of our Brews and Berlin News Winter Tour locations. Our next show will be on Dec 18 at Vagabund Brauerei in Wedding. Register for tickets here: https://www.podfestberlin.com/tickets   Hosts: Izzy Choksey, Jöran Mandik, Matilde Keizer and Daniel Stern Producer: Anne-Marie Harrison   If you like what we do and want us to keep making the show, please support us by subscribing or donating: https://www.radiospaetkauf.com/donate/

On Ancient Faith Today, Fr. Thomas speaks with award-winning Orthodox Christian author-illustrator Vesper Stamper to discuss her presentation of the biblical story of Cain and Abel to a contemporary audience in her compelling new book, Berliners. Text your comments and questions anytime to 412-206-5012 or give us a call during the live show at 1-855-AF-RADIO!

On Ancient Faith Today, Fr. Thomas speaks with award-winning Orthodox Christian author-illustrator Vesper Stamper to discuss her presentation of the biblical story of Cain and Abel to a contemporary audience in her compelling new book, Berliners. Text your comments and questions anytime to 412-206-5012 or give us a call during the live show at 1-855-AF-RADIO!

On Ancient Faith Today, Fr. Thomas speaks with award-winning Orthodox Christian author-illustrator Vesper Stamper to discuss her presentation of the biblical story of Cain and Abel to a contemporary audience in her compelling new book, Berliners. Text your comments and questions anytime to 412-206-5012 or give us a call during the live show at 1-855-AF-RADIO!

Clifton Duncan is a classically trained professional actor, vocalist, and host of his own podcast titled “The Clifton Duncan Podcast.” On the podcast we discuss the collapse of Hollywood, why wokeness has made everything boring, narrating the audio book of Vesper Stamper's new novel “Berliners,” not being afraid to speak out, and much more. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE LIKE AND SHARE THIS PODCAST!!! Social media Twitter- https://twitter.com/cliftonaduncan?s=21&t=OSndUzYaZM6l4e3OmdNwIQ YouTube-  https://www.youtube.com/c/CliftonDuncanEntertainment Rumble- https://rumble.com/c/CliftonDuncan Vesper Stamper's Audio Book- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SKCHKS2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0DCN0D027R6R3JDHCQ8Q Follow Me  Twitter- https://twitter.com/CoffeeandaMike Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/coffeeandamike/ Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeandaMike/ Truth Social- https://truthsocial.com/@coffeeandamike Gettr- https://gettr.com/user/coffeeandamike   Support My Work  Venmo- https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3570365208987017385&created=1658667789.4661531&printed=1 Website- www.coffeeandamike.com Email- info@coffeeandamike.com

Born in Germany and raised in New York City, Vesper Stamper writes and illustrates novels which tell, through both words and pictures, stories of history's rhymes.Her debut illustrated YA novel, "What the Night Sings", about the aftermath of the Holocaust through the eyes of a young musician, was a National Book Award Nominee, a National Jewish Book Award Finalist, a Morris Award Finalist, Golden Kite Honor Book and Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner, and was named one of the Best YA Books of 2018/9 by YALSA, the Wall Street Journal and Kirkus.Vesper is the host of the podcast 'Vesperisms: The Art of Thinking for Yourself', which aims to cultivate a rehumanized worldview through artistic thinking."Berliners" is her third illustrated novel.ORDER "BERLINERS" HERE:https://berlinersbook.com/VISIT VESPER'S ILLUSTRATION WEBSITE:https://www.vesperillustration.com/FOLLOW VESPER ON INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/vesperillus...FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/cliftonaduncan SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK: https://cliftonduncan.substack.com MY IMDB PAGE:https://www.imdb.me/cliftonduncan(MOST OF) MY THEATRICAL CREDITS:

Temperatures are decreasing and fears about heating are on the rise. What if Berliners took control of their district heating system? Michael Efler from BürgerBegehren Klimaschutz e.V. tells us about the petition to socialize Berlin's energy netwoapplrk. They've got 14,148 signatures so far. Sign the petition here: https://weact.campact.de/petitions/fernwarme-zuruck-in-berliner-hand-fur-eine-klimafreundliche-und-soziale-warmeversorgung In 2021 Berliners voted overwhelmingly in support of the Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen initiative to buy back apartments for the people. Whatever happened to that? Host of the DW Enteignen podcast, “Von Menschen und Mieten,”  Wouter Bernhardt gives us an update. More here: https://www.darumenteignen.de/en/ Lucy Alice Thomas tells us about Loom's band camp for FLINTA youth aged 16-27 taking place October 24-29. Learn about Turnt Up here: http://atemberlin.com/?i=1 Check out the great work Loom is doing here: https://www.loomverein.org   Hosts: Izzy Choksey, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern Producers: Anne-Marie Harrison and Sebastian Filip If you like what we do and want us to keep making the show, please support us by subscribing or donating: https://www.radiospaetkauf.com/donate/

Germany's parliament set summer public transport fares at 9 euros a month as a way to slash pollution and reduce imports of Russian oil.   The low price included all buses, trams, subways, and regional trains, effectively lowering prices by more than 90% in some cities.  Berliners saved 98 euros on their monthly travel pass; commuters […]

Maisie Hitchock returns as special co-host for an outdoor episode recorded at Floating Berlin. The €9 public transport ticket is dead, but what if Berliners make their own cheap ticket scheme? We meet Mario from 9EuroFonds, a collective ticket insurance system. So far they've raised over €10,000 to pay members' transport fines. More at https://9eurofonds.de Some Berliners are freaking out about the low-heat winter ahead, due to the gas supply crisis. But what should the city really be doing to phase out fossil fuel use entirely? Klimaneustart wants Berlin to become climate neutral by 2030. That's 15 years earlier than the city's current plan. Organizer Jess tells us about the challenges of trying to trigger a referendum. Sign up at https://klimaneustart.berlin Hosts: Maisie Hitchcock, Joel Dullroy, Matilde Keizer, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern. Producer: Sebastian Filip.   If you like what we do and want us to keep making the show, please support us by subscribing or donating: https://www.radiospaetkauf.com/donate/

Synopsis: A weekend of escapism turns into a confrontation with reality for a group of Berliners, who leave the city to find the countryside is a scary place. Location: A camp ground in the forest next to a lake. Cast: 500 film fans plus Joel, Dan and Michele Guido: https://www.training.comedycafeberlin.com/instructors/michele-guido/ Special Guest: Director Alexandra Semkina. Insta:  https://www.instagram.com/sashkasemkina/ / FB: https://www.facebook.com/alexandra.semkina.3 / Film school: https://www.metfilmschool.de

Wie die Feuerwehr versucht, das Großfeuer im Berliner Südwesten einzudämmen. Wo China Raketen Richtung Taiwan schießt. Und was die Fans erwartet, wenn morgen die Fußball-Bundesliga wieder losgeht. Das ist die Lage am Donnerstagabend. Weiterführende links: Feuer im Grunewald breitet sich unkontrolliert aus China feuert bei Manöver Raketen vor Taiwans Küste ab Die große SPIEGEL-SaisonprognoseInformationen zu unserer Datenschutzerklärung

Why do we often feel like we're living through something that's happened before? How can we deal with our fear of repeating the past? The answer can be found in understanding history's rhymes.The reasons we recognize these rhymes are:Human NatureFearDehumanization & Displaced BlameWe can judge the rhyme by asking:Is this genuinely rising from the populace or being dictated top down by institutional power?Does this movement promote nonviolence or violence?Do the institutions respond to nonviolence with violence in any form?And we can control our response to historical rhyme by asking:What is making me anxious and fearful? Where did it come from?Did it happen to you or to an abstract collective?Where am I getting the information that is making me feel this way?*For a rare opportunity to dive deep into Vesper's books, live with the author, register now for the new VESPERiSMS BOOK CLUB at https://www.vesperillustration.com/bookclubpromo!Vesperisms: The Art of Thinking for Yourself is the podcast to help you make sense of your place in this crazy world by reclaiming an artistic worldview. Everything around us is trying to push us into boxes, but that's not how artists' minds work. Let's get off that detour and back on the main road to thinking for ourselves: as artists.*BERLINERS is coming, Fall 2022 from Knopf! Pre-order your copy now!My other books, including What the Night Sings, A Cloud of Outrageous Blue and A Most Clever Girl: How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice, can be found at any bookseller—I recommend your local indie bookstore, who would love your support.*Follow me on Instagram @vesperillustration, and support Vesperisms on Patreon!*Music for Vesperisms is provided by Ben + Vesper.

Not to throw shade on digital art forms, but we need to step back and think about why we as artists do what we do, and the importance of making a mess of it.*Vesperisms: The Art of Thinking for Yourself is the podcast to help you make sense of your place in this crazy world by reclaiming an artistic worldview. Everything around us is trying to push us into boxes, but that's not how artists' minds work. Let's get off that detour and back on the main road to thinking for ourselves: as artists.*BERLINERS is coming, Fall 2022 from Knopf! Stay tuned for pre-orders coming soon.My other books, including What the Night Sings, A Cloud of Outrageous Blue and A Most Clever Girl: How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice, can be found at any bookseller—I recommend your local indie bookstore, who would love your support.*Follow me on Instagram @vesperillustration, and support Vesperisms on Patreon!*Music for Vesperisms is provided by Ben + Vesper.

Mehr als 4 Millionen Menschen haben die Ukraine bereits verlassen und noch immer flüchten unzählige vor dem Krieg in ihrem Land. Diejenigen, die mit dem Zug, Bus oder Auto nach Deutschland fahren, kommen in der Regel zunächst in Berlin an. An den verschiedenen Bahnhöfen der Stadt haben sich tausende freiwillige Helfer organisiert, die die Geflüchteten empfangen. Cari hat zwei von ihnen am Berliner Südbahnhof getroffen.   Transkript und Vokabelhilfe Werde ein Easy German Mitglied und du bekommst unsere Vokabelhilfe, ein interaktives Transkript und Bonusmaterial zu jeder Episode: easygerman.org/membership   Meetup in Athen Cari freut sich auf eure Nachrichten, falls ihr zwischen dem 6. und 11. April in Athen seid und Lust auf ein Treffen habt   Thema der Woche: Berliner Freiwillige nehmen Geflüchtete aus der Ukraine in Empfang Volunteer Planner: Register and see where you can help Berlin Welcome Team – Tasks Vielen Dank an Polina und Ecki für eure Zeit und den Einblick in eure Arbeit.   Wichtige Vokabeln in dieser Episode der Freiwillige: Person, die etwas freiwillig und ohne Bezahlung macht der Geflüchtete: Person, die aus einer Notlage, z.B. Krieg, ihre Heimat verlässt die Flüchtlingsbewegung: wenn sehr viele Menschen auf einmal flüchten das Schamgefühl: wenn man sich für etwas schämt oder einem etwas peinlich ist die Sachspende: Gegenstände, die man spendet, z.B. Kleidung oder Hygieneartikel die Zerreißprobe: eine große Belastung, der jemand ausgesetzt wird   Support Easy German and get interactive transcripts, live vocabulary and bonus content: easygerman.org/membership