Podcast appearances and mentions of jim avignon

Auch zur Farewell 3-Ausgabe und gleichzeitig der allerletzten "elektro beats-Sendung auf radioeins hat sich Olaf Zimmermann noch einmal hochkarätige Studiogäste eingeladen. Das sind Gernot und Szary von Modeselektor bzw. Moderat, DJ Hell, Jim Avignon und Dina Summer. DJ Hell und Jim Avignon bringen exklusive Tracks zur Sendung mit und mit Dina Summer wird über das im Januar erscheinende, zweite Album "Girls Gang" zu sprechen sein.

Maximilian Hecker kommt in seinem Leben ziemlich rum. 1977 wird er in Heidenheim an der Brenz geboren – das ist in Baden-Württemberg. Dort wächst er auch auf, bis er nach Rheda-Wiedenbrück in den Osten von Nordrhein-Westfalen zieht. Zwischen 1986 und 1997 spielt sich sein Leben vornehmlich in Bünde ab. Seinen Zivildienst macht er am Klinikum Schwabing in München. 1999 zieht er weiter nach Berlin und beginnt eine Ausbildung als Krankenpfleger an der Charité. In Berlin verdingt er sich auch als Straßenmusiker, kommt mit Almut Klotz und Jim Avignon zum Trio zusammen, wird vom Label Kitty-Yo gesignt, wo er 2001 mit „Infinite Love Songs“ sein Debütalbum veröffentlicht. Seitdem folgen etwa im Zwei-Jahres-Takt weitere Alben, die Hecker als Songwriter, Sänger, Multiinstrumentalisten und Produzenten ausweisen. Stets inszeniert er sich musikalisch zwischen Piano-Pop, Balladen und britisch gefärbtem Songwriting. Sein großes Talent ist es, Traurigkeit, Liebeskummer und Melancholie so zu transportieren, dass es in seinen Stücken nicht vor Kitsch und Schwülstigkeit trieft. Über die vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnte hat Hecker sich damit gerade auch im asiatischen Raum von China bis Japan, von Taiwan bis Südkorea eine erstaunliche Popularität aufgebaut. Nachlesen lässt sich darüber auch in seiner 2012 erschienenen Autobiografie „The Rise and Fall of Maximilian Hecker“. Mit „Neverheart“ gibt es jetzt nicht nur ein neues Album von Maximilian Hecker, sondern mit „Lottewelt“ hat er kürzlich auch seinen Debütroman veröffentlicht. In dem erzählt Hecker die Geschichte eines Mannes, dessen Leben nachhaltig durch die Geburt und den frühen Tod seiner Schwester Liselotte geprägt ist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kitsch oder Kunst: Mit stereotypen Landschaftsbildern wurde Bob Ross bekannt. Sein TV-Malkurs "The Joy of Painting" hatte viele Fans. Zehn Millionen Dollar soll nun sein erstes TV-Bild einbringen. Der Künstler Jim Avignon hält das für möglich.Avignon, Jimwww.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, KompressorDirekter Link zur Audiodatei

Jörg Sundermeier ist Verleger. Und zwar von dem deutschen Verlag mit dem unbestreitbar besten Namen. Nämlich vom Verbrecher Verlag. Im Verbrecher Verlag erscheinen Bücher von Autorinnen und Autoren wie Dietmar Dath, Anke Stelling, Jim Avignon, Gisela Elsner, Manja Präkels und vielen anderen. Ein Verlag für linke Literatur, sagt Jörg selbst dazu. Aber er hat bescheidenerweise keine Bücher aus seinem eigenen Verlag mit in die Sendung gebracht, sondern natürlich fünf Bücher, die ihn geprägt haben.

In dieser "elektro beats"-Ausgabe ist der populäre Maler, Illustrator, Streetart- Künstler und nicht zuletzt Musiker Jim Avignon Studiogast von Olaf Zimmermann. Unter seinem musikalischen Trademark Neoangin ist gerade das Album "Uncleared Sample Of Reality" erschienen. Das ist ein Thema in der Sendung. Außerdem hat er berühmte Exzentriker*innen in Bildern für ein Buch porträtiert und Songs dazu geschrieben, brachte Lieblingsmusiken mit, die ihn inspiriert haben ... und gab innerhalb der Sendung ein exklusives Konzert,- das auch im Netz als Video verfügbar ist.

In der ersten "elektro beats"-Stunde begrüßt Olaf Zimmermann als Studiogast den Düsseldorfer Musiker, Produzenten und Labelbetreiber Stefan Schneider. Nach dem Studium Bildender Kunst an der Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie, spielte er u.a. bei Kreidler und to rococo rot und firmiert seit gut 20 Jahren als Solist unter dem Namen "Mapstation". Im Vorjahr erschien mit "My Frequencies, When We" bereits sein 8. Album. Stefan Schneider ist auch der Kurator einer Austellung über das Schaffen von Konrad Schnitzler,- die momentan in der Düsseldorfer Kunsthalle läuft. Viele Themen also , die alle in der ersten Stunde eine Rolle spielen werden. Stunde 2 präsentiert dann u.a. Musik von St.Raumen, Brandt Brauer Frick, Shed, Rosa Anschütz, Arca, Jim Avignon, Riechmann und Ben Lucas Boysen.

Im 2. Teil der "elektro beats"-Interviewhighlight 2021 präsentierte Olaf Zimmermann Parts aus den Sendungen mit Westbam, Stimming, Aparde, Meese x Hell, Schneider TM, Parra For Cuva, Gajek, Mathias Modica, Thomas Fanger, Mano Le Tough, Jim Avignon und Ralf Hütter von Kraftwerk.

Keine Clubs, keine Kulturveranstaltungen, kein Fußball. Kita geschlossen, Reisen verboten, mit Freunden treffen sowieso. In so einer Situation kann eigentlich nur noch Kunst helfen. Von Sven Amtsberg, Jim Avignon, Agnes Meyer-Brandis und Jens Brand, katharinajej, Stefan Kaegi, Schorsch Kamerun, Swoosh Lieu, LIGNA, Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag und Philine Velhagenwww.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Das FeatureHören bis: 19. Januar 2038, 04:14Direkter Link zur Audiodatei

Keine Clubs, keine Kulturveranstaltungen, kein Fußball. Kita geschlossen, Reisen verboten, mit Freunden treffen sowieso. In so einer Situation kann eigentlich nur noch Kunst helfen. Von Sven Amtsberg, Jim Avignon, Agnes Meyer-Brandis und Jens Brand, katharinajej, Stefan Kaegi, Schorsch Kamerun, Swoosh Lieu, LIGNA, Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag und Philine Velhagen www.deutschlandfunk.de, Das Feature Hören bis: 19.01.2038 04:14 Direkter Link zur Audiodatei

Jim Avignon ist ein international gefeiertes, künstlerisches Multitalent. Er ist Maler, Illustrator, Konzeptkünstler und nicht zuletzt unter dem Namen "Neoangin" Musiker. Olaf Zimmermann begrüßte ihn in dieser "elektro beats"-Ausgabe zwei Stunden lang als Studiogast. Er brachte Elektronik-Lieblingsalben mit, die ihn und sein Schaffen geprägt haben und heute immer noch begeistern. Darunter u.a. LB/atom tm, Tangerine Dream, Aphex Twin, The KLF, Wire, Fad Gadget, Klaus Schulze. Außerdem ging es um die Ausstellung "The Society Of The Spectacle", Aspekte, die ihn an Berlin und New York begeistern (dort lebte er mehrere Jahre) und Jim Avignon performte exklusiv live in der Sendung zwei Stücke aus seiner für kommendes Jahr geplanten Neoangin-Buch/CD-Veröffentlichung über Exzentriker*innen.

The Berlin Mietendeckel experiment is finished. The city’s revolutionary attempt to freeze rental prices for five years, and reduce overpriced leases, has been killed off by Germany’s highest court. The decision has unleashed a political storm. Everyone is angry - but who will voters punish? The R2G parties who tried to regulate rents? Or their opponents, the CDU and FDP who successfully derailed the project? We make the case for why each side is to blame. There’s a big bill to pay, as hundreds of thousands of Berliners now face back-payments, higher rents and permanent shadow contracts. We’ll run the numbers on the potential local economic crisis that could follow. What hope is there left for affordable housing? And what can the rest of the world learn from Berlin’s short-lived rental revolution? The experiment is over. Now it’s time to analyze the results The Challengers The CDU and FDP took the Mietendeckel law to the constitutional court, where it was struck down. They perpetuated a false narrative - "build, don't cap" - which claimed, incorrectly, that the Mietendeckel prevented new development (constructions from 2014 were specifically excluded from the law). The CDU was responsible for weakening federal rental regulations in the first place, enabling prices to skyrocket. And then there's political donations - or as Joel calls it, legalized corruption. Almost 80% of the CDU's publicly-declared donations come from the real estate sector. Joel interviews Berlin FDP leader Sebastian Czaja and challenges him on his false claim that the Mietendeckel prevented building, and on the FDP's donations from real estate companies. Czaja says his party takes donations from all parts of society. The Supporters Are the parties who created the Mietendeckel culpable of incompetence? The governing coalition of the SPD, Die Linke and Die Grünen - or R2G - took a huge political and financial gamble, and lost. The R2G promised renters a revolution, but delivered a regression. Many tenants must now make large back payments for which they have not saved. They went against the advice of many legal experts who warned their law was unconstitutional. We speak to two of the Mietendeckel's creators. Kilian Wegner is a law professor and SPD member who co-authored a policy paper which laid the groundwork for the Mietendeckel. He says the R2G was right in taking a chance on an uncertain law, due to out-of-control property prices. Another lawyer, Professor Franz Mayer, wrote an expert opinion which argued Berlin had the constitutional right to create the Mietendeckel. He says there was a chance of success, and believes the court should have helped tenants by negating backpayments. The Big Bill How much will the Mietendeckel fiasco cost? We interview real estate researcher Christoph Trautvetter. He estimates the backpayments will cost renters between €100 to €300 million. Ongoing rent increases will cost around €500 million annually - that's half a billion euros flowing from tenants to landlords, money not going into the local economy. Daniel Halmer from Conny.Legal, formerly Wenigermieter, says tenants may be able to reduce backpayments and shaddow rents by using the Mietpreisebremse - the existing rental regulation that limits rent increases to 10% of local prices. Time to Sieze Property? An even more radical concept is now gaining support - the referendum initiative known as Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen, who want to seize properties from big corporate landlords. We speak to Wouter Bernhardt from the movement's podcast Von Menschen und Mieten. He says expropriation would be a permanent solution to rising rental prices. The End of the Experiment? The Mietendeckel experiment ran too short to answer many questions, and the data was disrupted by the parallel pandemic. But we did learn a few things. If you want a minor reform, demand a revolution. If you get your revolution, prepare for reprisal. Tenants globally now know rent control is no longer excluded from the political discourse. Rent Freeze is produced and presented by Joel Dullroy, Maisie Hitchcock, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern. Artwork by Jim Avignon. Music by Tom Evans and Ducks!

The Berlin Mietendeckel experiment is finished. The city’s revolutionary attempt to freeze rental prices for five years, and reduce overpriced leases, has been killed off by Germany’s highest court. The decision has unleashed a political storm. Everyone is angry - but who will voters punish? The R2G parties who tried to regulate rents? Or their opponents, the CDU and FDP who successfully derailed the project? We make the case for why each side is to blame. There’s a big bill to pay, as hundreds of thousands of Berliners now face back-payments, higher rents and permanent shadow contracts. We’ll run the numbers on the potential local economic crisis that could follow. What hope is there left for affordable housing? And what can the rest of the world learn from Berlin’s short-lived rental revolution? The experiment is over. Now it’s time to analyze the results The Challengers The CDU and FDP took the Mietendeckel law to the constitutional court, where it was struck down. They perpetuated a false narrative - "build, don't cap" - which claimed, incorrectly, that the Mietendeckel prevented new development (constructions from 2014 were specifically excluded from the law). The CDU was responsible for weakening federal rental regulations in the first place, enabling prices to skyrocket. And then there's political donations - or as Joel calls it, legalized corruption. Almost 80% of the CDU's publicly-declared donations come from the real estate sector. Joel interviews Berlin FDP leader Sebastian Czaja and challenges him on his false claim that the Mietendeckel prevented building, and on the FDP's donations from real estate companies. Czaja says his party takes donations from all parts of society. The Supporters Are the parties who created the Mietendeckel culpable of incompetence? The governing coalition of the SPD, Die Linke and Die Grünen - or R2G - took a huge political and financial gamble, and lost. The R2G promised renters a revolution, but delivered a regression. Many tenants must now make large back payments for which they have not saved. They went against the advice of many legal experts who warned their law was unconstitutional. We speak to two of the Mietendeckel's creators. Kilian Wegner is a law professor and SPD member who co-authored a policy paper which laid the groundwork for the Mietendeckel. He says the R2G was right in taking a chance on an uncertain law, due to out-of-control property prices. Another lawyer, Professor Franz Mayer, wrote an expert opinion which argued Berlin had the constitutional right to create the Mietendeckel. He says there was a chance of success, and believes the court should have helped tenants by negating backpayments. The Big Bill How much will the Mietendeckel fiasco cost? We interview real estate researcher Christoph Trautvetter. He estimates the backpayments will cost renters between €100 to €300 million. Ongoing rent increases will cost around €500 million annually - that's half a billion euros flowing from tenants to landlords, money not going into the local economy. Daniel Halmer from Conny.Legal, formerly Wenigermieter, says tenants may be able to reduce backpayments and shaddow rents by using the Mietpreisebremse - the existing rental regulation that limits rent increases to 10% of local prices. Time to Sieze Property? An even more radical concept is now gaining support - the referendum initiative known as Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen, who want to seize properties from big corporate landlords. We speak to Wouter Bernhardt from the movement's podcast Von Menschen und Mieten. He says expropriation would be a permanent solution to rising rental prices. The End of the Experiment? The Mietendeckel experiment ran too short to answer many questions, and the data was disrupted by the parallel pandemic. But we did learn a few things. If you want a minor reform, demand a revolution. If you get your revolution, prepare for reprisal. Tenants globally now know rent control is no longer excluded from the political discourse. Rent Freeze is produced and presented by Joel Dullroy, Maisie Hitchcock, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern. Artwork by Jim Avignon. Music by Tom Evans and Ducks!

Sabrina Kuschy ist seit einem Jahr die Sorbenbeauftragte des Landkreises Dahme-Spreewald. Sie bietet auf der einen Seite Hilfe und auch Förderung an und bittet auf der anderen Seite heute die Hörerinnen und Hörer um Mithilfe für ein besonderes Projekt. Die alte Dorfmühle in Schlepzig, der Eisenhammer, wird zum Lausitzer Künstlerhaus. Die Eröffnung am Sonntag, dem 31. Januar 2021, erfolgt online. Präsentiert wird dabei auch eine besonders atmosphärische Audio-Geschichte zum Eisenhammer. Nicht wundern, wenn Sie dabei die deutsche Stimme von Daniel Craig hören! Der Kurator der aquamediale 14, Harald Larisch, wird anschließend die elf Künstler der aquamediale 2021 vorstellen. Das sind: Jim Avignon, Dan Farberoff & David Behar, Marie Annick Le Blanc, Nadine Glas, Alex Gross, Sol Namgung, Mayumi Okabayashi, Mark Swysen, Gong Zhang und Robin Zöffzig. Was die Spreewood Distillers von Deutschlands erster Roggen-Whiskey-Destillerie damit zu tun haben und warum sie das Projekt unterstützen, hören Sie im Podcast. Alle weiterführenden Links und Infos unter www.spreewaldpodcast.de/064

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This month residents of Berlin should experience the biggest collective rent reduction in history. About 340,000 residents - one in six - may be eligible for a rent cut under the Mietendeckel, Berlin’s radical new housing policy. But landlords are doing their best to stop it. On November 23 landlords must reduce rents to regulation levels or face fines of €500,000. Tenants can check if they're paying too much at this website: http://www.mietendeckel.berlin.de And they can cheating landlords to the city government here: https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/330040/ Anyone who gets a rent reduction should save the money, as they might have to pay it back. The Mietendeckel is being challenged in Germany's constitutional court, with a ruling expected in mid-2021. Jöran Mandik explains the court process - and the judges' red robes. Furnished flats are not exempt from the Mietendeckel. But some companies are offering a buy-and-lease-back service model to help landlords get around the law. Tenants are told they have no choice but to rent both the flat and the furniture together. Other tricks include renting expensive basements, parking spaces and coworking desks inside their flat. Double contracts have become standard: residents are offered two prices - a lower one that matches the rent freeze legislation, and a higher one they'll have ot pay if the law is later ruled unconstitutional. Such double contracts are most likely legal and enforceable, says rental expert Daniel Halmer from Conny.de (formerly Wenigermiete). But they could still be challenged using the Mietpriesbremse law, an older regulation which limits rent prices under some conditions. What's the effect of the rent freeze so far? If you already have an apartment, the rent freeze appears to be working as expected. If you’re looking for an apartment, things are tougher due to landlords restricting supply. A study by the ZIA found average rental prices have sunk by 5.7% in the first half of 2020. But availability has also fallen by about 50%, as property owners withhold empty flats from the market. For new flats built after 2014 - which are exempt from the Mietendeckel - prices are up 7.5%, and availability has increased by 18%, according to real estate portal ImmobilienScout24. Swedish property management company Heimstaden Bostat isn't deterred by the rent freeze. The company is trying to purchase about 130 buildings with almost 4000 apartments at a cost of €830 million. Heimstaden told us they had factored the rental regulations into their financial planning. Researcher Christoph Trautwetter recently produced a report called 'Who Owns Berlin' for the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. He debunks the myth that warned the Mietendeckel would scare investors away. "There is an excess of capital looking to invest under any condition, and ready to accept the Mietendeckel as a condition to invest in Berlin," Trautwetter said. You can read his report here: https://www.rosalux.de/publikation/id/43284 Next up on this series - who is to blame for Berlin's lack of new properties? We'll also hear from small-time landlords who face financial ruin under the rent freeze. Rent Freeze is produced and presented by Joel Dullroy, Maisie Hitchcock, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern. Music by Tom Evans. Artwork by Jim Avignon. Produced in partnership with RadioEins, Berlin's public broadcaster. Support us with a donation! https://www.radiospaetkauf.com/donate/

Rent Freeze #3: Don't Spend It This month residents of Berlin should experience the biggest collective rent reduction in history. About 340,000 residents - one in six - may be eligible for a rent cut under the Mietendeckel, Berlin’s radical new housing policy. But landlords are doing their best to stop it. On November 23 landlords must reduce rents to regulation levels or face fines of €500,000. Tenants can check if they're paying too much at this website: http://www.mietendeckel.berlin.de And they can cheating landlords to the city government here: https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/330040/ Anyone who gets a rent reduction should save the money, as they might have to pay it back. The Mietendeckel is being challenged in Germany's constitutional court, with a ruling expected in mid-2021. Jöran Mandik explains the court process - and the judges' red robes. Furnished flats are not exempt from the Mietendeckel. But some companies are offering a buy-and-lease-back service model to help landlords get around the law. Tenants are told they have no choice but to rent both the flat and the furniture together. Other tricks include renting expensive basements, parking spaces and coworking desks inside their flat. Double contracts have become standard: residents are offered two prices - a lower one that matches the rent freeze legislation, and a higher one they'll have ot pay if the law is later ruled unconstitutional. Such double contracts are most likely legal and enforceable, says rental expert Daniel Halmer from Conny.de (formerly Wenigermiete). But they could still be challenged using the Mietpriesbremse law, an older regulation which limits rent prices under some conditions. What's the effect of the rent freeze so far? If you already have an apartment, the rent freeze appears to be working as expected. If you’re looking for an apartment, things are tougher due to landlords restricting supply. A study by the ZIA found average rental prices have sunk by 5.7% in the first half of 2020. But availability has also fallen by about 50%, as property owners withhold empty flats from the market. For new flats built after 2014 - which are exempt from the Mietendeckel - prices are up 7.5%, and availability has increased by 18%, according to real estate portal ImmobilienScout24. Swedish property management company Heimstaden Bostat isn't deterred by the rent freeze. The company is trying to purchase about 130 buildings with almost 4000 apartments at a cost of €830 million. Heimstaden told us they had factored the rental regulations into their financial planning. Researcher Christoph Trautwetter recently produced a report called 'Who Owns Berlin' for the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. He debunks the myth that warned the Mietendeckel would scare investors away. "There is an excess of capital looking to invest under any condition, and ready to accept the Mietendeckel as a condition to invest in Berlin," Trautwetter said. You can read his report here: https://www.rosalux.de/publikation/id/43284 Next up on this series - who is to blame for Berlin's lack of new properties? We'll also hear from small-time landlords who face financial ruin under the rent freeze. Rent Freeze is produced and presented by Joel Dullroy, Maisie Hitchcock, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern. Music by Tom Evans. Artwork by Jim Avignon. Produced in partnership with RadioEins, Berlin's public broadcaster. Support us with a donation! https://www.radiospaetkauf.com/donate/

This month residents of Berlin should experience the biggest collective rent reduction in history. About 340,000 residents - one in six - may be eligible for a rent cut under the Mietendeckel, Berlin’s radical new housing policy. But landlords are doing their best to stop it. On November 23 landlords must reduce rents to regulation levels or face fines of €500,000. Tenants can check if they're paying too much at this website: http://www.mietendeckel.berlin.de And they can report cheating landlords to the city government here: https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/330040/ Anyone who gets a rent reduction should save the money, as they might have to pay it back. The Mietendeckel is being challenged in Germany's constitutional court, with a ruling expected in mid-2021. Jöran Mandik explains the court process - and the judges' red robes. Rent Freeze is produced and presented by Joel Dullroy, Maisie Hitchcock, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern. Music by Tom Evans. Artwork by Jim Avignon. Produced in partnership with RadioEins, Berlin's public broadcaster.

Keine Clubs, keine Kulturveranstaltungen, kein Fußball. Kita geschlossen, Reisen verboten, mit Freunden treffen sowieso. In so einer Situation kann eigentlich nur noch Kunst helfen. Von Sven Amtsberg, Jim Avignon, Agnes Meyer-Brandis und Jens Brand, katharinajej, Stefan Kaegi, Schorsch Kamerun, Swoosh Lieu, LIGNA, Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag und Philine Velhagen www.deutschlandfunk.de, Das Feature Hören bis: 19.01.2038 04:14 Direkter Link zur Audiodatei

Berlin’s rent freeze has begun, but nobody seems to know what’s going on. Landlords and tenants alike are confused about what to do next. Rents are now capped at the rate paid in June 2019 – all increases since then are invalid. New contracts can’t exceed about €9.80 a square meter – half as much as many advertised prices. And landlords face fines of half a million euros for cheating. On this episode we go inside Berlin’s parliament to hear the moment the rent freeze law was passed. Supporters and opponents gave fiery speeches in a rowdy session, which ended with politicians voting to suspend the free market for rental property for five years. We hear what landlords think about the new law. Some are devising ways to cheat – by renting to ignorant foreigners: “Those who screw their landlords are old Germans.” Despite the threat of huge fines, some don’t think the city has the resources to prosecute them. And what should tenants do if they hope for a rent decrease? Lawyer Daniel Halmer from Wenigermieter.de says they should start adding three magic words to their rent transfers: “Zahlung unter Vorbehalt.” It means paid with reservations, and gives tenants the right to to try to claim back overpayments at a later date. Rent Freeze is produced and presented by Joel Dullroy, Maisie Hitchcock, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern. Artwork by Jim Avignon. Music by Tom Evans and Ducks!. Recorded by Stephan Lindner. Rent Freeze is a production of Radio Spaetkauf and radioeins.

How To F#€k Up An Airport team presents: Rent Freeze, a podcast about Berlin's rental revolution. Berlin's rent freeze has begun, but nobody seems to know what's going on. Landlords and tenants alike are confused about what to do next. Rents are now capped at the rate paid in June 2019 - all increases since then are invalid. New contracts can't exceed about €9.80 a square meter - half as much as many advertised prices. And landlords face fines of half a million euros for cheating. On this episode we go inside Berlin's parliament to hear the moment the rent freeze law was passed. Supporters and opponents gave fiery speeches in a rowdy session, which ended with politicians voting to suspend the free market for rental property for five years. We hear what landlords think about the new law. Some are devising ways to cheat - by renting to ignorant foreigners: "Those who screw their landlords are old Germans." Despite the threat of huge fines, some don't think the city has the resources to prosecute them. And what should tenants do if they hope for a rent decrease? Lawyer Daniel Halmer from Wenigermieter.de says they should start adding three magic words to their rent transfers: "Zahlung unter Vorbehalt." It means paid with reservations, and gives tenants the right to to try to claim back overpayments at a later date. Rent Freeze is produced and presented by Joel Dullroy, Maisie Hitchcock, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern. Artwork by Jim Avignon. Music by Tom Evans and Ducks!. Recorded by Stephan Lindner. Rent Freeze is a production of Radio Spaetkauf and RadioEins.

Berlin's rent freeze has begun, but nobody seems to know what's going on. Landlords and tenants alike are confused about what to do next. Rents are now capped at the rate paid in June 2019 - all increases since then are invalid. New contracts can't exceed about €9.80 a square meter - half as much as many advertised prices. And landlords face fines of half a million euros for cheating. On this episode we go inside Berlin's parliament to hear the moment the rent freeze law was passed. Supporters and opponents gave fiery speeches in a rowdy session, which ended with politicians voting to suspend the free market for rental property for five years. We hear what landlords think about the new law. Some are devising ways to cheat - by renting to ignorant foreigners: "Those who screw their landlords are old Germans." Despite the threat of huge fines, some don't think the city has the resources to prosecute them. And what should tenants do if they hope for a rent decrease? Lawyer Daniel Halmer from Wenigermieter.de says they should start adding three magic words to their rent transfers: "Zahlung unter Vorbehalt." It means paid with reservations, and gives tenants the right to to try to claim back overpayments at a later date. Rent Freeze is produced and presented by Joel Dullroy, Maisie Hitchcock, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern. Artwork by Jim Avignon. Music by Tom Evans and Ducks!. Recorded by Stephan Lindner. Rent Freeze is a production of Radio Spaetkauf and RadioEins.

Radio Spaetkauf presents our new series - Rent Freeze. What happens when an entire city of 3.5 million residents stops paying rent increases for the next five years? Welcome to Rent Freeze, a podcast about Berlin’s rental revolution. Berlin is about to introduce the Mietendeckel, a law that will freeze rents for five years, cap new rental contracts at a maximum price, and allow some tenants to claim a rent reduction. Supporters say it will be the best thing to happen to the city since the fall of the Wall But investors and landlords are outraged. They say the reforms will scare off businesses, leave houses unbuilt and in disrepair, and feed a grey market for off-the-books rental as desperate Berliners try to find a flat. On this episode we explain the basics of the law, and talk to Daniel Halmer of Wenigermiete.de about why the existing rent controls haven't worked. Produced and presented by Joel Dullroy, Maisie Hitchcock, Jöran Mandik and Daniel Stern. Music by Tom Evans and Ducks! Art by Jim Avignon. Rent Freeze is a production of Radio Spaetkauf and RadioEins. More at www.radiospaetkauf.com

Germans throw out one truck's worth of good food each minute. SirPlus is a supermarket that sells groceries that are past their best-before date but are still edible. Founder Raphael Fellmer joins us with a basket of typical products from his shelves. You can visit the shop at Wilmersdorfer Staße 59. Or you can order a home delivery box at: http://www.sirplus.de Konrad Werner explains why Germans are terrified of fresh elections. The country still doesn't have a governing coalition and might need to go back to the polls. Joel suggests a policy to add to coalition negations: abolishing the racist term "Schwarzer Peter" (Black Peter) to refer to a trouble-maker. The term has often been used referring to the FDP, which walked out of coalition negotiations. Listen to Konrad's podcast here: http://bit.ly/2zsamzo You might have heard of Berlin's top league football team Hertha BSC. But the city is also home to numerous neighbourhood clubs across seven different football leagues. Bloody Hell Magazine is an English-language blog that celebrates local football teams. Writers Ben, Dave and Alex join us to share their passion. Read more at: http://bloodyhellmagazine.com Iconic Berlin illustrator and musician Jim Avignon joins us to perform live and talk about his new art book, Business As Unusual. He tells us how he managed to rediscover his love for Berlin despite how much it has changed during his 30 years here. Find his book here: http://bit.ly/2hW0jLC This is our last live recording for 2017. Stay tuned for our upcoming spin-off podcast focusing exclusively on the debacle at Berlin Brandenburg Airport BER. Recorded at Comedy Cafe Berlin on Sunday November 26. Your hosts: Jöran Mandik, Maisie Hitchcock, Joel Dullroy and Daniel Stern.

The number of public bikes in Berlin increased to 6200 this week when Chinese company Mobike placed 700 of their orange and silver bicycles on the streets. They’re not to be confused with O-Bike, a Singaporean company which introduced 500 yellow-framed bikes just a few weeks earlier. In other cities, Mobike gives users credits for reporting broken bikes, and takes away credits for poor parking and “abandoning the bike when intercepted by police.” The Berlin transport department says another three bike sharing companies have expressed interest in operating here. Radio Spaetkauf co-host Jöran Mandik discovered a watery graveyard of Lidl Bikes in the Landwehrkanal near Admiralsbrücke where some hater has been throwing them. Police in Berlin recovered over 100 stolen items formerly belonging to John Lennon. A man has been arrested for allegedly selling the objects, worth an estimated €3 million, via an online auction website. They items were stolen from Yoko Ono by her former chauffeur, and passed on to a fence in Berlin. The auction website's former managers says it didn't know the items were stolen. This Sunday is our very last live show of the year. Jim Avignon, an iconic Berlin illustrator and musician, is our special musical guest. The whole team will be on stage at the Comedy Cafe Berlin in Neukölln. Doors open at 3.30pm, show starts at 4pm, entry is free.

On this episode of Bohemian Biology, you'll hear Jim Avignon aka Neoangin talking on ArtSci Fridays, a show I hosted on the Neighborhood Public Radio back in 2008 as part of the Whitney Biennial. Jim is a German painter and performer based in Brooklyn, who at the time, just had a new album out titled 'The Happy Hobo & The Return of The Freaks'. As I just attended his even more recent album release party a couple of days ago I thought I would revive this piece for the occasion. To give you a taste here is how his bio starts: '1994 marks the beginning of the whole story: Berlin painter and „pop-art“ activist Jim Avignon spots a one-man-entertainer-keyboard in the sales bin at the hardware store, right next to the cash register. He wastes no time and purchases the instrument. In the ensuing months he will dedicate quite some time to his new keyboard. The instrument has funky accompanying rhythms and a snazzy sound but unfortunately there is no feature to save the songs. Not knowing how to read music Mr. Avignon develops his very own method to memorize the numerous melodies and chordal sketches which he had composed in no time.' Jim's next performance will be at Monkeytown, 58 N 3rd St. Brooklyn, Sunday, January 3, 2010 8pm with Jon Burgerman. His new album is 'Say High To Your Neighborhood' and is available on http://neoangin.info/ Happy holidays! Run Time: 21:33