RS#19 2013: Where to live in Berlin? Bruno Taut's Horseshoe Estate or Merkel's old apartment?

What does Deutschrap have to do with the boom in bling-decorated iced tea? Maisie Hitchcock delves into her considerable knowledge of the genre to explain. Want a hot investment tip? Get into chili ...

17 Jun 20211h 11min

Everything is reopening. We're shooting up on vaccines, and shoving sticks up our noses in strange places - and loving it. And best of all - Maisie is back! Coronavirus testing centers are popping up ...

26 Mai 20211h 4min

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. T...

6 Mai 20211h 25min

Berlin's revolutionary rent freeze law has been declared invalid by Germany's highest court. Reduced rents will have to be repaid. Joel, Dan and Jöran give an instant take. Who will voters blame - the...

15 Apr 202122min

Berlin finally has an overnight curfew - but not really: we can go out alone from 9pm to 5am. We need a negative test to go shopping - but not really: grocery and household shopping is exempt. We ask ...

2 Apr 20211h 16min

There's a lot of bad news around about Germany's slow vaccination rate, and Berlin's system in particular. The vaccination centers are processing far fewer people than they potentially could and Berli...

5 Mar 20211h 18min

Who stole the snow from a Berlin park? A local newspaper has been investigating one of the winter's cruelest possible crimes. Parents at Parkaue think a disgruntled local might have cleared a popular ...

16 Feb 20211h 3min

Jöran sits down with Eli Wenzel-Fisher, a caretaker at a Berlin retirement home to talk about vaccinations arriving at the residence and getting vaccinated himself. Getting vaxxed - how does it work? ...

8 Feb 202126min