Xavier and the Flamingos
Storm Xavier lashed Berlin with winds of 120 kilometres an hour on October 5. Public transport and flights were cancelled for most of the day, and regional train lines were cut for several days. Five ...
13 Okt 20174min
RS Live: The Escalator Traffic Report
Comedian and journalist Drew Portnoy tells us about his return to Berlin after several years away. The city has grown by the equivalent of two Bonns in that time and is feeling much fuller. Berlin-bas...
2 Okt 201759min
Tegel Saved, Now for Thai Park
Tegel Airport fans won a referendum on whether the hexagonal Flughafen should stay open post-BER. The "yes" vote was 56.1%. But it doesn't mean Tegel won't close, as the federal and Brandenburg govern...
29 Sep 20174min
A plague of rats, crabs and Irish airlines
Berlin is a city with over 2.4 million rats. Lately they've been sighted more frequently as heavy rain has flushed them out of the drains. Several playgrounds in the north of the city have been closed...
14 Sep 20174min
RS Live: Confessions of a Food Deliverer
Comedian Caroline Clifford signed up as a bicycle food courier to earn extra cash. But she found the income depends on cycle speed and can be €5 an hour or less, especially as customers don't tip. Ger...
4 Sep 20171h
Let's play linguistic chicken
This summer's bad weather is affecting local fruit supply. Yields of regional apples, pears, cherries and plums are down by about 50%, pushing prices up by 15%. In other apple news, there's controvers...
24 Aug 20173min
Live at Mobile Kino Summer Camp 2017
Meet Diana Arce, host of Politaoke, a cross between karaoke and political speeches. She hosts events where people read topical political rants while the audience boos and cheers. Diana is also part of...
14 Aug 201747min
The Berlin Squirrel Virus
Meet our guest host Caroline Clifford, who will also join us at this weekend's Mobile Kino Summer Camp live recording! Over 210,000 posters are going up on the lampposts for the federal election, happ...
9 Aug 20174min
