RS Update: Protest over deadly eviction
Berlin's housing crisis took a tragic turn this week when an elderly old woman died on the streets two days after being evicted from her apartment. Several hundred people marched through Kreuzberg on ...
14 Apr 20133min
RS Update: Photographing the U-Bahn
Have you ever taken the U-Bahn to the end of the line? If not, you're missing out on some great architecture, according to photographer Kate Seabrook. On this short episode of Radio Spätkauf, Maisie i...
8 Apr 20135min
RS #05 2013: Construction time in Berlin
On this construction-themed episode, Joel, Maisie and Andrew discuss Berlin buildings of all kinds, from the much maligned GDR variety to the much-loathed Stadtschloss (City Palace). Most people oppos...
24 Mar 201324min
RS #04 2013: Escape to the DDR: Interview with a defector
Radio Spätkauf is the Berlin podcast, a half-hour discussion about news, politics and culture from the perspective of the city's international residents. Tonight hosts Maisie and Joel talk about the m...
10 Mar 201327min
RS #03 2013: Kreuzberg eviction - are we to blame?
Should Berlin's international residents feel responsible for the eviction of a Turkish family in Kreuzberg? We talk about what the city's foreign residents should be doing to mitigate the impact of th...
25 Feb 201326min
RS #02 2013: Why is Daniel Brühl allowed in Tacheles?
Berlin's transport company, the BVG, doesn't like graffiti, so when two filmmakers decided to make a film about trainwriting (graffiti on trains) in Berlin, the BVG managed to get it banned. After two...
9 Feb 201326min
RS #01 2013: The great bread-roll debate
Maisie and Joel discuss the debate over what Berliners call their bread rolls - wecken or schrippen. Joel interviews Tim Edler of Flussbad Berlin, the group who wants to turn a stretch of the river Sp...
20 Jan 201321min
RS #16 2012: Foreigners given free pass on the U-Bahn?
The BVG declares that "foreigners can count on goodwill" if caught with the wrong ticket on the U-Bahn. Someone is dropping razorblade-laced meatballs on Berlin footpaths. The airport is out of money ...
13 Des 201229min
