S2E10 TUNING IN - ENIGMA'S BIG BERLIN SISTER
Send us Fan Mail Love it or hate it - Berlin can and will keep surprising you. Sometimes those surprises will be less welcome but sometimes they will make your day, your week or even your next 20 year...
26 Feb 202517min
REPEATED: DEATH AND RAILWAYS - THE CEMETERY AT POSTDAMER BAHNHOF
Send us Fan Mail An old Yididish proverb says: "If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans". The author heard booming laughter from above and thus planning to launch the last episode in ...
19 Feb 202513min
OF SPUDS AND GEMS: BERLIN'S PALACE MONBIJOU
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of "Berlin Companion Podcast" we are travelling back in time to the second half of the 17th century to witness some royal shenanigans (including several weddings, an e...
10 Feb 202521min
SMOG IN THE CITY: "DICKE LUFT" IN WEST BERLIN
Send us Fan Mail Those of us living in the city centre, close to industry sites or a very busy street junction know the smell only too well: fuel, burnt rubber, melting plastic and unspecified chemica...
4 Feb 202517min
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: BLACKOUT YEARS IN BERLIN
Send us Fan Mail Are you afraid of the dark? The answer is is most probably yes. Few people are comfortable not seeing where they are going, or what might be lurking ahead. An extreme form of that f...
29 Jan 202516min
BERLIN WALL UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE: HOW TO SELL AN ANTI-FASCIST PROTECTION BARRIER
Send us Fan Mail In December 1989 US department stores expanded their pre-Christmas offer by a very attractive item for late or for undecided Christmas-present buyers. It was small yet profound - fil...
22 Jan 202533min
REPEATED S1E3: HANNA FLIES TO HELL - THE LAST DAYS OF THE THIRD REICH IN BERLIN
Send us Fan Mail Hello Berlin and Beyond! This is a repetition of a Series 1 episode - my family and I are about to say goodbye to a very dear person, and my mind is understandably elsewhere. It tur...
15 Jan 202519min
THE WHEELS KEEP ON TURNING: BERLIN AND "MANOLI LINKSRUM"
Send us Fan Mail The sky over Berlin is never dark. Even at night. The main cause is the city's heavy light pollution. Berlin's streetlights, its signs, its permanently illuminated buildings - all the...
8 Jan 202511min
