Features
Zeitgeist
Masked! From virus protection to face fashion
We trace the mask’s rise to this season’s most contentious health and fashion item, and meet Berliners taking matters into their own hands. Read more
May 1, 2020
A language school goes global
ALLTAG HEROES! In a normal year, Prenzlauer Berg’s GLS attracts thousands of international language students. When Corona hit, they had to deal with closed borders - and discovered e-learning. Read more
May 1, 2020
Radio Spaetkauf on the BVG’s masked vigilantes
PODCAST! Here’s Radio Spaetkauf’s latest monthly roundup of local news, including the BVG’s concerns about masked vigilantes patrolling public transport. Read more
Apr 30, 2020
Politics
Megan's Megacan: A Very Public Cuddle
PODCAST! Megan is displeased at the public cuddling of tycoons, the AfD decides it has to kick out at least one Nazi after all, and why Germany's spies have been told they can't do any more spying. Read more
May 23, 2020
Megan's Megacan: A Chicken on a Bus
PODCAST! The megacanners offer another news round-up - what are the latest lockdown loosening measures in Berlin? What's Germany's basic pension all about? What's happening in the slaughterhouses? And did Megan see a chicken on the M41 or not? Read more
May 16, 2020
Who are Berlin’s Corona dissenters?
Every week, an assortment of protesters from Germany’s political fringes gather to demonstrate against the lockdown. Who are these Corona sceptics? Benjamin Haughton investigates. Read more
May 15, 2020
Megan's Megacan: Cash for Clunkers
PODCAST! The Megacanners are back, and most of Germany has decided they've had enough of the lockdown-virus thing and will just pretend they can go about our lives again. Preferably in a dinghy on the canal. Read more
May 10, 2020
