Berlin Life & Politics
Zeitgeist
Berlin’s pre-Instagram skating veterans
On the streets, squares and social media channels of Berlin, roller-skating is back in vogue. But behind millennials’ slick Instagram videos is a hardcore base of veterans who’ve been keeping the scene alive for decades. Read more
Aug 2, 2021
Berlin’s cricket revolution
The beloved sport has burst onto the scene in Berlin parks, thanks to a rapidly expanding South Asian community looking for home comforts. Read more
Jul 26, 2021
Idiot buttons: The brutal truth about Berlin's pedestrian crossings
Think those sweet little Ampelmännchen are making a mockery of you? Patrick Maynard investigates. Read more
Jul 22, 2021
Politics
Basti's Beercan - What Should We Do With Armin Laschet?
Basti joins Konrad again so that he can find out what's happening in the country he's living in. This week: Bribery in the health care market, and Armin Laschet laughing at human misery. Read more
Jul 24, 2021
Basti's Beercan: Existential Election Crisis
It's not Megan's Megacan this week, because Megan is away - but there's a very special guest on to discuss the German election campaign so far. Read more
Jul 10, 2021
Megan's Megacan: What's New About The New Right?
Another week, another Nazi trial in Frankfurt, while the Verfassungsschutz figures out what the New Right is all about, and something nice happened at the football. Time for some summer gin! Read more
Jun 26, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Peaches and Johnnie Blonde
The megacanners get vaxxed, drink canned cocktails despite medical advice, and chat some news: What happened in the Saxony-Anhalt election? Why do young people vote AfD? And what has Jens bloody Spahn done this time? Read more
Jun 13, 2021
