Berlin Life & Politics
Zeitgeist
’What a cutie’: The truth about Berlin’s pigeons
It’s a dangerous world out there for Berlin’s least-favourite bird, full of pest- control spikes and poison. But as fans and feeders point out: if pigeons seem gross, it’s because we made them that way. Read more
Aug 30, 2021
Lockdown nudes: The Berliners cashing in on OnlyFans, while they can
OnlyFans reversed a planned ban on sexually explicit content from its platform, a move that would’ve hurt the thousands of users who harnessed the service to make a buck – including these locals we met earlier this year. Read more
Aug 23, 2021
The future of a car-free Bergmannkiez
Cyclists are ecstatic, but drivers have called it a “catastrophe”. We go inside the multimillion-euro plan to get cars off Bergmannstraße, one of Berlin’s most beloved streets. Read more
Aug 16, 2021
Politics
Do real environmentalists vote green?
Thanks to strong polling and a breakout campaign to take the chancellery, 2021 is undoubtedly the year the Greens went mainstream. But at what cost? Exberliner spoke to environmentalists on the ground. Read more
Sep 20, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Vote Klimaliste!
Special guest Izzy Choksey explains why she thinks the Klimaliste have the best approach of all the German parties to tackling the climate emergency - ie, they're taking it seriously. Read more
Sep 18, 2021
dieBasis: Inside Germany's anti-lockdown party
Born out of Germany’s anti-lockdown protests, dieBasis is a deranged mob of Querdenker nutjobs and extremists – if you believe the mainstream media. Which, of course, its members don’t. So who are they really? Ben Knight investigates... Read more
Sep 13, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Absolutely Definitive German Election Policy Countdown
On this week's show, Megan drinks the worst megacan ever, while Konrad explains what all the main parties stand for. It's a corker! Read more
Sep 11, 2021
