Politics
Reversed: Lockdown rules for Easter
Berlin's Senat will extend the current lockdown until April 24, but the new rules planned for Easter have now been withdrawn. Read more
Mar 23, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Honeybun the Golden Retriever (Super Election Year Special #1)
Megan's old family dog is nothing like Alexander Gauland - this and other astute political insights are in store for you as the MM team analyses last week's state elections. Read more
Mar 20, 2021
Fake masks, dodgy deals: corruption in the age of Covid-19
We speak to global health expert Sarah Steingrüber about the CDU mask scandal, counterfeit drugs and the risks faced by whistleblowers. Read more
Mar 18, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Maskengate
Megan and Konrad discuss the CDU's various corruptions, the Bild newspaper's pernicious influence on our psychological well-being, and Megan's upcoming German exam... Read more
Mar 13, 2021
One year on: Has Berlin’s rent cap actually worked?
It's been a year since Berlin’s Mietendeckel rent freeze came into effect. But has it actually helped anyone? Konrad Werner looks at the facts. Read more
Mar 9, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Lockdown Lockerung
The German government is juggling two COVID programs: Rolling out vaccines and winding in the lockdown. But can it get one right without getting the other wrong? Plus Konrad has a theory about why the vaccines are taking so long... Read more
Mar 6, 2021
Lockdown loosening: The new rules for Berlin
When can we visit museums? Will rapid testing be used? How many friends can we meet from March 8? We break down the timeline for reopening. Read more
Mar 4, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Rent Cap Unscrewed
On this week's slightly more sober show, Megan and Konrad unpick the stats after one years of the rent cap and discuss whether the US should be deporting 95-year-old former concentration camps guards to Germany. Read more
Feb 23, 2021
The Syrians in Berlin taking on the Assad regime
A chance encounter in a Berlin grocery store helped bring about a historic trial into the Assad regime’s war crimes. Read more
Feb 22, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Flying With Two Cans
On this week's gentle rummage through the news, Konrad and Megan try to figure out what Berlin's neutrality law is all about, why hairdressers get to open earlier, and why people keep abusing politicians. Read more
Feb 13, 2021
Assange's Arrest: the legal lowdown
What are the charges against the Wikileaks founder and why are they a threat to Press Freedom? Human right attorneys Ben Wizner and Jameel Jaffer gave this sober analysis of the legal ins and outs on Just Security last Thursday. Read more
Apr 13, 2019
