Politics
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
Head-to-head: What should we do with big landlords?
It’s crunch time for the campaign to expropriate Deutsche Wohnen and other real estate giants. With Berliners set to vote in a referendum on September 26, the two sides make their 11th-hour pitches. Read more
Sep 9, 2021
EXB’s guide to the German elections 2021
Whether you’ve got the golden ticket to vote or not, we bring you the basics on Germany’s 2021 Bundestagswahl. Read more
Aug 30, 2021
Megan's Megacan: The Not-Querdenker Party
On this week's show - What die Basis are all about, the Afghans who have made it to Berlin, and news from the harvest. Drink up! Read more
Aug 28, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Betraying Afghanistan
Megan returns after a summer sojourn to discover that the German news is just as depressing as it ever was. Still, pina coladas now exist in a tin apparently. Read more
Aug 14, 2021
One year on: Still fighting for Belarus
On the anniversary of the rigged elections that launched a movement, we meet some of the activists fighting for change in Berlin. Read more
Aug 12, 2021
50,000 signatures: The fight to make Berlin car-free
In a new citizens’ initiative, campaigners are pushing to ban private car use within the S-Bahn ring. Is this realistic, or just an idealistic joyride to nowhere? Read more
Aug 9, 2021
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
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
