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Radio Spaetkauf BerlinThe War on Bikes Begins | Guests Wouter Bernhardt (DW & Co Enteignen) & Yonatan Miller (Berlin Tech Workers Coalition) Cyclists, get ready to ring your bells. The new city government wants to shrink bike lanes, and is turning car-free zones into roads. We hear about the new war on bikes under the CDU transport senator Manja Schreiner. What hope is there for the referendum that sought to expropriate apartments from big private landlords? We get an update about Deutsche Wohnen und Co Enteignen from our friend Wouter Bernhard. Do you work for a tech company in Berlin? Do you sometimes wonder if your startup boss is giving you...
2023-05-291h 11
Radio Spaetkauf BerlinAll the F**ks | DW & Co Enteignen, BürgerBegehren Klimaschutz & Turnt UpOne year ago Berliners voted overwhelmingly in support of the Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen referendum to buy back corporate-owned apartments and communalize them. What's happened since? Friend of the show and host of the DW Enteignen podcast "Von Menschen und Mieten" Wouter Bernhardt gives us an update with some exciting news. More here: https://www.darumenteignen.de/en/ Temperatures are falling and fears about heating are on the rise. What if Berliners took control of their district heating system? Michael Efler from BürgerBegehren Klimaschutz e.V. tells us about plans to communalize Berlin's energy network. They've go...
2022-10-091h 00
Radio Spaetkauf PresentsRent Freeze #4: How To F#€k Up A MietendeckelThe Berlin Mietendeckel experiment is finished. The city's revolutionary attempt to freeze rental prices for five years, and reduce overpriced leases, has been killed off by Germany's highest court. The decision has unleashed a political storm. Everyone is angry - but who will voters punish? The R2G parties who tried to regulate rents? Or their opponents, the CDU and FDP who successfully derailed the project? We make the case for why each side is to blame. There's a big bill to pay, as hundreds of thousands of Berliners now face back-payments, higher rents and...
2021-05-071h 25
Radio Spaetkauf BerlinRent Freeze #4: How To F#€k Up A MietendeckelThe Berlin Mietendeckel experiment is finished. The city's revolutionary attempt to freeze rental prices for five years, and reduce overpriced leases, has been killed off by Germany's highest court. The decision has unleashed a political storm. Everyone is angry - but who will voters punish? The R2G parties who tried to regulate rents? Or their opponents, the CDU and FDP who successfully derailed the project? We make the case for why each side is to blame. There's a big bill to pay, as hundreds of thousands of Berliners now face back-payments, higher rents and...
2021-05-061h 25
Radio Spaetkauf BerlinRS Live: A Board Game With No WinnersThere's a lot of bad news around about Germany's slow vaccination rate, and Berlin's system in particular. The vaccination centers are processing far fewer people than they potentially could and Berlin has doses sitting around that are going unused. One solution may be in sight: Doctors may be allowed to administer vaccinations in their clinics. State and federal leaders have agreed to extend the current lockdown until March 28th, with a very complicated multi-step plan for reopening. Each step has two weeks in between, and if things don't improve we don't move on. The second step arrives...
2021-03-051h 18
The Low Season64. Canden (Washington, D.C.)It's the final episode! And playing us out is Washington D.C.'s Canden Arciniega. We recorded this conversation back in May, when she was restoring an old mill with friends and focusing on what she enjoys. We talk about sanity maintenance, free tour misconceptions, and flooded markets.
Conversation from May 14th 2020.
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Free Tours By Foot, you can find them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
And Canden produces her own podcast called Tour Guide Tell All.
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2020-08-2120 minThe Low Season63. Ken (Dublin)Today's guest is Ken Walsh, a former Berlin guide who gave it all up to make radio in Dublin. For him, the "neoliberal freelance nightmare" of guiding in the German capital was a big factor in the move. So we talk about that and we discuss why he'd take healthcare, holidays and a busload of hungover Australians any day.
Conversation from June 26th 2020.
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Ken and I made an episode on Capitalism for the Berlinology Podcast.
And Ken creates his own show called Doublethink.
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2020-08-1922 minThe Low Season62. Anouschka (Amsterdam)Today we're in Amsterdam talking to Anouschka Trauschke- a guide who tried to become invisible in a city famously troubled by overtourism. But is tourism itself the root cause of the Dutch capital's imbalance? And how much is the city's marketing team to blame? We discuss all that, as well as how to make tours that matter.
Conversation from June 12th 2020.
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Anouschka's own tour company called Tours That Matter.
Together with other tourism pro's, she organised the Reinvent Tourism Festival.
Anouschka also created guide lines to minimize your...
2020-08-1722 minThe Low Season61. Marcus (Prague)We're in beautiful Prague talking to naked tour guide Marcus Bradshaw, who is delighted to see Prague no longer caving under mass tourism.
On the show today: what travel once was vs. what it has become; what's important vs. what's just a bonus, and the Czech Republic vs. salad.
Conversation from June 11th 2020.
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Marcus' Salad Delivery Company. Go get yourself a Fresh Salad!
He also has his own tour company called The Naked Tour Guide, but due to the pandemic there's currently no tours running.
The quote Marcus used came...
2020-08-1426 minThe Low Season60. Peter (Bratislava)Today we're talking to Peter Chrenka in Bratislava, a city that (at the time of recording) was just beginning to wake up and remove its facemask. Peter runs Authentic Slovakia and offers guided driving tours in Skodas from the 70s. We talk about young guides and recent history, getting by without state support, and not getting too nostalgic about totalitarianism...
Conversation from June 11th 2020.
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Peter's tour company called Authentic Slovakia. And on FB.
Peter's favourite place to guide in Bratislava.
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2020-08-1220 minThe Low Season59. Tomer (Tel Aviv)
We're in Tel Aviv today, talking to Tomer Chelouche - a guide and fellow podcaster who comes from one of the city's founding families.
Working also as an urban consultant, he is fascinated by how cities work. We remember when tourism was a good thing, consider how the industry can support sustainable cities, and discuss why we shouldn't aim for "back to normal".
Conversation from June 10th 2020.
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Tomer's Virtual Tours of Tel Aviv.
Neve Tzedek is the neighbourhood Tomer lives and tours through.
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2020-08-1019 minThe Low Season58. Kasia (Paris)Bonjour mes amis! Meet Kasia Klon, a guide who came to Paris from Poland- via New York and Berlin- only to be disappointed. Getting over an initial dislike of the French capital, she soon fell in love with the city and now leads small-group street art tours. We talk Paris Syndrome, proud locals and why a simple Bonjour goes a long way.
Conversation from June 10th 2020.
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Kasia's tour company does regular and virtual tours of Paris.
Street Art Tour Paris on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
Check out this...
2020-08-0720 minThe Low Season57. Bart (Antwerp)We made it to Belgium! Antwerp, specifically. And today we're talking to Bart Verhoeven, who has spent the last couple of years guiding all over the country that gave us Art Nouveau. We talk low season finances, exploring your own country and beer. Of course.
Conversation from June 1st 2020.
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Music by Mark Schilders. Design by CC Whyte, and Chris' non-profit charity project 'The Chariso Press'.
Georgia Riungu created Women of Berlin!!
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2020-08-0519 minThe Low Season56. John & Hugo (Melbourne)Today we're in Melbourne, Australia - the cocktail capital of the world. We're talking to John O'Sullivan and Hugo Mylecharane of Depot Adventures (formerly Walks 1010) who operate a rather unusual Free Tour model... We discuss ethics & solidarity, five year plans and the element of surprise.
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The Depot Adventures Tour Company.
On Facebook and on Twitter.
Melbourne on a lockdown.
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Music by Mark Schilders. Design by CC Whyte, and Chris' non-profit charity project 'The Chariso Press'.
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2020-08-0330 minThe Low Season55. Margaret (London)We're in London chatting to self-proclaimed monarchist Margaret Stockton-Davies - a guide who just loves the drama of the Royal Family. We weigh up the possibilities vs the risks of the Free Tour model, and throw a glimpse into the future of virtual guiding.
Conversation from June 2nd 2020.
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Free Tours By Foot is the tour company Margaret is working for.
Margaret also has her own Instagram and YouTube channels.
If you haven't seen The Crown yet. Go go go!
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2020-07-3122 minThe Low Season54. Rick (Steves)Today, we're in Edmonds, Washington talking to Rick Steves. Yes, that Rick Steves. The 'Rick Steves Europe' Rick Steves. The travel guru is on a decades-long mission to move people- namely U.S. Americans- to get over themselves, broaden their horizons and experience the world. As he asserts in his new book, Rick sees travel as a political act. After 9/11, he worked to convince folks they needed to travel more, not less. So just how does he plan to carry on his mission when combating the coronavirus requires us to stay home?
This was a special collaboration w...
2020-07-2937 minThe Low Season53. Arja (Berlin)With over ten years’ experience running her own tour guide business, Arja Jacob is confident that she’ll be back on her feet once tourism is. She’s well-connected. We’re back in Berlin to talk about a return to travel as a luxury, keeping the tourists where they need to be and why she’s not sorry about mass tourism taking a long holiday.
Conversation from May 11th 2020
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Arja's tour company called 'Berlin Locals'.
Arja's whereabouts in Niedersachsen.
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2020-07-2719 minThe Low Season52. Ramzi (Beit Sahour)This Friday and we’re in conversation with Ramzi Salsa, a Catholic Palestinian guide who got into tourism between the First and Second Intifadas. This is not the first time his career has been affected by external factors. We talk about pilgrims, dual narratives and putting your whole heart into your work.
Conversation from June 20th 2020.
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Beit Sahour, the Palestinian city close to Bethlehem where Ramzi is living. Capernaum is one of Ramzi's favourite tourist destinations.
The Dual Narrative Tours are run by Mejdi Tours...
2020-07-2420 minThe Low Season51. Michal (Bratislava)Hello from Bratislava! We’re having a chat with Michal Nejeschleba, a guide and new dad for whom the evaporation of tourism came at an ok time. We talk about the positives of life on board a cruise ship and what to do when your floating germ tub is met at port by a human chain of protesters.
Conversation from June 1st 2020.
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Michal's Green Hat Tours.
'The End of Tourism?' in The Guardian.
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2020-07-2220 minThe Low Season50. Pål (Oslo)Today we’re talking to Pål Johansen in Oslo, a guide and travel writer who has worked all over Scandinavia. We discuss ways to keep your brand alive, how to make Norwegian pancakes and of course the Vikings.
Conversation from May 15th 2020.
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Pål's travel site and his YouTube channel (Waffles!)
Norway's Constitution Day.
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2020-07-2020 minThe Low Season49. Samantha (Zürich)Today's guide is Samantha from Zürich. Before landing a tour guiding job, Samantha was a croupier on a cruise ship, a translator for the Swiss police, volunteered to help zones hit by earthquakes, and worked for 13 years for the Swiss Ministry of Foreign affairs. Naturally we had plenty to talk about..
Conversation from May 7th 2020.
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Book a tour of Zürich with Samantha through AirBnB Experiences. And have a look at her Instagram account.
Samantha's coaching and mindfulness website.
The infamous Needle Park. And a little news cl...
2020-07-1721 minThe Low Season48. Bonita (Prague)Originally from New York City, Bonita Rhoads has been operating a travel business in Prague since 2014. Despite the pressure it puts on a small city, she’d never tell her colleagues not to take a cruise tour gig. We talk about why that is, why she’s happy to be in Europe right now, and why we have to know what’s behind that hill.
Conversation from May 21st 2020.
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Bonita's tour company called Insight Cities. With tours running in Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Salzburg and Budapest.
The National Geographic article on Pra...
2020-07-1523 minThe Low Season47. Heidi (Paris)Heidi Evans is the founder of Women of Paris, a tour business illuminating the women who shaped the City of Lights. We chat about the difficulty of guiding in a city that’s already been hit by one crisis after another, and the challenge of placing women firmly in history, rather than beside it.
Conversation from May 14th 2020.
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Women of Paris walking tours. And all of Heidi's Instagram, Facebook and Twitter feeds.
Marie Antoinette and Simone de Beauvoir.
The longest transportation strikes in France's history.
Yellow ve...
2020-07-1322 minThe Low Season46. Shira (Haifa)Today’s conversation is with Shira Kleinman, a guide in Haifa who immersed herself in Hebrew- and tears- in order to get her license. We talk about the importance of food, staying positive and why her New Jersey family thinks she’s getting soft.
Conversation from May 21st 2020.
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Mount Carmel and The Shrine of Báb.
The Kibbutz Movement.
Book a tour with Shira! And follow her on Facebook.
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2020-07-1019 minThe Low Season45. Matthew (Liverpool)Today we’re chatting to original Liverpudlian Matthew Staunton, who’d been guiding in the “Pool of Life” for only eight months when corona shut it all down. We talk about the free tour model vs boutique offerings and why his city is at odds with the current government.
Conversation from May 20th 2020.
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Liverpool Riots of 1981.
On the 'Managed Decline' of Liverpool by Margaret Thatcher.
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Music by Mark Schilders. Design by CC Whyte, and Chris' non-profit charity project 'The Chariso Press'.
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2020-07-0816 minThe Low Season44. Kaitlin (Washington, D.C.)It’s somehow been two whole months since we spoke to A Tour of Her Own founder Kaitlin Calogera in Washington, D.C. Today we’re talking about tourism as a very personal form of education, the under-representation of women in U.S. history, and how she's determined to fill in the gaps.
Conversation from May 7th 2020.
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Kaitlin's tour company 'A Tour Of Her Own'. And her Socials --> FB, Twitter, Instagram.
A list of statues in the Capitol Building.
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2020-07-0620 minThe Low Season43. Alessia (NYC)We're talking to Alessia Nencioni, a native of Florence who has spent almost twenty years introducing guests to the hidden sights of NYC. We talk about why a visit to Times Square does not mean you've been to New York, why meeting the locals is the real key to experiencing the city, and why you can always count on Spanish tourists.
Conversation from May 22nd 2020.
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You can find Alessia's Virtual Tours --> here.
'Little Italy' in the Bronx.
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2020-07-0317 minThe Low Season42. Patrick (Munich)We're back in Germany! But this time we're in Bavaria, talking to tour guide, museum historian and OG Munich-er Patrick Charell, who believes history is something we can disagree on. We discuss why licensing isn't necessarily a good thing, the way in which tour guides are undervalued as city ambassadors and how much it costs to cancel Oktoberfest.
Conversation from May 7th 2020.
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His publication on Ludwig II and his book on Christmas in Bavaria.
The Venetian in Las Vegas.
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2020-07-0121 minThe Low Season41. Henk (Amsterdam)Today we're popping over to the Dutch capital to chat with Henk de Vries, who has spent years leading LGBTQ tours in Amsterdam - gay capital of the world since the '90s. We talk about the city's crackdown on free tours, identify the wrong type of tourist and consider why you should put more thought into your next trip.
Conversation from May 15th 2020.
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Henk's tour company is called Special Amsterdam Tours. And here you can find his Facebook Page.
His tours often start at the Homo Monument, the first...
2020-06-2921 minThe Low Season40. Alexander (Saint Petersburg)Today it's all about Alexander Shmidke! We catch up with him fresh from a trip to the tax office in Saint Petersburg - one of the few places in Russia you can visit without a visa. We're talking cruise tours, manual labour for the unemployed and why no one cares about the Second World War when the Hermitage is on offer.
Conversation from May 22nd 2020.
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Alexander's website.
The Road of Life during the Siege of Leningrad.
Alexander's alternatives to the Hermitage: 1. The State Russian Museum and 2. The Museum o...
2020-06-2619 minThe Low Season39. Jeanie (London)We're in London talking to proud Blue Badge guide, Jeanie Carmichael. A big believer in licensing, this lady is serious about guiding and founded the Guides Association of London to help give the profession more gravitas. We talk about freelancing pros and cons, maintaining high standards, and unionising with vicars.
Conversation from May 13th 2020
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London's tour guide association.
Unite Union for the self-employed, the trade union of which Guide London is a member.
You can obtain a Blue Badge license through the Institute of Tourist Guiding.
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2020-06-2420 minThe Low Season38. Amir (Vienna)A Vienna-native, Amir Karim has been guiding all over Europe for almost a decade. He was on a mission to revitalise the profession in the Austrian capital and this should have been the year he made the transition from multi-destination to city guide. We talk about the mental impact of not being valuable, the benefits of a break from productivity and why money is not that important.
Conversation from May 4th 2020
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Amir's view of Vienna.
Facebook Group 'Real Talk'
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New Album by Mark Schilders. Design...
2020-06-2225 minThe Low Season37. Lucy (Melbourne)G'day from Melbourne! Australia's high and low seasons are the exact opposite of most countries we've heard from so far. Lucy Gardner- tour guide, teacher and Tigers fan- tells us how the bushfires impacted tourism way before the virus did, how the industry differs from one hemisphere to another, and how it feels to have done her last ever tour. (Maybe.)
Conversation from May 4th 2020.
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Comedy sketch about the bushfires and Covid-19.
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2020-06-1918 minThe Low Season36. Francesca (Rome)When we spoke to Francesca in early May, Rome had just entered Phase 2, meaning citizens were finally allowed to venture more than 200m from their doorsteps. From too many tourists to none at all: we talk about whether a city designed to be looked at can exist without admirers.
Conversation from May 5th 2020.
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Tourism in Italy by The New York Times.
Francesca's website.
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2020-06-1717 minThe Low Season35. Andrew (San Francisco)We’re in conversation with Andrew Wong, a San Franciscan who sees his tour guiding profession as an opportunity to share stories you wouldn’t otherwise hear - particularly stories from marginalised voices. Forget the Golden Gate Bridge, keep your earthquake; we’re talking activism through tourism and the aftershocks of Corona.
Conversation from June 10th 2020.
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Mario Woods / Ahmaud Arbery / Amy CooperBAYCAT, the film academy Andrew works.
ReTold, Andrew's own film production company.
WildSFTours.com
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2020-06-1520 minThe Low Season34. Bert (NYC)We’re in NYC talking to food tour guide Bert James. Our first conversation in May centred on what pandemic restrictions might mean for a city that’s famously nocturnal. Given the recent BLM protests, we caught up again this week for an update. We talk about the importance of nightlife, social media real estate and the joy found in eavesdropping on a first date.
Conversations from May 7th and June 9th 2020.
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Bert James' website and YouTube channel.
The Food Tour company Bert works with.
The Black Lives Matter...
2020-06-1226 minThe Low Season33. Jorge (Madrid)Hola from the Spanish capital! We're talking to Jorge Román, a guide with 23 years of experience who just started a blog to stay sane. We don't shy away from the big topics today. We're talking loyalty, unions and Scarlett O'Hara.
Conversation from May 6th 2020.
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Travelling with Jorge.
Facebook Group 'Real Talk'
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2020-06-1020 minThe Low Season32. Anna (Jerusalem)If you thought her city was just one square kilometer of old walls, Anna Kreynin has news for you. Today's tour guide talks about strategic employment situations, how social distancing killed the fun before corona times, and why Israel's best Kanafeh isn't for her.
Conversation from May 13th 2020.
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Kanafeh is a Middle Eastern dessert.
Ashkelon was the oldest and largest seaport in ancient Canaan.
Anna's travel blog on Facebook and Instagram.
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2020-06-0822 min
The Low SeasonBlack Lives MatterA brief update. We're back on Monday.
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Afropean by Johny Pitts.
1619, a podcast by the New York Times.
Where to Donate?
Antiracism Resources, a google doc.
How to be an Ally.
2020-06-0501 minThe Low Season31. AlazneToday's guide cut her teeth in her native Basque country before moving to Berlin, where she has worked for the last fifteen years. We talk Greek fantasies, 'The Foreign Perspective' and travel as an antidote to stereotypes.
Conversation from April 29th 2020.
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Here's a list of English speaking therapists in Berlin.
Music by Mark Schilders.
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2020-05-2218 minThe Low Season30. LizzyToday's guest tells us why Germans don't have a Plan B, how applause can be a kick-starter for sound mental health, and how we're currently filling our time rather than living it.
Conversation from April 30th 2020.
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Here's a list of English speaking therapists in Berlin.
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2020-05-2118 minThe Low Season29. PipToday's guide is not a guide at all! At least not any more. We talk to our "chronically lazy" friend about the lack of suitable synonyms for 'weird', the benefits of living with someone who is not an arsehole and why she'd quite happily slide into poverty before going through the rigmarole of bureaucracy.
Conversation from April 10th 2020
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Sistrionics Podcast / FB / Twitter
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2020-05-2021 min2020-05-1904 minThe Low Season27. RodrigoToday's guide was going to take it easy this year, settle into Berlin and have a stable job. Little did he know that taking it easy was all there was to have...Also; jogging pants, dulce the leche and bats!
Conversation from April 28th 2020
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Dulce the Leche
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2020-05-1817 minThe Low Season26. StéphanieToday's guide is conflicted about her staying in Berlin, she doesn't like tourists on her doorstep, and is one of the few guides that doesn't know what a low season is.
Conversation from April 17th 2020
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Nîmes, France
ViveBerlin Tours, a Guide Cooperative.
Museum of Colours
Stéphanie's Blog
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2020-05-1526 minThe Low Season25. BethanHow do you tell the difference between a rollercoaster and a history tour...? Today's guide decided pretty quickly that jokes were not her thing. We talk pre-tour nerves, teenage bullies and the beers of the future.
Conversation from April 17th 2020
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2020-05-1419 minThe Low Season24. AsafToday's guide is all about cycling, cycling and cycling. We learn what a 'durchgangszimmer' is, the correct way of putting a stick behind the door, and how to market yourself for the future tourism industry.
Conversation from April 7th 2020
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Cycling Berlin Brandenburg. And Asaf's YouTube channel.
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2020-05-1320 minThe Low Season23. JoshOur guest today couldn't believe it snowed in March. Or that he couldn't get a corona-test while showing flu symptoms. We talk about improving our lives as guides, the inability to make decisions in times of crisis, and the mind-blowing effect of window-cleaning.
Conversation from April 8th 2020
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Here's Josh at the Landwehr canal talking about urban planning and people power.
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2020-05-1222 minThe Low Season22. MalIn their 14 years in Berlin this anthropologist and guide has seen the city transformed. And not always in a good way. We talk capitalist baggage, the death star of tourism and dancing for mental health.
Conversation from April 10th 2020
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Financial, legal and mental health guidance, especially those with non-German backgrounds.
TransInterQueer / LesMigraS / GLADT
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2020-05-1122 minThe Low Season21. LornaHaving broken her ankle last year, the Refugee Voices founder understands how precarious tour guiding can be. We talk to the star of her own tragicomedy about how a relatively comfortable crisis can still be triggering and how she plans to explain all of this to the baby she’s carrying.
Conversation from April 13th 2020
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Refugee Voices Tours
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2020-05-0818 minThe Low Season20. KevinThis guide from the UK had a feeling that things might have to change. From severed connections to strengthened bonds, isolation has made his world curiously bigger. We talk about keeping it simple and why we can’t return to default mode.
Conversation from April 13th 2020.
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2020-05-0719 minThe Low Season19. BeateThis guide has been in the game since before the Berlin Wall came down. And now she’s a housewife for the first time. We talk about the importance of spending time apart and why she doesn’t give advice. And, of course, the value in seeing other people’s noses.
Beate is quarantining here. Conversation from April 10th 2020.
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2020-05-0618 minThe Low Season18. MohamadToday’s guide left Syria in 2013 and became a founding member of the Refugee Voices team in Berlin. His brother chose to stay behind but is now stuck in the German capital on an ill-fated research trip. We talk about nostalgia, corona tours and finding the humour in tragedy.
Conversation from April 23rd 2020
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Refugee Voices Tours
Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self - YouTube
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2020-05-0521 minThe Low Season17. JonathanComing from Venezuela, Coronavirus is not this guide’s first crisis. Is that why his outlook is so sunny? We talk about embracing the new normal, the Titanic that kept on sinking and the tour of the future .
Conversation from April 16th 2020
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Jonathan's music ventures.
United We Stream
Kunst auf dem Balkon
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2020-05-0422 minThe Low Season16. KaiToday’s guide talks to us from his own private island. He moved to Berlin to get away from the countryside, but now rural Brandenburg is his refuge from city life. We talk about how much water it takes to wash yourself and why he’s wary of too many cars with Berlin number plates...
Conversation from April 9th 2020.
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Music by Mark Schilders.
2020-05-0120 minThe Low Season15. EyalThis guide makes a mean Shakshuka. We talk about what lockdown looks like in Lichterfelde, experiments in drive-by tourism and why older guests are his favourite.
Conversation from April 8th 2020.
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Tours with Eyal
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2020-04-3016 minThe Low Season14. YsanneSince moving to the city seven years ago, Berlin’s resilience has long been a source of inspiration for today’s guide. We discuss history as therapy and why her husband is locked in the bedroom.
Conversation from April 5th 2020.
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Sistrionics Podcast, and Facebook and Twitter.
Cheeky episode of the Otter & Walrus.
Music by Mark Schilders.
2020-04-2923 minThe Low Season13. MarcIn his three years as a guide, this Valencian says there have been no bad days - just good days and very very good days. That doesn’t mean he’s not conflicted about the morality of tour guiding as it exists now. Is it time to find a better way to work?
Conversation from April 20th 2020.
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Marc's YouTube Channel 'Explaining a Complex World'
Music by Mark Schilders
2020-04-2822 minThe Low Season12. CarolineI want to be a tour guide when I grow up. Said no one ever. We’re talking to a seasoned pro about the professional identity crisis faced by tour guides and the surprising gift presented by our novel new situation.
Conversation from April 7th 2020.
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Caroline's podcast 'Dispatches from Berlin' and 'Berlin Histories'.
Music by Mark Schilders.
2020-04-2722 minThe Low Season11. RobTalking from a country whose leader thinks Corona is a hoax, this guide and new dad can’t get home. We talk about raising a baby when the world is shaking, why taking to Twitter is worth it, and how the current crisis might be the push some guides need.
Conversation from April 8th 2020.
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Rob Willis on public speaking.
Music by Mark Schilders.
2020-04-2419 minThe Low Season10. CampbellHome is where your life is. We catch up with an Aussie guide and climate activist stuck on the other side of the world. On his last day of quarantine to talk bullshit jobs, storm clouds and uncertainty. But not in a glass-half-empty way.
Conversation from April 11th 2020
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Music by Mark Schilders.
Important information regarding beans on toast.
Remember dial-up?
Campbell's climate activism is linked to Extinction Rebellion.
Need help filling out your (Hartz IV, ALG II) unemployment forms? Give the Hartzer Roller a...
2020-04-2322 minThe Low Season9. Chris and SteveWay before Steve abandoned his travel plans halfway to Australia, Chris was in self-isolation to avoid compromising his girlfriend. We talk to two flatmates about letting go of control and what it’s like to get tested for Corona. Which one is reading Little Women whilst the other’s dancing in his underwear...?
Conversations from April 9th 2020.
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Steve's essential math viewing
Steve's essential algebra viewing.
Music by Mark Schilders.
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2020-04-2217 minThe Low Season8. KathinkaDid you hear the one about the tour guide who single-handedly put Berlin’s comedy scene on lockdown? We call the Corona Information Hotline to talk German bureaucracy, the tourists who never left and why this feels different to 9/11 and the 2008 crash.
Conversation from April 16th 2020.
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Music by Mark Schilders
Need help with applying for (Hartz IV) unemployment benefits, visit the Hartzer Roller.
2020-04-2122 minThe Low Season6. NickHaving been on someone else’s holiday all this time, we now face a choice: Endless January, or post-pandemic plotting. We’re talking to a guide with a million years’ experience about existential dread and the temporary comfort of the lockdown excuse. Brace yourself.
Conversation from April 8th 2020.
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Music by Mark Schilders
Get help filling out your (Hartz IV, ALG II) unemployment papers with the Hartzer Roller. Consider leaving him a donation.
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2020-04-2026 minThe Low Season7. India and SamWe’re talking to our first guide couple. His flatmate was one of Berlin’s first confirmed COVID-19 cases. Her flatmate is gone, leaving her home alone. Both have to self-quarantine apart. We chat language learning, getting creative and putting the pro in procrastination.
Conversation from April 8th and April 13th 2020.
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Music by Mark Schilders
Do you still not have Duolingo?
Need help with applying for (Hartz IV) unemployment benefits, visit the Hartzer Roller.
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2020-04-2019 minThe Low Season5. MaisieFrom her mum’s place in the English countryside, we talk German gangsta rap and nose-picker's regret with a guide plagued by visions of her fridge exploding. Conversation from April 7th 2020.
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At time of recording Maisie is here.
Radio Spätkauf: Berlin's news in English.
Haftbefehl: Russisch Roulette
Music by Mark Schilders.
For help filling out (Hartz IV) unemployment papers, Hartzer Roller. Feel free to leave Andreas Wallbaum a donation.
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2020-04-1625 minThe Low Season4. TorbenThis guide’s three-year-old knows something’s up, but how do you explain it? Swimming petri dishes, the Boogeyman and why we’re waving at Grandpa from the window. Conversation from April 7th 2020.
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Torben's tour company is Berlin Perspectives
Hartz IV help and donations to the Hartzer Roller.
Music by Mark Schilders
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2020-04-1521 minThe Low Season3. HeidiWe are back in Berlin, talking to a guide and mother about self-motivation, financial pressure and being grateful for what you’ve got. Oh, and a certain fat pigeon. Conversation from April 9th 2020.
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Music by Mark Schilders.
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2020-04-1417 minThe Low Season2. SusanWhen your day was supposed to start with a visa appointment but ends with a puppy. We talk accelerated cohabitation, rules for Netflix and what Susan’s mum means by ten good years. Conversation from April 7th 2020.
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Music by Mark Schilders.
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2020-04-1417 minThe Low Season1. MichaelAll the way in from Italy’s northwestern frontier, we hear from a former Berlin tour guide whose past as a Carthusian monk has prepared him for life in lockdown. We talk silence, solitude and finding your voice. Conversation from April 7th 2020.
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Music by Mark Schilders.
Wouter's other podcast: Berlinology.
At the time of recording Michael is here: Aosta
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2020-04-1419 minThe Low SeasonIntro: A Day At The LakeA Day At The Lake marks the beginning of this series on tour guides navigating a pandemic.
The Low Season is about people who have seen their livelihoods dissapear. On top of all the quarantining, self-isolating and social distancing, they are now questioning what their future professional and personal lives will look like.
Three new episodes every week!
2020-04-1207 min
Exploring Digital SpheresFiltered awayRike Maier on remixes and upload filters
Ever worried about not being able to put your video up on Youtube? More than hundred hours of videos are uploaded every minute. So how do platforms make sure people obey the rules? How to make sure this content is not stolen? They use automatic filters, which have caused some nasty side effects.
Rike Maier is copyright researcher and associated at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG). Wouter Bernhardt interviewed Rike about her research and what upload filter exactly do.
More about what Rike does: https...
2018-11-0607 min
Exploring Digital SpheresTrailer: Exploring digital spheresIntroducing a brand-new podcast for internet researchers and digital mavericks
This is Exploring Digital Spheres.
My name is Wouter Bernhardt and together with the HIIG and its researchers I’ll be diving deep into a world of coding, rating, nudging, and filtering. Asking questions on how our digital society works and what the future might look like.
In our first episodes you'll get to know…
Rike Maier and her findings on remixes and upload filter as recently discussed in the European parliament.
Research on content moderators, who work under harsh conditions much like you migh...
2018-11-0201 min
Radio Spaetkauf BerlinRS Live: Renting Out Your RoomHow much do Berlin's bottle collectors earn? Our guest Wouter Bernhardt has done the math - it's a measly €150 a month. He thinks it amounts to a form of socially accepted poverty. Wouter is host of the Berlinology podcast. Listen to the full episode of 'The Bottle Collector' here: http://viertausendhertz.de/bln02/ The Berlin Senate has changed the AirBnB law to allow people to rent out their flats as holiday apartments for up to 60 days per year. Starting on May 1, you can obtain a registration number from the Bürgeramt, which must be displayed online. But you still risk get...
2018-03-2653 min
Radio Spaetkauf BerlinRS Live: City Saves Kotti From InvestorsThe landmark Neues Kreuzberger Zentrum at Kottbusser Tor will be purchased by the Berlin city government, snatching it from the hands of private investors. The NKZ - the giant 70s construction that bridges Adalbertstraße - will be bought by the city's own housing company Gewobag for €56.5 million. It is the first major example of the government buying back large tracts of housing from the open market to balance property prices. Why is the metal sculpture in front of the Volksbühne Theater about to disappear? Konrad Werner tells us about departing intendant Frank Carstoff's decision to take the circular "Rad"...
2017-04-2354 min
Frequenz 4000 | Übers Podcasten und unsZurückgespultNicolas, Hendrik und Christian spielen ihre Lieblings-Episoden vor und erzählen, was sie nach einem knappen Jahr Viertausendhertz gelernt haben. Christian Möller (Durch die Gegend) und Wouter Bernhardt (Walrus and#038; the Bear) sind auch dabei und teile
Nicolas, Hendrik und Christian spielen ihre Lieblings-Episoden vor und erzählen, was sie nach einem knappen Jahr Viertausendhertz gelernt haben. Christian Möller (Durch die Gegend) und Wouter Bernhardt (Walrus & the Bear) sind auch dabei und teilen ihre gepodcasteten Lieblingsmomente aus dem Jahr 2016. Seid dabei und hört unseren Rückblick auf die schönsten Hüllkurven des Jahres.
2016-12-2555 min
This Week in Germany104 - Why do Germans watch dubbed movies?Dubbing is something English native speakers are very unfamiliar with back home. Imagine Brad Pitt moves his mouth but completely different sounds come out - and in German. Olcan Hiller delves into the world of dubbing and speaks to the people that make it happen. Sadly, terrorism is once again at the top of the news agenda. Can Germany actually do anything to prevent terrorism on its home soil? In the wake of the Brussels bombings, Helena Humphrey analyses the German response. Wouter "Walrus" Bernhardt joins us again to talk about his favourite destination in the...
2016-04-0735 min
This Week in Germany104 - Why do Germans watch dubbed movies?Dubbing is something English native speakers are very unfamiliar with back home. Imagine Brad Pitt moves his mouth but completely different sounds come out - and in German. Olcan Hiller delves into the world of dubbing and speaks to the people that make it happen. Sadly, terrorism is once again at the top of the news agenda. Can Germany actually do anything to prevent terrorism on its home soil? In the wake of the Brussels bombings, Helena Humphrey analyses the German response. Wouter "Walrus" Bernhardt joins us again to talk about his favourite destination in the...
2016-04-0735 minThis Week in Germany104 - Why do Germans watch dubbed movies?Dubbing is something English native speakers are very unfamiliar with back home. Imagine Brad Pitt moves his mouth but completely different sounds come out - and in German. Olcan Hiller delves into the world of dubbing and speaks to the people that make it happen. Sadly, terrorism is once again at the top of the news agenda. Can Germany actually do anything to prevent terrorism on its home soil? In the wake of the Brussels bombings, Helena Humphrey analyses the German response. Wouter "Walrus" Bernhardt joins us again to talk about his favourite destination in the...
2016-04-0735 min