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Summer is in full swing, which means the Berlin tourism season is as well. Aside from the crowded sidewalks, do the tens of thousands of historical tours that take place each year have any larger political and ideological meaning?

To find out, Ted speaks with longtime (and excellent) Berlin tour guide Ryan Balmer to examine what people come to Berlin looking for, what they tend to walk away with, and what this all means for both the city itself and how the rest of world understands German history.

Find Ryan on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/berlin_reguided/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

Check out his videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpwsE8V1YrJ8Mevb2vKfd4g

Read Ghosts of Berlin here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo28471172.html

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Hosted by Ted. Edited by Nick. Music by Lee Rosevere. Art by Franziska Schneider. Follow Spaßbremse on Twitter: @spassbremse_pod. Photo courtesy of Johannes Novy.