Love in the Time of Corona

In this episode Kate Cheka explores the importance of nature and what is means to us as people. First played on THFRadio Berlin on the Winter Solstice 2020 the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere it is collection of stories and interviews all about what it is to love nature. Featuring the voices of my friend Marleen; Nick, Nick and Naomi at The Natural Selection Podcast and Phil Bryant of Stowford Manor Farm. Music and composition by Tim Maryon and as always you can find us at our home https://www.thfradio.de/ and your host @katecheka on fb, Insta and Twitter

We're back in lockdown again! In this episode Kate chats with Joe and Jeff in the kitchen (hence the dishwasher sounds) about imaginary lovers, mind palaces, Ancient Greece and Pokémon. Enjoy and please check out www.thfradio.de

Our second episode live in the THF studio! This week we're joined by the amazing Sara who discusses the difficulties of dating in Berlin, being single over thirty and slowing it down. Hope you enjoy this intimate chat and thanks to Sara for sharing her feelings and go check out THF Radio http://thfradio.de/

This week we're in the studio and joined by the wonderful Ken Okuda, host of Not on Time on THF Radio. We discuss our favourite drinks, texts vs phone calls and the philosophy of love. Joined by a cheeky guest "twenty-one from London". Be sure to check out Ken's show and follow him @kenokudas on Instagram.

Disliking astrology as a hate crime, having the same politics as your friends and Fuseli's The Nightmare are all up for discussion in today's episode. Join your host Kate Cheka and her pal and temporary roommate Eve in Berlin as they debate these things and more over a puzzle in the kitchen. It is very hot in Berlin - both a curse and a blessing - and we want to know what's up in friendships. If you have a job for Eve hmu @katecheka on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter

What does it mean to love people you don't really know? This week Kate explores the idea of internet friends, i.e. people you know mainly through social media. She explores the idea of internet community, echo chambers and finding solidarity amongst likeminded people online. Featuring artist and writer Abi Palmer http://www.abipalmer.com/ @abipalmer_bot on Twitter and Instagram

Continuing the theme of last week i.e. SEX we have an old episode of Shamelips the podcast featuring Lexi Dark and my friend Julia, recorded in 2018 at the Workshop on Forster and edited by Rhianna Ilube we explore sex work. The sex work industry that has taken a huge hit in these times and they do vital work especially in a city like Berlin. This is a relieving of good times and a reminder to be vocal in your support of sex workers. Warning explicit content of the best kind. Get in touch at [email protected]

Today we talk SEX! Particularly masturbation and a toy that can make you squirt in twenty seconds. Kate Cheka is joined by Fifi and her friend to explore what self-pleasure looks like under lockdown and beyond! Warning explicit content of the best kind. Get in touch at [email protected] music is Ride It by The Dogon Lights courtesy of the freemusicarchive.org.

This week's episode explores looking after your mental wellbeing as an act of love. Your host Kate Cheka goes to speak with artist and art psychologist Ella Bryant about her relationship to art and using it as a tool to treat mental health problems. We discuss our mental health history in the context of British society and her work as an art therapist including running the Portable Wellbeing Studio to take support where it is needed. In these times when the world feels unstable taking care of oneself is an act of love. You can find more about the Portable Wellbeing Studio @portablewellbeingstudio on Instagram and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/theportablewellbeingstudio/

Love black womxn. A conversation between black women podcasters in Berlin, you heard an extract from them in episode nine - love as solidarity #blacklivesmatter, you can hear Rhea and Goitsy @tantitablepodcast, Edna Bonhomme from Decolonization in Action @bonhomme, Ropa @afrocombpodcast and Cassianne @tonesofmelanintv and Bonnie. Music Aneybara by The Dogon Lights through the freemusicarchive.org