"Saving Culture" is Season 2 of Radio Spaetkauf's Collaboration with the EAB - Europäische Akademie Berlin. In Episode three "What is a Museum? And Why?" we explore how cultural institutions and individuals can or should adapt their behaviors and principles. Host Daniel Stern and guests look at the evolving needs and roles of artists, policymakers and audiences.

GUESTS:

• Michael Soltau, The Synthesizer Museum Berlin
• Dr. Wenke Wegner, wenkewegner.de
• Lilja-Ruben Vow, Berlins Weg In Die Moderne
• Aram Batholl, arambartholl.com

Additional Links:

• Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation
• Esperanto Museum
• Dig Where You Stand
• HKW
• Mareice Kaiser

Notes: Recorded live at CCB Studios. Thank you to Manuel, Carolin, Lucas, Kati and the rest if the team at EAB. Edited and mastered by Kaleb Wentzel-Fisher Event Support - Charlie PiteEngineering: PodFest Berlin Co-Produced by Europäische Akademie Berlin's Europe Behind The Headlines series, with kind support of the Federal Foreign Office and EU (CERV): Link

For the first time, Berlin's Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district has fined a landlord for charging exploitative rent—190% above the legal limit set by the local rental index, or Mietspiegel, which applies in areas with particularly strained housing markets. The tenant now has the opportunity to sue for a refund of €22,264.08 in overpaid rent.

Berlin is set to become significantly greener over the next 15 years, with a plan to plant hundreds of thousands of new trees across the city. This ambitious initiative stems from a draft law jointly developed by the CDU and SPD coalition parties in collaboration with the citizens' initiative BaumEntscheid.

Nettelbeckplatz in Berlin-Mitte has officially been renamed Martha-Ndumbe-Platz, honoring a Berlin-born woman of Cameroonian and German descent who was deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1944 and died there in early 1945. The renaming replaces Joachim Nettelbeck, a former slave ship officer and colonial advocate.

Berlin's population is growing faster than anticipated, with projections now suggesting the city could surpass four million residents by 2036. While Berlin has seen steady growth in recent decades, it still hasn't reached its historical peak of around 4.4 million, recorded just before or during World War II. Interestingly, the city has the lowest birth rate in Germany, meaning this growth is driven almost entirely by immigration. By 2040, an estimated 109,000 new residents are expected to arrive, reshaping the city's demographic landscape.

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"Saving Culture" is Season 2 of Radio Spaetkauf's Collaboration with the EAB - Europäische Akademie Berlin. In Episode two: "Everything is Culture" we discuss club culture, sports, comics, and video games are part of our cultural world. We reflect on the challenges of preserving diverse cultural spaces, the importance of inclusivity, practical ways to get involved and how expanding our definition of culture also means expanding our understanding of how we support cultural creators, spaces and communities. Host Daniel Stern is joined by a fantastic panel exploring the support and protection culture in all its forms, ensuring it remains accessible and vibrant for everyone.

GUESTS:

• MATTHIAS OBORSKI Exhibition Director Computerspielemuseum Berlin
• HENNA RÄSÄNEN aka HX Comic Artist and Illustrator Portfolio Link
• KATHARIN AHREND ClubcomissionBerlin e.V.
• DEESHYRA THOMAS Alba Berlin / "Let's get Down"

➤ RSVP for our next LIVE TAPING on SEPT 13: Link for free tickets: https://www.eab-berlin.eu/

Notes: Recorded live at CCB Studios. Thank you to Manuel, Carolin, Lucas and the rest if the team at EAB. Edited and mastered by Kaleb Wentzel-Fisher Support - Trevor Silverstein. Engineering: PodFest Berlin Co-Produced by Europäische Akademie Berlin's Europe Behind The Headlines series, with kind support of the Federal Foreign Office and EU (CERV): Link

"Saving Culture" is Season 2 of Radio Spaetkauf's Collaboration with the EAB - Europäische Akademie Berlin. In Episode one "Can We Support Subculture?" we look at the needs of independent artists, underground scenes, and freelance creatives. We examine the role of institutions, the state and individuals in ensuring that they survive and thrive and create without constraint. Host Daniel Stern is joined by a fantastic panel exploring the preservation of cultural diversity amidst funding cuts and other challenges.

GUESTS:

• Bianca Creutz - Project Leader at Prognos
• Pedro Ferreira - Multimedia Artist, Designer & Teacher
• Manuela Kay - Journalist & Publisher: L-MAG, Siegessäule
• Erikah Vabaliukas - Cofounder of Panke

Our conversation covers a wide number of topics. Bianca sheds light on the precarious financial situation of solo entrepreneurs in the cultural sector. Read her report on the cultural sector here: LINK. Erikah explains how and why Panke became a haven for experimental and fringe creativity. Pedro discusses the transformation of DIY by digital media and the role of guest curators in bridging the gap between mainstream institutions and subculture artists. Manuela explores the complexities of cultural visibility, particularly in the LGBTQ+ movement. She raises important questions about the balance between mainstream acceptance and maintaining the authenticity of subcultures.

➤ RSVP for our next LIVE TAPING on JULY 24: Link for free tickets: https://www.eab-berlin.eu/everythingisculture-rsxeab/

Notes: Recorded live at CCB Studios. Thank you to Manuel, Carolin, Lucas and the rest if the team at EAB. Edited and mastered by Kaleb Wentzel-Fisher Engineering: PodFest Berlin Co-Produced by Europäische Akademie Berlin's Europe Behind The Headlines series, with kind support of the Federal Foreign Office and EU (CERV): Link

Recorded Sunday July 6th, 2025, live at Mobile Kino's Lakeside Film Festival. Hosts Izzy, Dan and Joel discuss recent Berlin headlines, watching movies in the wilderness and interview Valentina Zalevska of the Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin.

HEADLINES:

• Construction of a fence around Görlitzer Park moves forward, but faces opposition including local initiatives like "Görli zaunfrei"
• Neukölln has banned the temporary rental of furnished apartments in its Milieuschutzgebiete; neighborhoods protected from gentrification.
• The new years eve party at the Brandenburg Gate has been cancelled for 2025.
• The deportation of three EU citizens and one American following a pro-Palestinian protest at Berlin's Free University has been halted by the Berlin Administrative Court .

INTERVIEW:

• Valentina Zalevska, talks about founding the Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin and the state of the Ukrainian film industry during an invasion. We also chat about the amazing film U Are The Universe.

Izzy concludes the episode with updates on how Berlin is doing in meeting its ambitious climate targets (not great).

LINKS: Joel's Website: www.joeldullroy.com The 2025 Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin: Oct 22-26 www.uffberlin.de Izzy's July 20 Tour: Eventbrite Link Dan's new podcast CERTAIN FUTURES: https://certain-futures.podigee.io

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Berlin is losing its publicly-funded Nextbike system. What does it say about the city's deflating civic status? Also we meet the artistic director of the Doxumentale film festival to hear why they've added an X to their name. And the founder of Give Something Back to Berlin will tell us about how beauty parlours are places of feminist empowerment.

Nextbike has lost its €1.5M annual public funding to run a discounted shared bicycle system across Berlin. The CDU-led city-state government says it is too broke to fund the scheme, which ran since 2017, and reached 4 million journeys last year. Joel explains what's behind its demise.

Days before the start of Berlin's Dokumentale documentary and non-fiction festival, the organizers received a legal threat over their name. Instead of fighting, they've changed their name to DoXumentale. We meet the festival's artistic director Anna Ramskloger-Witt, who explains why the new name is better. She tells us about program, including a nature film about gay animals, a profile of a Berlin undertaker and more. DoXumentale runs until June 28. Find a screening or watch online at https://www.dokumentale.de/

What goes on behind the doors of beauty salons? NGO founder Annamaria Olsson decided to take a microphone to meet women in these safe spaces, and found a world of womens' empowerment. Beauty salons give women jobs and help them overcome domestic violence. Annamaria has travelled to Morocco, Georgia, Bosnia and Kosovo to record audio for her project. The result is "Stories from the Beauty Parlor". Listen now here: https://www.beautyparlorstories.org/

Radio Spaetkauf co-founder Joel Dullroy is briefly back in Berlin, after one of his trips around the world filming mini-documentaries. If you want to see some of his videos, go to: http://www.joeldullroy.com

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Recorded April 3, 2025 live at Another Country Bookstore with hosts Izzy and Dan, plus special guest host Antonia Bär. Headlines include the troubling escalations of neo-Nazi marches in Berlin, cracks in the A100, a local CDU "scandal", plus a Berliner in space and more. Interviews with Ester of 100% Tempelhofer Feld and Jolene, from Architects for Tempelhofer Feld, and Sebastian Thauer, local show promoter who recently co-founded the Cake Walk music festival.

Thanks to Vanta for support! GUEST LINKS

• Architects for Tempelhofer Feld https://architects4thf.com/ https://www.instagram.com/architects4thf/ Open Letter: https://forms.gle/CsKnCtd2vr6KqtwKA Mailing List: https://forms.gle/kbDDrbk7sTmKAwNc9
• THF 100 https://www.thf100.de/ https://www.instagram.com/thf100
• Cakewalk Festivalhttps://www.instagram.com/tangiblematerial https://www.instagram.com/cakewalkfest https://malzfabrik.de

• Antonia Bär Shows: It's That Time of the Month: https://www.comedycafeberlin.com/event/its-that-time-of-the-month-35/ Improvised Stand-Up: https://www.comedycafeberlin.com/event/the-improvised-stand-up-show-13/

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Recorded live March 6, 2025 at Another Country Bookstore. Hosts Izzy and Dan with special guest co-hosts Pip Roper of the "History Flakes" podcast, and comedian Toby Arsalan. They chat spring weather in Berlin and its impact on relationships, Germany's new electronic health records, Berlin labor strikes, local Football and various tree removals. Plus the annoucement of a Kickstarter campaign for a vinyl release of our mini-series "How to F#€K Up an Airport," Berlin's housing crisis, and more.

Interviews with Fabian Flues, a member of the Burger*innenInitiative A100, and Joanna Kusiak, a sociologist at Cambridge University and author of "Radically Legal: Berlin Constitutes the Future."

Joanna Kusiak: Read the book open source: PDF LINK or listen on Audible: https://www.audible.de/pd/Radically-Legal-Hoerbuch/B0D8WSZ8QF

Pip Roper: Live History Flakes Podcast Recording 29th March at Comedy Cafe Berlin https://www.comedycafeberlin.com/event/history-flakes-live-2/

Toby Arsalan: tobyarsalan.com or on insta at @tobyarsalan

Fabian Flues: Bürger*innenInitiative A100 https://bi-a100.de/

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Recorded live at Podigee on November 12, 2024 with hosts Joel, Izzy, and Dan. They discuss proposed funding cuts to Berlin's cultural institutions, jaywalking, shopping Sundays and the closing of Berlin clubs. The show features two guests: first is co-author of "Beer Hiking Berlin" Dan Cole, followed by Moritz Ahlert of the project "Kiosk of Solidarity".

This episode of Radio Spaetkauf explores the impact of a proposed 10% funding cut to cultural institutions, as well as a reflection on the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall. Plus chats on the city's evolving beer scene, the sustainability of nightclubs, the transformation of public spaces, and the importance of inclusive design in fostering community engagement. Links: GUESTS: Moritz Ahlert: @kiosk.of.solidarity, https://transformingsolidarities.net/de/ Dan Cole: @hiking_and_drinking, https://helvetiq.com/de/beer-hiking-berlin

Radio Spaetkaufhttps://www.radiospaetkauf.com @radiospaetkauf Daniel Stern: https://www.sterndaniel.com/ @danielandstern Next Standup Gig: Nov 23rd at The Wall Berlin

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In this episode of "Radio Spaetkauf," recorded in collaboration with the Europäische Akademie Berlin, we focus on the future of urban living; asking the question, "What is the city of tomorrow?". Host Daniel Stern is joined by architect Max Schwitalla and author Aiki Mira. The conversation begins with Max sharing how skateboarding background influenced his urban design approach, and with Mira reading a passage from their award-winning novel "Neurobiest" describing Berlin of the future topped by green rooftop communities. From there we discuss visions for the future: inclusive, polycentric urban design, mobility hubs, and discarding anthropocentricism to leave space for nature. The exploration of "The City of Tommorow" brings us to innovations (both real and imagined), micro-utopias, and proposals for infrastructure which is reusable, queer and adaptable.

Recorded Oct 17, 2024 at Podigee's Offices in Berlin

Guest Links:

Aiki Mira https://aikimira.webnode.page/ Aiki's Podcast: Das War Morgen Insta: @aiki_mira

Event at Otherland Books: otherland-berlin.de

Max Schwitalla https://studioschwitalla.com/

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