Stories in Berlin

#29 The Man Without a Face and his Romeo Spies

The story of Markus Wolf, the chief of the foreign intelligence division of the Stasi, also known as “The Man Without a Face”, and to his army of “Romeo Spies” sent over to West Germany to steal state secrets from unsuspected secretaries.

«Stories in Berlin» is a storytelling podcast that delves into the cobbled streets of Berlin and explores the city’s history through anecdotes, personal tales and experiences of Berliners, old and new.

Season 2 is a collaboration between Christina Kyriazidi and Icelandic musician Smári Gudmundsson. In this season, we bring you old stories that took place in the city of Berlin, accompanied by original music written by Smári.

This episode is written by Christina Kyriazidi, with original music and engineering assistance by Smári Gudmundson. With the voices of Christina and Smári.

More info : https://www.storiesin.berlin

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#28 Berlin’s oldest cinema 

The story of “Kino Moviemento” that has been a hotspot for art house films, good stories and beautiful meetings for the last 100 years. It survived two world wars, the rise and fall of the Berlin wall, the Multiplex boom of the 1990s and many financial crisis. Today the real estate crisis in Berlin threatens with closure the city’s oldest cinema. 

«Stories in Berlin» is a storytelling podcast that delves into the cobbled streets of Berlin and explores the city’s history through anecdotes, personal tales and experiences of Berliners, old and new.

Season 2 is a collaboration between Christina Kyriazidi and Icelandic musician Smári Gudmundsson. In this season, we bring you old stories that took place in the city of Berlin, accompanied by original music written by Smári.

This episode is written by Christina Kyriazidi, with original music and engineering assistance by Smári Gudmundson. With the voices of Christina and Smári.

More info : https://www.storiesin.berlin

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#28 Berlin’s oldest cinema 

The story of “Kino Moviemento” that has been a hotspot for art house films, good stories and beautiful meetings for the last 100 years. It survived two world wars, the rise and fall of the Berlin wall, the Multiplex boom of the 1990s and many financial crisis. Today the real estate crisis in Berlin threatens with closure the city’s oldest cinema. 

«Stories in Berlin» is a storytelling podcast that delves into the cobbled streets of Berlin and explores the city’s history through anecdotes, personal tales and experiences of Berliners, old and new.

Season 2 is a collaboration between Christina Kyriazidi and Icelandic musician Smári Gudmundsson. In this season, we bring you old stories that took place in the city of Berlin, accompanied by original music written by Smári.

This episode is written by Christina Kyriazidi, with original music and engineering assistance by Smári Gudmundson. With the voices of Christina and Smári.

More info : https://www.storiesin.berlin

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#27 The Devil’s Mountain

The story of Teufelsberg, an abandoned Cold War spy station, atop a man-made hill of rubble, covering an under-construction nazi military college, in the Grunewald Forest of Berlin. A place of ghosts and untold secrets, that became a touristic attraction after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

«Stories in Berlin» is a storytelling podcast that delves into the cobbled streets of Berlin and explores the city’s history through anecdotes, personal tales and experiences of Berliners, old and new.

Season 2 is a collaboration between Christina Kyriazidi and Icelandic musician Smári Gudmundsson. 

In this season, we bring you old stories that took place in the city of Berlin, accompanied by original music written by Smári.

This episode is written by Christina Kyriazidi, with original music and engineering assistance by Smári Gudmundson. 

With the voices of Christina and Smári.

More info : https://www.storiesin.berlin

LISTEN to the podcast on : iTunes, GooglePlay, Soundcloud, Podbean 

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#27 The Devil’s Mountain 

The story of Teufelsberg, an abandoned Cold War spy station, atop a man-made hill of rubble, covering an under-construction nazi military college, in the Grunewald Forest of Berlin. A place of ghosts and untold secrets, that became a touristic attraction after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

«Stories in Berlin» is a storytelling podcast that delves into the cobbled streets of Berlin and explores the city’s history through anecdotes, personal tales and experiences of Berliners, old and new.

Season 2 is a collaboration between Christina Kyriazidi and Icelandic musician Smári Gudmundsson. 

In this season, we bring you old stories that took place in the city of Berlin, accompanied by original music written by Smári.

This episode is written by Christina Kyriazidi, with original music and engineering assistance by Smári Gudmundson. 

With the voices of Christina and Smári.

More info : https://www.storiesin.berlin

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#26 The Berlin of David Bowie

The story of David Bowie in West Berlin in the late 1970’s and how he drew inspiration for his “Berlin Trilogy” from the wild and melancholic days of the city, almost a decade before the fall of the Berlin Wall. 

«Stories in Berlin» is a storytelling podcast that delves into the cobbled streets of Berlin and explores the city’s history through anecdotes, personal tales and experiences of Berliners, old and new.

Season 2 is a collaboration between Christina Kyriazidi and Icelandic musician Smári Gudmundsson. 

In this season, we bring you old stories that took place in the city of Berlin, accompanied by original music written by Smári.

This episode is written by Christina Kyriazidi, with original music and engineering assistance by Smári Gudmundson. 

With the voices of Christina and Smári.

More info : https://www.storiesin.berlin

LISTEN to the podcast on : iTunes, GooglePlay, Soundcloud, Podbean 

SUPPORT the podcast on Steady : https://steadyhq.com/en/storiesinberlin

#26 The Berlin of David Bowie

The story of David Bowie in West Berlin in the late 1970’s and how he drew inspiration for his “Berlin Trilogy” from the wild and melancholic days of the city, almost a decade before the fall of the Berlin Wall. 

«Stories in Berlin» is a storytelling podcast that delves into the cobbled streets of Berlin and explores the city’s history through anecdotes, personal tales and experiences of Berliners, old and new.

Season 2 is a collaboration between Christina Kyriazidi and Icelandic musician Smári Gudmundsson. 

In this season, we bring you old stories that took place in the city of Berlin, accompanied by original music written by Smári.

This episode is written by Christina Kyriazidi, with original music and engineering assistance by Smári Gudmundson. 

With the voices of Christina and Smári.

More info : https://www.storiesin.berlin

LISTEN to the podcast on : iTunes, GooglePlay, Soundcloud, Podbean 

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#25 The man who accidentally brought down the Berlin Wall

The story of GDR official Günter Schabowski and his role in the fall of the Berlin Wall.

«Stories in Berlin» is a storytelling podcast that delves into the cobbled streets of Berlin and explores the city’s history through anecdotes, personal tales and experiences of Berliners, old and new.

Season 2 is a collaboration between Christina Kyriazidi and Icelandic musician Smári Gudmundsson. 

In this season, we bring you old stories that took place in the city of Berlin, accompanied by original music written by Smári.

This episode is written by Christina Kyriazidi, with original music and engineering assistance by Smári Gudmundson. 

With the voices of Christina and Smári.

More info : https://www.storiesin.berlin

LISTEN to the podcast on : iTunes, GooglePlay, Soundcloud, Podbean 

SUPPORT the podcast on Steady : https://steadyhq.com/en/storiesinberlin

#25 The man who accidentally brought down the Berlin Wall

“Stories in Berlin” is a storytelling podcast that delves into the cobbled streets of Berlin and explores the city’s history through anecdotes, personal tales and experiences of Berliners, old and new.

Season 2 is a collaboration between Christina Kyriazidi and Icelandic musician Smári Gudmundsson.

This episode is written by Christina Kyriazidi, with original music and engineering assistance by Smári Gudmundson.

#24 The art of clowning

The story Antonio Villella, also known as “Willy The Clown”. Theatre maker and educator, Antonio shares his teachings about clowning : the binary nature of the clown, both human and divine, the conflict within him, the act of “metamorphosis” and the total surrender to the game. He also shares his personal trajectory towards becoming Willy

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