The Low Season

The Low Season

By Wouter BernhardtSociety & CulturePlaces & Travel
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The Low Season episodes

  • 5. Maisie

    From 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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    26 min
  • 4. Torben

    This 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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    22 min
  • 3. Heidi

    We 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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    18 min
  • 2. Susan

    When 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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    18 min
  • 1. Michael

    All 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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    20 min
  • Intro: A Day At The Lake

    A 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!

    8 min

About The Low Season

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A podcast about tour guides navigating a pandemic. We don't get up-close, but we do get personal with tour guides from all over the world; documenting their highs, lows, hopes and fears, as they face…