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NPR FM Berlin began broadcasting in Berlin on April 1, 2006. We offer the newsmagazines Morning Edition and All Things Considered, plus Fresh Air and The Diane Rehm Show. 104,1 also airs the series Life in Berlin, local features exploring the city's vibrant arts and culture scene, as well as interviews produced in cooperation with local organizations.
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Life In Berlin: Refugee Job Fair
Mar 2, 201600:03:00Tap to summarizeMaher Alsahen looks impeccable: Dress-shirt, tie, and a suit jacket. He is ready for a job interview. "For me, this is a little bit tough, because I used to work in Syria," says Alsahen.
Transcribe →Life In Berlin: Peng! Collective
Feb 29, 201600:02:58Tap to summarizeRight in the middle of the bustling heart of Kreuzberg, a group of political stunt activists have set up their office in a loft-like, industrial brick building. They call themselves Peng! Collective, and just as playful as their name sounds, are the actions they take. Jean Peters is one of the founders of the group with the mission to change the art of political protest and civil disobedience.
Transcribe →Berlinale 2016: All Of A Sudden
Feb 26, 201600:03:00Tap to summarize"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." These words from Shakespeare's Hamlet open "All Of A Sudden" by Asli Özge, a Turkish filmmaker based in Berlin. Özge's film premiered at Berlinale's Panorama section. "If you look generally in the world of politicians, the most antipathetic ones are the ones who have much power," the filmmaker comments.
Transcribe →Berlinale 2016: Inheriting Uncle Howard - An Interview With Aaron Brookner
Feb 23, 201600:03:00Tap to summarize"Stories don’t just tell themselves. Legacies don’t just get passed on. History isn’t preserved unless you take action, and do something with it." Director Aaron Brookner is talking about his uncle, Howard. After filmmaker Howard Brookner died of AIDS in 1989, his body of work was in danger of being lost. His nephew, Aaron Brookner, decided to preserve his uncle’s legacy and digitalize his first film, the cult classic, “Burroughs: The Movie.” Aaron then made a documentary about the process of saving his uncle’s film.
Transcribe →Berlinale 2016: The Disappearing Island Of Kivalina
Feb 19, 201600:03:00Tap to summarize"I am Gina Abatemarco, and I am the director and producer of 'Kivalina.' It's a film about a culture that is going through extraordinary change." "It gets really eerie at night. All you can hear is the angry wind and the angry waves. They are really angry with us," utters one of Abatemarco's protagonists, an elderly woman from the small Alaskan island, Kivalina, located 80 miles from the Arctic Circle. She belongs to the Inupiaq Eskimo tribe that settled there.
Transcribe →Berlinale 2016: Family, Success, And Curiosity - An Interview With Thomas Vinterberg
Feb 17, 201600:03:00Tap to summarize“Putting yourself at risk makes you curious and makes you actually feel young,” says Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, who is backstage at the Berlinale Talents. We talk about how he tries to stay fresh as a filmmaker and the theme of family in his latest semi-autobiographical film, "The Commune."
Transcribe →Berlinale 2016: Fire At Sea
Feb 16, 201600:02:51Tap to summarizeThe sound of the Mediterranean is captured by filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi. His documentary, "Fire At Sea," is set on the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, which has become a symbol for migrant tragedies. Rosi's unusual portrayal of the island runs in this year's Berlinale competition.
Transcribe →Life In Berlin: The Polite Aggressiveness Of Idil Baydar
Feb 10, 201600:02:59Tap to summarize"My first words were 'NO,'" reveals comedian Idil Baydar. She says it drove her dad crazy, but this rebellious attitude has made the Berlin-based artist a YouTube success. This really took off with her creation of Jilet Ayse - an alter ego.
Transcribe →Life In Berlin: TTIP - A Matter Of Trust?
Feb 8, 201600:03:02Tap to summarize2015 was a challenging year for the EU and German leadership. One challenge was the efforts of the U.S. and the EU to establish the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: TTIP.
Transcribe →Funky Berlin: Don't Come If You Want Something Normal
Feb 5, 201600:03:00Tap to summarize“I mean, people don’t come to my shop if they want something normal. If you want something normal, you go to a big department store.” Melinda Stokes is the owner and operator of Stokx Shop.
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