Cheating Landlords Finally Fined
Radio Spaetkauf Berlin
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...
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RSxEAB "Everything is Culture!"
Radio Spaetkauf Berlin
"Saving Culture" is Season 2 of 's Collaboration with the EAB - . 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 is joined by a fantastic panel exploring the support and protection culture in all its forms, ensuring it remains...
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"Can We Support Subcultures?" RSxEAB Season 2: Saving Culture
Radio Spaetkauf Berlin
"Saving Culture" is Season 2 of 's Collaboration with the EAB - . 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: - Project Leader at - Multimedia Artist, Designer & Teacher Manuela Kay - Journalist & Publisher: ,...
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Windmills of Our Minds | Lakeside Film Festival | Valentina Zalevska
Radio Spaetkauf Berlin
Recorded Sunday July 6th, 2025, live at ’s . Hosts Izzy, Dan and discuss recent Berlin headlines, watching movies in the wilderness and interview Valentina Zalevska of the . HEADLINES: Construction of a fence around Görlitzer Park moves forward, but faces opposition including local initiatives like “” 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...
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Hacked Bikes, Cold Pools & Gay Animals - Live at Doxumentale Film Festival
Radio Spaetkauf Berlin
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...
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Hardcore Tempelhof | THF100, Architects for Tempelhofer Feld, Sebastian Thauer
Radio Spaetkauf Berlin
Recorded April 3, 2025 live at with hosts Izzy and , plus special guest host . 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 and Jolene, from , and Sebastian Thauer, local show promoter who recently co-founded the music festival. Thanks to for support! GUEST LINKS Architects for Tempelhofer Feld Open Letter: Mailing List: THF 100 Cakewalk Festival Antonia Bär Shows: It's That Time of the Month: Improvised Stand-Up: ...
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Spring in Berlin | Guests Joanna Kusiak & Fabian Flues
Radio Spaetkauf Berlin
Recorded live March 6, 2025 at Another Country Bookstore. Hosts Izzy and 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,...
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Beer Walks and Kiosk Talks | Guests Dan Cole and Moritz Ahlert
Radio Spaetkauf Berlin
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 "". This episode of 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...
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City of Tomorrow!
Radio Spaetkauf Berlin
In this episode of "," recorded in collaboration with the , we focus on the future of urban living; asking the question, "What is the city of tomorrow?". Host is joined by architect and author . 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...
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Better Spaet Than Never - Radio Spaetkauf X Megan's Megacan
Radio Spaetkauf Berlin
Recorded September 10th at PodFest Berlin 2024. Released previously on the Megan's Megacan feed. Apologies for the delayed release via our feed. "Recording live with at 2024, Megan handed out free cans so that the audience wouldn't have to get through the news sober — which, frankly, should be part of every media subscription service these days. Then Konrad gets weirdly pedantic about crime stats, Izzy explains why Germany is always losing the energy transition race, and Joel finds some good news about Berlin's U-Bahn seat covers. And there's more fascism in Germany obviously. BUT we...
info_outlineIn 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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