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Mildred Harnack: Resistance leader or obedient wife?
Common Ground Berlin
09/15/21 • 26 min
Today marks the birthday of Mildred Harnack, an American academic and spy who was murdered by the Nazis in Berlin and who is the subject of Rebecca Donner’s New York Times bestseller “All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days.”
In this episode, Common Ground host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talks to Donner about her great-great-aunt's life, the state of women in the Third Reich, and how sexism distorted her legacy. Plus, Donner reads a few of her favorite passages.
We also hear from German historian Arnd Bauerkaemper and president of the American Women’s Club in Berlin Shweta Gupta.
This show is produced by Dina Elsayed.
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Old But Not Broke -- Can we afford to retire?
Common Ground Berlin
04/25/21 • 39 min
Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson explores the impact of changing attitudes, governments and the pandemic on people’s plans to retire, with guests llka Houben, head of pensions policy at the German Insurance Association; Michael Heuser, research director of the German Institute for Wealth Creation and Retirement Insurance and Megan Leonhardt, senior money reporter with U.S. broadcaster CNBC.
This show is produced by Dina Elsayed.
The EU’s Digital Services Act - What does it mean for Big Tech and for YOU?
Common Ground Berlin
10/18/20 • 28 min
The EU’s Digital Services Act - What does it mean for Big Tech and for YOU?
Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is joined by Alexandra Geese, Member of the European Parliament with the German Greens; Travis Todd, co-founder of Berlin’s startup community Silicon Allee; Mackenzie Nelson, researcher and project manager at AlgorithmWatch, and Lina Rusch, a journalist with Der Tagesspiegel who writes about digital politics and artificial intelligence.
This show was produced by Dina Elsayed and Monika Müller-Kroll.
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Common Ground Berlin
04/04/21 • 1 min
The upcoming U.S. presidential election and fraying U.S.-German relations (Originally aired on Oct. 5)
Common Ground Berlin
11/01/20 • 28 min
Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is joined by John Emerson, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany; Kathryn Watts, Pendleton Miller Chair in Law at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle; Peter Beyer, Germany’s Transatlantic Coordinator; and Ralph Freund, Vice President of U.S. Republicans Abroad in Germany.
This show was produced by Dina Elsayed
A Shot In The Arm -- Should immigrants living in Germany fly home for their COVID-19 vaccine?
Common Ground Berlin
04/11/21 • 35 min
Common Ground’s Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talks to Korinna Hennig, co-host of a top German coronavirus podcast and Stefan Gosepath, a German philosopher and professor at the Freie Universitat Berlin, about the growing exodus in search of inoculations.
We also hear from an American in Berlin who returned to the United States to get vaccinated and two others who are thinking of doing so.
This show is produced by Dina Elsayed.
Cyclists vs. Pedestrians
Common Ground Berlin
09/20/20 • 28 min
Frustration is high in Berlin over the rights of cyclists vs. drivers. But what about the rights of Berlin’s pedestrians vs. cyclists?
We explore that fraught relationship and other human-powered, sustainable mobility conflicts in Berlin on the third episode of Common Ground with guests Carolina Mazza of ADFC (German Cyclists Association), Roland Stimpel of FUSS e.V. (Organization for Pedesterian Protection of Germany), Alena Büttner of the German Environment Agency and Dirk von Schneidemesser of Changing Cities e.V.
Produced by Dina Elsayed
No Roof over our Heads, Part II: The Mietendeckel is no more, so what happens to affordable housing in Germany?
Common Ground Berlin
05/02/21 • 36 min
Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson explores what the end of the Berlin rent cap means for renters, landlords and the upcoming German federal elections with guests Wenke Christoph, state secretary in the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing; Economist Konstantin Kholodolin of the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin; and Kalle Kunkel, a Berlin activist with the Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen and Company initiative.
This show is produced by Dina Elsayed.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Common Ground Berlin have?
Common Ground Berlin currently has 143 episodes available.
What topics does Common Ground Berlin cover?
The podcast is about News, Society & Culture, Community and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Common Ground Berlin?
The episode title 'Mildred Harnack: Resistance leader or obedient wife?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Common Ground Berlin?
The average episode length on Common Ground Berlin is 32 minutes.
How often are episodes of Common Ground Berlin released?
Episodes of Common Ground Berlin are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Common Ground Berlin?
The first episode of Common Ground Berlin was released on Aug 26, 2020.
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