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Episode 29: Afghanistan 2.0: What happens to Civil Society and Afghan women after NATO forces leave? (Part One) Common Ground
Episode 28: Voting while young -- What role will Germans between the ages of 18 and 35 play in choosing the next chancellor? Common Ground
Episode 27: Why don’t women feel safe? Outrage in Europe and beyond after the murder of Sarah Everard in London Common Ground
Episode 26: No Roof over our Heads, Part II: The Mietendeckel is no more, so what happens to affordable housing in Germany? Common Ground
Episode 25: Old But Not Broke -- Can we afford to retire? Common Ground
Episode 24: A Shot In The Arm -- Should immigrants living in Germany fly home for their COVID-19 vaccine? Common Ground
Episode 23: Agree to disagree? The U.S. and German do-si-do on China Common Ground
Episode 22: Wir Schaffen Das -- Except in the Bundestag? Common Ground
Episode 21: Time to reboot - Germany’s rocky road to the digital age Common Ground
Episode 20: No roof over our heads -- A look at Germany’s growing housing shortage Common Ground
Episode 30: Afghanistan 2.0: What happens to Civil Society and Afghan women after NATO forces leave? (Part Two) Common Ground
Episode 10: Is Germany ready for the new, transatlantic realities? Common Ground

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Today’s Berlin coronavirus news in 60 seconds

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The Greens’ election manifesto is out

Party members voted for the platform in a digital conference on Sunday.

Fewer than half of Berliners were born here

Damascus, London, Potsdam? We reveal the most common birthplaces of the city’s residents.

GUESTS on Common Ground

Jacob-Mchangama — Jacob Mchangama, founder of Copenhagen-based think tank Justitia

Carla-Reemtsma — Carla Reemtsma, co-founder of Fridays for Future (c) MCHurek

Philip-Meissner — Philip Meissner, founder and head of the European Center for Digital Competitiveness at the ESCP Business School Berlin

Anke-Domscheit-Berg — Anke Domscheit-Berg, Member of the Bundestag

Amb John Kornblum — John Kornblum, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany

Daniela-Kolbe — Daniela Kolbe, Member of the Bundestag (c) Benno Kraehahn

Douglas-Hengel — Douglas Hengel, senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Aydan-Özoguz — Aydan Özoguz, Member of the Bundestag (dbt/stellavonsaldern)

Andreas-Wuest — Andreas Wuest, professor of political science and government at the Munich University of Applied Sciences.

Noah-Barkin — Noah Barkin, senior visiting fellow with the German Marshall Fund’s Asia program,

Glacier-Kwong — Glacier Kwong, political and digital rights activist from Hong Kong

Said Ahmad Arif, Imam at the Khadija mosque in Berlin

Daniela De Ridder, MP and vice-chairwoman of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee

Biplab Basu – Founder of ReachOut Berlin

Tim-Gore — Tim Gore, head of the Low Carbon and Circular Economy Program at The Institute for European Environmental Policy

Sharon Kuckuck – Co-founder of the Sisterhood of Salaam-Shalom Berlin Chapter

Daniel Hofmann, housing market researcher at the Hamburg-based institute for urban, regional and housing research (GEWOS)

Alexandra Geese, member of the European Parliament with the German Greens

Carolina Mazza – ADFC (German Cyclists Association)

John Emerson, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany;

Yonatan Miller – Co-founder of the Berlin Tech Workers Coalition

Kathryn Watts – Pendleton Miller Chair in Law at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle

James Andrade, senior vice president and head of learning and innovation at CapitaLand in Singapore

Helen Arvanitakis, director of London’s new Design District (Photo (c) Taran Wilkhu)

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Common Ground

Forging Consensus out of Controversy

WITH SORAYA SARRHADI NELSON

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

RECENT EPISODES

Episode 30: Afghanistan 2.0: What happens to Civil Society and Afghan women after NATO forces leave? (Part Two)

Episode 29: Afghanistan 2.0: What happens to Civil Society and Afghan women after NATO forces leave? (Part One)

Episode 28: Voting while young — What role will Germans between the ages of 18 and 35 play in choosing the next chancellor?

Episode 27: Why don’t women feel safe? Outrage in Europe and beyond after the murder of Sarah Everard in London

Episode 26: No Roof over our Heads, Part II: The Mietendeckel is no more, so what happens to affordable housing in Germany?