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Episode 33: Federalism Fail? How COVID-19 exposed “German inefficiency.” Common Ground
Episode 32: Best Friends again? A transatlantic update Common Ground
Episode 31: Summer’s here! But are travel and tourism? Common Ground
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 34: Cycling in Berlin -- A bonanza or a bust? Common Ground
Episode 30: Afghanistan 2.0: What happens to Civil Society and Afghan women after NATO forces leave? (Part Two) Common Ground

WITH SORAYA SARRHADI NELSON

A Peabody winner who covered wars now forges consensus out of controversy in Berlin and beyond.

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Today’s Berlin coronavirus news in 60 seconds

+++ Shots for kids +++ Tests for travelers +++ the stats +++

Want to become German? Hurry up and wait.

The process takes up to two years in Pankow. But just four months in Mitte. Why?

Berlin Clubcommission hoping to combine clubbing and vaccinations

Arena in Treptow was a cornerstone of Berlin nightlife before it became a vaccination center. Why not both?

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 is a podcast and funded solely through grants and listener support. It belongs to the non-profit organisation KCRW Berlin gGmbH, donations are tax deductible as permitted by German law.

Common Ground

Common Ground

Forging Consensus out of Controversy

WITH SORAYA SARRHADI NELSON

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

RECENT EPISODES

Episode 34: Cycling in Berlin — A bonanza or a bust?

Episode 33: Federalism Fail? How COVID-19 exposed “German inefficiency.”

Episode 32: Best Friends again? A transatlantic update

Episode 31: Summer’s here! But are travel and tourism?

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