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This year, the four-day festival is scheduled to kick off on Nov. 5 with a focus on the jazz scenes in Berlin and New York.
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todayOctober 28, 2020
Studio Berlin is KCRW Berlin’s weekly show that brings together local journalists, lawmakers and experts to provide you with context and analysis around the issues shaping the news locally and nationally. Tune in every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and Saturday at 10:00 a.m. on 104.1 FM.
Each week we’ll take a closer look at the events shaping our lives here in Germany’s capital. You’ll hear from a diverse group of hosts as we tackle the issues moving Berlin, Germany, Europe — and YOU.
Mismanagement, corruption charges, dubious design plans and a series of technical mishaps led to delay after delay since the first scheduled opening of the Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) in 2011. So ahead of the much-beleaguered airport’s official “takeoff” on Oct. 31, we’re hearing from people who have been following and a part of this story since the beginning.
Host Sylvia Cunningham discusses the near-decade-long BER saga with freelance journalist Grace Dobush; Torsten Riecke from the German daily, Handelsblatt; artist Pae White, whose art installation, “The Magic Carpet,” is suspended overhead in Terminal 1, and Daniel Tolksdorf, a spokesman for the new airport.
This show was produced by Monika Müller-Kroll and Sylvia Cunningham.
Written by: monika.mueller.kroll
BER Berlin Berlin Brandenburg International Airport Brandenburg Daniel Tolksdorf Grace Dobush Pae White Torsten Riecke
This year, the four-day festival is scheduled to kick off on Nov. 5 with a focus on the jazz scenes in Berlin and New York.
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