Wednesday 3 p.m.: ‘Recycle’ by Monika Müller-Kroll
“Recycle” is the title of our latest Wednesday 3 p.m. essay. Monika Müller-Kroll captures the sour mood while waiting in the supermarket bottle return line.
“Recycle” is the title of our latest Wednesday 3 p.m. essay. Monika Müller-Kroll captures the sour mood while waiting in the supermarket bottle return line.
The debate over unconditional basic income is not a new one, but it has gotten more attention in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis. A new long-term study on how society would change if people were to receive a basic income is underway in Germany. Host Sylvia Cunningham explores some of the arguments for and against.
We spoke with founder and flutist Kelly Watson Woelffer and violist Xina Hawkins about their upcoming concert and the challenges of holding rehearsals during a pandemic.
This Wednesday, L.A. writer Michael Urban lets his imagination run wild with " Notes from Underground," a dark vision on where we could be if things take a turn.
This week we revisit a controversial discussion that started earlier in the summer. Amid nationwide and international protests against racism, Germany's Green Party proposed to change Article 3 of the nation's Basic Law by removing "Rasse" - in English, "race" - from the text. (This show originally aired on July 15.)
Candice Gordon is the new cultural officer at the Irish Embassy in Berlin. The musician is known well beyond Berlin's music scene for her haunting voice and prolific lyrics.
Do you long for a "normal" day? In his latest essay, L.A. writer Michael Urban turns the clock back to 1993 to find comfort.
Back in June, Berlin passed a hotly debated anti-discrimination law. It is the first of its kind in Germany and allows victims to pursue legal remedies against state officials — including police — for discrimination related to race, gender, disability, sexual orientation and more. But is the new law the panacea its proponents claim or is it villainizing the police as the law's critics contend?
In this week's edition of Amplified, we meet multi-instrumentalist Àbáse.
In today's Wednesday 3 p.m., "No Reply," KCRW Berlin's Monika Müller-Kroll shares her struggle to get her canceled airplane ticket refunded. Will she succeed? Find out.