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Episode 42: Humor – Do Germans have any? Common Ground
Episode 41: A new German Chancellor and French EU presidency -- Are the changes a recipe for more gridlock in 2022? Common Ground
Episode 40: Common Ground’s First Stammtisch: A Scintillating Look at the News Common Ground
Episode 38: Mildred Harnack: Resistance leader or obedient wife? Common Ground
Episode 37: “None of the Above?” It’s a horse race to determine who will succeed Angela Merkel Common Ground
Episode 35: Is the Party Over? How COVID-19 has changed Berlin’s iconic nightlife Common Ground
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
Transatlantic Takeaway #2: Europe on the brink of war? Common Ground
Episode 39: Being Jewish in Germany -- What does that look like as the country marks 1,700 years of Jewish life? Common Ground

Common Ground Host

Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Soraya is a veteran American journalist who was the program director at KCRW Berlin and spent most of her 13 years at NPR as an international correspondent running the U.S. public radio network’s bureau in Kabul, Cairo and Berlin.

She’s won numerous awards for her radio work, including a Peabody, Overseas Press Club Award and a Gracie. She also received the ICFJ 2017 Excellence in International Reporting Award for her coverage of Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan.Prior to her radio career, Nelson spent 20 years as a newspaper reporter and was part of the Newsday team that won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800.

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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.