Hacked Bikes, Cold Pools & Gay Animals – Live at Doxumentale Film Festival

Berlin is losing its publicly-funded Nextbike system. What does it say about the city’s deflating civic status? Also we meet the artistic director of the Doxumentale film festival to hear why they’ve added an X to their name. And the founder of Give Something Back to Berlin will tell us about how beauty parlours are places of feminist empowerment.

Nextbike has lost its €1.5M annual public funding to run a discounted shared bicycle system across Berlin. The CDU-led city-state government says it is too broke to fund the scheme, which ran since 2017, and reached 4 million journeys last year. Joel explains what’s behind its demise.

Days before the start of Berlin’s Dokumentale documentary and non-fiction festival, the organizers received a legal threat over their name. Instead of fighting, they’ve changed their name to DoXumentale. We meet the festival’s artistic director Anna Ramskloger-Witt, who explains why the new name is better. She tells us about program, including a nature film about gay animals, a profile of a Berlin undertaker and more. DoXumentale runs until June 28. Find a screening or watch online at https://www.dokumentale.de/

What goes on behind the doors of beauty salons? NGO founder Annamaria Olsson decided to take a microphone to meet women in these safe spaces, and found a world of womens’ empowerment. Beauty salons give women jobs and help them overcome domestic violence. Annamaria has travelled to Morocco, Georgia, Bosnia and Kosovo to record audio for her project. The result is “Stories from the Beauty Parlor”. Listen now here: https://www.beautyparlorstories.org/

Radio Spaetkauf co-founder Joel Dullroy is briefly back in Berlin, after one of his trips around the world filming mini-documentaries. If you want to see some of his videos, go to: http://www.joeldullroy.com

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Live show recording and engineering: podfestberlin.com 

This episode was produced by Daniel Stern and Joel Dullroy. Find Dan at: https://www.instagram.com/danielandstern/ or https://www.sterndaniel.com/ 

Hardcore Tempelhof

Recorded April 3, 2025 live at Another Country Bookstore with hosts Izzy and Dan, plus special guest host Antonia Bär. After addressing the great weather, recent strikes and a reminder to check out the kickstarter we’ve launched for the vinyl release of “How to F#€K Up An Airport” (LINK) , we delve into local Berlin news: Update on the progress of the Autofrei Berlin petition, neo-nazi intrusions into Berlin are escalating, there’s a crack in the A100 and it’s affecting not just drivers but public transit as well. We take a quick look at anti-musk protests in Berlin, a recent attempt to deport activists, a minor scandal for the local CDU and more…

The first interview guests of the episode are with Ester of 100% Tempelhofer Feld and Jolene, from Architects for Tempelhofer Feld. We discuss the history of the Feld and current threats to overturn the citizen’s initiative which keeps it open space free for all of us to enjoy. What did the CDU/CSU do in April last year to change the legal status of the Templehofer Feld? And what’s Merz got to do with it?

Dan addresses the facts behind rumors and tabloid reporting of a recent fentanyl positive test in Berlin’s drug supply, with help from Philipp Kreicarek KnowDrugs. And we conclude by chatting with Sebastian Thauer, local show promoter who recently co-founded the Cake Walk music festival. He hopes to support and celebrate the local DIY hardcore punk scene and encourages us not just to check out the festival but also get involved, by joining a collective or starting a band.

Thanks to Vanta for support!


GUEST LINKS :

Vinyl Kickstarter, NOW LIVE!: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/radiospaetkauf

Thanks to:
Vanta for their support, learn more at: Vanta.com/RadioSpaetkauf
Technical Support: podfestberlin.com
Editing: Kaleb Wentzel-Fisher https://www.recordedvoices.com
Thank you to our listeners, if you would like to make a donation or support us through a steady membership: www.radiospaetkauf.com/donate

Spring in Berlin | Guests Fabian Flues & Joanna Kusiak

Recorded March 6, 2025 live at Another Country Bookstore with hosts Izzy and Dan, plus guest co-hosts Pip Roper of the “History Flakes” podcast, and comedian Toby Arsalan. We chat tchat spring weather in Berlin and its impact on relationships, Germany’s new electronic health records, Berlin labor strikes, local Football and various tree removals. Plus the annoucement of a Kickstarter campaign for a vinyl release of our mini-series “How to F#€K Up an Airport,” Berlin’s housing crisis, and more. 

Interviews with Fabian Flues, a member of the Burger*innenInitiative A100, and Joanna Kusiak, a sociologist at Cambridge University and author of “Radically Legal: Berlin Constitutes the Future.”

Joanna Kusiak: Read the book open source: PDF LINK or listen on Audible: https://www.audible.de/pd/Radically-Legal-Hoerbuch/B0D8WSZ8QF

Pip Roper: Live History Flakes Podcast Recording 29th March at Comedy Cafe Berlin https://www.comedycafeberlin.com/event/history-flakes-live-2/

Toby Arsalan: tobyarsalan.com or on insta at @tobyarsalan

Fabian Flues: Bürger*innenInitiative A100 https://bi-a100.de/

Thanks to Vanta for their support, Learn more at: www.Vanta.com/RadioSpaetkauf

Radio Spaetkauf: www.radiospaetkauf.com

Vinyl Kickstarter, LAUNCHING SOON !: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/radiospaetkauf

Additional thanks to podfestberlin.com for technical support. To Joel for editing and to our home for the recording, Another Country Bookstore http://www.anothercountry.de/  and of course to our listeners, if you would like to make a donation or support us through a steady membership:  www.radiospaetkauf.com/donate

Next Live Recording – Another Country Bookstore on April 3rd
https://www.podfestberlin.com/event-details/radio-spaetkauf-live-another-country-apr-3

Beer Walks and Kiosk Talks | Guests Dan Cole and Moritz Ahlert

Recorded live at Podigee on November 12, 2024 with hosts Joel, Izzy, and Dan. They discuss proposed funding cuts to Berlin’s cultural institutions, jaywalking, shopping Sundays and the closing of Berlin clubs. The show features two guests: first is co-author of “Beer Hiking Berlin” Dan Cole, followed by Moritz Ahlert of the project “Kiosk of Solidarity“.  

This episode of Radio Spaetkauf explores the impact of a proposed 10% funding cut to cultural institutions, as well as a reflection on the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall. Plus chats on the city’s evolving beer scene, the sustainability of nightclubs, the transformation of public spaces, and the importance of inclusive design in fostering community engagement. 

Links: 
GUESTS:
Moritz Ahlert: @kiosk.of.solidarity, https://transformingsolidarities.net/de/
Dan Cole: @hiking_and_drinking, https://helvetiq.com/de/beer-hiking-berlin

Radio Spaetkauf
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Daniel Stern: https://www.sterndaniel.com/  @danielandstern 
Next Standup Gig: Nov 23rd at The Wall Berlin

Venue: https://www.podigee.com/

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“City Of Tomorrow!” RSxEAB

In this episode of Radio Spaetkauf, recorded in collaboration with the Europäische Akademie Berlin, we focus on the future of urban living; asking the question, “What is the city of tomorrow?”. Host Daniel Stern is joined by architect Max Schwitalla and author Aiki Mira. The conversation begins with Max sharing how skateboarding background influenced his urban design approach, and with Mira reading a passage from their award-winning novel “Neurobiest” describing Berlin of the future topped by green rooftop communities. From there we discuss visions for the future: inclusive, polycentric urban design, mobility hubs, and discarding anthropocentricism to leave space for nature. The exploration of “The City of Tommorow” brings us to innovations (both real and imagined), micro-utopias, and proposals for infrastructure which is reusable, queer and adaptable. 

Recorded Oct 17, 2024 at Podigee‘s Offices in Berlin

Guest Links:

Aiki Mira https://aikimira.webnode.page/
Aiki’s Podcast: Das War Morgen
Insta: @aiki_mira

Event at Otherland Books: otherland-berlin.de

Max Schwitalla https://studioschwitalla.com/

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Daniel Stern https://www.sterndaniel.com/  @danielandstern 

Venue: https://www.podigee.com/

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