25 episodes

We curate local news stories from Berlin (mostly reported in German) every weekday morning and report them back in a succinct five to ten minute summary. In English.

Berlin Briefing Abby Ross Menacher, Albert Menacher

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    • 4.9 • 51 Ratings

We curate local news stories from Berlin (mostly reported in German) every weekday morning and report them back in a succinct five to ten minute summary. In English.

    Hiatus

    Hiatus

    As you have noticed, due to changes in our academic and professional lives, the frequency of our podcast has not been the same over the last couple of months. Because of this and after some deliberation we've made the decision to go on an indefinite hiatus starting today. This is not a sad situation, but a celebration of what we were to all of you, and to ourselves, for the last 6 years.

    Thank you for your engagement, for sharing, telling your friends and colleagues about us, tagging us in your stories, for donating and for writing to us.

    If you chose to support us through Patreon you don't have to do anything.
    Those who have set up payments via their bank or Paypal, please take action and stop your monthly donations.

    Lastly, to those of you who would like a BB tote bag, please write to us (at berlinbriefing@gmail.com) with your mailing address and we will send you one.

    It's been a pleasure.

    As always,
    thanks for listening!

    Abby and Albert


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    • 9 min
    14.07.2023 - Summer pool incidents, CSD, Transphobic attacks, WW2 bomb

    14.07.2023 - Summer pool incidents, CSD, Transphobic attacks, WW2 bomb

    Summer pool incidents
    CSD
    Transphobic attacks
    WW2 bomb

    !! We will be taking a 2 week break and are scheduled to be back on August 1st. !!

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    Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources.
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    • 6 min
    12.07.2023 - State budget, Tegel arrival center, U2, Berlinale

    12.07.2023 - State budget, Tegel arrival center, U2, Berlinale

    State budget
    Tegel arrival center
    U2
    Berlinale

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    Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources.
    Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/
    Twitter: @berlinbriefing
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    Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com

    • 6 min
    11.07.2023 - Rent cap, Fire department, Water, Pool fights

    11.07.2023 - Rent cap, Fire department, Water, Pool fights

    Rent cap
    Fire department
    Water
    Pool fights

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    Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources.
    Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/
    Twitter: @berlinbriefing
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/
    Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/
    Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com

    • 6 min
    10.07.2023 - Rave the planet, Youth violence, E-Scooters, Façade accident

    10.07.2023 - Rave the planet, Youth violence, E-Scooters, Façade accident

    Rave the planet
    Youth violence
    E-Scooters
    Façade accident


    **
    Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources.
    Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/
    Twitter: @berlinbriefing
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/
    Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/
    Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com

    • 5 min
    07.07.2023 - Bike lane projects, Organized crime, Fire, Rave the planet

    07.07.2023 - Bike lane projects, Organized crime, Fire, Rave the planet

    Bike lane projects
    Organized crime
    Fire
    Rave the planet

    **
    Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources.
    Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/
    Twitter: @berlinbriefing
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/
    Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/
    Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com

    • 6 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
51 Ratings

51 Ratings

sashabiker ,

Thank you so much - and fare well

While it’s true that I thought Abby’s voice might have been synthesized the very first time I listened, I quickly realized she was human, and came to appreciate Berlin Briefing as a short daily dose of local news to start my morning. I found you through Common Ground, a remnant of KCRW Berlin and former NPR Berlin, all three now gone or indefinitely suspended. I’ll be returning to the US at the end of this month after a second stint of three years in Berlin, so this is just one of many things I’ve been saying farewell to these weeks, something one does all the time, of course, but much more right now.

I wish you all the best and you should have no regrets for doing something that gave you purpose and joy, but letting it go when that was no longer true. A heartfelt thank you is well deserved, and I wish you all the best.

@alex

thefourthbyte ,

Fantastic wrap-ups

Thanks for your concise breakdown of the latest and greatest. I love that you go into the nitty-gritty, e.g. regarding new Covid regulations. Still, you keep it short and to the point. The only thing I find myself cracking up about is the pronunciation of some German words.

halligallivalley ,

Strange delivery and clunky writing

Appreciate the intention, but distractingly amateurish.

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