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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #016: Harry Potter and the Baba Ganoush | 08 Jul 2025 | 00:29:37 | |
| #015: The Amazon Tower, Procession Moths, Douchebaggery | 24 Jun 2025 | 00:34:00 | |
🐻 The Bear’s Knees Berlin Map! 🥗 Maurice’s Bear’s Knees: Rises Delicacies, a Greek deli in Mitte 🥙 Olympia, a friendly Greek restaurant out in Wandlitz 👛 Andrew’s Bear’s Knees: Zentrales Fundbüro (central loss and found) And… our party on July 17th, 2025. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| Podcast #006: Knife bans, AfD donors and the German election | 18 Feb 2025 | 00:34:49 | |
This month’s cover from Wikimedia Commons/KarlGruber via CC BY-SA 4.0. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| Podcast #005: Merz, Gross restaurants, the car at BER | 04 Feb 2025 | 00:32:45 | |
| Podcast #004: Berlin vs. Bavaria, cellphones in schools, the Gelbhaar scandal | 24 Jan 2025 | 00:33:49 | |
| Podcast #003: Fireworks, Becoming German, €29 ticket | 07 Jan 2025 | 00:31:41 | |
In our third podcast we discuss the impacts of fireworks on New Years as well as the high-profile arrest of an Arabic influencer for shooting a rocket into a Neukölln apartment. The online naturalization is a surprising success, shocking no one except technology averse Germans. And then we discuss the end of the €29 AB ticket, the advantages of the main train station and the beauty of Berlin playgrounds. And when it comes to outlook: Will the dearth of babies mean more vacant apartments? Will clubs now move into empty stores in empty-ish malls? Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| Podcast #002: Syrians, Nazi violence, No-confidence vote | 17 Dec 2024 | 00:35:13 | |
| Podcast #001: Budget cuts, The Mayor, the A100 | 03 Dec 2024 | 00:40:06 | |
| #014: Lime Bike hack and a firework ban | 10 Jun 2025 | 00:34:54 | |
Our favourite stuff in Berlin: The Bear’s Knees Map Our summer party on July 17th, 2025 Photo by Dr. Matthias Ripp via Creative Commons license. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #13: Men's day, sitting down to pee, the BER VW | 30 May 2025 | 00:39:09 | |
Cover photo by Jörg Schubert via Creative Commons. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #012: If we were chancellor and the Hohenzollern prince | 13 May 2025 | 00:33:43 | |
| #011: S-Bahn deaths, May 1, Taco Love | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:33:40 | |
Broken Republik, the book we should have written. Maurice's Bear's Knees: Taco Love Andrew’s Bear’s Knees: Leipzig The free toilet in C&A Alexanderplatz on gratispinkeln.de Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #010: Deporting protestors, BVG unstriked, FIREWORKS | 08 Apr 2025 | 00:33:43 | |
Cover photo is thanks Casey Hugelfink via Creative Commons. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| Podcast #009: BVG strike (again), Tesla (again), Xberg (always) | 25 Mar 2025 | 00:38:25 | |
Cover photo Oh-Berlin via Creative Commons Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| Podcast #008: Coalitions, trash strikes and restaurant surprises | 11 Mar 2025 | 00:36:41 | |
| Podcast #007: The Election Special | 25 Feb 2025 | 00:38:07 | |
| #017: Ad-free Berlin and topless water playgrounds | 15 Aug 2025 | 00:33:31 | |
| #018: Rewe racism, the A100 and poverty | 26 Aug 2025 | 00:33:13 | |
It really, really feels like Germany is stuck in 1999. Plus we recommend two restaurants. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #019: Skyscrapers at Tempelhof and free zoos | 09 Sep 2025 | 00:31:54 | |
Maurice is pro skyscrapers at Tempelhof, pro LAP Coffee and pro free petting zoos (Tierpark Neukölln in Hasenheide). Drew recommends a Ramen place in Mitte. The picture is thanks Langhof Architekten. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #020: The lack of enforcement and what's the right price for public transport | 23 Sep 2025 | 00:33:21 | |
We celebrate our 20th podcast by trying our second remote podcast. We talk about the Ordnungsamt not really enforcing cigarette butt bans, the price of public transport going up and give restaurant recommendations. Oh, and the cover photo is from Eric Wahlforss via a Creative Commons license. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #22: Islamist terrorist, Heimstaden gouging and drug lab thwarted, 1 million trees not thwarted | 10 Nov 2025 | 00:28:25 | |
This week we talk about the arrest of a man planning an Islamist terror attack, how Heimstaden blatantly overcharges and has been caught with their hand in the cookie jar hundreds of times and Berlin, and how Berlin pledged to plant 1 million more trees but has no plan or funding to do it. Also we get a description of Maurice’s co-working space (spoiler: It’s plywood). Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #21: Podfest Berlin w/ Elizabeth Rushton | 30 Oct 2025 | 00:36:21 | |
We taped our latest podcast at Podfest Berlin and invited former colleague Elizabeth Rushton to record with us! We talked about buying property in Berlin, the drone crisis and some of our fave restaurants. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #23: Losing your citizenship and PRETZELS | 15 Dec 2025 | 00:23:43 | |
There’s no music in this episode because Audacity, the editing software, hates my new computer so I’m in the market for new editing software. The pretzel image is thanks Tim Reckann and Creative Commons 2.0. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| 🎆#24: BVG strike, Görli fence, Drugs | 30 Dec 2025 | 00:33:08 | |
Our last podcast of the year where we recount the biggest stories of 2025 and give our OPINIONS.Photo is thanks LEGOFIIR via CC2.o. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #25: Potatoes, Referendums, speedy tax office | 16 Jan 2026 | 00:29:38 | |
Maurice stops by and we talk about Berlin’s inability to do property development properly and no one knows why there’s so many potatoes. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #28: Nazi memes, broken escalators, military maneuvers | 24 Feb 2026 | 00:30:09 | |
Berlin will be the site of yet another Bundeswehr exercise and yet another Brandenburg AfD member is sharing anti-semitic memes, this time with an Epstein bent. Thanks to Stefan Woldig for the pic of a working escalator at Hauptbahnhof. Courtesy Creative Commons as always. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #27: AfD youth group, Lap coffee, trashy Ausländerbehörde | 10 Feb 2026 | 00:44:03 | |
Our cover photo this week is from Montecruz Foto via Creative Commons. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #26: The Haupstadt is ice and the Volcano Group is worth €1 mill | 30 Jan 2026 | 00:31:37 | |
Maurice needed some space to think and discovered the wonder of Tiergarten, one of Berlin’s most underrated parks. And I fondly remembered my favorite bakery in Wilmersdorf. Oh, and news about ice in Berlin and a €1 million reward for knowing who the Volcano Group is. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #30: Cocaine use, pharmacy strike, the Ulmen case | 24 Mar 2026 | 00:35:18 | |
Maurice and I talk about Berlin’s crime family getting revenge on prison officials, an out-of-hand graduation party, the pharmacy strike and Berlin’s cocaine usage. Our bi-weekly podcast! Now in video! Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #29: AI surveillance, banned bookstores, Super Bowl visit and Brewdog | 10 Mar 2026 | 00:32:17 | |
This should be a summary of the pod but I just can’t be bothered and you should just listen to it. I just screen capped the pic off Cem’s website. I hope it’s OK. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #31: Legionnaires', CASH ONLY, Instagram bans, escalators still broke | 10 Apr 2026 | 00:32:22 | |
| #32: Union's female coach, failing referendums, murderous doctor | 21 Apr 2026 | 00:46:57 | |
We spend too much time complaining about things we hate in Berlin like cars and smokers but ultimately praise the place because it’s becoming more international. Bears’ knees: Monster Ronson and the Gardens of the World Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #33: Public transport survey, residential skyscraper, May Day | 04 May 2026 | 00:33:46 | |
Please check out our sponsor for this episode — Inner Circle! Andrew’s Bears Knees: Schleusenkrug beer garden Maurice’s Bears Knees: Nila For all our Bear’s Knees, check out The Bear’s Knees Map! Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #34: LIVE Taping during 495th birthday | 26 May 2026 | 00:33:49 | |
Huge shout out to Oliver, Carl, Walter, Denzel and Izzy (from Radio Spätkauf) for their contributions to the live recording. Maurice likes some neighborhood Italian in Neukölln and I like Kino Central. Here’s to the next 495 issues! Picture is thanks Zuhause am Tempelhofer Feld Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||
| #35: Björn Höcke is a West German and Görli is open around-the-clock | 09 Jun 2026 | 00:37:18 | |
We’ve decided to start talking a little about national news as well as Berlin happenings. So we did. Our cover picture today is from Tim Reckmann via Creative Commons. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe | |||