NPR FM Berlin Blog Hip Hop In The GDR? by Monika Mueller-Kroll October 28, 2009 • In 1989, the East German record label Amiga released the first English language hip hop record in the GDR. NPR Berlin's Monika Mueller-Kroll talks to the duo twenty years after their big hit "Here We Come" was released.
NPR FM Berlin Blog 'Das Wunder von Leipzig,' A Conversation With The Director And Star Of The Film by Sara Richards October 27, 2009 • The film "Das Wunder von Leipzig," premiered in Germany in 2009. Walter and Schmidt recently sat down with an audience at the Goethe Institut in Washington, D.C. to answer questions and talk about their experience making the film.
NPR FM Berlin Blog From Scratch: A New Program On NPR Berlin by Sara Richards October 22, 2009 • NPR FM Berlin has a new program on Monday mornings, From Scratch.
NPR FM Berlin Blog Berlin Feels Like Home to Me by Jeff Rosenberg October 20, 2009 • NPR's Jeff Rosenberg recently spent time Berlin, his home away from home. In between visiting family, he explored the city's vibrant food and craft markets.
NPR FM Berlin Blog NPR Berlin's Monika Mueller-Kroll: Reporter and Published Author by Sara Richards October 20, 2009 • Monika Mueller-Kroll has been covering the arts scene in Berlin for almost four years. This week, Monika herself is the story.
NPR FM Berlin Blog Globalization and the Law with Justice Antonin Scalia by Kingsley Smith October 15, 2009 • Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court Antonin Scalia, is shown here recently addressing the American Academy in Berlin to present his views on "Globalization and the Law."
NPR FM Berlin Blog Mauer Mob: Artist Recreates Berlin Wall...With Berliners by Sara Richards October 14, 2009 • This November 9th, people around the world will be celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. But there's one man who wants to recreate that wall. Not out of concrete, but out of people.
NPR FM Berlin Blog German Writer Wins Nobel Prize For Literature by Kingsley Smith October 8, 2009 • By Kingsley Smith NPR's Neda Ulaby will have a profile of Herta Mueller, a member of Romania's ethnic German minority, and winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for literature, Friday morning at 06:50 during All Things Considered on NPR FM Berlin 104,1....
NPR FM Berlin Blog Pervez Musharraf Joins NPR on Talk of the Nation by Kingsley Smith October 7, 2009 • Thursday evening, October 8th at 20:00, NPR's Talk of the Nation welcomes former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
NPR FM Berlin Blog Berlin Says Good Bye to Its Giants by Monika Mueller-Kroll October 5, 2009 • Crowds of spectators lined the bridges and the surrounding banks of the river Spree waiting to see the final scene of "A fairy Tale for Berlin."
NPR FM Berlin Blog On German Unity Day, Berlin Gets Its Own Fairy Tale by Sara Richards October 2, 2009 • For three days this weekend, Berlin will celebrate German Unity Day. This year, the celebration will be a bit bigger than average, with the 20th anniversary of the Mauerfall just weeks away.
NPR FM Berlin Blog NPR Specials: The Media's Impact on the Cold War by Sara Richards October 1, 2009 • This Saturday on NPR Specials, a panel at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. discusses the media's impact on the Cold War.
NPR FM Berlin Blog South Pacific Tsunami Coverage on NPR Berlin by Sara Richards September 30, 2009 • By Sara Richards A tsunami hit the US territory of Samoa Tuesday leaving almost 100 people dead and dozens missing after a massive earthquake occurred just hours before. US President Barack Obama has declared the area a major disaster. NPR FM Be...
NPR FM Berlin Blog Angela Merckel Wins Second Term As Chancellor by Sara Richards September 28, 2009 • Angela Merckel was elected to a second term as Chancellor this Sunday. Though Merckel's election Sunday night came as no surprise, her coalition in Parliament is expected to make some serious changes.
NPR FM Berlin Blog NPR Specials: Political Language in the German Elections by Sara Richards September 25, 2009 • This weekend on NPR Specials, a panel at the Goethe Institute in Washington, D.C. will discuss the upcoming elections in Germany.