20 Percent Berlin Podcast

We cover the biggest news of the past week including an AI book grab, a couple recruiting drug mules, the CDU still hating bike paths, the latest Berlin political poll, and Merz’ plan to curtail sick days. Cover photo thanks Berliner Büchertisch via Creative Commons. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe

We chat about the news, including a swimming hole near Halle where you have to speak German well to get in. We also have opinions about Friedrichshain. Our cover photo this week is of Freibad Jungfernheide thanks Freibad Jungfernheide. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

Our cover photo this week is from Montecruz Foto via Creative Commons. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe

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

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

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

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

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 Percen...

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

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

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

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

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🐻 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

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

Cover photo by Jörg Schubert via Creative Commons. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe