Kollo Media, The Berliner

Dig Where You Stand

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Thousands of ancestral remains - that is, human body parts - are held in Berlin institutions. Why are they here? How did they get here? What’s going to happen to them? Dig Where You Stand is a podcast from Kollo Media and The Berliner Magazine . Over three episodes, experts, researchers, activists, filmmakers, and museum directors explore the controversial, surprising, and ongoing problem of the ancestral remains held in Berlin, as well as the ongoing fight for repatriation. Follow us at @digwhereyoustandshow , and online at digwhereyoustand.show Hosted on Acast. See acas

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Kollo Media, The Berliner

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Announcing the HEIST podcast 26.06.2026 3:39

Announcing a new project from DWYS hosts Peter and Ben: The HEIST podcast. For a few months now, we've been working on HEIST , a new worker-owned news platform for Berlin - and now we're launching its podcast, featuring stories from Berlin you won't get anywhere else. We launch on 6 July with three episodes at once: Hebh Jamal on life as a Palestinian in Berlin after October 7; Ben Miller on the A...

Bordering on a Miracle 15.10.2024 47:20

“An event never before experienced in the history of medicine worldwide is realized here.” Episode 3 of Dig Where You Stand picks up the story where we left off. By examining a recent significant discovery of ancestral human remains in Berlin - when pits filled with human bones were found in 2014 - we continue the story of how German scientists harvested human bodies in the name of racist and unet...

The Evidence on the Table 17.06.2024 49:37

Why can’t we give them back? Episode two of Dig Where You Stand examines one of the darkest chapters of German colonial history: The genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples in German South West Africa. In 2011, Germany finally returned 20 skulls from its collection of stolen ancestral remains held at Charité hospital - and the result was a diplomatic scandal. This episode is about the politics beh...

Bonus Episode: The Empty Grave 14.05.2024 35:08

In between episodes 1 and 2 of Dig Where You Stand, here is our conversation with Cece Mlay and Agnes Lisa Wegner, directors of the new documentary The Empty Grave. The film follows two families in Tanzania as they demand the return of their ancestors’ remains from Germany. Follow them @the_empty_grave_film . A transcript of our conversation is available to our subscribers here . Follow us on...

The Kidnapped Dead 29.04.2024 53:57

We’re introduced to the topic of ancestral remains through the ongoing search for Mangi Meli’s head - removed after his murder in 1900, and missing ever since. How did these remains get to Berlin, and where are they being held? Who collected them? And we explore the lasting impact on the affected families and communities today.   Peter’s article on this topic is the cover story in the cu...

Dig Where You Stand: TRAILER 22.04.2024 1:36

The first episode of Dig Where You Stand will be released on April 29, 2024. Subscribe to the feed now so you’ll be notified when it comes out.  Follow us @digwhereyoustandshow and visit us at digwhereyoustand.show , where you can sign up for the material we'll release in the newsletter. DWYS is created by Ben Schuman-Stoler and Peter Matthews. It’s produced by Kollo Media, Ben Schuman-Stoler...