003 - Stadtbild, B*tch

Our second bitch, Sonya, is away on holiday, so Heather delivers a monologue. She covers Chancellor Merz’ recent comments about migrants, German dependence on migrant labour, the new Martha-Ndumbe-Platz in Wedding, Le Heist, construction on the White House, and sex warfare in Silicon Valley.   If you’re in Berlin, see Heather perform at the One Mic Show at Das Gift on 29 Oct and Cosmic Comedy on 13 Nov.    Remember to like, subscribe and follow to support our podcast.   We rely on journalism for our podcast. Please see the original reporting below.    Chancellor Merz says German comments about safety in public spaces (DW, The Guardian)  1 in every 10 new patents in German come from innovators with a non-German background (DW)  Germany pays army salaries during lockdown (DW) Nettelbeckplatz in Wedding has been renamed Martha-Ndumbe-Platz (Tagesspiegel) Le Heist (NYT) Mosquitos found in Iceland for the first time (The Guardian) Janelle Monnae claims she travelled back in time to the 1970s (Entertainment Tonight)  No Kings Protests (Wired.com) The 3.5% public participation rule (BBC) White House exempt form National Historic Preservation Act (BBC) Female spies targeting American Tech workers (Financial Times) AWS Outage broke the internet (The Guardian)