20 Percent Berlin Podcast

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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 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe

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 MapOur summer party on July 17th, 2025Photo 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

Ping Pong tables near you! Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe

Broken Republik, the book we should have written.Maurice's Bear's Knees: Taco LoveAndrew’s Bear’s Knees: LeipzigThe free toilet in C&A Alexanderplatz on gratispinkeln.de Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe

Cover photo is thanks Casey Hugelfink via Creative Commons. Get full access to 20 Percent Berlin at www.20percent.berlin/subscribe

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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

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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

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