Common Ground Berlin
Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson brings together prominent voices from all walks of life to tackle questions on vital and fascinating topics to increase public awareness and understanding.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 148
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
The Digital Markets and Digital Services Acts: What do they mean for Big Tech and you?
In this “Transatlantic Takeaway” episode, hosts Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Rachel Tausendfreund dissect sweeping new EU digital laws and their impact on large tech companies, start-ups and users with…
The new surge: How Ukrainian and other refugees are faring in Germany and the EU
The Russian war in Ukraine has led to millions of Ukrainians fleeing, many of them to the West. How are Germany and its neighbors handling the new refugee surge? And what does it mean for others esca…
A Woman’s Touch? Female Correspondents and How They Change the Way We Look at War.
Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley and Joanna Kakissis, and Ukrainian journalist Katerina Malofeyeva discuss their experiences reporting on the Russian war in Ukraine and how women …
Join our first ever live conversation on Twitter Spaces on Tuesday, March 22.
Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson @sorayanelson will be talking with fellow war correspondents Eleanor Beardsley @ElBeardsley, Joanna Kakissis @joannakakissis and Katya Malofeyeva @KatyaMalofeyeva on Twitt…
A German about-face – Is the “Zeitenwende” sustainable?
A watershed speech by Chancellor Olaf Scholz in late February that cast off Germany’s long-standing, military-averse policies is lauded by NATO and the United States. But can Germany enhance its arme…
Is it finally over? An update on the COVID-19 pandemic
Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talks about the future of vaccines, social restrictions and Vladmir Putin’s impact on the pandemic with Korinna Hennig, science editor and co-host of German public broadca…
Feast or Famine? The turbulent start of 2022 and its impact on the economy
Blame it on Omicron, Vladimir Putin and Europe’s biggest war in decades, but the global economy is in a weaker position this year than anyone expected. So what exactly is the impact the pandemic and …
The Young and Restless – A new generation of German MPs take charge
Chancellor Angela Merkel defined politics in Germany for a generation and with her gone, younger German politicians have a rare opportunity to reshape the governance of their country and address key …
Forging Ahead? Or Hanging by a Thread?
Afghanistan’s former education minister, a female activist who climbs mountains and a German foundation director dissect the Taliban’s impact on the Central Asian country on the semi-anniversary of i…
Street Names
Why is a Nazi resistance fighter big in Brazil and unheard of in Germany? How did an African American bass-baritone artist become a national hero in the former GDR? Does Onkel Toms Huette refer to a …
Transatlantic Takeaway #2: Europe on the brink of war?
Russia appears ready to invade Ukraine, with the recent deployment of roughly 100,000 Russian troops along their mutual border.
In this episode of Transatlantic Takeaway -- a monthly collaboration be…
Humor – Do Germans have any?
Our collaboration with the Goethe Institute that shatters the stereotype of the unfunny German – Or does it? Laugh at and learn about German humor with host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and her guest comed…
A new German Chancellor and French EU presidency -- Are the changes a recipe for more gridlock in 2022?
On the inaugural episode of Transatlantic Takeaway -- a monthly collaboration between Common Ground and the German Marshall Fund of the United States -- Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson explores what Germ…
Waiting for the Punchline? Stay tuned to Common Ground for an episode on German humor
Common Ground’s First-Ever Stammtisch: A Scintillating Look at the News
How will Germans respond to beer getting more expensive? What will the outcome of the ongoing coalition talks mean for younger Germans? How do Americans perceive the legacy of Angela Merkel? And is J…
Being Jewish in Germany -- What does that look like as the country marks 1,700 years of Jewish life?
In A.D. 321, an edict drawn up by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great appointed Jewish people to the Cologne town council. This decree is the oldest known document showing Jewish life thriving no…
Mildred Harnack: Resistance leader or obedient wife?
Today marks the birthday of Mildred Harnack, an American academic and spy who was murdered by the Nazis in Berlin and who is the subject of Rebecca Donner’s New York Times bestseller “All The Frequen…