Politics
PRI's The World
December 19, 2016
They call themselves patriots. And they say they're part of a right-wing movement in Europe that's proud of their culture and traditions. However, leftists say, “They’re racists, but they say they’re not racists.”
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Arts, Culture & Media
Expat Hipsters Not Winning Friends in Berlin
PRI's The World
September 23, 2013
Berlin has become a magnet for painters, musicians and designers since the fall of The Wall more than two decades ago. But they've also created tension, as locals bemoan what they call their hipster attitudes - and the rising rents that have come with the coolness.
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Arts, Culture & Media
In Germany, some cemeteries are being turned into parks, playgrounds and gardens
PRI's The World
August 05, 2016
In the German capital of Berlin, graveyards are disappearing. They’re being converted into public parks, playgrounds, even land for new housing. To some, it might sound macabre. But in Germany, it reflects evolving attitudes about death.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Welcoming refugees to the pool — in a most German way
PRI's The World
September 05, 2016
Germany's struggle to integrate more than a million Middle Eastern refugees and asylum seekers has led to some drama at the pool.
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Politics
Meet the identitarians, Europe's 'new right'
PRI's The World
December 19, 2016
They call themselves patriots. And they say they're part of a right-wing movement in Europe that's proud of their culture and traditions. However, leftists say, “They’re racists, but they say they’re not racists.”
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Conflict & Justice
The pact between Hitler and Stalin that paved the way for World War II was signed 75 years ago
PRI's The World
August 21, 2014
Seventy-five years ago this week, the world was turned upside down when Hitler and Stalin signed a pact of alliance. Within days Hitler invaded Poland, starting World War II. Roger Moorhouse, a historian, has a new book out on the momentous but often-forgotten "Devils' Alliance."
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Arts, Culture & Media
Think you know how to pronounce Berlin, New Hampshire? Think again.
The World in Words
April 27, 2016
A small town in New Hampshire has a familiar name — Berlin — but with an odd pronunciation. A World in Words producer set out to figure out why.
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Conflict & Justice
Germany is taking a harder look at child marriage
PRI's The World
January 06, 2017
After accepting more than a million migrants, mostly from Muslim countries, Germany now is wrestling with the issue of child marriage.
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Lifestyle & Belief
This place of worship would be 3-in-1: Church, synagogue and mosque
PRI's The World
June 30, 2016
In Berlin, a priest, a rabbi and an imam have come together on a project to create a hybrid church-synagogue-mosque in the German capital. Like the fall of the Berlin Wall, the House of One would tear down the walls between religions.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Blippex offers a new, and private, way of searching — but privacy is elusive
PRI's The World
October 03, 2013
Seems like no information is safe from the NSA these days. While it denies snooping into domestic social media accounts, you get the feeling that everything you do online could be monitored. Can it even be avoided? Check out Blippex.
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Politics
A physicist who proved Einstein right started by tinkering with the family record player
PRI's The World
September 28, 2016
He's helping to uncover the origins of the universe with a massive antenna so sensitive it detected faint invisible ripples in space from 1.3 billion years ago.