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Common Ground Berlin

By: Common Ground Berlin
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  • 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. Senior Producer: Dina Elsayed.
    (c) 2022 KCRW Berlin
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Episodes
  • Moving to Germany? Here’s what you need to know.
    Jun 16 2024


    You’ve decided to become an “expat” and live in Germany. But how do you navigate the bureaucracy and German culture? Can an English-speaker even make it here? What are some ways to ease the transition?


    Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson gets the answers to those key questions and more from fellow immigrants and experts Jenna Davis of Life in Germany, Sigrid Arteage of Surviving in Berlin, Bastien Allibert of Settle in Berlin and Nicolas Bouliane of All About Berlin. We also answer questions from our fans on social media!


    Produced by Eden Brockman

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    36 mins
  • Finding the Way Part III: Keep on dancing!
    Jun 2 2024


    The funny and emotional conclusion as host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and her journalist husband Erik Nelson walk from Portugal to Spain on their first-ever Camino. Hear about the “arrow” debacle, spiders and singing nuns! And whether they actually make it to Santiago de Compostela.


    Featuring Casa Alternativo “albergue” host and Camino veteran Dries Nuitten; Camino veteran, author and co-founder of the Facebook group “Senior Travelers on the Camino” Brian John Skillen, and Camino newbies from Vancouver, Hayley Biller and Josh Klaasen.


    Music: “End of the Road” and “All for Nothing” by Anthem of Rain; “Irrational-Rain” by Koi-Discovery; “Melancholy Serenade” by Universfield; “Walking on water” by TRG Banks; “Fixation” by Jangwa. (Source: FMA)


    Produced by Axel Scheele and Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

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    31 mins
  • Finding The Way, Part II: The thrill of the Camino and the agony of the feet.
    May 26 2024

    Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and her journalist husband, Erik, begin their Portuguese Camino from Porto to Santiago de Compostela, Spain and quickly learn the meaning of “The Camino provides!” Join them on their challenging, rewarding and even funny adventure, and hear from the experts: Author and “Senior Travelers on the Camino’ Facebook group co-founder Anne Pedersen; German political scientist and Camino veteran Joerg Steinert; Stingy Nomads’ Alya Akhmetgareeva and Lithuanian influencer, Eva Voveris, who we meet on the Camino with her 2-year-old daughter, Amelia!


    Music by: “Sunny walk” by Pawel Feszczuk, “El Camino del Alce” by Silva de Alegria, “Emotional Sad Atmosphere with Piano and Violin” by Universfield and “Journey” by Atch. (Source: FMA)


    Produced by Axel Scheele and Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

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    25 mins

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