Honey Bees Monitor Pollution at Frankfurt Airport

A research project at Germany’s Frankfurt airport is using bees to monitor polution levels.

E. Coli Outbreak: Source Still A Mystery

With customers scared of E. coli, vegetable vendors in Germany are having trouble selling their produce.

Germany Announces Plan to Abandon Nuclear Power

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Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to reporter Susan Stone in Berlin about the news that Germany will phase out its nuclear power plants by 2022. Download MP3

Jafar Panahi’s symbolic presence at Berlinale

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An Iranian film director who’s imprisoned in Iran made a symbolic appearance at the Berlin Film Festival. Other Iranian film makers showcased his work and spoke about the struggles to make films in Iran in these. Susan Stone reports from Berlin. Download MP3
Video: Berlinale opening honoring Panahi

Reagan remembered in Berlin

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Ronald Reagan is remembered around the world for urging Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin wall. Berlin today doesn’t even have a Ronald Reagan street. But some in the German capital would like to change that, as Susan Stone reports. Download MP3

Play deals with Catholic sex abuse

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An orphaned choir boy is abused by his Catholic priest, and grows up to be a troubled parent. That’s the plot of a play that opened last month in Regensburg, Germany, just as that city’s real-life clergy abuse scandal came to light. Susan Stone travels to the Bavarian city, where stunned audiences are considering their own tragic past. Download MP3 (Photo: Juliane Zitzlsperger)

• Theater Regensburg (German)
• Catholic Church sex abuse scandals around the world

German fish fashion

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Leather made from salmon could be the next big thing in the world of luxury design. Salmon leather has a lot going for it. It’s as strong as cow leather and as exotic as snake skin. This former waste product is now being turned into shoes, clothes, furniture, and even wallpaper. Susan Stone reports that salmon leather made in Germany is making a splash. Download MP3(Photo: Susan Stone)

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Remembering East Germany

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Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, young Germans don’t give a lot of thought to what was once known as the GDR or East Germany. Few know much about a state that vanished before they were even born. And while some educators would rather not dwell on a recent but painful past, others say remembering is the only way to move the whole country forward. Susan Stone reports from Berlin. Download MP3

• The World’s Gerry Hadden revisits the former East German border
• The World’s Alex Gallafent on owning a piece of the Berlin Wall
• Former leaders recall Berlin Wall’s fall