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SQUATTING PT. 1 - THE RISE AND FALL OF SQUATTING IN WEST BERLIN
In this episode we start in the 1960s. Berlin was the center of a rising youth and protest culture and as the 70s began, a failed urban renewal policy stripped the city and provided the perfect environment for the start of what we consider to be the modern squatting movement in Berlin.
We trace the evolution of counter culture events, the rise of communal living, and the evolution of squatting as a political and social movement as it takes over and transforms the fabric of West Berlin in ways that remain to this day.
SQUATTING PT. 2 - ONE SUMMER IN EAST BERLIN THAT CHANGED THE CITY
In this episode we travel to East Berlin. We interview Marko Krojac, who came to Berlin 2 days after the Wall fell. It was in this “vacuum period”, where the second wave of squatting lasted less than a year. The art, culture and politics that came from this one summer may be responsible for the admiration and love much of world has for Berlin.Marko tells us about life in the vacuum and his firsthand experience at the most brutal eviction in the history of Berlin squatting-- the eviction of Mainzer Strasse.
SQUATTING PT. 3 - WHAT, WHY & HOW (A SQUAT)
In this episode we take a moment to talk about how a squat is, well, squatted and the everyday life of living in one.
We also sit down with someone who currently lives in a former squat turned community building and talk about why it’s so much better than living in a normal apartment.
SQUATTING PT. 4 - CAN SQUATTING STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN BERLIN TODAY?
