The Berlin Open Stage Show

Aspiring screenwriter Alvin Fadin returns with a brand new and exciting movie script! This time he’s invited a commercial actor, a child star and his agent to read his latest creation. Crash! Bang!! Fire!!! Boom!!! is a hero’s journey about an everyman, who with the help of a young girl/superhero sidekick and all your favorite Marvel and DC characters (license pending), battle forces of good and evil, capitalism and socialism, Stan Lee and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez!Featuring Sara Nere and Josh Telson (@joshwithpowers).

Keen to give the world a glimpse at some of the friendly, human people working, at the company, some Facebook employees signed up for a spot on the show this week. Join Chief Expectations Manager Nelson Datasmith and his client-facing panel which includes attitude sanitator, Tad Murkowski; digital nomad, Theresa April; and personal data evangelist, Elias Beth-Holmes.Featuring Carl Clancy (@carlclancy) and Brittany Wolf (@sorryurwelcome).

Get ready to hear the most incredible, true, remarkable story ever told on the Open Stage. Podcaster Brian Steves of WEBC Boca Raton and This Listening Life brings together a rock-climbing enthusiast, a bog-haunting investigator and a Faroese sheep herder who share a secret… they are quadruplets separated from birth as part of sociological experiment. If you like real stories that are hard to believe like Serial or This American Life this one’s for you!Featuring Mac Edgerly (@mildnormal) and Caroline Clifford (@localgrrl).

The night was a lark and full of bellylaughs at Comedy Café Berlin when superfans of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones got together in anticipation of season 8 premiering. Host Brian “of Tarth” Covington welcomes his good friends Rosemary Price, Commander Cameron Mourning and comedian Dan Stern to dissect the wonderful world of Westeros and their own tumultuous personal lives.Featuring Amy Jane (@StuffThusFar) & Dan Stern (@DanielandStern).

What time is it? THAT TIME. What time is it? THAT TIME. Taking over the stage this week are some of the best local talents out of Berlin’s comedy scene: the women of “It’s That Time of the Month.” Listen as they chat about their lives, the historical background of Mary Seacole and improvised scenes that include sexually nosey parents and Berlin’s hottest kitty-kat club. Catch their live show every 2nd Sunday of the month at Comedy Cafe Berlin!Featuring Andrea Björk Andrésdóttir (@sleepgiddy), Antonia Bär (@iambaer), Matilde Keizer (@thisisongoing) and Marisa Llamas.

Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog returns with fellow teachers at Masterclass.com for a Masterclass on how to teach Masterclasses. This time around he’s joined by two time Academy Award winning actress Jodie Foster, spirited British culinary expert Gordon Ramsay and Starbucks chairman and potential presidential candidate Howard Schultz.Featuring Matilde Keizer (@thisisongoing) and Prabhath Pillai.

The technological singularity, the moment where artificial intelligence exceeds human intelligence, is fast approaching. Or has it already taken place? In this episode, the noted futurist and transhumanist, Jay Langweil, is joined by some of the most technologically savvy people around; a Finnish enthusiast for the Internet of Things, a German cloning specialist with a dark family history and a musical cyborg.Featuring Andrea Björk Andrésdóttir (@sleepgiddy), Amy Jane (@StuffThusFar) & Nacho Sanguinetti (@Nachosi).

In fashion, one day you’re in and the next day you’re out. So with a new revamped season of Project Runway beginning without them, Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum are bringing the finale of their own groundbreaking audio-only fashion show to the open stage. Join them as the two finalist designers, a disruptive beekeeper and a copyright-infringing street artist, send their collections down the runway to see who will be the next big name in podcast fashion. Aufwiedersehen!Featuring Janina Rook (@Rook_ToGo), Marne Litfin and Marisa Llamas.

Legendary news team Carlos and Yessica have travelled all the way from their native Argentina to learn about Berlin and maybe heal the wounds inflicted by their contentious divorce. They are joined by sports commentator and political satirist Rocco Lo Sasso and sex advisor Alexandra Garcia Marquez to deliver the important stories and litigate their once fiery romance.Featuring Julieta Degese and Michele Guido (@sheley).

All aboard the open stage! The super-cool social media influencer behind the super-viral #HubahnsOfBerlin is taking us on joyous tour of his favorite thing in the whole world: the BVG, Berlin’s public transportation system! Dennis is joined by some of his favorite “Hubahns”: a subway astrologist, a dark existentialist bus driver and someone who is definitely a little Italian boy.Featuring Michele Guido (@sheley), Georg Kammerer (@GeorgFKammerer) and Matilde Keizer (@thisisongoing).

A man with anterograde amnesia must figure out why he invited three people to join him for a live podcast episode before his memory resets. Can the tattoos on his body explain why he’s friends with a prolific fantasy novel author? Can a polaroid shed some light on his frequent trips to visit a sandwich artist at Subway? Can the insides of his eyelids reveal whether he killed his own wife or her devious twin?Featuring Amanda King (@attawoman) and Marisa Llamas (@Marisa_Pokeshot).

Valentine’s Day is nearly here and love is in the air! To celebrate, we’ve got two of Berlin’s best/most-in-love comedians, Caroline Clifford and Antonia Bär, taking over the stage. Expanding on their recurring segment from the monthly show “It’s That Time of the Month,” they’re cuddling up and dishing out relationship tips to another comedy power couple, as well as a special celebrity couple in town for Berlinale!Featuring Caroline Clifford (@localgrrl), Antonia Bär (@iambaer), Josie Parkinson (@josieparkinson) and Andrew Ritchie (@poorlilritchie).

Taking the stage for this first installment of “Act II” is the renowned Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Žižek, who, as it turns out, is a big fan of the podcast! He’s hosting the hosts themselves, Steindor and Trevor, along with other noted Berlin podcasters Janina Rook (@unverschaemt) and Julia Joubert (@whatsthemate), on an episode to teach them about the philosophical intricacies of the audio medium.Featuring Julia Joubert (@julzjoubert), Janina Rook (@Rook_ToGo) and Noah Telson (@telsonia).

For the second time, Trevor and Steindor tried to book 13 time NBA-All Star and Dallas Mavericks franchise player Dirk Nowitzki for an episode, but again he had to cancel because of a basketball conflict. So the guys were “home alone” so to speak, until a group of movie villains raided the theatre - a pair of non-dry bandits, a goblin of sorts, a holiday grouch and a German non-terrorist.Featuring Andrea Björk Andrésdóttir (@svefngalsi), Carl Clancy (@carlclancy), Caroline Clifford (@localgrr), Kevin Napier and Dan Stern (@DanielandStern).

Put on your--como si dice--”dancing shoes” and get ready for this episode hosted by Italian DJ, Ricardo Mirabile. He’s spinning an hours worth of the best Italian disco music to get the BOSS crowd out of their seats and also to distract himself from the prophecy that he is the anti-christ. He is joined by his loving mother, an amnesiatic ABBA-fan and star of the film Call Me By Your Name, Armie Hammer.Featuring Matilde Keizer (@thisisongoing) and Nicole Ratjen.