Latest Difficult conversations Podcast Episodes
Guten Rutsch from Common Ground Berlin!
Common Ground Berlin - December 22, 2023 17:04 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHost 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.
81 - How to Make Small Talk at a F***ing Holiday party
I Need To F***ing Talk To You - December 19, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutesIn this special Holiday episode, we need to f***ing talk to …. Ourselves. Because it's the holiday season and everyone is forced to attend an office holiday function whether they want to or not. Don’t you hate having to make small talk at these things? We do too. So we have a series of quick-fir...
How do young Germans view the United States? A look at the shifting attitudes and whether student exchange programs can help.
Common Ground Berlin - December 17, 2023 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat Gen-Zers think of the United States is definitely not how their parents and grandparents view Germany’s important ally. So can student exchange programs help improve transatlantic relations? Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Senior Producer Dina Elsayed talk with the German Mars...
The Lost Art of Home w/ The Confident Mom
Making Room by Gather - December 13, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes#Basic, We've all seen this as we peruse social media. While there's a side of it that's endearing, there's a side of it that is a subtle dig as well. There's a tension in our culture right now between craving being in our home's and criticizing those who prioritize it. Why is this? When did it ...
80 - AI Is Here for F***ing Good, with Israel Peck
I Need To F***ing Talk To You - December 05, 2023 08:00 - 53 minutesIsrael Peck is an entrepreneur, speaker, and consultant. About 7 years ago, his life took a big turn during a night out in San Francisco, when he had his first encounter with an AI company. It captivated him and he was hooked. Now Israel runs a tech startup called Cratic, focused on AI and team...
'Weight' Did You Just Say That! Hosting Guests on Their Weight Loss Journey w/ Dani Spies
Making Room by Gather - December 01, 2023 17:00 - 45 minutesWait, did you just say that? Any time we talk about food or the table, it's inevitable that conversations about weight or weight loss come up...and more often than not it's cringy. It looks different for everyone but whether it's for health reasons or preference, hosting guests who are on t...
Understand and Manage the Stress for the Holidays W/ Dr. Aditi
Making Room by Gather - November 23, 2023 01:00 - 1 hourStress always falls by the wayside. It feels so much more important to focus on other areas of our health, life and relationships, am I right? Yet if we were to poll all of our listeners, I bet a vast majority of us would say that it's something we experience, daily. Stress seems to have change...
Understand and Manage Stress for the Holidays W/ Dr. Aditi
Making Room by Gather - November 23, 2023 01:00 - 1 hourStress always falls by the wayside. It feels so much more important to focus on other areas of our health, life and relationships, am I right? Yet if we were to poll all of our listeners, I bet a vast majority of us would say that it's something we experience, daily. Stress seems to have change...
79 - It’s time to F***ing Grow On Purpose with Claire Chandler
I Need To F***ing Talk To You - November 21, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutesIn this episode we need to F***ing talk to Claire Chandler. Claire is a corporate and cancer survivor turned entrepreneur. She helps senior leadership teams work together more effectively in less time with less cultural resistance all so that they can accelerate their business growth. She is ...
Celebrating 100 years of radio in Germany – The Finale: Mary Louise Kelly and Kamal Nasir Hamyar
Common Ground Berlin - November 20, 2023 09:52 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHost Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson interviews NPR icon and All Things Considered co-host Mary Louise Kelly as well as Kamal Nasir Hamyar, an Afghan journalist who was part of an on-air project the Germans helped create to ease Afghan mistrust of the West after the Taliban were ousted from powe...
No Place to Call Home, Volume II – The latest on Berlin’s affordable housing crisis.
Common Ground Berlin - November 12, 2023 23:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRents in “poor, but sexy” Berlin continue to skyrocket as the inventory of apartments remains low. But buying a home may not be the answer, either. Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson explores whether the German capital’s housing crisis can be solved with Wibke Werner, director of the Berlin Te...
Salt, Sauce & Chop: Master Everyday Cooking w/ Bri McKoy
Making Room by Gather - November 07, 2023 16:00 - 49 minutesAs we get busier as a culture, spend less time home and with each other there are less opportunities to learn how to cook confidently. We can probably all think of a recipe that did not end up the way we wished it would. Times when dinner stuck to the pan, the cookies ended up salty or even wh...
78 - It's Not a F***ing 30 Minute Conversation
I Need To F***ing Talk To You - November 07, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutesIn this episode I need to F***ing talk to Kerry-Ann Powell. Kerry-Ann Powell has varied experience of over 20 years as a Washington, DC attorney, lobbyist, and fundraiser. After raising $120 million to build the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial she launched her strategic business and consulting f...
Israel’s war in Gaza – Could the United States and Germany have stopped it?
Common Ground Berlin - November 06, 2023 11:52 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSoraya Sarhaddi Nelson of Common Ground Berlin and Rachel Tausenfreund of the German Marshall Fund of the United States host a powerful and international conversation about the invasion of Gaza and its consequences with guests: Menachem Klein, a political scientist in Jerusalem and for...
77 - Gary Simonds (It's Not F***ing Brain Surgery. Oh, wait! It IS!)
I Need To F***ing Talk To You - October 24, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutesThe author Margaret Atwood use to roll her eyes when doctors told they wanted to be an author when they retired - as if it was that easy. Well, here comes Gary Simonds, an actual brain surgeon-turned-author. Gary has cared for tens of thousands of critically ill patients AND he has written three...
Live at Podfest Berlin: "Stammtisch: A Scintillating Look at the News." Vol. 3
Common Ground Berlin - October 22, 2023 22:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHost Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and her guests, AFP correspondent Deborah Cole and Comedian Josh Telson tackle a variety of topics including Berlin and U.S. political follies, climate protests and rising costs of beer. This episode was recorded live at Noisy Rooms on Oct. 14, 2023 and prod...
Building a Non- Anxious Life w/ John Delony
Making Room by Gather - October 20, 2023 20:00 - 48 minutes"Friendships just don't work for me" Maybe you have found yourself saying this. One way or another we have all found ourselves in cycles of stress, anxiety and either learned to cope well... or not so well. If you watched my recent TED talk, you may have heard the part at the very end, the p...
Why is reunified Germany still divided, 33 years later? A conversation with bestselling author Katja Hoyer and hit miniseries producer Joerg Winger.
Common Ground Berlin - October 16, 2023 05:58 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIt was a time of jubilation when East and West Germany became one country again in 1990, with Berlin as its capital. But the honeymoon quickly wore off and to this day, divisions fester. Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talks with journalist and historian Katja Hoyer, author of Beyond the Wa...
76 - Am I F***ing Black or am I F***ing White?
I Need To F***ing Talk To You - October 10, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes"Am I F***ing Black or am I F***ing White?" asks Michael Fosberg. “F***ing Hell,” said Russell upon first hearing the story of Michael Fosberg from his own lips. A Chicago native, Michael has spoken at nearly a thousand high schools, colleges, government agencies, corporations, law firms and not...
Celebrating 100 years of radio in Germany – Part II: Anna Winger, Rik de Lisle and Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
Common Ground Berlin - October 08, 2023 22:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis is the second of three episodes by Common Ground Berlin and Goethe Institute commemorating a century of German radio by bringing you stories from influential and interesting broadcasters worldwide who have had a lasting effect on radio. Senior Producer Dina Elsayed walks down the n...
75 - Everyone Deserves an F***ing Second Chance with Russell Stratton
I Need To F***ing Talk To You - September 26, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutesIn this episode, we need to F***ing talk to my co-author and cohost Russell Stratton about some of the work that he’s been doing at the Calgary Remand Centre with individuals who have been incarcerated. For those of you who are either new listeners or for those of you who have been listening ...
Germany’s “Energiewende” – A path to transformation or tribulation?
Common Ground Berlin - September 25, 2023 09:57 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe German Bundestag passed a controversial measure in September to reduce emissions from heated buildings, which accounts for an estimated 15 percent of Germany’s carbon dioxide output. But will this and other strategies of the German government to transform energy production and consu...
Celebrating 100 years of radio in Germany – Part I: Steve Inskeep, Keri Jones and John Masuku.
Common Ground Berlin - September 17, 2023 22:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe first of three episodes by Common Ground Berlin and Goethe Institute commemorating a century of German radio by bringing you stories from influential and interesting broadcasters worldwide who have had a lasting effect on radio. Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson delves into the triumphs,...
74 - Facing the 3 F***ing C’s With Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal
I Need To F***ing Talk To You - September 12, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutesDr. Taryn is the Founder and Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) of Resilience Leadership Institute. Her TEDx talk, How Resilience Breaks Us Out of Our Vulnerability Cage, went viral with more than 1.3 million views within a months. Her bestselling book, The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People: Wh...
Germany’s Beer Wars: Is it time to bid “Auf Wiedersehen” to the purity law?
Common Ground Berlin - September 10, 2023 22:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings#Beer is a staple of German culture and in partnership with the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation, host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and senior producer Dina Elsayed explore the debate over the restrictive “#Reinheitsgebot” or purity law that beers in Germany are expected to abide by versus popul...
Will AI end democracy? Part Two – Germany and Europe
Common Ground Berlin - September 04, 2023 10:29 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe government of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently announced plans to protect the public from AI misuse in the foreseeable future, but critics complain the time for action is now, especially when political actors like the far-right Alternative for Germany are using artificial inte...
73 - Un F***ing Common Logic for creating high performing team culture with Donna Lagow
I Need To F***ing Talk To You - August 29, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutesDonna is Director of Client Operations at (un)Common Logic. (un)Common Logic’s digital marketing experts are relentless in their pursuit of optimization, meticulous in their approach, and authentic in their customer service. Donna's background includes managing national broadcast media buys fo...
Will AI end democracy? Part One – The United States.
Common Ground Berlin - August 28, 2023 16:27 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsArtificial Intelligence is proving to be a useful tool to Republican frontrunner and former president Donald Trump. But the Biden administration and Congress are struggling to regulate AI technology, a catch-up game similar to the one they’ve had with social media. Host Soraya Sarhaddi ...
'Is it me or is EVERYONE in Italy?': An Italian Culinary Guide's take on Food, Cooking and The Italian Islands w/ Katie Parla
Making Room by Gather - August 24, 2023 23:00 - 52 minutesDoesn't it feel like everyone is in Italy? I can't be the only one of scrolls social and see's half my feed exploring the cobblestone streets and sinking their teeth into the flavors that distinctively come from Italian Roots. Something about the colors, flavors and charm makes me crave pieces o...
72 - Navigating f***ing bias and backlash in an ever polarized workplace - a conversation with Isis Fabian
I Need To F***ing Talk To You - August 15, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutesIn this episode, co-hosts Russell and Ken sit down with Isis Fabian, a renowned Call Out Coach, to discuss the challenges of bias, backlash, and sociocultural change in today's ever-shifting cultural landscape. Isis brings her expertise in navigating high-sensitivity topics and failures of commu...
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