Speak to the lenders Chief Economist. And a new border agent are bracing for and no deal brag that we show you how theyre getting ready. To welcome to the business im on in berlin today many in germany are looking to china wondering how they did it because while the capital berlin is still waiting for its new airport to get off the ground a full 13 years after construction started and 8 years behind schedule chinas president xi jinping officially launched a glitzy new mega airport around 50 kilometers south of the Capital Beijing today and it took just 4 years and outward demonstration of might amid a difficult time within the country. Shaped like a giant starfish beijing dossing International Airport took just 4 years to build and cost 60000000000. 00 euros its already the Worlds Largest single Airport Terminal building its going to be one of the busiest president xi jinping cut the
ribbon on the Boss Terminal The Launch comes just ahead of the 70th Anniversary of the peoples republic
Comedy about state surveillance seen through the lens of the east German Secret Police and the stasi and. All fans of hard rock and heavy metal know him well Michael Schenker widely considered one of the best guitar soloists around a veteran member of u. F. O. He also played for scorpions way back in the seventys and has had an illustrious if till 2 s career well now hes back with a new album according to critics better than ever so well speak to him right after this. Is trademark is the flying v. Shaping with the line tone is a track off the new album of revelation by the group my coaching fast. Shank who
was born in soest it yeah and over in 1955 he grew up playing the guitar with his older brother rudolph. Played an issue lead together in school but michael moved on to becoming that he could charge for British Rock Band you left Michael Chiklis career spans 5 To Canes Stand has made him one of the most famous german guitarists in the world. And hes with me in the studio Michael Sank
We begin with a beautiful story from afghanistan a country which as were always hearing on the news is still struggling with the legacy of decades of war on terror a documentary called afghanistan is an unusual road movie about the search for the perfect wave in this war torn country after doing a movie grew up here in germany where he fell in love with surfing this incredibly positive guy now plans a project in which afghan children will learn to swim a maybe eventually get interested in finding a perfect way. Is surfing is to surrender to the moment. Kind of get done. Last fall to not think about what cause or what will come right for just experiencing. Magic being at one with nature after do namu loves the sport so much that he came up with an old dangerous idea to afghanistan. Afghanistan a mountainous landlocked country this is where after 2 namu and his Surfing Mates hope to ride the way to this is beautiful. Its an incredible journey oceans surface has brought along to the river
Artist and composer rob missouri can create soundscapes and take a listeners to the brazilian rain forest in texas desert or even some mars. Robs my guest on this very musical edition of arts and culture well be chatting about his work in just a moment and also on the show. A sneak preview of the w. s new night groups series hosts International Stars grooving and jamming including the 1st southerner. And lithuanian punk rocker samas tells us how the fall of the berlin wall changed his life. But 1st my guest is composer Rob Missouri He was getting ready to perform at the jazz fest here in berlin hes got 3 new albums out that he released just an
artists Welcome Darcey Culture for sure to be here in a moment i want to look at a clip of some of your visual arts because youre also a visual artist and before we do im curious to know if you have the same goals in both of these practice is the visual art i mean music absolutely i mean i make make our music the music stuff is all about resonanc
30 years after the fall of the berlin wall on t. W. Little he wrote it. He passed it on. And he read it to the. Globe ever 9989. The story behind one of the most remarkable days in recent german history. Schabowski is known the night the wall came down. Next to. The timeless way to discover the pulse of. Stuarts nov 14th on the job. In. East berlin november the 8th 1989 surveillance cameras operated by the east German Secret Police the stasi showed suspicious activity right by the wall of the Brandenburg Gate. As the officer requested information about a tall mosque picked up on the images. Are about whatever. You know them and avoided. The suspicious mosque was being a reacted by an American Television broadcaster which had sent its top reporter. At the same time in the east German Ministry of the interior. A colonel of the Peoples Police was given a secret mission by his superiors. He
was to write a paper intended to save the country from just master at the last minute but the new tr