podcast: Lustgarten Berlin, part two

Jason Honea and Rinus van Alebeek are caught in a whirlwind of stories about one of the oldest places in Berlin, the Lustgarten. Gnostic revelations, dogs, tulips and the failed attempt on Hitler. Crowds, mass rallies and revolutions, crypts and citizens, it’s all there, the story of Berlin’s history changing shape like a flight of starlings.

Radio On historic #14 was recorded 07.04.25:
Edit: Adrian Shephard.

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Lustgarten, podcast number one

Rinus Van Alebeek & Jason Honea unravelling the monumental history of the Lustgarten in Berlin, the magnet for time travel tourists. This short episode is the teaser for the next one. Jason tells two of the many stories that can be told. One about the schlossbrücke, the bridge of the angels and the other is about a bowl. What bowl? Tune in and hear all about it.

Recording & Edit: Adrian Shephard