out.cast

About out.cast

New episodes out in the summer of 2026: out.cast CONSTRUCTION AND CONTROL. Follow listening paths through parks, beyond fences, into construction sites, clubs and community spaces. Which way do we take and what's in our ears as we drift thru the city? Since autumn 2023, a group of activists and artists have been working intensively to develop out.cast - a collaborative podcast from Kreuzberg, facilitated by studio lärm at FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum. In the diverse episodes that have come to existence since then, we get to listen to strong, sad and hopeful stories. They tell of dreams of memories of places that were once home, places that no longer exist. We listen to struggles and hopes of bipoc Ukrainian refugees. We follow a mosaic of voices exploring the various shapes of fear experienced in Berlin. Journeys from individual to collective bodies, decolonizing pleasure. We listen to laughter, singing and remembrance at Kottbusser Tor – we listen to Kotti as a home. out.cast is a podcast series created by Lana Semenova, Alex Berk, Céline Barry, Dalila Daut, Kalle, Polina, Viola, Alejandra, Saba, Tazir, Nine, Malek Khemiri, Maryna Usmanova, Bino Byansi Byakuleka, Jeanne Möschler, Valeria Mujaes & Diana Torres Valencia. A project by studio lärm in cooperation with FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum. Funding is provided by the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg District Office as part of the Integration Fund—a district-level neighborhood program—using funds from the Senate Department for Labor, Social Affairs, Gender Equality, Integration, Diversity, and Anti-Discrimination.

Publisher

studio lärm

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Nov 2023

Latest episode

5 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Jun 2026

   The Restart

   Fifteen years of construction. For the people living on Karl-Marx-Straße in Berlin, it meant dust, noise, and disruption. When it finally reopened in 2025, the local administration celebrated revitalization and restart. This is a six-minute audio piece about urban renewal in Berlin—about promises, delays, and whose narrative gets told. Author and producer: Francisco Aguilera

2. 

   5 Jun 2026

   Forsterstraße 16-17

   Come with us on a walk through Forsterstraße in Berlin Kreuzberg. Together, we travel back to the 1980s to explore the often invisible history of Forsterstraße 16–17, buildings once scheduled for demolition, later occupied, renovated, and lived in. As we move through the street, we recover forgotten stories of housing struggles, everyday life, and resistance, connecting past conflicts to the present. Podcast by:
Polina Medvedeva & Viola Majdandžić Cover image
: Berlin besetzt This walk is based on archival research with support from the archive of the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum. Special thanks to Kardelen, featuring her voice. Sources (used and cited) Augustin, V., & Berger, H. (1984). Einwanderung und Alltagskultur: Die Forster Straße in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Berlin: Publica. (ISBN 9783890870045). Berlin besetzt. (n.d.). Retrieved December 16, 2025, from https://berlin-besetzt.de/#!id=1552 KOMSU-Kinder. (n.d.). Konzeption. Retrieved December 16, 2025, from http://www.komsu-kinder.de/konzeption.htm Renk Magazin. (2020). Das vergessene Kapitel des Berliner Häuserkampfs. Retrieved December 16, 2025, from https://renk-magazin.de/das-vergessene-kapitel-des-berliner-haeuserkampfs/ Zeppenfeld, Stefan (2016): „Bu ev besetzt“. „GastarbeiterInnen“ aus der Türkei und der West-Berliner „Häuserkampf“ zu Beginn der 1980er Jahre. Masterarbeit (Public History), Freie Universität Berlin

3. 

   5 Jun 2026

   Berlin is (not) a construction site

   Berlin breathes—not to the tick of clocks, but to the rhythm of cranes. Here, the future grows from concrete and longing, while the past whispers between stumbling stones and street art. Alexanderplatz: a square devouring itself. Who still hears the buskers’ songs when the S-Bahn screams and billboards murmur, “You are not enough”? Yet in the cracks of the pavement, between the shadows of skyscrapers, the real Berlin lives: unfinished, wild, human. Podcast: Alex Berk, Lana Semenova Text: Alex Berk Foto: Lana Semenova