Monika Müller-Kroll has lived in Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles, and Berlin, filing radio reports for German Public Radio, including MDR, BR and Deutschlandradio Kultur.
She has worked for the BBC World Service and contributed to American radio programs, producing reports for "Studio 360" and NPR's former midday program "Day to Day."
In 2005, she won the RIAS Berlin Kommission Radio Award for her essays "Berlin Impressions."
Between 2007 - 2017 Monika Mueller-Kroll produced short features for NPR Berlin's "Life in Berlin" series. She is currently an editor and reporter for KCRW Berlin.
Apart from radio, Monika's passion is drawing cats. In 2003, her work formed part of the group exhibition "The Cat Show" at Acme Gallery in Los Angeles. In 2009 Parisian publisher Ialou released the first edition of Mittens&Gloves, a collection of Monika's cat drawings.
Tricky just released his 14th studio album, “Fall To Pieces.” We caught up with the 52-year-old about his new release and to find out what keeps him going after three decades of making music.
“Recycle” is the title of our latest Wednesday 3 p.m. essay. Monika Müller-Kroll captures the sour mood while waiting in the supermarket bottle return line.
The debate over unconditional basic income is not a new one, but it has gotten more attention in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis. A new long-term study on how society would change if people were to receive a basic income is underway in Germany. Host Sylvia Cunningham explores some of the arguments for and against.
This Wednesday, L.A. writer Michael Urban lets his imagination run wild with ” Notes from Underground,” a dark vision on where we could be if things take a turn.
This week we revisit a controversial discussion that started earlier in the summer. Amid nationwide and international protests against racism, Germany’s Green Party proposed to change Article 3 of the nation’s Basic Law by removing “Rasse” – in English, “race” – from the text. Proponents of removing the word say it’s linked to Nazi ideology and this change is long overdue. Others say this move is too hasty and would actually harm people of color.
(This show originally aired on July 15.)
Candice Gordon is the new cultural officer at the Irish Embassy in Berlin. The musician is known well beyond Berlin’s music scene for her haunting voice and prolific lyrics.
The 90-minute meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and several climate activists marked the second anniversary of Greta Thunberg’s first school strike in front of the Swedish Parliament, which spurred the Fridays for Future movement.
Do you long for a “normal” day? In his latest essay, L.A. writer Michael Urban turns the clock back to 1993 to find comfort.
Back in June, Berlin passed a hotly debated anti-discrimination law. It is the first of its kind in Germany and allows victims to pursue legal remedies against state officials — including police — for discrimination related to race, gender, disability, sexual orientation and more. But is the new law the panacea its proponents claim or is it villainizing the police as the law’s critics contend?
Heiko Maas told reporters that economic aid has to be linked to the country’s efforts to make reforms.
