Program 771: What’s New in Berlin; Reflections on the Peace Corps

Tour guides from Berlin update us on what's new in the German capital, and discuss why they love living in a city so dense with history — and one that seems to be constantly reinventing itself. And a former Peace Corps volunteer reflects on the value of his two-year stint, which had him, right out of college, living and teaching halfway around the world.

• Jim McDonough, tour guide from Berlin
• Holger Zimmer, tour guide from Berlin
• Tim Suchsland, author of "A Five Finger Feast" (Peace Corps Writers)

• Jim McDonough provides custom tours in Berlin and Potsdam.
• Holger Zimmer offers custom tours in Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, and Potsdam, and contributes arts and culture features for RBB kulturradio in Berlin. He can be e-mailed at [email protected].
• The Rick Steves online guide to Berlin.
• Tim Suchsland wrote "A Five Finger Feast" about his two years in Kazakhstan on an assignment with the Peace Corps. He spoke about his experiences there on Travel with Rick Steves program #764 in August 2024, and includes short phone videos from his time there on his "Go Travelopolis" YouTube page.
• The goals of the Peace Corps.