<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Jeff walks to the edge of Berlin and explains why the Here Be Monsters feed has been quiet for so long. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">On the way, Jeff talks about plans for upcoming episodes, looks at the ways that moving to Berlin has changed him, and discusses a pair of films featuring Tilda Swinton: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTjEJ3cEJnQ"><em>Cycling the Frame</em></a> (1988), and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YacABqJSo9w"><em>The Invisible Frame</em></a> (2009). Both movies feature Swinton riding a bicycle around the entirety of the Berlin Wall—or, in the case of the latter, where the Berlin Wall used to be. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Please follow Here Be Monsters on Patreon: <a href="http://patreon.com/HBMpodcast">patreon.com/HBMpodcast</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Field recordings heard in this episode (starting around the 17:20): a former site of the Berlin wall in Marienfelde ~ birds and insects near Portbou, Spain ~ canoe paddling near the in Germany’s Spreewald ~ geese and peacocks calling on Peacock Island (Pfaueninsel) ~ dusk crickets near Locarno, Switzerland ~ a massive pipe organ that was part of Italy’s submission to the 2024 Venice Biennale ~ public transport boats in Venice revving their engines ~ Jeff singing in a bathroom while a faucet drips ~ Water splashing against cement in Banyuls-sur-mer, France ~ Hiking the Walter Benjamin memorial trail on the France / Spain border ~ Baby goat at the peak of a mountain on the France / Spain border ~ A canal boat passing in Amsterdam, Netherlands ~ An announcement bidding visitors to be quiet while visiting France’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Producer: </strong><a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman<strong><br></strong></a><strong>Music: </strong><a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/">The Black Spot<strong><br></strong></a></p>
