RIAS zoom talks with Isabelle Körner from NTV and former RIAS DJ Rik De Lisle
Isabelle Körner of NTV and former RIAS DJ Rik De Lisle held lively RIAS Zoom talks in the last two weeks. Körner spoke about the way the coronavirus has changed her work on an all-news German TV station in Cologne as well as her life. She also spoke about the impact the RIAS program in 2019 and especially the station week in San Antonio, Texas had on her life — and increased her understanding and appreciation of the United States.
De Lisle, who was a legendary DJ in West Berlin during the Cold War era and after, spoke to a RIAS zoom group about his experiences as a DJ at the AFN (American Forces Network) in Thailand, Portugal and West Berlin before he switched to RIAS in the mid-1980s. He was recruited by one of the managers of RIAS and after De Lisle protested that he couldn’t speak German, the RIAS manager said he only need to learn four German words at first to be able to work as a DJ: “Das ist…” (That is..) and “Das war….” (That was) before announcing the name of the band.
For those of you who missed them, you can see the recordings of those hour-long talks on RIAS Berlin Kommission and RTDNA RIAS facebook pages. We have two more interesting talks coming up over the next two weeks and hope you can join us.
Wednesday, July 29, 1 p.m. EST (1900 Berlin time) – Please join us as we welcome special guest and CNN original Richard Roth hosted by NBC’s Adam Reiss. Richard is one of two CNN’ers who joined when the network went on the air in June of 1980. Since then he has literally covered the world. He is currently senior UN correspondent, having served since 1993 covering international crises including Iraq, North Korea, Bosnia and Iran. For 12 years he hosted Diplomatic License, CNN’s global affairs program devoted to coverage of the United Nations. On September 11th Roth was reporting from the World Trade Center when the towers fell. From 1991-1992 Roth covered the Gulf War and was portrayed in the HBO film Live From Baghdad. In 1990, Roth covered the opening of the Berlin Wall and the overthrow of communist governments in Eastern Europe.
Adam Reiss is a RIAS alumni currently a reporter/producer for NBC having joined in 2014 after more than 25 years at CNN. Reiss has covered the globe from North Korea to James Cameron’s Deep Dive to the Mariana Trench. He has covered numerous presidential campaigns and high profile trials from Bill Cosby to Harvey Weinstein and John Gotti. Most recently he has covered the saga of Michael Cohen’s legal troubles. The discussion will cover Richard’s career at CNN, developments in broadcast media, the coronavirus impact on coverage and there will be time for your questions.
Wednesday, August 5, 2 p.m. EST (2000 Berlin time) – Prof. Dr. Andrew Ullmann is a member of the German parliament who holds U.S. citizenship – along with German. He was born in Los Angeles in 1963 and grew up there until 1972 before moving to Germany with his family that was originally from Germany. Ullmann studied infectious diseases at Harvard Medical School and has maintained close ties with the United States. He joined parliament in 2017 with the Free Democrats (FDP) party, one of three opposition parties in the Bundestag, after a long career in Germany as a doctor. Prof. Dr. Ullmann will be talking about transatlantic relations, growing up in California, his career as a physician in Germany and joining the German parliament in 2017. He will also be talking about Germany’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. He is a regular guest on German TV and recent gave this interview.
Please write to info@darkseagreen-dog-940501.hostingersite.com for the log in information for our RIAS zoom talks on July 29 and August 5.
