In a rapidly changing world, MADE in Germany examines the risks and benefits of digitalization and its impact on the way we work, what we earn and how we live.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 17 hours 30 minutes
What is a blockchain?
Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize the world of finance, rendering banks, notaries and licensing rights authorities obsolete. How does it work?
Digital nomads going rural
If you want to leave the stress of the city in the summer, how about taking your laptop along to a coworking space in the countryside? Coconat Workation is one of a range of projects all around the world where you can work in a peaceful environment.
Fighting coal extraction in Germany
Hambach is one of the biggest open-cast lignite mines in Europe. Environmental activists have taken to living in trees in neighboring forests in an effort to stop the mine's owner expanding operations.
The opportunities of climate change
Germany exports a large amount of environmental technology, providing 15% of the global market. A growing number of companies in the country are converting operations to make them ecologically safer. Is this greenwashing or genuine commitment?
The PR of the fossil-fuel lobby
Certain people claim the switch to renewable energy sources is ruining German industry. Energy economist Claudia Kemfert has written a book revealing how the fossil-fuel lobby is using PR campaigns to prevent the future phasing-out of coal.
"Meeting minorities with openness"
After holding more than 40 different jobs, Ali Mahlodji came up with the idea for the startup "Whatchado". It's a career platform that lets people discuss their work - including refugees who talk about integration issues.
German startups sound the alarm
Startups, more than any other types of enterprises, are dependent on international IT experts in order to grow. Accommodation shortages and bureaucracy in Germany's larger cities are making it harder for founders to recruit.
Refugee Code Week: Chance for young people?
Young people in refugee camps are being given the chance to learn computer programming. The annual Refugee Code Week aims to empower them. DW went to Jordan to find out how much of a leg-up to a better future the program offers refugees.
Refugees and the battle against bureaucracy
Since 2015 nearly 1.5 million people have sought asylum in Germany. They want to integrate and work. But their lives are often overshadowed by fear for family members who have stayed behind, language problems, and stress with German authorities.
'Monsieur Hartz'– Macron's reformer
France's new president, Emmanuel Macron, wants to reform work and the labor market in the country from the bottom up. One of his advisers is the businessman Bruno Bonnell. We accompanied him for a day on his political mission.