German in New York

#28 - Christina Horsten & Felix Zeltner: Journalists and Authors of the Bestseller ‘Stadtnomaden’

Christina and Felix decided to risk a housing experiment and moved to a different apartment in a different neighborhood each month over the course of one year—and in doing so, they got to know both New York and their own life from a completely new side. Christina Horsten is the New York correspondent of the German Press Agency ‘dpa‘. She grew up in Bonn, Prague and Berlin, where she earned her doctorate at the Freie Universität. She returned to her birthplace New York for dpa in 2012 and now lives there with Felix and their daughters. Felix Zeltner is a journalist and co-founder of the New York-based company Work Awesome, which organizes conferences and workshops on the future of work worldwide. He comes from Nuremberg and graduated from the German School of Journalism in Munich. He has received several awards for his work (Arte, ARD, Der Spiegel). More about their book: www.stadtnomaden-buch.de [http://www.stadtnomaden-buch.de] Follow their journey on Instagram:http://instagram.com/nyc12x12 [http://instagram.com/nyc12x12]

#27 – Patrick Owomoyela Pt. 2: Club Representative at Borussia Dortmund and former player of the German National Soccer Team

Patrick is the US ambassador of BVB Borussia Dortmund and welcomed guest in New York City. After our initial interview in July 2019, we had the chance to interview him a second time to look back on the BVB US summer tour. Meet Patrick on September 28 in New York: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BrooklynBorussenNYC/events/?ref=page_internal [https://www.facebook.com/pg/BrooklynBorussenNYC/events/?ref=page_internal] More about the BVB InternationaI Academy: https://www.bvbinternationalacademy.com [https://www.bvbinternationalacademy.com] The Amazon documentary ‘Inside BVB’: Amazon Germany https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07WLKRL2W [https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07WLKRL2W] Amazon US https://www.amazon.de/gp/video/detail/B07W4H8H36/ref=atv_hm_hom_3_c_YMtUbY_aBCF4B_1_1 [https://www.amazon.de/gp/video/detail/B07W4H8H36/ref=atv_hm_hom_3_c_YMtUbY_aBCF4B_1_1]

#26 – Miriam Gross: Pastor, St. Paul’s Church New York

Miriam is a pastor in New York and represents St. Paul’s Church a German Evangelical Lutheran Church in heart of Chelsea. She told us more about her unique experiences being a German pastor in New York City as well as her blog and book called “Hello, Mrs. Father”. Miriam’s blog and website: germanpastornyc.wordpress.com [http://germanpastornyc.wordpress.com/] St. Paul’s website: stpaulny.org [http://stpaulny.org/] Miriam’s Twitter account: https://twitter.com/Mi_Gross [https://twitter.com/Mi_Gross] Miriam’s Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/mi_gross/ [https://www.instagram.com/mi_gross/] Miriam’s YouTube account /vlog: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_QoenpG1u4rrwB1JCWQwKQ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_QoenpG1u4rrwB1JCWQwKQ] “Hello, Mrs. Father!” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/Hello-Mrs-Father-turbulenter-Pfarrerin/dp/3532624850 [https://www.amazon.de/Hello-Mrs-Father-turbulenter-Pfarrerin/dp/3532624850]

#25 – Christiane Seidel: Actress

Christiane is an international actress who starred in numerous recent TV productions: she played Martha, a mysterious free-spirited woman in the Netflix mini-series Godless (Steven Soderbourgh, Scott Davis). She was also known as Sigrid Mueller, the murderous Norwegian nanny-turned-wife opposite Michael Shannon on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (Martin Scorcese, Terrence Winter). Her network debut was a Guest Star on NBC Universal's Law & Order: SVU Season 12 Premiere. She told us more about her career, her work for the Scandinavian American Theater Companyand life with twins in New York City. Christiane’s website: https://christianeseidel.com [https://christianeseidel.com/] Follow her on Instagram: @itsmechristiane [https://www.instagram.com/itsmechristiane/?hl=de]

#24 – Dr. Dr. Julia Puaschunder: Behavioral Economist and Researcher at Columbia University and The New School in New York City

Julia is a researcher at Columbia University and The New School in New York City. She has an impressive academic background: She not only holds multiple doctorates in Social and Economic Sciences as well as Natural Sciences, but also several Master’s degrees in science, Business, Public Administration, Philosophy/Psychology. In our interview she told us about her research on the various facets of responsibility as well as her new research project on Artificial Intelligence Ethics. Link to Julia's Website:https://juliampuaschunder.com [https://juliampuaschunder.com]