99% Invisible- 104- Tunnel 57 by Roman Mars published on 2014-03-05T01:13:47Z At its peak, the Berlin Wall was 100 miles long. Today only about a mile is left standing. Compared with other famous walls in history, this wall had a pretty short life span. The Great Wall of China has been around for 2500 years. So have the walls of ancient Babylon—although its most famous part, the Ishtar Gate, is actually in a museum in Berlin. But even though the wall dividing Berlin into East and West was only up for 30 years, it had a huge impact on the psyche of the city. It broke families in two. In the decade that followed, more than 2 million people fled from east to west. East Germany was losing its most skilled workers as they sought jobs--and to reunite with their families--across the border. And East Germany was losing face with every East Berliner who chose to defect. And that’s why, in 1961, East Germany closed its border to West Berlin with a wall. But this isn’t a story about the design of the Berlin Wall. This is a story about one design to get through it—or really, underneath it. Ralph Kabisch, then a 20-something-year-old university student, was there. Genre public radio Comment by Jimin (Online) Yo 2021-03-04T13:24:35Z Comment by Jimin (Online) lmao 2021-03-04T13:24:10Z Comment by m Beautiful. Thank You very much. 2015-10-14T03:00:18Z Comment by Media Power build a wall around information. 2014-03-17T04:08:10Z Comment by Media Power thats interesting 2014-03-17T03:54:42Z Comment by rizowski Love these :D 2014-03-06T20:49:49Z Comment by Roman Mars “Rythn”- Podington Bear 2014-03-06T19:23:44Z Comment by Roman Mars ”Tokyo”- The Books 2014-03-06T19:23:32Z Comment by Roman Mars ”Barfuss Durch Grass”- Hauschka 2014-03-06T19:23:18Z Comment by Roman Mars “Tanzbein”- Hauschka 2014-03-06T19:22:55Z Comment by Roman Mars “Schönes Mädchen”- Hauschka 2014-03-06T19:22:39Z Comment by Roman Mars “La Seine”- Hauschka 2014-03-06T19:22:19Z Comment by Roman Mars “Snow”- Hauschka 2014-03-06T19:21:50Z Comment by Roman Mars “Rode Null”- Hauschka 2014-03-06T19:21:25Z Comment by Roman Mars “Lujon”- Henry Mancini 2014-03-06T19:21:06Z Comment by Roman Mars “As if It Would Have a Universal and Memorable Ending”- Upstream Color OST 2014-03-06T19:20:43Z Comment by Roman Mars “Crown Scales”- Chihei Hatakeyama & Asuna 2014-03-06T19:20:22Z Comment by arwa24_8 amazing :D 2014-03-05T23:44:02Z Comment by Laura Diaz genial 2014-03-05T21:18:43Z Comment by Assuming Time is Linear Upstream Colour! Yay! I knew you guys had good taste 2014-03-05T14:07:03Z Comment by Buss Da Husslah dope 2014-03-05T03:07:00Z