Heidi Klum throws an Oktoberfest party, Bill Kaulitz comes up on Love Island VIP, and Pri has one question for festival season: do we really have to camp?
This week on Local Tea for Foreign Ears, Pri and Julio unpack HeidiFest, discover more of Oktoberfest’s queer community events, and discuss Jannik Kontalis’s public comments about Bill Kaulitz. There’s also a debate about reality TV, a look at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, and Harry Styles’s Berlin concert plans.
Before the party talk, they share their reactions to the elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and remember Ralf Richter and Peter Petrel. Along the way, personal memories of Ayrton Senna and Michael Jackson turn into a conversation about the celebrity losses that stay with us.
In this episode:
- HeidiFest, Naomi Campbell behind the decks, and why a TV event can become a social-media conversation.
- Gay Sunday, FLINTA* Wiesn and finding your community at Oktoberfest.
- Bill Kaulitz, Jannik Kontalis and the question of whether we would ever sign up for reality TV.
- Festival wish lists, Rock am Ring versus Rock im Park, and Pri’s resistance to camping.
- Harry Styles in Berlin and a detour into Tempelhofer Feld.
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Sources are listed below. Sources
HeidiFest: RTL — HeidiFest
Naomi Campbell at HeidiFest: RTL
Queer Oktoberfest events: Official Oktoberfest website
FLINTA Wiesn:* LOST GIRLS
Jannik Kontalis and Bill Kaulitz: RTL
Rock am Ring 2027: Nürburgring
Harry Styles in Berlin: visitBerlin
Berlin election results: Berlin Election Authority
Ralf Richter: NDR
Peter Petrel: ORF
Personal experiences, jokes and political reactions in the episode reflect the speakers’ views.
