简介：EP1:DangerousIdeas： ThestoryofBerlinisoneofaclashofideasthatwouldshapethemodernworld. The18th-centurykingFredericktheGreatwasacontradictorycharacterwhoselegacywoulddefineBerlinasaplaceofbothaggressivemilitarismandenlightenedidealism.HewouldbeembracedasaniconbyHitlerand,later,theCommunistleadersinEastBerlin.ButFrederick'sliberalismcreatedacityinwhichnewtheoriesofsexandsexualitycouldflourish,inspiringgroundbreakingart. DuringtheColdWar,thestreetthatboretheking'sname,Friedrichstrasse,wasalsobrutallydivided-andirreconcilable.OnlyaftertheBerlinWallfellin1989wasKingFrederickreturnedtohisdesiredrestingplace.Thefuneralwasintendedasalaying-to-restofmorethanjustabody. EP2:RuinedVisions ThestoryofBerlinanditsbuildingsisoneofvisionarycreationandterribledestruction,ofhumanambitionanddelusion.Fromthe19th-centuryarchitectKarlFriedrichSchinkeltotheBauhauspioneersofModernismandtherebuildingofthecityafterthefalloftheWall,itisacitythathasalwayslookedtothefuture. ArchitectAlbertSpeerhadgrandplanstotransformBerlinintoamonumentalNazicapitalforAdolfHitler,andthebuildingsthatremainfromhisschemearestillhauntedbytheirterribleassociations. Thereisnoothercityintheworldwherethemoralityofthearchitecturehasbeensoheavilyscrutinized.BuildingswithImperial,NaziandCommunistpastsallinspirefiercedebatesaboutwhetherthiscityshouldacknowledgeordenyitschequeredhistory. EP3：IchbineinBerliner ThelifeandcharacterofBerlinershavebeendefinedbyastruggleforfreedom.In1963,PresidentKennedydeclaredthatallfreemen,wherevertheymaylive,arecitizensofBerlin.Butcenturiesearlier,therulersofthecityofferedfreedomtotheoppressed.JewsmovedtothecityfromViennaandeasternEurope,andwereinstrumentalincreatingthecityasitnowexists.DuringtheNaziyears,however,Berlin'sJewsweredrivenunderground,manyunabletoleavethecitytheyloved. WhentheRussiansarrivedattheendoftheSecondWorldWar,Berlin'swomenfoundthemselvesatthemercyofrapistsratherthanliberators.CitizensbecamepawnsinaglobalgamethroughtheBerlinblockade,andwhentheBerlinWallwasbuilt,bothEastandWestheldthemselvesupasbeaconsoffreedom.ButonlywhenitfelldidBerlinersattainthefreedomthattheirearlyrulershadpromisedthem.…