22.10.2012 Marianne Buggenhagen, Paralympics Veteran

With nine gold Paralympics medals and a number of World and European champion titles to her name, Marianne Buggenhagen is an outstanding athlete. Now 59, she’s been in a wheelchair since she was 23. Far from holding her back, it’s allowed her to excel as a Paralympic athlete – as she explains on Talking Germany.

29.10.2012 Thomas Struth, Photographer

Thomas Struth ranks among the most important photographers working today. His large-format photographs sell for up to 300,000 euros apiece. In his current project, Thomas Struth has turned to research laboratories, photographing scientific equipment as a means of exploring our contemporary, Western belief in progress.

05.10.2012 Claudia Helming,Internet Entrepreneur

Claudia Helming, a young Internet entrepreneur, is our guest this week on Talking Germany. Together with Michael Pütz, she founded DaWanda, an online marketplace for handmade products, in 2006. Today the platform has more than 2 million members, and features 150,000 articles for sale. And it’s now expanding to other European countries.