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Biao Xiang on Lonely Deaths, Involution, and the Disappearance of the Nearby
Audio 32 Lauren Oyler talks with anthropologist Biao Xiang, director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. His concepts of “suspension,” “involution,” and “the disappearance of the…
What Writers Get Wrong About AI
Audio 31 In this episode, Lauren and Tobias discuss a literary scandal in the English-speaking and what writers get wrong about AI. Tobias recommends Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom. Lauren…
Florian Meinel über Meinungsfreiheit in Deutschland
Audio 30 Florian Meinel ist Professor für Staatstheorie und Vergleichendes Staatsrecht an der Universität Göttingen. Für Berlin Review hat er das Buch „Meinungsfreiheit" von Ronen Steinke…
Maaza Mengiste on Photography, War, and the Stories History Forgot
Audio 29 Novelist Maaza Mengiste joins Berlin Review for a live conversation at Chapters Bookshop in Berlin, recorded as part of her time in the city as a fellow at the American Academy. Mengiste is…
Why Are They Even Together? Two Films on Modern Relationships
Audio 28 Two new films released this spring approach modern relationships from radically different angles. The Drama, directed by Kristoffer Borgli, is an American romantic comedy about a couple…
Writers Read: Alaa Al-Qaisi on Gaza, Berlin, and the Reading That Was Cancelled
Audio 27 In September 2025, Palestinian writer Alaa Al-Qaisi was able to leave Gaza on a student visa. In January 2026 she arrived in Berlin for a residency in Wannsee, part of a program for writers…
Collien Fernandes and Christian Ulmen and the Problem With German Humor
Audio 26 Tobias Haberkorn and Lauren Oyler discuss the scandal that has consumed the German media: comedian Christian Ulmen stands accused by his ex-wife, TV presenter Collien Fernandes, of stealing…
Zoltán Ádám on Hungary After Orbán
Audio 25 Tobias Haberkorn talks to Zoltán Ádám, a political economist based in Budapest, about the landslide defeat of Viktor Orbán in Hungary's 2026 parliamentary election. They discuss what it…
Deborah Feldman on Germany's Strange Love for Jews
Audio 24 Lauren Oyler talks to Deborah Feldman, author of the memoir Unorthodox and longtime Berliner, about her essay "For the Love of Jews," published in the new issue of Berlin Review. They…
Konsumiert, nicht geschätzt — Deborah Feldman und Nora Haddada über Minderheiten und Solidarität
Audio 23 Tobias Haberkorn spricht mit Deborah Feldman und Nora Haddada live vor Publikum auf der Leipziger Buchmesse über Minderheiten, Vergleiche und die Tücken der Solidarität. Noras Essay für die…
Perfection and the Last Gasp of Authenticity
Audio 22 Tobias Haberkorn and Lauren Oyler discuss Vincenzo Latronico’s Perfection, originally published in Italian in 2022 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2025. The book, which follows a…
OSCARS 2026 - The Sentimental Value of Marty Supreme
Audio 21 In the first episode of Airlift, a new show from Berlin Review, Tobias Haberkorn and Lauren Oyler discuss two films nominated for nine Academy Awards each: Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value…
«Tod den Linken» – Damon Taleghani über die iranische Diaspora
Audio 20 Damon Taleghani und Tobias Haberkorn über die iranische Diaspora in Deutschland und die Politik des Exils. Seit Anfang 2026 dominiert der Iran die Nachrichten. Wie wirkt sich diese Situation…
Writers Read: Lianna Mark on Perfection
Audio 19 In this episode of Berlin Review Audio, writer Lianna Mark reads her essay "Better Living Through Self-Curation," originally published in the winter online edition of Berlin Review. The…
Vom Aushalten des Krieges: Ein Gespräch mit Yevgenia Belorusets
Audio 18 Yevgenias Essay _Vom Aushalten des Krieges _blickt auf Kiew im bald vierten Jahr des russischen Angriffskrieges und erzählt vom Leben unter Beschuss, von Zwangsmobilisierung und…
Writers Read: Logan February in conversation with Miriam Stoney
Audio 17 One of the first essays published in Berlin Review was Logan February's "Sans Souci" In this episode the Nigerian poet and essayist reads an excerpt from the piece, written while living in…
Diaspora, Manatees and the Weird: Samanta Schweblin & Ricardo Domeneck on Writing in Berlin
Audio 16 Samanta Schweblin is from Argentina and has been twice-nominated for the International Booker Prize and Brazilian poet and essayist Ricardo Domeneck, who was awarded the National Library…
Lauren Oyler on Poetry, Attention and Not Going Home
Audio 15 Lauren Oyler's triptych On Not Going Home, published in Berlin Review Reader 5, moves between late-night bars, missed connections, temporary attachments and the melancholy of staying awake…
Schreiben ist der größere Wahn – Esra Akkaya und Onur Erdur über Tezer Özlü
Audio 14 «‹Die kalten Nächte der Kindheit› von 1980 blickt zurück, in Form eines inneren Monologs über Kindheit, Krankheit, Sprache und Überleben, während ‹Suche nach den Spuren eines Selbstmordes›…
Writing History After Gaza — with Omer Bartov
Audio 13 “The license that Israel, the land of the victims, has long enjoyed and abused may be expiring. The sons and daughters of the next generation will be free to rethink their own lives and…
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