Episodes

  • Why Are They Even Together? Two Films on Modern Relationships

    Why Are They Even Together? Two Films on Modern Relationships
    May 12 2026
    A conversation on two new films about modern love: Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama and Anna Roller’s Allegro Pastel. Lauren Oyler and Tobias Haberkorn discuss open relationships, commitment, and the strange emotional logic of dating in an age of endless options and shrinking futures.
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    44 mins
  • Writers Read: Alaa Al-Qaisi on Gaza, Berlin, and the Reading That Was Cancelled

    Writers Read: Alaa Al-Qaisi on Gaza, Berlin, and the Reading That Was Cancelled
    May 4 2026
    Palestinian writer Alaa Al-Qaisi reads her Berlin Review essay “Better Than Berlin,” a diary of exile, Wannsee, and the public reading that was cancelled.
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    24 mins
  • Collien Fernandes and Christian Ulmen and the Problem With German Humor

    Collien Fernandes and Christian Ulmen and the Problem With German Humor
    Apr 23 2026
    In this Berlin Review Audio episode, Tobias Haberkorn and Lauren Oyler discuss the scandal involving comedian Christian Ulmen and TV presenter Collien Fernandes, examining allegations of digital identity theft, misogyny in German comedy culture, and the blurred boundaries between autofiction, media spectacle, and real-life harm.
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    48 mins
  • Zoltán Ádám on Hungary After Orbán

    Zoltán Ádám on Hungary After Orbán
    Apr 15 2026
    In this Berlin Review Audio episode, Tobias Haberkorn speaks with political economist Zoltán Ádám about the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election and the defeat of Viktor Orbán, examining whether Tisza Party and Péter Magyar can dismantle Orbán’s system and restore liberal democracy in Hungary.
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    35 mins
  • Deborah Feldman on Germany's Strange Love for Jews

    Deborah Feldman on Germany's Strange Love for Jews
    Apr 7 2026
    In this Berlin Review Audio episode, Lauren Oyler speaks with Deborah Feldman, author of the memoir Unorthodox, about her essay “For the Love of Jews,” exploring German philo-Semitism, media visibility, and the complexities of Jewish identity in contemporary Germany.
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    1 hr
  • Konsumiert, nicht geschätzt — Deborah Feldman und Nora Haddada über Minderheiten und Solidarität

    Konsumiert, nicht geschätzt — Deborah Feldman und Nora Haddada über Minderheiten und Solidarität
    Mar 28 2026
    Tobias Haberkorn spricht mit Deborah Feldman und Nora Haddada live vor Publikum auf der Leipziger Buchmesse über Minderheiten, Vergleiche und die Tücken der Solidarität.
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    59 mins
  • Perfection and the Last Gasp of Authenticity

    Perfection and the Last Gasp of Authenticity
    Mar 20 2026
    In this Berlin Review Audio episode, Tobias Haberkorn and Lauren Oyler discuss Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, exploring its portrayal of millennial life in Berlin, its Booker Prize shortlisting, and why the novel has become so polarizing among readers and critics.
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    37 mins
  • OSCARS 2026 - The Sentimental Value of Marty Supreme

    OSCARS 2026 - The Sentimental Value of Marty Supreme
    Mar 12 2026
    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 and Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme.
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    1 hr and 1 min