Airlift from Berlin Review
Episodes
Maaza Mengiste on Photography, War, and the Stories History Forgot
22 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live at Chapters Bookshop in Berlin, novelist Maaza Mengiste talks with Meret Weber about photography and war, the research that reshaped The...
Why Are You Even Together? Two Films on Modern Relationships
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation on two new films about modern love: Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama and Anna Roller’s Allegro Pastel. Lauren Oyler and Tobias Haberko...
Writers Read: Alaa Al-Qaisi on Gaza, Berlin, and the Reading That Was Cancelled
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Palestinian writer Alaa Al-Qaisi reads her Berlin Review essay “Better Than Berlin,” a diary of exile, Wannsee, and the public reading that was ca...
Collien Fernandes and Christian Ulmen and the Problem With German Humor
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tobias Haberkorn and Lauren Oyler discuss the scandal that has consumed the German media: comedian Christian Ulmen stands accused by his ex-wife, TV p...
Zoltán Ádám on Hungary After Orbán
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tobias Haberkorn talks to Zoltán Ádám, a political economist based in Budapest, about the landslide defeat of Viktor Orbán in Hungary's 2026 parli...
Deborah Feldman on Germany's Strange Love for Jews
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Konsumiert, nicht geschätzt — Deborah Feldman und Nora Haddada über Minderheiten und Solidarität
28 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tobias Haberkorn spricht mit Deborah Feldman und Nora Haddada live vor Publikum auf der Leipziger Buchmesse über Minderheiten, Vergleiche und die Tü...
Perfection and the Last Gasp of Authenticity
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tobias Haberkorn and Lauren Oyler discuss Vincenzo Latronico's _Perfection_, a novel originally written in Italian about a millennial couple's life in...
OSCARS 2026 - The Sentimental Value of Marty Supreme
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
«Tod den Linken» – Damon Taleghani über die iranische Diaspora
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Seit Anfang 2026 dominiert der Iran die Nachrichten. Wie wirkt sich diese Situation auf die iranische Diaspora in Deutschland aus? Zu Gast ist Damon T...
Writers Read: Lianna Mark on Perfection
07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Berlin Review Audio, writer Lianna Mark reads her essay "Better Living Through Self-Curation," originally published in the winter o...
Vom Aushalten des Krieges: Ein Gespräch mit Yevgenia Belorusets
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In dieser Episode spricht Tobias Haberkorn mit der ukrainischen Autorin und Fotografin Yevgenia Belorusets über ihre Heimatstadt Kiew im dritten und ...
Writers Read: Logan February in conversation with Miriam Stoney
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ex...
New EpisodeDiaspora, Manatees and the Weird: Samanta Schweblin & Ricardo Domeneck on Writing in Berlin
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On the launch night for Berlin Reader 3, Editor Samir Sellami sat down with two Berlin writers, Samanta Schweblin and Ricardo Domeneck to discuss lite...
Lauren Oyler on Poetry, Attention and Not Going Home
31 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tobias Haberkorn speaks with critic and writer Lauren Oyler about her turn to poetry, attention as a literary practice, fleeting intimacy and what it ...
Schreiben ist der größere Wahn – Esra Akkaya und Onur Erdur über Tezer Özlü
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Esra Akkaya und Onur Erdur sprechen über die Wiederentdeckung der Schriftstellerin Tezer Özlü (1943–1986) –und über existentielles Schreiben z...
Writing History After Gaza — with Omer Bartov
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Omer Bartov discusses the extraordinary consequences of October 7 and the annihilation of Gaza for the world’s moral order with Berlin Review Editor...
The State of Staatsräson mit Jürgen Kaube und Daniel Marwecki
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zwischen Cancellings, Polizeigewalt und gestoppten Waffenlieferungen: Jürgen Kaube, Daniel Marwecki und Berlin Review Editor Tobias Haberkorn diskuti...
Schreiben im Zeitalter der sprachlichen Automatisierbarkeit
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clemens J. Setz über das Prompten der KI als Kunst des Wünschens, gesteuerte Unzufriedenheit als Plattformgefühl — und über den bedeutendsten A...
Language, Shame and Betrayal – Tash Aw in conversation
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a conversation between writer Tash Aw and Tobias Haberkorn, publisher of Berlin Review. It was recorded in front of a live audie...
Tag der Befreiung von Erhard Schüttpelz, gelesen von Hanns Zischler
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eine Gegenrede zum 8. Mai zu Ehren aller Displaced Persons von Erhard Schüttpelz, gelesen von Hanns Zischler, aus Berlin Review No 11, Mai 2025 — H...
Moshtari Hilal and Diedrich Diederichsen on Solidarity
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Moshtari Hilal und Diedrich Diederichsen im Gespräch über Solidarität, Verrat und Vereinnahmung, moderiert von Emily Nill.
Why Do We Live Here?
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Berlin Review Editor Tobias Haberkorn speaks to Ryan Ruby and Lauren Oyler about expats, emigration, the politics of nostalgia – and why they still...
Specters of Inflation
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
BLNR editor Samir Sellami speaks with Cristina Rivera Garza and Alan Pauls about the politics and aesthetics of inflation
Yevgenia Belorusets im Gespräch
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yevgenia Belorusets spricht mit Tobias Haberkorn über ihren Essay «Kein Ende des Krieges» aus Berlin Review Nr. 1, Februar 2024