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.
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.
Seit Anfang 2026 dominiert der Iran die Nachrichten. Wie wirkt sich diese Situation auf die iranische Diaspora in Deutschland aus? Zu Gast ist Damon Taleghani, Musiker und Autor in Berlin. Er spricht mit Berlin Review Editor Tobias Haberkorn über seinen Essay «Tod dem Tod. Es lebe das Leben», der zeigt, wie sich der Protestslogan «Tod dem Schah» aus den 1970er Jahren unter den Anhängern des im Exil lebenden Schah-Sohns in sein Gegenteil verwandeln konnte.
In this Berlin Review Audio episode, Lianna Mark reads “Better Living Through Self-Curation,” an essay responding to Vincenzo Latronico’s Perfection, exploring authenticity, literary markets, and how self-curation shapes contemporary storytelling and global cultural narratives.
In dieser Episode spricht Tobias Haberkorn mit der ukrainischen Autorin und Fotografin Yevgenia Belorusets über ihre Heimatstadt Kiew im dritten und bald vierten Kriegsjahr.
In this Berlin Review podcast episode, Nigerian poet Logan February reads from “Sans Souci,” an essay written during a DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship, and discusses exile, colonial inheritance, and the limits of language with translator Miriam Stoney.
On the launch night for Berlin Reader 3, Editor Samir Sellami sat down with two Berlin writers, Samanta Schweblin and Ricardo Domeneck to discuss literary magazines and the relationship between writers and readers.
Tobias Haberkorn speaks with critic and writer Lauren Oyler about her turn to poetry, attention as a literary practice, fleeting intimacy and what it means to not go home at all.
Esra Akkaya und Onur Erdur sprechen über die Wiederentdeckung der Schriftstellerin Tezer Özlü (1943–1986) –und über existentielles Schreiben zwischen der Türkei und Deutschland, Istanbul und Berlin.
Omer Bartov discusses the extraordinary consequences of October 7 and the annihilation of Gaza for the world’s moral order with Berlin Review Editor Tobias Haberkorn—live from Li-Be Literaturhaus Berlin, recorded on Oct 12, 2025.