Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?

About Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?

Join the American Council on Germany for its “Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?” a regular podcast that takes stock of current events in Germany. Each week, we are joined by a journalist based in Germany to talk about the stories behind the headlines.

Publisher

American Council on Germany

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jan 2023

Latest episode

8 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

53 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Sept 2026

   Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin? - Luise Evers

   On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Luise Evers, Geopolitical Journalist for the Berliner Zeitung and Ostdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Luise Evers covers geopolitics for the Berliner Zeitung and the Ostdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Her reporting focuses on international security, the Middle East, and technology. She studied Communication in Berlin and earned her Master’s Degree in Security and Diplomacy from Tel Aviv University. She has also spent time working abroad, including in Amsterdam, Athens, and New York. She learned the craft of journalism at the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa). Before turning to journalism, Ms. Evers worked at the Bundeswehr’s Cyber Innovation Hub and as a staffer in the Bundestag. She lives in Berlin.

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   31 Aug 2026

   Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin? - Christoph von Marschall

   On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Dr. Christoph von Marschall. Dr. Christoph von Marschall is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of Der Tagesspiegel, the leading daily in Berlin, and a frequent guest on television shows as an expert on Central and Eastern Europe, the United States, transatlantic relations, and Great Power Competition. Since 1991, he has worked for Der Tagesspiegel, where his prior positions have included Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent (2005‐2013), as well as Editorial Page Editor (1995‐2005). In 1989, he joined the Süddeutsche Zeitung and covered the regime changes in Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. From 2017 to 2018, Dr. von Marschall was the inaugural Helmut Schmidt Fellow of the Zeit Foundation and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, based in Washington, DC. Informed through his access to the White House as a member of the Press Corps during Donald Trump’s first term, he wrote a book about the future of Germany’s foreign policy: Wir Verstehen die Welt Nicht Mehr. Deutschlands Entfremdung von Seinen Freunden (“We Don’t Understand the World Anymore. Germany’s Estrangement from Its Friends”). Dr. von Marschall was awarded an ACG Kellen Fellowship in 1999. He studied East European History and Political Science in Freiburg, Mainz, and Krakow, Poland, culminating in a Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg.

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   27 Jul 2026

   Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin? - Annett Meiritz

   On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol sits down with Annett Meiritz. Annett Meiritz is an International Correspondent for Handelsblatt in the Berlin office. Previously, she served as the U.S. Correspondent until October 2025. She has worked as Parliamentary Correspondent for Germany’s leading news portal Spiegel Online, based in Berlin. She holds a B.A. degree in Modern History and Media Science and was trained as a journalist at the Berlin Journalism School. She is the co-author of two books on the U.S. — “Guns ‘n Rosé: Conservative Women Conquer the U.S.” (2022) and “The Alliance of the New Right: Make Europe Great Again?” (2025).

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

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32

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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