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.

Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin? is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 107 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?, a news show with 107 episodes published.

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  Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?

  Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin? - Vladimir Balzer

  Sep 21, 202653 min

  On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Vladimir Balzer, Moderator at Deutschlandradio. Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin, Venice, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter, reporter, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts, among other programs, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023, he started as a correspondent at Deutschlandradio’s main studio in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States.

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  Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?

  Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin? - Marc Felix Serrao

  Sep 14, 202649 min

  On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Marc Felix Serrao, Global Reporter for Axel Springer. Marc Felix Serrao is a correspondent with the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, which includes POLITICO. Based in Berlin, he focuses on German politics and the pressures reshaping liberal democracy in Europe. Marc previously worked at Süddeutsche Zeitung (2007–2016) and served as business editor at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (2016–2017). He later led the Berlin bureau of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung before becoming Editor-in-Chief of NZZ Germany (2021–2025). He studied political science at Freie Universität Berlin, was a visiting scholar at Columbia University, and completed an Executive MBA at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and the Kellogg School of Management.

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  Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?

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

  Sep 8, 202633 min

  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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  Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?

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

  Aug 31, 202659 min

  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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  Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?

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

  Jul 27, 202644 min

  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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