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Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin? - Julian Heissler
Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
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Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin? - Julian Heissler
On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Julian Heissler, International Correspondent of WirtschaftsWoche.
Before returning to Berlin, he reported from 2018 to 2025 from Washington, DC, as the magazine’s US Correspondent. Prior to this, he spent several years in Berlin writing about German federal politics for various media outlets. He studied Communication Studies, Political Science, and Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin and completed the Master’s program in Journalism at the Hamburg Media School. He also reported from various countries including China, Israel, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, and Finland. His book Dream and Nightmare: America and the Many Faces of Freedom was published in October 2023, and his most recent book Amerikas Oligarchen was published in October 2025.
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.
