A pretzel, a word. Deutschlandfunk Kultur invites you to a live radio show from the Humboldt Forum in Berlin. Be there when they welcome a prominent guest from the worlds of culture, science, media or politics to the Mechanical Arena. Have an engaging conversation together about the issues of our time. Chat, argue or think out loud together.
Here you can experience radio up close, watch and join in the discussion. An engaging conversation about the issues of the day, broadcast all over Germany, made in the new old center of Berlin, in the Humboldt Forum.
Sara Sievert is deputy editor-in-chief at Table Media. The journalist reports as a correspondent on political Berlin, with a particular focus on the CDU/CSU. In this role, she dealt intensively with Friedrich Merz before the Bundestag elections. This resulted in the book: Der Unvermeidbare. A look behind the scenes of the CDU/CSU. Before her time at Table Media, Sara Sievert worked for Focus, later moved to Spiegel and then reported as chief reporter for t-online.
Robin Alexander is one of Germany's best-known capital city journalists and deputy editor-in-chief of WELT. The 50-year-old is also a successful author. His most recent publication is: Letzte Chance. Der neue Kanzler und der Kampf um die Demokratie. His books Die Getriebenen (The Driven) and Machtverfall (Decline of Power), in which he deals with Angela Merkel's refugee policy and the final phase of her chancellorship, became bestsellers. Born in Essen, he is an ardent fan of Schalke 04.
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