For a pretzel, for a word. Deutschlandfunk Kultur invites you to the live radio show from the Humboldt Forum in Berlin. Be there when we welcome a prominent guest from 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, to watch and also to join in the discussion. An engaging conversation about the issues of the day, broadcast throughout the republic, made in the new old centre of Berlin, in the rebuilt City Palace.

Simon Strauß is a writer and editor in the features section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, where he succeeded the legendary theatre critic Gerhard Stadelmaier. In 2017, Strauß published the book Sieben Nächte. This highly acclaimed debut by the doctor of classical studies was followed by the volumes Römische Tage and Zu Zweit. As co-founder of the association Arbeit an Europa e.V. and initiator of the European contemporary witness project European Archive of Voices, Strauß is committed to remembrance work.

- free of charge

- Duration: 70 min

- Language: German

- Mechanical Arena in the Foyer

- Belongs to: Studio 9. Der Tag mit …