The Bend Podcast
A podcast about our choices and what compels us to make them
Episodes
June 26, 2023
Sandra published her debut novel "Der Himmel Muss Warten" (trans. Heaven
Must Wait) in late 2022. We spoke about the path that led her to publish
her book, the tricky media landscape for new writers, making the decision
to pursue her dream, and more! Hope you enjoy!
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October 14, 2022
Harley is a curator, researcher, and the kind of person who could make any
topic interesting. We settled on talking about the ups and downs of
friendship.
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And now for something completely different. I sat down with film professor
Prof. Peter Lehman and horror scholar Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas to
discuss male nudity in cinema. We discuss our connections with the topic,
the phallus vs the penis, rape revenge, the pitfalls of “respectable
cinema,” the prosthetic penis and a lot more. I’m so glad and grateful that
I had a chance to talk to these bona fide experts about a to...
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June 20, 2022
Freyia is a trainee wellness practitioner, podcaster and aspiring lingerie
designer who reached out to me on social media. Freyia experienced a
psychotic break a few years ago and we talk about what that was like for
her as well as what changed in her life afterwards and what didn‘t. I want
to thank Freyia for giving her first-person account and being so open with
me, a stranger. My side of the chat sounds a bit off at ti...
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March 25, 2022
Grace, a student of psychology is interested in decision-making and
therefore pretty perfect for the podcast. Grace, previous podcast guest
Jess and I have been virtually movie watching for a year now, but this was
the first non-movie related conversation Grace and I ever had. We talk
about overthinking, some decision rules of thumb, inexplicable decision
moves, and more. I was trying to go for a bit of a Hidden Brain amb...
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June 30, 2021
During the pandemic I joined a book club filled with great, admirable
women. One of these women is Dyan, my guest this episode. Dyan is a
multi-instrumentalist and singer currently working on her first solo album
after almost two decades of working in bands. We talk about what led to her
producing a solo album, what rising in the indie ranks with bands The Blood
Arm and Mexican Radio was like, the catharsis that can come ...
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April 5, 2021
The Bend is back with a light and hopefully fun episode! I chatted with
Robby Hoffman, a Canadian stand-up comedian. I first saw Robby on The Chris
Gethard Show where she was working as a writer. A year or so later, I found
her comedy/advice show Dykevice on YouTube. Robby’s brand of comedy is
really refreshing because she is clearly being herself the whole time,
which is unfortunately rare to see! Robby actually started ...
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December 5, 2020
One film project that has had a huge impact on me is the Up Series. The Up
Series is an ongoing British series of documentary films that began in 1964
and followed 14 children from different socio-economic backgrounds in
England. Every 7 years director Michael Apted meets up with the kids, who
are now 64 years old, and talks about what has happened in their careers,
mindsets, families and so on. The project packs an emoti...
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October 9, 2020
Sophia is is the owner of the charming English-language bookstore Another
Country in Kreuzberg and is quite a known entity in some Berlin circles
because of it. She spent most of her life in England and moved to Berlin
more than two decades ago. Trans coming out stories are very diverse, of
course, and Sophia‘s experience is no exception. What started off as one of
the effects of a health issue went on to change her life ...
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August 3, 2020
Lizzie Borden is the director of the influential sci-fi/agitprop cult film
BORN IN FLAMES (1983) and Sundance award winner WORKING GIRLS (1986). We
showed BORN IN FLAMES as part of Final Girls Berlin Film Festival’s special
sci-fi event in 2019 and I decided to reach out to Lizzie Borden during
these Corona times and ask if I could interview her for the podcast.
Luckily, she agreed! We spoke about her background, her film...
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July 8, 2020
This episode is with one of my closest and dearest friends Kia. I met Kia during my college prep year in Berlin. I was quickly struck by her intelligence and self-assurance and have felt very strongly about her ever since. Kia has gone through some huge changes in her life, a big one being her recent divorce from her high school sweetheart. We talk about the aftermath of such a huge change as well as our friendship. It’s pretty da...
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June 1, 2020
Svenja has been living in Berlin for over 10 years working in the film business and is now about to embark on a new career path. We talked about growing up in a small town, spirituality, and addiction.
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April 29, 2020
Tanika is a fellow third culture kid who moved to Silicon Valley with her
husband around 3 years ago after living in the UK for all of her adult
life. We talk about the notion of home, the true meaning of belonging, and
what acclimating to Silicon Valley life is like. This was my first time
talking to Tanika and it really was a pleasure!
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March 28, 2020
This episode is dedicated to the thing that has taken complete control of
our lives – the Corona Virus. I spoke to 6 different people from Berlin,
Bournemouth, Brandenburg, the Bay Area, and New York about how the virus
has affected them. This episode is a bit of an experiment, but what better
time to change things up than now, in lockdown, with excess time on my
hands.
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February 18, 2020 • 43 mins
Inna is a microbiologist who recently started her second masters in gender
studies. We talk about following your interests, unconventional parenting,
and dealing with life's curveballs.
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December 20, 2019
Ceven is an event manager, producer, artist, and former bar owner. We
talked about what closing down the bar was like for him as well as other
things like polyamory and feeling comfortable in chaos.
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November 7, 2019
Jess is a filmmaker/marketing coordinator currently living in Berlin. She
volunteered at the film festival I co-direct and we started forming a
connection over our pop culture obsessiveness soon after. We talk about the
ebbs and flows of her creativity, depression, how researching German cinema
helped her connect to the city, and more!
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September 17, 2019
Indi is a musician and producer from New Zealand who recently moved to
Berlin. We talk about going solo, what life is like for someone who lives
and breaths music, and much more.
There are snippets of indi's song Demeter throughout the episode.
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July 26, 2019
Paula is a Spanish actress and festival coordinator who is now doing her
second masters in Dublin. Paula has gone through quite the whirlwind - she
has lived in 3 continents in less than a decade! We talk about what "home"
really is, cultural differences, the passage of time, and more!
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June 12, 2019
Juli is a sound designer, filmmaker, yoga teacher, and she also happens to
be the sound engineer of The Bend! We talk about her recent move, feeling
like an adult, settling in Berlin, and more!
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