We begin the enormous Fassbinder television miniseries adaptation of Berlin Alexanderplatz and immediately find it much more representative of our feelings about the book and its structures. Also, Fassbinder is just incredibly good at shooting some handsome if unpleasant television. Biberkopf might be suffering, but we are not.

ALSO NOTE: Autumn’s audio is just going to have radiator hiss until winter breaks. It’s fine.

Things discussed: Dog Man, smart watches, Groundhog Day, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Evangelion (manga), Honey and Clover, Clamp School Detectives, the state of digital books and comics, Cam Marshall's Patreon which you should support, Ashita no Joe, Niamh went to a magic show, Andi Gladwin's Fool Us performance, Lucy Darling (Carisa Hendrix)'s TikTok

The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper

See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.

Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io

Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online

Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io

Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 2, "Wie soll man leben, wenn man nicht sterben will"