Berlin Alexanderplatz gets sad, Franz shops for flowers, Niamh and Em attack Autumn for bad game takes, and we all talk some gender. Also, more Metaphor and the end of How Do We Relationship!

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

Happy birthday Niamh and Em, Export Audio returns, grilling Autumn about their bad Export takes, is Em a member of the CIA?, The Pondering Pootan Period featuring a Call to Action about Episode 41, Bazaar patch into complaining about the normalization of horny on main (corporate), pączki time, food audio, Dia's videos as sleep aids, the essence of guymaking, gender talk about clothing and nails and piercings, Niamh's game All Tomorrow's Parties

Non-Autumn Zone: Metaphor update, talking about the end of HDWR

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 4, "Eine Handvoll Menschen in der Tiefe der Stille"