Katja Berlin - Torten der Wahrheit

In the organizer's words:

Political satire in the Humboldt Hall

As we all know, EVERYTHING used to be better, but today one crisis follows the next. You get in a bad mood just thinking about the news, and there are only two ways to bear it all: Turn off the internet or use humor. But what are we allowed to make jokes about? Is it still allowed at all?

Author Katja Berlin has been commenting on politics and society every week for nine years in her ZEIT column "Torten der Wahrheit" (Pies of Truth) and uses her satirical infographics to show how humor can work in times of crisis. She presents a best-of of her graphics on topics such as digitalization, climate protection, equality or progress in Germany and gives the funniest political review since the invention of the crisis.

Afterwards, the possibilities and limits of political humor will be discussed and the audience is invited to take part in the discussion.

Katja Berlin (*1980) is a writer from Berlin. Her first book "Was wir tun, wenn der Aufzug nicht kommt" sold over 300,000 copies. This was followed by 15 more books, including several bestsellers. She writes columns for "Handelsblatt Magazin" and "Berliner Zeitung" Since 2015, her cartoon column "Torten der Wahrheit" has appeared in "ZEIT", which was also published as a best-of book ("Wofür Frauen sich rechtfertigen müssen") in 2023.