Episode 12 / August 27, 2026 by Arthur Laidlaw

If there can be destruction of property, we should do it

Viv is krank, Arthur is good craic, who’s got the crack?

Arthur discovers that he is Irish, endorses cultural stereotypes. Viv discovers that he is an anarchist, endorses violent protest. Ambivalence regarding the lure of cheap LAP coffee at the cost of Berlin’s soul reigns supreme. Arthur doesn’t explain his coffee rules. Viv cleans his piano keys with glissandos. Jörg Krieg provides sartorial inspiration for every artist working through a heatwave.

Episode 11 / August 21, 2026 by Arthur Laidlaw

GRAB A BIT OF BASSOON ON THE TRACK

Viv and Arthur are close as they’ve ever been – as the crow flies – since rebooting the podcast.

In practical terms that means Arthur’s at the airport, and Viv is in the forest. Viv eludes bicycle woes, Arthur falls into a landscape of possibility, as they discuss the financial perils of creative risk-taking. Bookended by the dulcet dirge of the BER Tannoy.

Episode 10 / August 10, 2026 by Arthur Laidlaw

It’s Nearly Ten YEars, Arthur

Viv and Arthur approach ten years in Berlin, ten episodes later.

We got mosquitoes. We got showering with a bucket. We got banned from the gym. We got back in Berlin. We got morning pages. We got unproductive guilt. We got an elephant that we eating one bite at a time. We got frogmen in a wakeboard park. We got an album release schedule. We got demos. We got a cumulative moment of success and perfection. We got birdsong. We gotta keep buggering on.

Episode 9 / August 3, 2026 by Arthur Laidlaw

We’ve Gone On Holiday By Mistake

On Episode 9 of Postcards From Berlin, Arthur and Viv stumble through Arthur’s accidental Withnail and I holiday: a week of sideways rain, collapsing trees, and existential questions about whether Rudi’s nap time is for rest or forced genius. Viv discovers that one modest gig expands to colonise an entire week with rehearsals, merch-related tragedies, and three-hour train odysseys, while Arthur’s lovingly crafted bolognese recipe turns out to be mildly heretical for vegans, redeemed only by miso and Maggi. Between discussions of no-gimmicks art, gegen-glamour bass lines, and the dubious chic of living solely on buttered toast, they ask (not for the first time) whether this entire “creative practice” is just a highly elaborate joke that’s gone on far too long.

Episode 8 / March 20, 2023 by Arthur Laidlaw

POETS WERE SILENT

Your adopted East Berliners try recording from Arthur’s studio, testing the compression limits of your headphones with bad sound effects. Arthur & Viv explore the limits of a creative space, and how the physicality of a studio or artistic setting can compress or expand an idea. Arthur tries to say less, Viv has perfect good decent pitch, and together they have too much ego.