161.Active Bottoms with Moritz Sauer

Anna and Andrej talk running the light, hosting vs sets, annoying habits of open mikers and new comedians to the scene, relationships to fame, getting followers from virality, retirement plans, too-perfect-cities and why Berlin is the best, playing to different demographics, KitKat performances, sixty-nining, Berghain and why swallowing makes the most sense

Anna and Nick talk fluency as good guesswork, home country scorn as a prerequisite, Australians being like the French and the Japanese being like the Dutch, getting crickets referencing cricket, looking for bird’s GIS, tall poppy syndrome, stepson stepmom logic, tennis love and fake taxis, censorship, bombing in your personal life, selling intimacy and apologies for the cable bumping!

Anna reflects on the woes of 2026 amidst the beauty: previewing Edinburgh solos to parents in Barcelona, losing faith in the Berlin stand-up community, headlining in Athens and Greek islanding, sliding into debt on the coast of Italy, the nightmarishness of EdFringe and the thrill of neurodivergence testing

Anna and Tommy talk living up to names, dating Italians and weird dates, lady dreamlife, Australia v spiders, the power of reviews, technology as cowardice, banging siblings, manosphere and the academy, Uber strategies and Berlin dress codes 

Anna and Ayla talk performing comedy in second and third languages, OCD mums vs house shoes, seeing Hamnet on a 3rd date, public dissings and responses, sick days in Germany and Berghain’s ranking drop

Anna returns after an explosive setback to cover her Edinburgh Fringe 2025, the criminal explosions and problematic neighbours (is there any other kind?), the latest porn shoots, The Devil in Miss Beros and Fartisan

Anna and Moritz talk virginities, butthole hair & hazards, family nudity, Jennifer Coolidge, the brilliance of High Maintenance, Hollywood short-sightedness and nostalgia, how differently drugs affect different people, Die Frau als Mensch: History’s skewed conclusions and how passé public cheating is.

Anna and its.actually.annika talk Ersties Nonsense, Only Fans, porn poisoning, sex amnesia, the excellence of Dave aka Lil Dicky and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, religio-porn yes please, the Botox Battle, how to stop smoking, friendship management, healing bedtime ASMR and needing strangers to touch you

Anna and Justin talk Berlin characters, public dark rooms, the timeless cool of The Matrix, Mission Impossible 600, Ready or Not for marriage, humanity’s trashy true love and post AI apocalyptic planning

Anna and Sofia talk Edinburgh Fringe 2024 cons and 2025 prospects, meeting Zac Efron, Dylan Moran, Louis Freese and John Mayer, the appeal of female comics vs male comics, attempting Chris D’Elia’s Grow or Die, Tim Burton’s growth and death and the OG Labyrinth’s true gift.