The Berlin School of Podcasting presents

September Story Sessions

An Audio Storytelling Workshop

31 August - 07 September, 2025
In Residence at Publix Berlin

Instructor // Benjamin Lorch
Master Class // Sarah Koenig of Serial Productions

When summer passes and the air becomes crisp, it is time for new beginnings and stories.

Invest in you skills and take your audio storytelling skills to the next level.

Learn how to produce engaging podcasts, radio features and long-form audio by improving your skills in storytelling, interviewing, recording, mixing and editing.

In one week, you will produce a short feature story and learn how to maintain momentum and make more.

Taught in person at Publix Berlin by top podcasting professionals, this course focuses on listening, voice and storytelling and includes a livestreamed master class par excellence with Sarah Koenig of Serial.

The September Story Sessions is an accelerated, world-class residential program for the energized and fearless of all generations. No prior podcasting nor audio experience is necessary.

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Applications due by 13 July, 2025, 23:59
Anywhere on Earth

Instructor //Benjamin Lorch

Master Class//
Sarah Koenig
of Serial

Apply for the September Sessions

Accommodation //
The Guest House at Publix

During this residential program you will stay in the beautifully appointed Publix Guesthouse. Accommodation is included in the tuition. Single and double rooms are available.

Also, make sure to check out their beautiful canteen.

Program Costs //

3600 € per person - Includes full week of program instruction + 7 nights accommodation at Publix with two group dinners and a lunch

2800 € per person - For Berlin-based participants attending daily sessions with two group dinners and a lunch

Instructor & Host // Berlin
Benjamin Lorch

Benjamin Lorch is the founder of The Berlin School of Podcasting. A builder of schools, programs & partnerships, his work focuses on international education and civil society efforts. His podcasting clients include The Robert Bosch Foundation, The Green European Foundation, The International Alumni Center Berlin and Mizter Rad. His dramatic radio work has also appeared on KCRW FM Berlin.

“I have learned so much from you, Benjamin, not just about podcasting as a craft, but about communication itself. What you have taught me goes far beyond structuring and producing a podcast; it has given me a deeper understanding of how powerful and profound communication can be. The way we exchange ideas, convey messages, and amplify voices that mater — it all resonates with me on a level I didn’t expect.

“Kahlil Gibran once wrote: ‘The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.’ That is exactly what you have done for me. You have not just taught me podcasting, you have guided me to a deeper understanding of communication, connection, and humanity itself.”

Sofana Dahlan - Lawyer & Social Entrepreneur

Master Class // Livestream
Sarah Koenig

Sarah Koenig co-created and hosts Serial, the award-winning and most listened-to non-fiction narrative podcast ever. Her breakthrough work brought podcasting into the mainstream. Sarah was named one of Time magazine’s Most Influential 100 People of 2015. Along with Julie Snyder, she formed Serial Productions which continues to set the gold-standard in investigative audio reporting and storytelling. Serial Productions joined the New York Times Company in 2020 and you can join Sarah this summer at The Berlin School of Podcasting.

“If they [budding storytellers and writers] are hungry to do that kind of work, that makes my heart sing. I’m all yours then. Ask me any question. I will help you until the end of time.”

Sarah Koenig from UChicago News

“In Serial, the questions outnumber the answers. That’s part of what makes the show’s wild popularity so remarkable. Rushing headlong into the complexities and confusion bound up in the U.S. legal system, Serial didn’t just hold the audience’s attention, it became the first blockbuster podcast, picking up countless listeners who had never heard, or even heard of, a podcast. In the process, it also became the first one to win a Peabody Award. The Board of Jurors described the first season of Serial as ‘a soulful examination of reasonable doubt in homicide trials’ and a ‘compelling, drilling account of how guilt, truth, and reality are decided.’”

from the Peabody Awards website