Select Media Contributions

• Spiegel Geschichte, Essay by Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Können sich die USA von Trump erholen?#mce_temp_url#" 19 March 2026, 13:00. 

• Freie Universität Berlin, Interview with Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Kann Berlin Mega-Events? Und wenn ja, wie viele?, 09 March, 2026. 

• “Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the shutdown of the Washington Post bureau in Berlin,” Länderreport, Deutschlandfunk, 19 February 2026, 13:22.

• WDR, Interview with Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Bedrohte Kulturinstitution: "Trump Kennedy Center,"" 03 February 2026.

• t-online, with Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Wie ein Deutscher den Weihnachtsmann erfand," 23 December 2025. 

• ZDFHeute, Interview with Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Wer erfand den Weihnachtsmann," 11 December 2025.

• Soziopolis, "Ein Facelift für den Staat," Rezension zu "Vom Staat zur Marke. Die Geschichte des Nation Branding" von Jessica Gienow-Hecht, 11 December 2025.

• RBB 24 InfoRadio, Interview with Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Wie funktioniert "Nation Branding?",28 November 2025.

• David Bebnowski interviewed for ZDF Terra X documentation “Rechte Frauen”, 13 November 2025.

• SCRIPTS Blog Post, Jessica Gienow-Hecht and Lesar Yurtsever, "Queuing for Utopia: The Expo Script at Work in Osaka 2025," 12 November 2025. 

• Deutschlandfunk, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Historikerin: Dick Cheney war eine Ausnahmeerscheinung," 04 November 2025, 13:15 Uhr. 

• Internationale Politik, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Meet me at the Expo: Nation Branding und Kampf der Systeme," 27 October 2025.

• Jessica Gienow-Hecht, „Was macht die Expo so besonders?,“ Neugier genügt, WDR 5, 13 October 2025, 10:30am.

• Jessica Gienow-Hecht interview on the EXPO 2025, Radio Bremen, „Der Morgen“ with Tom Grote, 13.10.2025, 8:35am.

• ARD Audiothek, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Trump und die Justiz- US-Expertin Gienow-Hecht sieht die Gewaltenteilung in Gefahr," 26 September 2025. 
• SWR Kultur- Das Wissen, Podcast with Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Nation Branding- Wenn Staaten zu Marken werden," 10 August, 2025.

• Deutschlandfunk, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Vom Staat zur Marke- Die Geschichte des Nation Branding," 14 July 2025. 7:25pm.

• Jessica Gienow-Hecht notebook reviewed in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, "Vermarktung macht Nationen," 08 July 2025.

• Deutschlandfunk, Interview with Jessica-Gienow-Hecht, "Ein möglichter Stresstest für Trumps Partei," 07 July 2025. 8:15am.

• Der Tag, Interview with Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Deal oder Dresche! Die Politik Rücksichtslosen," 03 July 2025. 5:00pm.

• WDR, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Wie Staaten sich selbst vermarkten," 25 June 2025.

• Tagesspiegel, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Was passiert, wenn die USA unter Trump zerbrechen? „Die russische Armee würde wahrscheinlich in Windeseile in Alaska einmarschieren,“ 20 June, 2025. 10:04pm.

• Deutschlandfunk, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Int. Prof. Dr. Jessica Gienow-Hecht, JFK-Institut Berlin, zu USA-Entwicklungen," 17 June, 2025. 8:15am.
• Dagens Nyheter, Jessica Gienow-Hecht cited in Swedish Newspaper Dagens Nyheter, Björn Wiman: “When Trump’s Tanks arrive, so Has Tyranny," 15 June 2025, 9:12am.
• Interview and Review of “Vom Staat zur Marke," Jessica Gienow-Hecht and Annette Beyer, 12 June 2025, Kultur-Update, Bayern 2, ARD Audiothek.
• Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Buchkritik. Jessica Gienow-Hecht: "Vom Staat zur Marke," 6 June, 2025.

• Tagesanzeiger, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Profiteur Europa als historisches Antibild," 25 May 2025, 3:22pm.

• Radioeins, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Nation Branding: Der Staat als Marke," 31 May, 2025, 11:40am.

• Table Briefings, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Tun uns schwer, darüber zu sprechen, was wir zu bieten haben," 29 May, 2025.
• DGAP, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Trump v. Harvard- Academic Freedom and Democracy Challenged," 28 May, 2025.
• Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Kulturkampf in den USA: Regierung verbietet Harvard ausländische Studierende," 23 May 2025, 5:08pm.

• Radio Bremen Zwei, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Mitschnitt Interview RB 2 Staat als Marke, 15 May 2025, 8:20am.

• Freie Universität Berlin, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Peace for Sale, Eighty Years after the End of World War ", 9 May 2025.
• Phoenix, Jessica Gienow-Hecht Interview, "Der Unberechenbare, 100 Tage Donald Trump," 30 April 2025.
• Deutschlandfunk, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Sind Sie USA als Kulturmacht am Ende?," 26 April 2025, 5:00am
• Deutschlandfunk, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Elon Musk’s supposed “exit” from the Trump administration," 3 April 2025, 8:20am.
• Radio 3, Jessica Gienow-Hecht,"Trump’s Attack on Democracy,” 18 March 2025, 7:20am.

• Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Jessica Gienow-Hecht cited in “Kleider machen Leute,” 9 March 2025.

• TV Station Arte airs „Aussenpolitik am Limit,“ on German feminist foreign policy, with contributions by Jessica Gienow-Hecht, 4 March 2025
• Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "DAS NEUE VERHÄLTNIS DER USA ZU EUROPA," 18 February 2025, 7:20am.
• Deutschlandfunk, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Wer regiert die USA?", 8 February 2024.
• Tagesschau, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Wir sehen heir einen neuen Trump," 15 November, 10:43pm.
• Radio Bremen Zwei, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the U.S elections at Radio Bremen Zwei," 6 November 2024, 5:10pm.
• Freie Universität Berlin, Helen Gibson, "The Christian Evangelical movement has had alot of success in influencing public opinion for a long time," 6 November 2024.
• Deutsche Welle, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on expert panel commenting on the U.S elections, 6 November 2024, 7-10am.
• Freie Universität Berlin, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Emotionen sind bei US-Wahlen seit mehr als 200 Jahren immer zentral," 25 October 2024.
• Amazon Music, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Die Hexen von Salem", 7 October 2024.
• Radio Bremen, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Jessica Gienow-Hecht comments on the 2024 U.S Presidential Election," 28 June 2024.
• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "How Does Your Country Rank These Days? On the Reshuffle at the Top of the Nation Brands Index 2023", 18 December 2023.
• SWR Aktuell, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "60 Jahre Kennedy-Attentat: JFK ist auch heute noch wichtig für die USA", 22 November 2023.

• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Crash Landing on the Liberal Script Or What K-Drama & Memory Tell us about Contestations in Korea", 9 September 2023.

• HR-iNFO, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Keine Freiheit hast Du--Der Unabhängigkeitstag," 4 July 2023.
• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Another Day Like This: What Kennedy's Visit to Berlin Means for the Liberal Script," 21 June 2023.
• DPA, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on JFK's landmark speech in Berlin 60 years ago (an abbreviated version appeared in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung's online edition, Zeit Online, Stern, n-tv, and Forschung & Lehre), 20 June 2023.
• Deutsche Welle, Ben Goossen on Trump's charges over classified documents, 10 June 2023.
• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "How Was Your Delivery?--Trump's Indictment Will Boost His Bid for the Presidency", 11 April 2023.
• Amerika-Institut, LMU Munich, Andreas Etges, "'Goddam Dangerous' The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: A Stage Reading", 15 Febrary 2023.
• WDR 3, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on Kevin McCarthy's difficult election to Speak of the US House of Representatives, 4 January 2023.
• Deutsche Welle, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Fehlstart für Republikaner im US-Repräsentantenhaus", 4 January 2023.
• Radioeins, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "USA Ausschuss empfiehlt Anklage gegen Trump", 22 December 2022.
• Deutschlandfunk, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the recommendations of the January Sixth Committee, "Folgen werden überschaubar bleiben", 22 December 2022.
• SCRIPTS Berlin, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Zur Bedeutung der US Midterms: Rettung der liberalen Ordnung?", 6 December 2022.
• CKCU Literary News, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on 'Cultural Diplomacy', 'Nation Branding', and 'The Liberal Script', 28 September 2022.
• Deutschlandfunk, "Musikfeuilleton" featuring Kira Álvarez, "Eine Faust gegen den Antisemitismus: Bronisław Huberman, Gründer des Palestine Symphony Orchestra", 16 September 2022.
• Radioeins, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on Pope Francis's apology to indigenous Canadians, 2 August 2022.
• Tagesspiegel, Jessica Gienow-Hecht and Alexander Libman, "Was braucht die Ukraine nach dem Krieg?", 2 July 2022.
• n-tv Podcast, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "So teuer sind die Kriegsschäden in der Ukraine", 29 May 2022.
• 3sat, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the Marshall Plan and the future of Ukraine, 14 May 2022.
• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Laskavo Prosymo, Mr Marshall!", 2 May 2022.
• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Transatlantic Challenges in the Face of Russian Sabre-Ratting," 9 February 2022.
• Deutschlandfunk, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "USA fordern von Europa viel stärkeres Engagement," 7 February 2022.
• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "In Virginia, Contestation as You Know It: Get Back to Making Policy!", 4 November 2021.
• Radio Bremen 2, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Blick in die USA - Wie steht es um Joe Biden und die Demokraten?", 3 November 2021.
• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Joy, Grief, and Disillusion," 13 September 2021.
• DLF, "Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Amerikanistin FU Berlin, zu 20 Jahre 9/11," 11 September 2021.
• FU Berlin Campus Leben, Jessica Gienow-Hecht appearance at Humboldt Forum, 20 July 2021.
• Tagesspiegel, article on Brandon Keith Brown and Jessica Gienow-Hecht's Race and Music course, "Die Augen hören mit zu," (English version) 2 July 2021.
• DLF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Von Lügen und Verheimlichungen der US-Politik," 12 May 2021.
• Beautiful News, Brandon Keith Brown, Getting the world in tune with equality, 7 May 2021.
• ARTE, Brandon Keith Brown, ARTE: Against Racism in Classical Music (Instagram post), 7 May 2021.
• Radio Bremen 2, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "100 Tagen Joe Biden," 29 April 2021.
• Tagesschau, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on President Biden's First 100 Days, 28 April 2021.
• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "This is Not a Game," 9 March 2021.
• Tagesspiegel, Jessica Gienow-Hecht and Michael Zürn on populism and pandemics, 22 February 2021.

• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Presidential Libraries and the Liberal Script or: How (Not) to Remember Donald Trump," 16 February 2021.
• Deutsche Welle, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the impeachment trial and implications for the Biden Administration, 12 February 2021.
• DLF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht comments on the 2nd impeachment, 9 February 2021.
• Associated Press, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on what will change in the Biden Adminstration, 21 January 2021.
• DLF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht in discussion, "Machtwechsel hinter Mauern – Von Trump zu Biden," 20 January 2021.
• Tagesschau, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on expectations for Biden's Presidency, 20 January 2021.
• Deutsche Welle, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the lessons of the Trump Administration for Germany, 20 January 2021.
• Deutsche Welle, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the Inauguration of Joe Biden, 20 January 2021.
• SRF, Sebastian Jobs, "Dafür hat die republikanische Partei das Fundament gegossen," 8 January 2021.
• Welt, Sebastian Jobs, "Trump hat sie mindestens inderekt zu solch einer Tat aufgerufen," 8 January 2021.
• Radio Bremen 2, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the Storming of the U.S. Capitol, 7 January 2021.

Select Media Contributions 2016-2020

• Radio Bremen 2, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Die Wahl des Electoral College - alles andere als Routine?", 14 December 2020.
• Tagesspiegel, Jessica Gienow-Hecht interviewed by Tagesspiegel Twenty/Twenty on Joe Biden’s new team, 27 November 2020.
• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow Hecht, Robert Benson, and Tanja Börzel, "What does the outcome of the U.S. elections mean for the Liberal Script?", 10 November 2020.
• Radio Bremen 2, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Was heißt schon 'historisch?' - Die US-Wahl 2020," 07 November 2020.
• Deutsche Welle, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the history of the U.S. Election in Der Tag, 5 November 2020.
• Detektor.FM, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Wie standhaft ist die US-Demokratie?", 4 November 2020.
• DLF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on U.S. election results, 4 November 2020.
• DLF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht im DLF Newsblog zitiert, 3 November 2020.
• Euronews, Sebastian Jobs, "Das letzte Aufbäumen des weißen Mannes? Warum Minderheiten wichtiger werden," 29 October 2020.
• Tagesschau, "Historiker Sebastian Jobs, FU Berlin, über Widerstand gegen Rassismus in den USA," 27  October 2020.
• Radio Bremen 2, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Warum Amerika?", 26 October 2020.
• FU Expert Panel, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "US-Wahl am 3. November 2020," 21 October 2020.
• SCRIPTS Blog, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "How unique is the upcoming U.S. presidential election?", 8 October 2020.
• Deutsche Welle, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the U.S. presidential elections, 4 October 2020.
• DLF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the possibility of a self-coup in Washington, 24 July 2020.

• Neue Politische Literatur, review by Anna Rauscher and Jessica Gienow-Hecht of Robin Markwica's "Emotional Choices. How the Logic of Affect Shapes Coercive Diplomacy," 31 July 2020.
• TV Phoenix Hongkong, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany, 21 June 2020.
• Topographie des Terrors, Outside Perspectives on Europe, China, and Russia (livestream), 9 June 2020.
• SCRIPTS Blog,Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the COVID crisis and the Liberal Script, 2 April 2020.
• DLF,Jessica Gienow-Hecht on U.S. President Trump's diplomacy with Turkey over Syria, 18 October 2019.
• DLF,Jessica Gienow-Hecht on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's participation in the meeting on European foreign ministers, 13 May 2019.
• SRF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, 5 March 2019.
• Radio Bremen, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on U.S. President Trump’s domestic position after meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, 1 March 2019.
• Washington Post, Sebastian Jobs on Racism in Germany, 1 August 2018.
• Associated Press,Jessica Gienow-Hecht on U.S. President Trump's comments on Germany, 11 July 2018.
• DLF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, 4 June 2018.
• Radio Bremen, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on Angela Merkel's state visit to Washington, 27 April 2018.
• DLF,Sebastian Jobs on Frederick Douglass, 14 February 2018.
• Los Angeles Times, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on Germany's #MeToo Movement, 31 January 2018.
• History of Knowledge, Sebastian Jobs, "What Rumors Have Taught Me about Knowledge," 4 January 2018.
• Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Sebastian Jobs on Racial Profiling in the U.S., 19 August 2017.
• DLF Kultur, Kira Alvarez, Eine Faust gegen den Antisemitismus Bronislaw Huberman, Geigenvirtuose und Gründer des Palestine Symphony Orchestra,18 June 2017.
• Spreeradio, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the 30th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate, 12 June 2017.
• Sciences Po, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on culture and international history in Paris, 6 June 2017.
• Nordwestradio,Jessica Gienow-Hecht on Merkel vs. Trump, 29 May 2017.
• Die Zeit, Patrick Milton, Ein Westfälischer Friede für Nahost, 11 May 2017.
• Nordwestradio, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. Entry into WWI, 6 April 2017.
• DLF Kultur, Sebastian Jobs on the history of intervention and isolationism in the U.S., 29 March 2017.
• DLF,Jessica Gienow-Hecht on the Salem Witch Trials, 1 March 2017.
• Zeit Online, Sebastian Jobs on Trump and learning from history, 24 February 2017.
• SR 2 Kulturradio, Sebastian Jobs on Obama's Legacy, 11 January 2017.
• RTL, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on Jared Kushner, 10 January 2017.
• NPR, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, interview with historian Rebecca Boehling on transitional justice in German-American relations after World War II, 7 January 2017 and 9 Janaury 2017.
• Deutsche Welle, Irwin Collier, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Boris Vormann, Election Day Coverage, 9 November 2016.
• NPR Berlin, Jessica Gienow-Hecht and Rebecca Boehling, The Berlin Journal (15:45 to 23:55), 9 January 2017.
• DLF Nova, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Ist Trump 'Fit for President'?", 19 December 2016.
• DLF Kultur, Sebastian Jobs, "Obamas Bilanz: Hat sich der Rassismus in den USA verändert?", 29 October 2016/
• DLF Kultur, Jessica Gienow-Hecht and Boris Vormann, "Vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär: Platzt der amerikanische Traum?", 28 October 2016.
• Foreign Affairs Magazine, Patrick Milton, "A Westphalian Peace for the Middle East: Why an Old Framework Could Work," 10 October 2016.
• DLF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Von »guten Nachbarn« und »deutschen Wegen«. Rollenbilder und Machtdiskurse im außenpolitischen Selbstverständnis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1969–2005” (first 22 minutes), 21 September 2016.
• Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies, review of Jessica Gienow-Hecht's 2015 book, Music in International History, Summer 2016.
• Werkstatt Geschichte, Sebastian Jobs and Elissa Mailänder, "Arbeit Begrenzen Entgrenzen," May 2016.
• The New Yorker, Sebastian Jobs quoted in, "The Ancestral German Home of the Trumps," 29 April 2016.
• DLF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Eine sozialutopische Kommune als Lebensexperiment," 3 April 2016.
• Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations, Jessica Gienow-Hecht,"Nation Branding," March 2016.
• Central European History Journal, Patrick Milton,"The Early Eighteenth-Century German Confessional Crisis: The Juridification of Religious Conflicht in the Reconfessionalized Politics of the Holy Roman Empire," March 2016.
• SR2 Kulturradio, Sebastian Jobs on the Iowa Caucus, 22 February 2016.
• Der Standard, Sebastian Jobs, "New York: Polizisten delogieren meist Minderheiten," 12 February 2016.
• Freie Presse Chemnitz, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Die Mutter aller Schlachten," 16 January 2016.
• DLF, Jessica Gienow-Hecht on Desert Storm, 16 January 2016.
• DLF Kultur, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, "Gelebte Utopie im Wald von Tennessee," 13 January 2016.
• NPR Berlin and NPR Worldwide, Sebastian Jobs, Berlin Journal Winter 2016, 11 January 2016.