For years, Geert Buelens was a columnist for Belgian newspapers such as De Standaard, De Morgen and Le Soir and he also writes pieces for NRC Handelsblad, De Volkskrant and De Groene Amsterdammer. He is host of the podcast Leest Spreekt.

For Brainwash (HUMAN) he talked about what it means to become a citizen in the Netherlands.

On Christmas Day 2017, he was a guest for three hours in the radio programme Marathoninterview (VPRO).

For the University of the Netherlands, he recorded five lectures in 2013, including on the question of whether Bob Dylan could win the Nobel Prize for literature (the answer is yes) and on the impact of stories on modern nationhood. That the Netherlands, too, has a nationalistic culture, he argued in a King's Day essay for NRC Handelsblad. He spoke about the special handwriting of Paul van Ostaijen's collection Bezette Stad during the 24 hours of Paul van Ostaijen and in this film by the Flemish government. About the culture and political impact of the sixties he spoke in VPRO Boeken, on Flemish Radio 1, specifically about the music of that decade on Dutch Radio 1 and about the worldwide impact of The Beatles in the podcast Fab4Cast. Other interviews about De jaren zestig. Een cultuurgeschiedenis were published in De Tijd, MO Magazine (double interview with Olivia Rutazibwa) and Trouw. He was the central guest during the May '68 marathon of the Pompidou programme on Klara. For De Reactor, he gave reading tips for those who want to know more about the global sixties.

For the section of the same name in De Groene Amsterdammer he answered '21 questions'.

He talked to Annelies Verbeke about his latest book of poetry, Ofwa.