Spaßbremse
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Episodes: 97
Description
Michelle and Ted dissect German politics from Spargel to the Schwarze Null, and tell us why Germany isn't as seen on TV. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse
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72 - The Holocaust, Hamas, and Habermas w/Dirk Moses
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Why does Germany exist? An introduction.
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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71 - At the intersection of sports, politics, and culture w/Dave Braneck
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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70 - Nazi, Stasi, Aussie (German memory politics w/ Alexander Wells)
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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*UNLOCKED* Is Germany's Israel consensus finally shifting? w/ Hanno Hauenstein
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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69* - The not-so-great GroKo w/ Astrid Zimmermann (*video excerpt)
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May 12, 2025 |
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69 - The not-so-great GroKo w/ Astrid Zimmermann
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May 11, 2025 |
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68 - Broken clocks (fascism debate pt. 2 w/John Ganz)
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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67 - Merz's Comeback w/ Lukas Hermsmeier
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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66 - Is it happening there? ("fascism debate" pt. 1 w/Daniel Bessner)
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Premium 39: Debt and Defense (preview)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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65 - Realism and imperialism w/Matthew Specter
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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64 - Bundestagswahl 2025 w/ Ingar Solty
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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63 - The Merkel Memoirs, pt. 1 (w/ Dominik Leusder)
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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62 - The life, death (and rebirth?) of the Habsburg Empire w/ Natasha Wheatley
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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The Christian Lindner Episode (UNLOCKED)
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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61 - Napoleon and Hitler? w/ Everett Rummage (Germany and Napoleon pt. 3)
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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From Jena to the Hall of Mirrors w/ Michael Leggiere (preview)
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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60 - "In the beginning, there was Napoleon" w/ Prof. Michael Leggiere (Germany and Napoleon pt. 1)
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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59 - Germany's Antisemitism Bureaucracy w/Peter Kuras
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Berlin, Reguided w/ Ryan Balmer (preview)
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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58 - Europawahl 2024 w/Ciarán of Corner Späti
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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57 - Zinzinnati w/ Chris Wade of Chapo Trap House
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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56 - Europe's rightward turn w/Hans Kundnani
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May 08, 2024 |
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MAY DAY SPECIAL: An alternate history of social democracy w/Autumn Chen
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May 01, 2024 |
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55 - The History of Airbus w/ Scott Hamilton
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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54 - Germany's Economic Malaise w/Sebastian Dullien
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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53 - 'Importing' Antisemitism, Subcontracting Guilt w/Esra Özyürek
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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52 - Whitewashing and Statebuilding (German-Israeli relations w/Daniel Marwecki)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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51 - Wir schaffen das, nochmal (German migration politics w/Lauren Stokes)
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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50 - What is NATO really for? w/ Grey Anderson
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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49 - The Fehlinger Doctrine w/Gunther Fehlinger
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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48 - Brandmauerfall? w/ Ned Richardson-Little
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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47 - Backlashes w/ Quinn Slobodian
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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46 - Left fracture? w/ Loren Balhorn
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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45 - Eurovision w/ Kat Friege
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May 13, 2023 |
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44 - No Ticket to Ride (Freiheitsfonds w/ Arne Semsrott)
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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43 - A Tale of Two ICEs (Transport and climate policy update w/ Giulio Mattioli)
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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42 - Imagining the Witch (German Witch Trials w/ Laura Kounine)
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 22 - Ted Talks Tanks
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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41 - Wahlball Extra Innings (Berlin Election Repeat Rundown)
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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40 - Gib mir die Kohle (Lützerath and German climate politics w/ Ruairi Casey)
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 21 - Fritz Bartel Extended Interview
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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39 - Christmas Market Scandals, 2022 Edition
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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38 - Fußball w/ Dave Braneck
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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37 - The Triumph of Broken Promises w/ Fritz Bartel
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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36 - Declining in Style (Eurotrash w/ Anton Jäger and Dominik Leusder, Pt. 1)
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 18 - Wolfgang Streeck Extended Interview
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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35 - Zeitenwende? (German foreign policy w/ Wolfgang Streeck)
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 16 - Sparkling Water for the Proletariat (Sprudelwasser, Pt. 1)
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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34 - Deutschland als Autobahn (German car culture w/ Conrad Kunze)
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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33 - Zug fällt aus (European rail w/ Jon Worth)
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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UNLOCKED: Premium 10 - Die geschlossene deutsche Frage (Spaßbremse Grenzen, pt. 2: The Oder-Neiße Line)
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 14 - Storks and Germanic Mini Pasta (Spaßbremse Grenzen, pt. 4: Alsace-Lorraine)
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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32 - DESaster (German political foundations w/ Ruairi Casey)
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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31 - Bad Gays w/ Ben Miller
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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30 - The Clean Wehrmacht Myth w/ Jan Tattenberg (extended excerpt)
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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29 - Nazi Billionaires w/ David de Jong
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 12 - Stuck in the Mittelstand with You
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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28 - Der Spargelkult (Spargelzeit and agricultural labour w/ Benjamin Luig)
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May 20, 2022 |
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27 - Der dritte Weg (The neoliberalisation of left-wing parties w/ Stephanie Mudge)
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May 01, 2022 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 11 - Protest Pigs and Lost Lions (Spaßbremse Grenzen, pt. 3: The Danish-German Border)
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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26 - German Americans w/ Matt Christman of Chapo Trap House
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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25 - Sprit in the Sky (Fossil fuel politics w/ Giulio Mattioli)
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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24 - Herr Prof. Dr. Dr. Strangelove (German foreign policy, Pt. 4: Sanctions and Russia w/ Dominik Leusder)
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 8 - What's Left of German Foreign Policy? (German foreign policy, Pt. 3 w/ Julia Wiedemann)
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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23 - The Paradox of German Power (German foreign policy, Pt. 2 w/ Hans Kundnani)
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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22 - Ten German Helmets (German foreign policy, Pt. 1 w/ James Jackson)
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 6 - DDR University Purge
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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21 - Spaghettieis, Fax Machines, and the Church Tax (Mailbag episode #1)
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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UNLOCKED: Premium 2 - Nazi Pizzas (German companies during WWII, Pt. 1)
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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20 - The Twelve Days of Christmas Market Scandals, Pt. 2
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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19 - The Twelve Days of Christmas Market Scandals, Pt. 1
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 4 - Nazi Washing Machines (German companies during WWII, Pt. 3)
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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18 - Wir verstehen nur Bahnhof (Transport and climate policy w/ Giulio Mattioli)
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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17 - Willkommen in Pullman City (The Indianthusiasm episode)
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 3 - Nazi Soda (German companies during WWII, Pt. 2)
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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UNLOCKED: Premium 1 - Lindy Talk (The Christian Lindner Episode)
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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16 - Weg mit §218! (German abortion law w/ Kate Cahoon and Stephanie Schlitt)
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 2 - Nazi Pizzas (German companies during WWII, Pt. 1)
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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15 - Zombie-Ideologien und das Inflationsmonster (German economic policy w/ Dominik Leusder)
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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PREVIEW: Premium 1 - Lindy Talk (The Christian Lindner Episode)
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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14 - Tee Trinken (German alternative medicine discussion w/ Alice)
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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13 - Linkscrutch (Die Linke analysis w/ Alex Brentler and Loren Balhorn)
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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12 - Der Scholz-Effekt (Election recap w/ Corner Späti)
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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11 - Septuell Healing (German election update)
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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10 - It's Partei Time (German election preview w/ Corner Späti)
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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9 - Die halbe Miete (Housing politics with Thomas McGath)
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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8 - Spar'n Spar'n Spar'n on the Autobahn (German fiscal politics w/ Philippa Sigl-Glöckner)
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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7 - Wir schaffen...was? (the Merkel episode)
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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6 - Kill die Mauer im Kopf (German Reunification, Pt. 4)
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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5 - Interview with Victor Grossman (German Reunification, Pt. 3)
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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4 - Aufbau West (German Reunification, Pt. 2)
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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3 - Hell or Hochwasser (German climate politics w/ Alex Brentler)
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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2 - Sind wir ein Volk? (German Reunification, Pt. 1)
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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1 - Hartz und Herzlos
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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0 - An Introduction to Spaßbremse
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Jul 08, 2021 |