Germany prepares for Christmas, as health officials and Merkel plead with the public to stay home. We wrap up a year most would happily forget with journalist and ICWA fellow Emily Schultheis in Vienna and communications specialist, Toby Brunt, in Warsaw.
The world is waiting, but the U.S. is still counting. John Emerson, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany during President Barack Obama's second term, joins us on Neuschland to give a transatlantic perspective on the U.S. election, and what it could mean for Germany. Spoiler: Some issues are going to be knocking on Berlin's door no matter who wins across the pond.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
As Germany begins its month-long partial lockdown, Neuschland is joined by The Local's Deputy Editor Rachel Loxton for the latest on pandemic politics. Plus, we check in with WELT TV reporter Daniel Koop as Berlin's long-delayed airport finally takes off. We'll see you at the gate.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
As millennial Germany rings in 30 years of reunification, we talk to Judith Enders from the government commission on reunification and Deutsche Welle reporter Linda Vierecke about how far unified Germany has come -- and how far it still has to go. Plus, your usual COVID-19 update.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
Neuschland returns from an eventful summer break to find itself in a bad Cold War movie. It's do or die for Nord Stream 2 as Germany and the EU demand answers from Moscow following the poisoning of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Plus we bring you up to speed on COVID-19.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
Germany kicks off its stint as European Council president. Corona, climate, China and Brexit are just some of the challenges ahead for its six-month term. Neuschland picks apart Germany's plans at this critical moment for the EU, and what it might mean for Merkel's legacy, with Jeremy Cliffe, international editor for New Statesman.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
Germany's COVID-19 tracing app is out and has been pretty well received. But it also highlights the socioeconomic gap inherent to pandemic prevention and response. We talk to Tobias Kurth, the chief of Charité's Public Health Institute about how German society is moving through the crisis. DW's Oxana Evdokimova and WDR's Rupert Wiederwald get us close to ongoing outbreaks in Berlin and western Germany, where low-income families and migrant workers are hardest hit.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
The pain and protest seen in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd has spread around the world and come to Germany in a big way. What started out as solidarity for Black Lives Matter in the U.S. has evolved into an opportunity to confront similar issues here in Germany.
Journalist Chiponda Chimbelu sheds light on the struggle to dismantle systemic racism, while Marcel Dirsus joins us to discuss how Trump's reaction is being observed in political Berlin, and its impact on transatlantic relations.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
Navigating the 'new normal' can be tricky. The rules on what we can and can't do are constantly moving goalposts. NBC correspondent Carl Nasman joins to talk blood, singing and the politics of science. Plus, some heart-warming clowning around.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
The Economist's Tom Nuttal gives us the latest on the Franco-German proposal to soften COVID-19's economic blow to the EU. It's a big deal. Also, WIlliam gets a haircut and German men get boozed up for "Männertag."
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
A weird week in Germany as life looks like it's getting back to normal (even the borders are opening). But is it really? Stories about how people across Neuschland have been affected. Plus, a look at growing protests fueled by extreme politics and conspiracy theories. And Footloose comes to the Kiez.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
Berlin's got the day off — which is great, right? Well, sorta. As Germany marks 75 years since the end of the Second World War, Neuschland breaks down the complexities of remembering it. We speak to German history professor, Dr. Stephan Petzold, from the University of Leeds.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
Kicking off a new podcast about Germany, we look back on the country's first 100 days combating the COVID-19 outbreak and where it goes from here. We talk to Berlin-based journalist and ICWA fellow Emily Schultheis about the politics behind the pandemic.
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
Welcome to Neuschland! A podcast about Germany, from Germany, by people who know it well — sometimes more than we might like to. Join us every Wednesday as we delve into the latest news from Germany and look at the weird and the wonderful of the world's most bashful superpower. Bis dann!
Find us on Instagram and Twitter: @Neuschlandpod. Music with thanks to Gunnar Olsen.
