The Zeitgeist

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Episode 79: Germany’s Public Health Care System

Posted March 9, 202300:26:16

On this episode of The Zeitgeist, AGI president Jeff Rathke and Dr. Christine Arentz, Professor for Health Economics at the University of Applied Sciences...

Episode 78: Transatlantic Trade Cooperation for the Future—A Conversation with Dan Mullaney

Posted March 2, 202300:37:00

Dan Mullaney, Former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, is our guest for this episode of The Zeitgeist. Together with...

Episode 77: Zeitenwende Anniversary

Posted February 23, 202300:32:48

On February 27, 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made an historic speech to the German Bundestag, declaring a historic turning point (Zeitenwende)...

Episode 76: Energy, Trade, and Security—Germany’s Expanded Zeitenwende with FDP Caucus Leader Christian Dürr

Posted February 9, 202300:31:07

On this episode of the Zeitgeist, our guest is FDP Bundestag Caucus Leader Christian Dürr. He and AGI President Jeff Rathke discuss how Germany has...

Episode 75: What Germany’s Solution to its Tank Dilemma Tells Us about the Zeitenwende?

Posted January 27, 202300:25:02

On this episode of the Zeitgeist, AGI President Jeff Rathke talks with Dr. Liana Fix, Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss...