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Episode 124: Tariffs, Taxes, and Their International Ramifications

Posted March 26, 2025 • 00:33:17

The Trump administration has taken sweeping actions on tariffs, with more scheduled to be imposed in April. On this episode of The Zeitgeist, Kim Clausing...

Episode 123: An Expanding German Memory Culture

Posted March 12, 2025 • 00:29:31

For decades, memory culture in Germany has largely focused on coming to terms with and memorializing the Holocaust. In recent years, however, memory...

Episode 122: The German Bundestag Election Results

Posted February 24, 2025 • 00:38:21

Shortly after the polls closed in Germany, Jeff Rathke, Eric Langenbacher, and Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger discussed the results of the snap elections....

Episode 121: Climate Change and National Security

Posted February 12, 2025 • 00:27:31

Climate change can create national security risks, test military resilience, and redefine how countries pursue their geopolitical interests. Sherri...

Episode 120: The Issues Driving German Politics One Month from the Bundestag Election

Posted January 29, 2025 • 00:28:24

With the German elections slated for February 23, Member of the Bundestag Omid Nouripour, a former national co-chairman of the Green Party, joins The...