"Germany Fighting Fascism"
The Two Matts
The New World
4.2 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
When more than a million people came out in cities across Germany to protest against the far right AfD party, it was an indication of how perilous that nation’s political situation has become. New European columnist Tanit Koch joins the Two Matts from Bonn to explain the origins of the crisis and what it means for her country … and beyond. Also - let’s celebrate the brilliance of recent movies as the Oscar nominations are revealed and the Matts give their tips for Academy Award success!
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| 1:00.8 | weekending Friday the 26th of January. The podcast with an uncoded format. Exactly. What did we talk |
| 1:08.7 | about this episode? We talked with the great Tannet Koch, columnist, the European, about what's being |
| 1:14.9 | on in Germany. |
| 1:15.7 | And I have to say, it was absolutely gripping. |
| 1:18.2 | She's always good. |
| 1:19.1 | And she was in fine, fine form, terrific. |
| 1:21.6 | Well, she explained a lot to me that. |
| 1:23.5 | Yeah, I didn't know. |
| 1:24.7 | I really put it in context. |
| 1:26.2 | And in the second half, we talk about the Oscars. |
| 1:27.9 | And we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we're, we're, we're, we're, |
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