The Edition: Alt reich - is Germany's far right about to go mainstream?
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🗓️ 29 August 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast.
Produced by Patrick Gibbons.
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| 0:33.2 | Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator, where each week we shed a little light on the thought process behind putting the world's oldest weekly magazine to bed. |
| 0:43.7 | I'm Laura Prendergars, the Spectator's executive editor. |
| 0:47.0 | And I'm William Moore, the Spectator's Features Editor. |
| 0:50.1 | This week, what explains the rise of Germany's far right? |
| 0:57.0 | Why are hobbyists facing such a hard time? And should actors use microphones at the theatre? |
| 1:00.0 | So, Lara, we're recording this on Wednesday afternoon, shortly after the magazine went to press, |
| 1:18.3 | and the cover line this week is Alt-Rike. Is Germany's far right about to go mainstream? |
| 1:24.0 | How did this cover come about? Well, there are upcoming regional elections in Germany, |
| 1:28.2 | and so Lisa Hazardine has been out there taking a look at the AFD and what it stands for. |
| 1:33.5 | So she was, she heads to Thuringia to hear Bjorn Hock, who is one of the leaders for AFT in Thuringia. |
| 1:40.0 | He doesn't seem remotely concerned by comparisons with Germany's Nazi past and seems to actually lean into it. |
| 1:45.9 | So she goes to some of the rallies. |
| 1:48.4 | So, yes, she's pieced together what's going on. |
| 1:50.9 | And I think it's done a very good job of explaining why the AFD is surging, how it's relying on a youth vote, |
| 1:56.7 | and also how the Ukraine war is feeding into it. |
| 2:00.1 | So, yes, it's a fascinating piece. And we were joined |
| 2:03.7 | earlier by Lisa and the historian Katya Hoyer to discuss further. I started by asking Lisa a little bit |
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