The Mystery of Germany

TALKING POLITICS

Catherine Carr

News, News & Politics

4.7 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We talk with historian Chris Clark and Helen Thompson about whether German politics is as stable as it seems. With the federal election coming up in a few days, and Angela Merkel seemingly on course for another comfortable victory, we ask what could happen next. Why would a Jamaican coalition be bad for France? What's going on in Bavaria? And is East vs West still the central division in German politics? Plus we catch up with the other general election taking place this weekend - in New Zealand.

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0:00.0	Hello, my name is David Ransom and this is Talking Politics.
0:05.5	We've got Helen Thompson back with us this week.
0:07.7	Lots to catch up on with Helen.
0:09.6	Well, in the interest of making sure I was wide awake this morning,
0:11.7	I did not go and watch West Ham last night,
0:13.3	so I spent the evening hitting refresh, and they won.
0:17.4	I don't watch TV, live TV.
0:22.4	I'm cheery enough for you I just can't bear it
0:24.5	is too stupid
0:25.6	and also I'm delighted
0:27.0	Chris Clark is with us
0:28.6	Professor of History here in Cambridge
0:30.2	bestselling historian of Germany
0:31.5	and also a regular contributor
0:32.8	to the London Review of Books
0:34.3	You've been spoiled by German television
0:36.6	By being a star of German television New standards Seriously No, it's... I'm not shocked.
0:39.3	I'm not shocked. I'm not shocked. Talking politics is brought to you in partnership with the
0:46.4	London Review of Books, Europe's leading magazine of books and ideas. We've already had
0:51.8	some LRB writers on this podcast, John Lancaster, Mary Beard,
0:56.1	and we hope to have some more soon talking about the state of democracy and the state of the world.
1:02.2	As well as politics, the LRB has book reviews, essays about art, poetry and exhibitions.
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