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| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 971 | Founded | 13 years ago |
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The September, 2022 attack on the Nord Stream pipelines transporting Russian gas to Germany was perhaps the greatest single act of sabotage in modern history. In The Nord Stream Conspiracy: The Inside Story of the Explosions that Shook the World (Hen... more
The Devil’s Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today (Catapult, 2025) delves into the forgotten history of eugenics and links it to present-day psychiatry to explain how we as a culture continue to g... more
On August 2, 1943, prisoners at the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, located in occupied Poland, launched an uprising against their captors, during which hundreds successfully escaped while guards killed as many in the process. In this groundbreaki... more
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Frank Stahnisch, Professor of the History of Medicine and Health Care at the University of Calgary in Canada, about his new book Great Minds in Despair – The Forced Migrat... more
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There is far, far more to German history than WW2 but this otherwise excellent podcast returns repeatedly to the war.
you realize how many fine writers the new yorker has had over the years after reading burkhart bilger or masha gessen. one of my close friend’s father wrote for the new yorker. Also a “ German and native New Yorker”. i always says to my friend, “ for christsake” your father wrote for the new yorker”. he always downplays his achievements. i am german, from very low germans, like van gogh’s potato eaters. we were the dirt farmers, muckers, grinders and the rebel rousers at the haymarket. The bli... more
Given that our President is a belligerent Fascist Ethno-Nationalist, it’s a crucial time to learn your Nazi history. This is an amazing resource.
Over 90% of these episodes are interviews of writers on the War, Nazi Germany and/or the Holocaust—all subjects that are already well covered elsewhere, as they should be. But there is actually more to Germany’s past and present than that.
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Scholarly interviews centered on recent books in German studies, history, and related fields, featuring rigorous discussions of memory, culture, and society across medieval to modern periods. Episodes frequently examine topics like postwar reparations, Jewish-German memory, diaspora dynamics, linguistic and cultural exchange, and the ethical dimensions of archival research and memory politics. Noteworthy traits include a strong emphasis on primary sources, archival storytelling, and method-driven conversations that connect scholarly debates to contemporary cultural and political issues. This mix should appeal to researchers, librarians, and intellectually curious listeners who enjoy deep historical analysis and book-centered conversations f... more
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