63 - The Merkel Memoirs, pt. 1 (w/ Dominik Leusder)

Spaßbremse

Feb 02, 2025•53 min

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What can we learn from Angela Merkel's recently-published memoir, Freiheit/Freedom? To discuss this massive 700-page book, Ted is joined by Dominik Leusder of Eurotrash. This is part 1, reaching from her childhood to her early political career. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear part 2.

Listen to our original Merkel episode "Wir schaffen...was?" here: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/jYZlNuSyDQb

Follow Dominik here: https://x.com/NewLeftEViews

Read Dominik's 2021 Jacobin article on Merkel here and Ted's piece from the same year in Project Syndicate.

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