Mad in Germany

Patrick Kaczmarczyk: The Collapse of the World Order & Germany's Economic Dead End Is the global economic order falling apart? Economist Dr. Patrick Kaczmarczyk reveals why Germany's export-led model is dead, how neoliberal dogma blinds Berlin to obvious solutions, and what the country's obsession with austerity means for Europe's future. We explore: ⚡ Germany's surplus addiction — how runnin...

Oliver Moody: Russia, Germany's Security Blindspot & the Baltic Warning Could Russia really strike Berlin? Times correspondent Oliver Moody reveals why Germany has catastrophically underestimated the threat from the East, how "Wandel durch Handel" became a strategic trap, and what the Baltic states can teach Europe about deterrence in the new era of great power conflict. We explore: ⚡ Russia...

Mad in Germany - Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus: Childhood in Israel, Life in Germany Berlin-based Israeli author Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus talks about his new book Keinheimisch. Kindheit in Israel, Leben in Deutschland, the impossibility of feeling indigenous after October 7, and about living in a country that believes in its own redemption as a completed project. 👉 Follow us on Instagram: @madingermanyod   🎧 L...

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/madingermanypod Mad in Germany - Norman Ohler: The Hidden Pharmaceutical History of the Third Reich From the Führer's opioid addiction to Germany's methamphetamine-fueled Blitzkrieg, from CIA mind control experiments to a potential 2033 chancellor bid—bestselling author Norman Ohler reveals the hidden pharmaceutical history that shaped the 20th cent...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/madingermanypod?l=de The German Left party have gone from strength to strength and look set to overtake the Greens nationally and even the SPD in the capital. But how did they achieve that and why are some people still not happy with their positions? Daniel Bax looks at these questions as well as the enfant terrible Sahra Wagenknecht’s conservative soc...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/madingermanypod?l=de In this conversation, journalist and author Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi talks about her new book Rausländer: Our Suitcases Are Packed, a bold and deeply personal examination of racism, exclusion, and belonging in today’s Germany. In Rausländer, Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi explores how life in Germany has become increasingly shaped by fear, alien...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/madingermanypod?l=de Our guest is Alice Hasters, acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of What White People Don’t Want to Hear About Racism, but Should Know Anyway. In her work, Alice examines how racism operates in everyday life in Germany: often quietly, but with profound impact. We talked about her personal experiences as a Black German woman,...

Donate here to cover our production costs https://ko-fi.com/madingermanypod Malcolm is a Palestinian-Nigerian-German journalist known for presenting for public media about pop music and culture. He has a refreshingly positive viewpoint on Germany, despite his (Christian) Palestinian heritage - so he doesn't shy away from speaking honestly about misconceptions. 

We are joined by Chris Reiter and Willk Wilkes, authors of “Broken Republik: The Inside Story of Germany’s Descent into Crisis"

Donate here to cover our production costs https://ko-fi.com/madingermanypod We are joined by German independent journalist Hanno Hauenstein to discuss the failures of the mainstream media to capture the reality of the Middle East conflict, the “pungent display of ignorance” by Berlin’s mayor, in a refreshingly personal conversation.

Wafaa Saied is a young singer from Gaza based in Berlin. As a Palestinian in Germany her entire identity has been questioned even before 2023. She discusses her childhood in Gaza, reveals experiences of anti-Palestinian racism and talks about the power of music in the face of injustice.

Please support our production costs ! https://ko-fi.com/madingermanypod   A spectre is haunting Germany - the spectre of the left party passing the 5 percent hurdle in the upcoming Bundestag election. But how did things get so bad for the party and how are they turning it around? Long-time left-watcher and critical supporter Loren Balhorn explained the "Stalinist" roots of the "anti-deutsch", why...

Did you know that Germany, which is proud of its "social market economy," has the same wealth inequality as Mexico? Most wealth is inherited, not earned, and some comes with dark secrets. Martyna Linartas, co-founder of Ungleichheit.info, thinks the solution is simple: tax the rich!

Author and investigative journalist Mohamed Amjahid author of "alles nur Einzelfälle? das System hinter der Polizeigewalt" explains why Germans treat police like a religion, the history of violent plots by police and his pessimistic ideas for reforms.   Producer - Lya Cuéllar

Melina Borčak is an expert on anti-Muslim r*cism,  genoc*de and a Bosnian genocide survivor, author of bestselling “Mekka Hier Mekka Da” about how linguistic and media framing contributed to r*cism. She explained to @madingermanypod the brutality of what’s happening in G*za, what anti Muslim racism looks like and why it’s so prevalent on the left, and why Europe “co-operated” in the Bosnian genoci...

Germany and Israel have a historical relationship of mutual benefit, argues political scientist Daniel Marwecki, whose extensive research in the archive showed a disturbing pattern of antisemitism among postwar German officials, including those who supported the Jewish state. Their goal was to make Germany acceptable in the eyes of the world, "whitewashing" its reputation, rather than to help Jews...

"Israel must end the occupation as soon as possible". Professor in International Law Matthias Goldmann explains why Germany's support for Israel can be in conflict with the rule of law itself domestically and internationally, why the term Staatsräson is highly problematic, and whether police treat pro-Palestinians differently from neo-Nazis.

For the second part of this conversation, we spoke about Germany's complex relationship with its own past, the far-right influencing discourse on Israel and that impacting Germany, and her court case with Mirna Funk.   Stay mad.

"I experience German society as deeply antisemitic." In the first episode of Mad in Germany, Berlin-based independent journalist James Jackson interviews Deborah Feldman, author of Unorthodox & Judenfetisch. She is a leading commentator on Germany's "fetishizing" relationship with Jews and the way that Zionism has become a way for Germany to whitewash its history. Part 1 of 2.