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#26: Germany's energy mess

High prices, failed climate targets. How did we get here?

Apr 18 • Maurice Frank

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#25: Merz's reactionary culture guy: Wolfram Weimer

First in a series: Germans you've never heard of but should probably know about

Apr 11 • Josh Axelrod

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#24: German, High and Low

I’m taking a break for Easter and handing over the reins to the writer Ashley Gould, who today writes about her forays into the German language.

Apr 4 • ashley gould

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March 2026

#23: Germany's Weinstein moment?

A really bad deep fake scandal

Mar 29 • Maurice Frank

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#22: Why the Scandinavians do it better

Germany could learn a lot from economic policy up here

Mar 22 • Maurice Frank

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#21:Green, conservative, esoteric

How did the Greens get so big in Baden-Württemberg?

Mar 14 • Maurice Frank

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February 2026

#20: How extreme is the AfD?

Last week Brandenburg’s commissioner for antisemitism, Andreas Büttner, filed criminal charges against an AfD politician from Brandenburg.

Feb 28 • Maurice Frank

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#19: Will Germany ban social media for kids?

As the father of three, I get emotional about this topic.

Feb 22 • Maurice Frank

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#18: Jeffrey Epstein and Deutsche Bank

Germany's top bank was uncomfortably close to the sex offender

Feb 14 • Maurice Frank

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#17: "Fit for war?"

Can Germany grow its army through voluntary service?

Feb 8 • Josh Axelrod

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January 2026

#16: The efficient German state 😆

A few years ago, my partner and I had to visit the Jugendamt (child welfare office) to get me officially recognised as the father of my son as I was not…

Jan 31 • Maurice Frank

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#15: The Flensburg points trading trick

This week’s story is quite niche: German businesspeople exploiting a serious loophole in German traffic law. But it’s a fun one, and one has to admire…

Jan 24 • Maurice Frank

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