Podcasts about Potsdam

Die Autorinnen Helga Schubert und Daniela Krien gehören zwar unterschiedlichen Generationen an, doch sie haben einiges gemeinsam: Sie sind Bestsellerautorinnen, vom Leben in der DDR geprägt, pflegen enge Angehörige - und beide sind gläubig. Orte und Worte hat sie im Rahmen des Literaturfestivals lit:potsdam getroffen. Unter dem Titel "Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung" sprachen sie mit Anne-Dore über Kraftquellen, Wendepunkte ihres Lebens und Sinnhaftigkeit. Vor ausverkauftem Haus im großen Saal des Orangerieschlosses in Potsdam erzählten sie, welche Rolle die Religion in ihrem Alltag spielt, wie sie mit Momenten der Verzweiflung umgehen, wie sie Zeit zum Schreiben finden und wie der Glaube als Geisteshaltung ihre Bücher prägt. Das Buch von Helga Schubert, über das wir im Podcast reden Helga Schubert "Der heutige Tag. Ein Stundenbuch der Liebe", 272 Seiten, dtv Das Buch von Daniela Krien, über das wir im Podcast reden Daniela Krien "Mein drittes Leben", 304 Seiten, Diogenes Der Ort Orangerieschloss im Park Sanssouci in Potsdam, dieses Jahr wichtiger Veranstaltungsort der Lit:Potsdam https://www.litpotsdam.de Die Autorinnen Daniela Krien, Jahrgang 1975, hat Bestseller wie "Die Liebe im Ernstfall" und "Der Brand" geschrieben. Ihr Roman "Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen" wurde verfilmt. Sie lebt in Leipzig. Helga Schubert, geboren 1940, gewann mit 80 Jahren den Bachmannpreis, mit der Geschichte "Vom Aufstehen". Seither erscheinen Neuauflagen und neue Bücher von ihr bei dtv.

Richter, Christoph D. www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Studio 9

Erst tagte hier 1809 die Potsdamer Stadtversammlung, dann war es von 1933 bis 1945 NS-Gefängnis und von 1952 bis 1989 das Stasi-Untersuchungsgefängnis für den Bezirk Potsdam. Seit 30 Jahre ist es eine Gedenkstätte für die Opfer politischer Gewalt. Richter, Christoph D. www.deutschlandfunk.de, Informationen am Morgen

Der Historiker Johannes Preiser-Kapeller über den Banker Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, der reich wird, als Europa die Hölle durchlebt und arm, als die Pest kommt – auf seinen Handelsrouten. Wenn die Natur Geschichte schreibt – ein Podcast vom Pragmaticus.Das Thema:Im 14. Jahrhundert spinnen florentinische Banker ein Handelsnetz von Marokko bis Peking, das System übersteht sogar einen raschen Klimawandel. Doch dann bringt dieses Handelsnetz den Schwarzen Tod nach Europa. Hat sich der Banker Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, der mit dem Handel reich wurde, schuldig gemacht?  Urteilen Sie selbst: In der dritten Folge von Wenn die Natur Geschichte schreibt stehen Ihnen neben dem Historiker Johannes Preiser-Kapeller der Astrophysiker Rainer Arlt vom Leibnitz-Institut für Astrophysik in Potsdam und der Geograf Ulf Büntgen von der Universität Cambridge mit Indizien und Belegen zur Verfügung. Unser Guide durch die Jahrhunderte: Johannes Preiser-Kapeller ist Byzantinist und Umwelthistoriker. Er leitet in der Abteilung Byzanzforschung am Institut für Mittelalterforschung der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) den Forschungsbereich „Byzanz im Kontext“. Er ist Mitherausgeber des Jahrbuchs der Österreichischen Byzantinistik, der Reihe Studies in Global Migration History und Mitglied des Advisory Boards des Journal of Historical Network Research sowie der „Climate Change and History Research Initiative“ der Princeton University. Preiser-Kapeller hat mehrere Bücher über die enge Verbundenheit von Natur- und Menschheitsgeschichte geschrieben, unter anderem Die erste Ernte und der große Hunger. Klima, Pandemien und der Wandel der Alten Welt bis 500 n. Chr. und Der Lange Sommer und die Kleine Eiszeit. Klima, Pandemien und der Wandel der Alten Welt von 500 bis 1500 n. Chr. Zuletzt erschien von ihm Byzanz. Das Neue Rom und die Welt des Mittelalters.Wenn die Natur Geschichte schreibtIn vier Folgen führt uns der Byzantinist und Umwelthistoriker Johannes Preiser-Kapeller durch die Hochs und Tiefs der Jahrhunderte, angefangen bei Kaiser Justinian und dem Schreckensjahr 536, über Erik den Roten, Grönland und afrikanische Elefanten; den Bankier Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, der im 14. Jahrhundert der einen Katastrophe entkam und eine andere beschleunigte, bis zu Hong Hao, einem mutigen Beamten, der vor 1.000 Jahren mit dem Hochwasser des Gelben Flusses und den Behörden kämpfte. Wenn die Natur Geschichte schreibt ist eine Podcast-Reihe über die Macht der Natur über den Menschen und die Macht des Menschen über die Natur.CreditsEcco la primavera: Public Domain, Gespielt und aufgenommen von Tetraktys, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landini_-_Ecco_la_primavera.oggMarkt: geophon_market_sardinien_cagliari by matthiasmorgenroth, https://freesound.org/s/786665/, License: Creative Commons 0Schrift: Public Domain, Quill and Parchment by Nickh69, https://freesound.org/s/507864/, License: Creative Commons 0Needle scratch: Vinyl Needle Skip.wav by ZeSoundResearchInc., https://freesound.org/s/117512/, License: Creative Commons 0 Rewind_cassette_tape by bienvenido69, https://freesound.org/s/545835/, License: Creative Commons 0Dies ist ein Podcast von Der Pragmaticus. Sie finden uns auch auf Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn und X (Twitter).

Die ostdeutschen Bundesländer werden immer leerer. Ganze Landstriche überaltern, es fehlt an jungen Eltern. Nirgendwo in Deutschland ist der demografische Wandel so extrem zu spüren wie in einem Landkreis in Sachsen-Anhalt.Gast? Hannah Amsbeck, Projektmanagerin bei der Bertelsmann StiftungText und Moderation? Caroline AmmeSie haben Fragen? Schreiben Sie eine E-Mail an podcasts@ntv.deSie möchten "Wieder was gelernt" unterstützen? Dann bewerten Sie den Podcast gerne bei Apple Podcasts oder Spotify.Alle Rabattcodes und Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier: https://linktr.ee/wiederwasgelerntUnsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.htmlWir verarbeiten im Zusammenhang mit dem Angebot unserer Podcasts Daten. Wenn Sie der automatischen Übermittlung der Daten widersprechen wollen, klicken Sie hier: https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.htmlUnsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://art19.com/privacy. Die Datenschutzrichtlinien für Kalifornien sind unter https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info abrufbar.

Was als Routine geplant war, entwickelt sich zum Krisenszenario. Fraktionen verhandeln unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit, Stimmen werden gesichert, Loyalitäten erpresst. Das Verfassungsgericht wird zur Projektionsfläche politischer Machtspiele.Ein Kommentar von Janine Beicht.Die Wahl neuer Richter für das Bundesverfassungsgericht, eigentlich ein bürokratischer Vorgang, droht die schwarz-rote Koalition in eine Zerreißprobe zu stürzen. Am Freitag sollte der Bundestag über drei Kandidaten entscheiden: Günter Spinner (53), nominiert von der Union, sowie die SPD-Vorschläge Ann-Katrin Kaufhold (*1976) und Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf (54). Besonders Letztere sorgt für Zündstoff. Ihre Positionen zu Abtreibung, Kopftuchbefürwortung und Corona-Impfpflicht stoßen bei vielen Unionsabgeordneten auf erbitterten Widerstand. Sollte Brosius-Gersdorf scheitern, wankt die Koalition nach nur zwei Monaten. Doch auch ein Erfolg könnte teuer erkauft sein, mit Stimmen, die niemand offen zugeben will.Ein fragiles MachtgefügeDie Koalition aus CDU, CSU und SPD verfügt im Bundestag über eine Mehrheit von nur 12 Stimmen. Für die Richterwahl ist »eine Zweidrittelmehrheit erforderlich«, bei voller Anwesenheit 420 von 630 Stimmen, mindestens aber 316. Selbst mit Unterstützung der Grünen reicht das nicht. Es fehlen etwa sieben Stimmen, die nur von der Linken oder der AfD kommen können. Die Union lehnt Absprachen mit beiden ab, steckt aber in einem Dilemma: Ohne diese Stimmen droht ein Debakel, das die Entscheidung an den Bundesrat abgibt. Für Kanzler Friedrich Merz wäre das ein peinlicher Beweis mangelnder Führungsstärke, besonders nach seiner knappen Kanzlerwahl.Die Abstimmung ist geheim, die Abgeordneten wählen in Kabinen, Ergebnisse werden erst später verkündet. Um 10 Uhr steht Spinner zur Wahl, mittags folgen Kaufhold und Brosius-Gersdorf in getrennten Wahlgängen. Die Union setzt auf maximale Anwesenheit, um die Mehrheit zu sichern. Doch die Stimmung in der Fraktion ist angespannt. Viele Abgeordnete sehen in Brosius-Gersdorf eine Kandidatin, deren Rechtsverständnis mit konservativen Werten unvereinbar ist.Brosius-Gersdorf: Der Stein des AnstoßesFrauke Brosius-Gersdorf, Rechtsprofessorin aus Potsdam, polarisiert. Sie befürwortet die Legalisierung von Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen in den ersten drei Monaten, lehnt ein Kopftuchverbot für Rechtsreferendarinnen im Gerichtssaal ab und unterstützte während der Pandemie eine Impfpflicht. Diese Positionen machen sie für viele in der Union unwählbar....https://apolut.net/die-richterwahl-als-symptom-einer-entkernten-demokratie-von-janine-beicht/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rätsel des Lebens – Kolumne von Dirk Kaesler & Stefanie von WietersheimDirk Kaesler & Stefanie von Wietersheim "Kindliche Geiseln im Weißen Haus" – von Dirk Kaesler & Stefanie von Wietersheim - KolumneÜber die politische Instrumentalisierung ausgewählter Kinder und züchterische Fantasien(Hördauer ca. 24 Minuten)Unter der Überschrift „Rätsel des Lebens“ schreiben wir jeden Monat in unserer Kolumne darüber, was uns in der aktuellen Gesellschaft als erstaunlich, rätselhaft, aufsehenerregend oder amüsant erscheint.Rätsel des Lebens. Warum, um Gottes Willen, haben wir uns insgesamt 50 Folgen der Netflix-Serie „The Crown“ angesehen, von denen jede 58 Minuten dauert? Die Windsor-Story in Einzelhappen über Monate genossen oder als Binge Watching reingezogen – und dabei gefiebert, gelacht, geweint und schließlich getrauert, als alles vorerst vorbei war? ...Den Text der Kolumne finden Sie hierDirk Kaesler Prof. Dr., war nach seiner Promotion und Habilitation an der Universität München von 1984 bis 1995 Professor für Allgemeine Soziologie an der Universität Hamburg, von 1995 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 2009 an der Universität Marburg. Er lebt inzwischen in Potsdam. Zu seinen Forschungs- und Publikationsschwerpunkten gehören Wissenschafts- und Religionssoziologie, Politische Soziologie, Geschichte und Theorien der Soziologie, ihre Klassiker und Hauptwerke und dabei vor allem Max Weber. Zu seinen letzten Buchveröffentlichungen gehören die 2014 im Verlag C.H. Beck erschienene Biographie „Max Weber. Preuße, Denker, Muttersohn“ und sein zusammen mit Stefanie von Wietersheim 2021 im Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft veröffentlichter Band "Schön deutsch. Eine Entdeckungsreise".2009 bis 2014 sind in "literaturkritik.de" regelmäßig seine Glossen "Abstimmungen mit  der Welt" erschienen.Stefanie von Wietersheim ist Kulturjournalistin und Buchautorin. Ihre Bildbände Frauen & ihre Refugien, Vom Glück mit Büchern zu leben und Mütter & Töchter wurden zu Klassikern ihres Genres. In ihrem Buch Grand Paris – Savoir-vivre für Insider und solche, die es werden wollen schreibt sie über ihre Wahlheimat Frankreich. Sie geht als Autorin der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung im In- und Ausland auf Reportage. Zusammen mit Dirk Kaesler veröffentlichte sie 2021 im Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft.de Schön deutsch. Eine Entdeckungsreise.Wenn Ihnen diese Sendung gefallen hat, hören Sie doch hier mal rein.Sprecher: Matthias PöhlmannAufnahme, Schnitt und Realisation Uwe Kullnick

How did the Potsdam Conference lead to the Marshall Plan, NATO, and The Warsaw Pact? What was The Long Telegram and the US policy of Containment? When did the Big Three of WW2 stop being antifascist allies and start being ideological enemies? Join James Holland, Al Murray, and guest Giles Milton for Part 2 on this exploration of the Potsdam Conference, as they discuss the superpowers at the end of World War Two, and how dictators like Stalin set the stage for the Cold War. BONUS CONTENT IS AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS - SIGN UP AT patreon.com/wehaveways A Goalhanger Production Produced by James Regan Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @WeHaveWaysPod Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com Join our ‘Independent Company' with an introductory offer to watch exclusive live shows, get presale ticket events, and our weekly newsletter - packed with book and model discounts. Membership Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How did President Truman help America become the leader of the free world? In what ways did Stalin's Communist USSR win WW2? When did Atlee replace Churchill at the Potsdam Conference? Join James Holland, Al Murray, and guest Giles Milton in Part 1 on this exploration of the Potsdam Conference, as they discuss the superpowers at the end of World War Two, and how dictators like Stalin set the stage for the Cold War. PART 2 IS AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS AD-FREE NOW - SIGN UP AT patreon.com/wehaveways A Goalhanger Production Produced by James Regan Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @WeHaveWaysPod Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com Join our ‘Independent Company' with an introductory offer to watch exclusive live shows, get presale ticket events, and our weekly newsletter - packed with book and model discounts. Membership Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(Jul 7, 2025)

(Jul 7, 2025) While civic groups and adult sports leagues have been disappearing from North Country society, pickleball leagues have exploded in popularity. We go courtside to a pickleball tournament in Potsdam which raises money for local charities. Also: The historic ferry business from Cape Vincent to Wolfe Island is now for sale.

Die Medien-Woche Ausgabe 308 vom 7. Juli 2025 Mit folgenden Themen: 1. RBB einigt sich mit Stefan Gelbhaar / 2 Funke verkauft Zeitschriften an Klambt / 3 Muss der AI Act verschoben werden? / 4 Die UFA zieht von Potsdam nach Berlin zurück SHOWNOTES Stefan Gelbhaar https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2025/07/stefan-gelbhaar-rbb-legen-streit-bei.html https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/102927/aussergerichtliche_einigung_rbb_zahlt_entschaedigung_an_gelbhaar/ https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien-und-film/medienpolitik/rbb-und-stefan-gelbhaar-einigen-sich-auf-entschaedigungszahlung-110574131.html Funke und Klambt https://www.funkemedien.de/de/presse/mediengruppe-klambt-uebernimmt-acht-zeitschriftentitel-der-funke-mediengruppe https://www.lto.de/recht/kanzleien-unternehmen/k/neue-heimat-fuer-frau-im-spiegel-und-das-goldene-blatt-verkauf-zeitschriftentitel-funke-klambt https://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/die-aktuelle-frau-im-spiegel-klambt-uebernimmt-acht-frauenzeitschriften-von-funke-228653 AI Act https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/ki-bundesregierung-will-sich-fuer-aufschub-der-eu-regulierung-einsetzen/100139143.html https://table.media/ceo/professional-briefing/neue-ezb-strategie-verpasste-chance-sap-ceo-christian-klein-fuer-ai-act-pause-raetsel-um-mindestlohn UFA https://www.ufa.de/presse/aufbruch https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/102930/rueckkehr_in_die_hauptstadt_ufa_zieht_um_nach_berlin/ Impressum:Diensteanbieter Stefan Winterbauer/Christian Meier Medien-Woche Im Kohlstatterfeld 12 69439 Zwingenberg E-Mail-Adresse: diemedienwoche@gmail.com Stefan Winterbauer (Adresse wie oben) Christian Meier Links auf fremde Webseiten: Die Inhalte fremder Webseiten, auf die wir direkt oder indirekt verweisen, liegen außerhalb unseres Verantwortungsbereiches und wir machen sie uns nicht zu Eigen. Für alle Inhalte und Nachteile, die aus der Nutzung der in den verlinkten Webseiten aufrufbaren Informationen entstehen, übernehmen wir keine Verantwortung. ⁠Erstellt mit kostenlosem Datenschutz-Generator.de von Dr. Thomas Schwenke⁠ KontaktmöglichkeitenInhaltlich verantwortlich:Haftungs- und Schutzrechtshinweise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What causes the Earth to suddenly collapse beneath our feet? Can geophysics help us predict—and perhaps even prevent—natural disasters? These are just some of the fascinating questions explored in the latest episode of the Arqus Knowledge Pills podcast with special guest Professor Djamil Al-Halbouni, expert in Applied Geophysics and Remote Sensing at Leipzig University.In this episode, Professor Al-Halbouni guides us through the invisible forces shaping our landscapes—from sinkholes in the Dead Sea region to erosion in Bronze Age archaeological sites. Drawing on his international research experience and innovative use of numerical simulation, remote sensing, and fieldwork, he explains how water-related processes such as subsidence and collapse can reveal urgent insights into both our past and future environments.The conversation also highlights his recent Arqus course in the Granada Geopark, where students explored how geophysical methods connect natural history with cultural heritage. Geoparks offer unique learning opportunities that bridge science, sustainability, and storytelling.Professor Al-Halbouni also discusses the social impact of natural hazards on vulnerable communities, especially those living along the receding shores of the Dead Sea. He reflects on the potential of new technologies, including AI and satellite data, to support early-warning systems and more resilient planning strategies.Learn more about Djamil Al-Halbouni:Djamil Al-Halbouni is a Junior Professor of Applied Near-Surface Geophysics and Remote Sensing at Leipzig University. His research focuses on geophysical modelling and monitoring of near-surface hazards, with particular expertise in sinkhole formation and subsidence processes. He played a leading role in the international project DESERVE, investigating sinkholes and landslides around the Dead Sea, one of the world's most dynamic and vulnerable regions to such geohazards.Al-Halbouni holds a diploma in Geophysics from the University of Göttingen and completed his PhD at the University of Potsdam and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), including a research stay at the University of Adelaide and CSIRO in Australia. His work also spans groundwater dynamics in karst aquifers, hydromechanical modelling of canyon systems, and the stability of salt caverns in Brazil and Germany. Before joining Leipzig, he held postdoctoral positions at GFZ, GEOMAR, and the University of Malta.

Rätsel des Lebens – Kolumne von Dirk Kaesler & Stefanie von WietersheimDirk Kaesler & Stefanie von Wietersheim "Lektüre in Zeiten des Krieges" Warum wir (wieder) „Nathan der Weise“ lesen müssen – Ein Manifest der Toleranz für Juden, Christen und Muslime – von Dirk Kaesler & Stefanie von Wietersheim - Kolumne(Hördauer ca. 32 Minuten)Unter der Überschrift „Rätsel des Lebens“ schreiben wir jeden Monat in unserer Kolumne darüber, was uns in der aktuellen Gesellschaft als erstaunlich, rätselhaft, aufsehenerregend oder amüsant erscheint.Rätsel des Lebens. Warum, um Gottes Willen, haben wir uns insgesamt 50 Folgen der Netflix-Serie „The Crown“ angesehen, von denen jede 58 Minuten dauert? Die Windsor-Story in Einzelhappen über Monate genossen oder als Binge Watching reingezogen – und dabei gefiebert, gelacht, geweint und schließlich getrauert, als alles vorerst vorbei war? ...Den Text der Kolumne finden Sie hierDirk Kaesler Prof. Dr., war nach seiner Promotion und Habilitation an der Universität München von 1984 bis 1995 Professor für Allgemeine Soziologie an der Universität Hamburg, von 1995 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 2009 an der Universität Marburg. Er lebt inzwischen in Potsdam. Zu seinen Forschungs- und Publikationsschwerpunkten gehören Wissenschafts- und Religionssoziologie, Politische Soziologie, Geschichte und Theorien der Soziologie, ihre Klassiker und Hauptwerke und dabei vor allem Max Weber. Zu seinen letzten Buchveröffentlichungen gehören die 2014 im Verlag C.H. Beck erschienene Biographie „Max Weber. Preuße, Denker, Muttersohn“ und sein zusammen mit Stefanie von Wietersheim 2021 im Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft veröffentlichter Band "Schön deutsch. Eine Entdeckungsreise".2009 bis 2014 sind in "literaturkritik.de" regelmäßig seine Glossen "Abstimmungen mit  der Welt" erschienen.Stefanie von Wietersheim ist Kulturjournalistin und Buchautorin. Ihre Bildbände Frauen & ihre Refugien, Vom Glück mit Büchern zu leben und Mütter & Töchter wurden zu Klassikern ihres Genres. In ihrem Buch Grand Paris – Savoir-vivre für Insider und solche, die es werden wollen schreibt sie über ihre Wahlheimat Frankreich. Sie geht als Autorin der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung im In- und Ausland auf Reportage. Zusammen mit Dirk Kaesler veröffentlichte sie 2021 im Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft.de Schön deutsch. Eine Entdeckungsreise.Wenn Ihnen diese Sendung gefallen hat, hören Sie doch hier mal rein.Sprecher: Matthias PöhlmannAufnahme, Schnitt und Realisation Uwe Kullnick

Interpreten: Ensemble Diderot, Johannes PramsohlerLabel: Audax RecordsEAN: 3770004137817Es gibt Werke, die sind mehr als „nur“ Musik – sie sind ein Rätsel, ein Vermächtnis, ein Spiegel des Geistes, der sie erschaffen hat. Johann Sebastian Bachs Musikalisches Opfer gehört zweifellos zu dieser Kategorie. Das Ensemble Diderot unter der Leitung von Johannes Pramsohler hat sich nun mit einer neuen Aufnahme diesem faszinierenden Kosmos gewidmet. Michael Gmasz ist begeistert.Die Geschichte ist bekannt – und doch immer wieder erzählenswert: Im Jahr 1747 besucht Bach seinen Sohn Carl Philipp Emmanuel am Hofe des Preußenkönigs Friedrich II. in Potsdam. Der König, selbst passionierter Flötist, gibt dem Thomaskantor ein Thema – das sogenannte „Königliche Thema“. Bach improvisiert, nimmt es mit nach Hause und komponiert daraus ein musikalisches Monument: das Musikalische Opfer. Johannes Pramsohler, der Gründer und künstlerische Leiter des Ensembles Diderot, ist ein Musiker mit Forschergeist und feinem Gespür für historische Klangwelten. Seine Interpretationen sind nie akademisch – sie sind lebendig, atmend und voller Energie. Und genau das spürt man auch in dieser Aufnahme: Die Musikerinnen und Musiker des Ensemble Diderot sind nicht nur exzellente Solist:innen, sondern auch ein eingeschworenes Kollektiv, das sich mit Hingabe und Neugier dem musikalischen Dialog widmet.Die Besetzung ist bewusst kammermusikalisch gehalten – ganz im Sinne Bachs, der das Werk nicht für eine bestimmte Instrumentierung vorgab. So entsteht ein intimer, fast privater Klangraum, in dem sich die Stimmen begegnen, umkreisen, widerspiegeln. Besonders in der abschließenden Triosonate wird deutlich, wie fein aufeinander abgestimmt die Musiker agieren: Da wird nicht nur gespielt, sondern zugehört, reagiert, gestaltet. Besonders hervorzuheben ist die Transparenz des Klangs: Jeder Kontrapunkt, jede motivische Wendung wird hörbar gemacht, ohne dass die Musik je trocken wirkt. Mit dieser Bach-Aufnahme beweist das Ensemble Diderot erneut, dass es nicht nur musikalisch, sondern auch konzeptionell zu den spannendsten Ensembles der Alte-Musik-Szene gehören. (mg)

(Jul 2, 2025) As part of our volunteerism series, we visit a fishing day for middle schoolers organized by the Chazy Rod & Gun Club; the Potsdam Public Library has a volunteer program that offers free literacy tutoring; and Chef Curtiss Hemm shares a recipe for mushroom fricassée.

Rätsel des Lebens – Kolumne von Dirk Kaesler & Stefanie von WietersheimDirk Kaesler & Stefanie von Wietersheim"Lektüre in Zeiten des Krieges" Warum wir (wieder) „Nathan der Weise“ lesen müssen – Ein Manifest der Toleranz für Juden, Christen und Muslime – von Dirk Kaesler & Stefanie von Wietersheim - Kolumne(Hördauer ca. 32 Minuten)Unter der Überschrift „Rätsel des Lebens“ schreiben wir jeden Monat in unserer Kolumne darüber, was uns in der aktuellen Gesellschaft als erstaunlich, rätselhaft, aufsehenerregend oder amüsant erscheint.Rätsel des Lebens. Warum, um Gottes Willen, haben wir uns insgesamt 50 Folgen der Netflix-Serie „The Crown“ angesehen, von denen jede 58 Minuten dauert? Die Windsor-Story in Einzelhappen über Monate genossen oder als Binge Watching reingezogen – und dabei gefiebert, gelacht, geweint und schließlich getrauert, als alles vorerst vorbei war? ...Den Text der Kolumne finden Sie hierDirk Kaesler Prof. Dr., war nach seiner Promotion und Habilitation an der Universität München von 1984 bis 1995 Professor für Allgemeine Soziologie an der Universität Hamburg, von 1995 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 2009 an der Universität Marburg. Er lebt inzwischen in Potsdam. Zu seinen Forschungs- und Publikationsschwerpunkten gehören Wissenschafts- und Religionssoziologie, Politische Soziologie, Geschichte und Theorien der Soziologie, ihre Klassiker und Hauptwerke und dabei vor allem Max Weber. Zu seinen letzten Buchveröffentlichungen gehören die 2014 im Verlag C.H. Beck erschienene Biographie „Max Weber. Preuße, Denker, Muttersohn“ und sein zusammen mit Stefanie von Wietersheim 2021 im Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft veröffentlichter Band "Schön deutsch. Eine Entdeckungsreise".2009 bis 2014 sind in "literaturkritik.de" regelmäßig seine Glossen "Abstimmungen mit  der Welt" erschienen.Stefanie von Wietersheim ist Kulturjournalistin und Buchautorin. Ihre Bildbände Frauen & ihre Refugien, Vom Glück mit Büchern zu leben und Mütter & Töchter wurden zu Klassikern ihres Genres. In ihrem Buch Grand Paris – Savoir-vivre für Insider und solche, die es werden wollen schreibt sie über ihre Wahlheimat Frankreich. Sie geht als Autorin der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung im In- und Ausland auf Reportage. Zusammen mit Dirk Kaesler veröffentlichte sie 2021 im Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft.de Schön deutsch. Eine Entdeckungsreise.Wenn Ihnen diese Sendung gefallen hat, hören Sie doch hier mal rein.Sprecher: Matthias PöhlmannAufnahme, Schnitt und Realisation Uwe Kullnick

To enable future lunar settlements, researchers are pursuing ways to construct needed devices on the moon to save the expense of shipping them from Earth. In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin's Laura Leay interviews Felix Lang from the University of Potsdam, Germany about his group's development of perovskite solar cells that utilize the moon's regolith for the substrate. The researchers achieved power conversion efficiency of ~10%, with some device architectures leading to improved efficiencies of ~12%. Calculations show that using resources from the moon resulted in a power-to-weight ratio that outclassed other technologies, even with the low efficiency. Future work will look to improve this efficiency by considering tandem solar cells. This study was published in a recent issue of Device.

"Starke Worte, schöne Orte", damit wirbt das Literaturfestival Lit:potsdam für sich. Bei schönstem Sonnenschein lädt das Literaturfestival diese Woche schon zum 13. Mal an besondere Plätze in Potsdam zu Lesungen ein. Heute Abend beginnt es. Noch bis Sonntag kommen jede Menge Autorinnen und Autoren in die Brandenburger Landeshauptstadt. Mit dabei ist auf jeden Fall auch unsere Literaturredakteurin Anne-Dore Krohn, die mehrere der Veranstaltungen dort moderiert und das Festival seit vielen Jahren kennt.

(Jun 30, 2025)

Cold OpenI just heard the duly-elected President of these United States... Donald J. Trump... brag about dropping the atom bomb. On Hiroshima.My god.Steven Colbert? Jon Stewart...?Once, these guys were subversive... were daring. But...But with troops still in the California streets and missiles in Mid-Eastern air...Haven't comedians become nauseatingly... tone dead?When the Comedy stops being funny…We're in deep shit. Especially anybody different. Like, say… autistics..[music theme]IntroYou're listening to Trigger Warnings, episode 2 … a new project of AutisticAF Out Loud podcast.I'm Johnny Profane. Your fiercely divergent guide to what's actually happening in the news.Gimme 10 minutes? I'll give you my neurodivergent world.Today: “Not Everything's Funny: Colbert, Trump .. & Hiroshima.” Military deployments in two cities, Constitutional challenges mounting, and one burning question: Are we witnessing democratic norms under assault in real time? And trying to just laugh it off?For an ever deeper dive, I've included footnotes and readings in the subStack.Content Note: civil unrest, military deployment, law enforcement actions, concerns about democratic institutions + experiences & opinions of one autistic voice... in my 70s.[music theme]ShowAct 1: The Unprecedented BreakI just heard the duly-elected President of these United States... Donald J. Trump... brag about dropping the atom bomb. On Hiroshima.[1]At a NATO summit.In front of the world.My god.Let me tell you what just happened. Because the News? They aren't "reporting" just how fucked up this really is.[music freedom, 8 bars]No President Has Ever Done ThisSince the guy who dropped those bombs in 1945…Harry Truman…stopped defending his decision…cuz he stopped being president in 1952.No American president since… has dared… brag about Hiroshima. Or Nagasaki.[2]Not one.You know why? Because even the worst of them understood something. Those bombs killed 200,000 people.[3] Mostly civilians. Women. Children. Grandparents.Even Eisenhower… the guy American history class sayswon World War II… Even he said the bombing "never ceased troubling me." He called it completely unnecessary.[4]Obama visited Hiroshima in 2016.[5] He didn't apologize. But he didn't brag either.Reagan talked about nuclear weapons. But he said "a nuclear war can never be won."[6]Every president since Truman understood this was serious shit. Sacred ground. You don't joke around about vaporizing cities.Not Trump.He's bragging. Comparing his conventional strikes to atomic bombs. Like it's a video game."We have the best nuclear technology," he said. "The best equipment in the world."Like… nuclear weapons were toys.[music]Trump Just Shattered “Normal”Yesterday at the NATO summit in The Hague, Trump compared his strikes on Iran to Hiroshima.His exact words: "I don't want to use an example of Hiroshima. I don't want to use the example of Nagasaki, that was essentially the same thing. That ended that war, this ended this war."[7]He was bragging. Bragging about nuclear destruction. Like a fucking business deal."That hit ended the war," he said. Chest puffed out. Proud as hell.This is what we've come to. The President casually referencing the incineration of 200,000 humans… as a model for current policy.At an international summit.On camera.With full makeup.[music 8 bars, freedom]You know social media… if you take a sec to hit subscribe, like, share? A lot more people will check it out. Just one click… and you do a lotta good.[music, freedom]The Comedy ProblemHow are we supposed to respond? Where's the outrage?In other words, where are the comedians? Most Gen Z-ers and younger get their news from late night comedy shows.[8]Colbert will try out a "new" joke tonight. Stewart will do his smirk. They'll treat this like another Trump gaffe they can mine for laughs.[9]But it's not funny anymore.Once, these guys were subversive... were daring. But...Haven't they become nauseatingly... tone dead?You can't satirize someone who's already become a parody of human decency. Someone the scriptures of all major religions would label simply… evil?Bragging about mass murder... what the fuck is left to mock?Comedy works when there's a shared understanding of normal. When people have shame. When some lines… you just don't cross.But Trump crossed the biggest. With a smile. Not one objection from a room full of reporters. Just brief sneers from a TV full of comedians.So, Canary-in-the-coal-mine time….When the Comedy stops being funny…We're in deep shit. Especially anyone different. Like, say… autistics…[music]Why This MattersThis isn't about politics. Left or right.This is about what kind of country we are.For 80 years, American presidents understood that Hiroshima was different. Special. Unspeakable.[10]They might defend it…quickly, quietly. Say, “It saved lives.” Then quickly, move on.They understood Power comes with burdens… responsibility, accountability, humanity. That killing 200,000 people isn't something you do a victory spike over.Trump doesn't understand that weight.Or worse... he doesn't care.Ya, know, worse yet? Maybe he does care. About the bullying power that his brutish remarks burn into the world's memory.[music]Act 2: When Institutions FailWith troops still in the California streets, missiles in Mid-Eastern skies… and a Bully-in-Chief in the pulpit…Comedy… and art… fall silent.Corporate News? Well it talks… too much. But it just isn't saying anything. They don't cover reality anymore. They've been cowed into repeating Administration lies… through shell-shocked faces.When the President of the United States casually references nuclear genocide... and we fear he might just use them sometime …within the next two weeks…like all of his jokes…that become threats…that become promises kept to his base…Our cultural tools break down.We don't have frameworks for this.We have jokes for corrupt politicians. For liars. For cheaters. That subversive humor can shed a light into Democratic or Republican darkness. Through a shared giggle.But jokes about dropping nukes?They're just distractions. Like… witty comebacks, really killer memes, and the occasional truly thoughtful opinion piece in the New York Times.[music]What We're Really FacingThis is what authoritarianism starts like.[11] Not jackboots and death squads.Just a man who thinks mass murder… is something to celebrate. A man who doesn't understand why some folks might find that disturbing.The scariest part? He said this at NATO. To our allies.Heard round the world. By any country that remembers World War II. What nuclear weapons actually do.Like say, Japan.[music]Are the Democrats' the Alternative?The political opposition? They're not exactly rising to the moment. What the fuck are Democrats doing?[12]Running the same playbook they've used since Hillary lost."We're the adults in the room.""At least we're not Trump. Vote for us because we're not insane.""You just wait for the midterms… oh, boy. We really got him now."We need more than just "At least, we're not that guy."You need to explain why this is fucking terrifying.Wait… Forget all that.Say as little as absolutely necessary.Just fucking act already.[music]Where We Are NowSo here we are. And we're all supposed to pretend this is normal.It's not normal.It's not funny.And it's not sustainable. Maybe not survivable.[music]The TruthTrump just told the world that he thinks nuclear destruction is a deal-making path… worth aspiring to. :Proudly.That's not politics. That's not even partisanship.That's a fundamental break with human decency.And if we can't say that out loud... if we can't admit how fucked up this is...We're already lost.[music AutisticAF Out Loud theme]OutroThis has been Trigger Warnings: Fiercely Divergent News. Reminding you we navigate a world that wasn't built for us Neurodivergents… and it may be time… to build our own.Another warning sign that, ya know… human decency? All bets are off.Which doesn't bode well for anybody who is different.Next week? 10 more minutes of my neurodivergent world. Until then, take care of your beautiful pattern-seeking, divergent brain.And… stay safe? Stay fierce.#AutisticAF Out Loud Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. Click o receive new posts… free. To support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber.Binge on the most authentic autistic voice in podcasting.7 decades of raw truth, real insights, zero yadayada.Footnotes[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/6/25/trump-compares-iran-strikes-to-hiroshima-and-nagasakihttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-hiroshima-nagasaki-iran_n_685bf52ee4b024434f988a73https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hit-ended-war-trump-likens-iran-strikes-hiroshima-bombinghttps://cbs4local.com/news/nation-world/president-donald-trump-compares-iran-strikes-to-hiroshima-bombing-nagasaki-claims-successful-end-to-conflict-nato-summit-netherlands-secretary-general-mark-rutte-operation-midnight-hammer[2]: While President Truman initially called the atomic bomb "the greatest thing in history" aboard his ship returning from Potsdam, his public statements were more measured, describing it as "a harnessing of the basic power of the universe".https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/august-6-1945-statement-president-announcing-use-bombTruman defended the decision but stopped discussing it publicly after leaving office. No subsequent president has publicly celebrated or bragged about the atomic bombings until Trump's 2025 remarks.https://www.nps.gov/articles/trumanatomicbomb.htm[3]: Death toll estimates for the atomic bombings vary significantly. The Manhattan Engineer District initially estimated 105,000 total deaths (66,000 in Hiroshima, 39,000 in Nagasaki) by end of 1945. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons estimates 140,000 in Hiroshima and 74,000 in Nagasaki by end of 1945. Methodological challenges include destroyed records, uncertain pre-bombing populations, and radiation-related deaths over time.https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/documents/med/med_chp10.html[4]: Eisenhower expressed his "grave misgivings" about the atomic bombing in his memoir, stating he believed "Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary." He also noted his concern that the U.S. "should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives."https://www.aei.org/op-eds/japan-was-already-defeated-the-case-against-the-nuclear-bomb-and-for-basic-morality/Critics note this was a post-war reflection written nearly two decades later, not a contemporaneous military assessment.[5]: Obama visited Hiroshima in May 2016, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to do so. He spoke of the "silent cry" of victims and called for nuclear disarmament while carefully avoiding any apology, stating: "We stand here in the middle of this city and force ourselves to imagine the moment the bomb fell... we listen to a silent cry".https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/obama-at-hiroshima-death-fell-from-the-sky-05-27-2016-103848173[6]: Reagan's famous statement "A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought" was delivered in his 1984 State of the Union address, reflecting his commitment to nuclear deterrence while pursuing arms reduction with the Soviet Union.[7]: Trump's exact words at the NATO summit on June 25, 2025: "I don't want to use an example of Hiroshima. I don't want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that was essentially the same thing that ended that war, this ended this war"[4].https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hit-ended-war-trump-likens-iran-strikes-hiroshima-bombinghttps://cbs4local.com/news/nation-world/president-donald-trump-compares-iran-strikes-to-hiroshima-bombing-nagasaki-claims-successful-end-to-conflict-nato-summit-netherlands-secretary-general-mark-rutte-operation-midnight-hammerThis represents the first time a U.S. president has compared current military actions to the atomic bombings in a celebratory manner.[8]: Research indicates late-night political comedy shows serve as significant news sources, particularly for younger demographics. "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" averaged 8.7% viewership share in 2024, reaching approximately 281,000 viewers in the 18-49 demographic nightly[15][16].https://screenrant.com/stephen-colbert-ratings-late-show-2024-explained/https://screenrant.com/stephen-colbert-ratings-late-show-2024-explained/ Studies suggest these programs have the most impact on politically inattentive audiences who learn about politics inadvertently through satirical content.[9]: Following Trump's Iran strikes, Colbert addressed the actions through his typical comedic framework, with segments like "Trump's Weird Iran War Speech" and jokes about intelligence reports contradicting Trump's claims of "obliteration." Colbert quipped "Oops-a-nuke-y" regarding reports that Iran's nuclear capabilities remained largely intact.https://www.tvinsider.com/1199026/stephen-colbert-trump-f-bomb-rant-monologue-video/[10]: The concept of a "nuclear taboo"—an international norm against the use of nuclear weapons—has been maintained since 1945. Political scientist Nina Tannenwald defines this as "a de facto prohibition against the first use of nuclear weapons" that creates a shared understanding of the illegitimacy and immorality of nuclear weapons use[18].https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_tabooTrump's comparison breaks this longstanding presidential restraint.[11]: Harvard political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt identify four markers of authoritarian risk: rejecting democratic rules, denying opponent legitimacy, tolerating violence, and curtailing civil liberties. They argue Trump is the first U.S. politician since the Civil War to meet all four criteria19.https://www.newsweek.com/harvard-political-science-professor-donald-trump-authoritarian-how-democracy-778425Constitutional scholar Elaine Scarry argues nuclear weapons create "thermonuclear monarchy" by concentrating unprecedented destructive power in executive hands, fundamentally undermining democratic governance.https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thermonuclear-monarchy-elaine-scarry/1111087819https://futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Elaine_Scarry_MIT_April2.pdf[12]: Democratic responses to Trump's Iran strikes showed internal divisions. House No. 2 Democrat Katherine Clark called the strikes "unauthorized & unconstitutional," while Senator Chris van Hollen argued they violated congressional war powers. However, critics note Democratic presidents have similarly bypassed Congress for military actions, weakening their constitutional arguments[22][23].https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/us-bombs-iran-attacks-trump-constitution-rcna214580https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/23/politics/trump-iran-legal-constitutional-article-1-article-2 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit johnnyprofaneknapp.substack.com/subscribe

(Jun 25, 2025) Retired State Police Sgt. Jay Cook recounts the day he spotted, shot and recaptured Clinton Correctional escapee David Sweat in a field in Constable, ending the weekslong Dannemora manhunt; a project by the Potsdam Rotary Club gifts families with their own birthday celebration kit; and North Words host Mitch Teich sits down with Michael Aguirre from the Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake to preview its last summer season at its current location on Brandy Brook Avenue before it gets a new home.

Prof. Dr. Eva Asselmann ist Professorin für Persönlichkeitspsychologie an der HMU Health and Medical University in Potsdam. In ihrer Forschung beschäftigt sie sich mit der Entwicklung von Persönlichkeit im Lebensverlauf – insbesondere damit, wie Lebensereignisse unsere Persönlichkeit beeinflussen. Ihr wissenschaftlicher Fokus liegt dabei auf den Big Five, Selbstwert, Stressbewältigung und mentaler Gesundheit. Neben ihrer Tätigkeit in Forschung und Lehre ist sie gefragte Autorin und Speakerin.

ONESTONE Capital: bisher ein unbekannter Name. Enis Mergün hat mit seinem Freund Alex den One-Stop-Shop gegründet. Nur wenige Wochen nach der Gründung saß er vor dem IMMOBILÉROS-Mikrofon und erzählt die Gründungstory, über die ersten beiden Ankäufe sowie den ersten Mitarbeiter. Der Sweetspot bei den Ankäufen in Berlin, Potsdam und dem gut erreichbaren Speckgürtel liegt zwischen drei und fünf Millionen, danach wird saniert und dann gehen die Eigentumswohnungen in den Verkauf. Ein Startup schnell erklärt: Wer auch daran Interesse hat und von der großen Reichweite gegen eine kleinen Produktionskostenzuschuss profitieren will: Gern eine Mail an mich senden, die ist in den Shownotes zu finden.

EU: MIGRATION TRAGEDIES, JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN. 1772 POTSDAM

The Potsdam Conference... The Pozi Confs for those in the know, as you are soon to be. It's like summer camp for if you've been a good boy and defeated Nazi Germany in Europe. You all get together and decide what the hell do we do now? Stalin and Molotov are there, having a BLAST. The newly elected Labour Party of the UK forgot their swimming trunks and no-one knows who this Truman guy is.Seriously though…who's in charge? Who's not in charge? Who's dead? Who's been voted out? Who's playing good cop bad cop with Joe Stalin? Who's got stomach ulcers and what's wrong with German milk?!++++++History Flakes LIVE RECORDING JULY 20TH 18.30, Comedy Cafe Berlin 

Um die Jury des Deutschen Fotobuchpreises 2025 geht es in Episode 221, die zum dritten Mal in Regensburg zusammenkommen wird. In einer zweitägigen Sitzung werden die eingereichten Bücher für die Frankfurter Buchmesse nominiert und die Medaillen vergeben. JuryTeilnehmerinnen 2025: Victor Balko ist Grafikdesigner, spezialisiert auf Buchgestaltung. Nach seinem Studium an der Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach, war Mitherausgeber und Gestalter des Fotomagazins »Album«, arbeitete von 2013 bis 2018 bei Steidl in Göttingen und machte sich 2018 selbstständig. Er lebt in Frankfurt am Main. https://victorbalko.com https://www.instagram.com/studiovictorbalko/ - - - Alexa Becker studierte Kunstgeschichte in Heidelberg, arbeitete lange für den Kehrer Verlag, machte zahlreiche Fotobücher, wird seit 2008 regelmäßig als Expertin zu internationalen Portfolio-Reviews eingeladen und arbeitet seit 2020 als freie Beraterin für diverse Fotobuchverlage. Sie lebt in Heidelberg. https://www.alexabecker.de/ https://www.instagram.com/alexa.beckr - - - Dr. Johanna Spanke ist Postdoktorandin am kunstgeschichtlichen Seminar der Universität Hamburg mit einem Forschungsschwerpunkt auf mexikanischer und US-amerikanischer Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Fotografiegeschichte und -theorie sowie »Difficult Heritage«. Sie lebt in Berlin. 2024 erhielt ihr Buch »Photomurals« die Goldmedaille in Kategorie 07 »Fototheorie und Essayistik«. https://www.visual-scepticism.uni-hamburg.de/team/spanke.html https://www.instagram.com/johannaspanke - - - Dr. Peter Pfrunder wurde 1959 in Singapur geboren und wuchs in der Schweiz auf. Er studierte Germanistik, europäische Volksliteratur und englische Literatur in Zürich, Berlin und Montpellier. Er war bis 2024 der Direktor der Fotostiftung Schweiz. Er lebt in der Nähe von Winterthur. https://www.fotostiftung.ch https://www.instagram.com/peterpfrunder - - - Prof. Wiebke Loeper wurde 1972 in Ostberlin geboren, studierte Fotografie in Leipzig an der HGB und ist Meisterschülerin von Joachim Brohm. Seit 2008 ist sie Professorin für Fotografie an der Fachhochschule in Potsdam. Sie lebt in Berlin. https://www.wiebkeloeper.de https://www.instagram.com/wiebkeloeper - - - Frau Kreutler machte zunächst eine Ausbildung zur Fotografin und studierte anschließend Kunstgeschichte in Wien und Dublin. Seit 2003 ist sie Kuratorin im Wien Museum und leitet seit 2008 die Abteilung Digitales Sammlungsmanagement im Wien Museum. Sie lebt in Wien. https://www.wienmuseum.at/person/frauke_kreutler https://www.wienmuseum.at/ https://www.instagram.com/wienmuseum - - - Hans-Michael Koetzle ist bereits seit den 1990er Jahren immer wieder in der Fotobuchjury und Autor zahlreicher Publikationen und Essays über Fotografie. 2022 erhielt er den Kulturpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie. Er lebt in München. https://www.instagram.com/dgph_ev - - - Prof. Dr. Bernd Stiegler war nach seiner Promotion von 1999 bis 2007 Programmleiter »Wissenschaft« im Suhrkamp Verlag. Seit 2007 ist er Professor für Neuere deutsche Literatur mit Schwerpunkt 20. Jahrhundert im medialen Kontext an der Universität Konstanz. https://www.litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/germanistik/personen/personen-a-z/prof-dr-bernd-stiegler/ https://www.instagram.com/unikonstanz ​- - - Episoden-Cover-Gestaltung: Andy Scholz Episoden-Cover-Foto/Grafik: privat - - - Link zu unserem Newsletter: https://deutscherfotobuchpreis.de/newsletter/ - - - Idee, Produktion, Redaktion, Moderation, Schnitt, Ton, Musik: Andy Scholz Der Podcast ist eine Produktion von STUDIO ANDY SCHOLZ 2020-2025.

Entre 1943 y 1945, las conferencias aliadas de Casablanca, Teherán, Yalta y Potsdam, junto con la reunión económica de Bretton Woods, marcaron el tránsito de una alianza militar contra el fascismo a una rivalidad geopolítica que daría forma al orden mundial de posguerra. En Yalta se delinearon acuerdos sobre la división de Alemania, la creación de la ONU y el futuro de Europa, mientras que en Potsdam, ya con nuevos líderes y la bomba atómica como carta oculta de EE.UU., se reafirmaron posturas que evidenciaron la creciente desconfianza entre los aliados. Notas del episodio Este episodio fue traído a ustedes gracias a Boston Scientific  Las conferencias que diseñaron el mundo contemporáneo: Yalta y Potsdam El camino hacia el final de la guerra: las conferencias aliadas Las divisiones entre los Aliados “El niño ha nacido bien” el anunció de la bomba atómica en Potsdam Un nuevo orden económico: los acuerdos de Breton-Woods El reparto del mundo a partir de Potsdam ¡Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales!  Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/DianaUribe.fm/?locale=es_LA Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/dianauribe.fm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dianauribe.fm?lang=es Pagina web: https://www.dianauribe.fm TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dianauribe.fm?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-uribe-/?originalSubdomain=co

(Jun 13, 2025) NY's Governor testified in front of Congress about immigration policies; NY-21's Stefanik is supporting a northern border bill; St. Lawrence County hosted an open house to show the community all the ways the government serves them this spring, with few attendees; Emily Russell takes us on a trail run on Wellesley Island; Elizabethtown concerts this weekend feature an oddball instrument combo: the saxophone and clarinet; and, NoCo communities are out and proud this Pride Month. We'll get a preview of events in Potsdam, Plattsburgh, Lake George and beyond.

Los bombardeos estadounidenses golpean las islas japonesas. El trabajo esclavo y la esclavitud sexual son evidentes en las zonas ocupadas por los japoneses. En agosto de 1945 caen las bombas atómicas sobre Hiroshima y Nagasaki. Los llamados a la rendición encuentran resistencia y, según lo acordado en Potsdam, el Ejército Rojo invade Manchuria. Por primera vez los japoneses escuchan la voz de su Emperador en una transmisión diciéndoles “soporten lo insoportable”. Finalmente, el general MacArthur acepta la rendición de Japón en nombre de las potencias aliadas. Japón inicia el lento viaje hacia una recuperación milagrosa.

Die "Grand Tour" war ein langanhaltendes Phänomen im europäischen Tourismus des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts – und ist das Motto der diesjährigen Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci. Harald Asel spricht darüber mit der Dramaturgin Anna Maria Pammer.

In den Kirchen Berlins und Brandenburgs steht die Orgel als musikalische Vermittlerin des Glaubens hoch im Kurs. Zu ihren Schöpfern gehören Traditionsunternehmen wie die Firma Schuke aus Potsdam oder Deutschlands bester Nachwuchsorgelbauer aus Bad Liebenwerda. Doch es gibt nur noch wenige, die die Königin der Instrumente zu ihrem Beruf machen wollen.

Emulate: TJ EsubiyiSparkle Hunter: Dîba TuncerDîba Tuncer (she/her) is a trauma-informed somatic andsystemic coach, educator, and researcher based in Germany. Her work bridgesembodied healing with decolonial and critical pedagogies, offering a uniqueapproach to personal and collective transformation. She specializes inindividual and team coaching, supervision, and training—particularly supportingwomen in leadership roles—and facilitates safer spaces for learning, growth,and reflection.Dîba holds a BA in English Language and Literature and hasexperience teaching in both Turkey and Germany. She earned her MA in AnglophoneModernities in Literature and Culture at the University of Potsdam. Currently,she is pursuing her PhD in Education at the University of Bremen and AliceSalomon University, focusing on decolonial pedagogy, epistemic justice, andembodied learning.As the host of the podcast Pedagogy of Integrity, shecontinues to create relational, reflective spaces that nurture inner andcollective wisdom.

Ein Vortrag des Literaturwissenschaftlers Kai SinaModeration: Katja Weber**********Thomas Mann. Der Großschriftsteller, der Mann im Stehkragen, der großbürgerliche Nobelpreisträger? Der Literaturwissenschaftler Kai Sina beleuchtet einen anderen Aspekt: Thomas Mann als politischen Aktivisten. Kai Sina ist Professor für Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft und Komparatistik (mit dem Schwerpunkt Transatlantische Literaturgeschichte) an der Universität Münster. 2024 erschien sein Buch "Was gut ist und was böse. Thomas Mann als politischer Aktivist." Seinen gleichnamigen Vortrag hat er am 13. Mai 2025 auf Einladung des Einstein Forums in Potsdam gehalten. **********+++ Thomas Mann +++ Schriftsteller +++ politischer Aktivist +++ Nationalsozialismus +++ Exil +++ Rundfunk +++ BBC +++ Kai Sina +++ Radioansprachen +++ Literatur und Politik +++ Einstein Forum +++ 150. Geburtstag +++ Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft +++**********Ihr hört in diesem Hörsaal:00:02:46 - Vorbemerkung00:03:54 - Appell an die Vernunft, Rede vom 17. Oktober 193000:14:52 - Brief an die philosophische Fakultät der Universität Bonn, Dezember 193600:21:14 - "Deutsche Hörer!", Radioansprachen aus dem Exil, 1940 - 194500:32:26 - Thomas Mann und der Zionismus00:42:30 - Fazit**********Quellen aus der Folge:Zeitlose Botschaften für Demokratie und FreiheitScheiternde Männlichkeitsentwürfe ziehen sich durch sein Werk**********Mehr zum Thema bei Deutschlandfunk Nova:Krisenjahr 1923: Wie Heinrich Mann um die Demokratie bangteZum 100. Geburtstag Sophie Scholls: Die Weiße Rose gegen HitlerNS-Terror: Die Gründung der Gestapo**********Den Artikel zum Stück findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok und Instagram .

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In her book Left Is Not Woke today's guest Susan Neiman argues that the left has taken a wrong turn and must differentiate itself from "wokism". She talks to Hugh about what she means by "woke" and why its appeal to traditional left-wing tendencies, like solidarity and supporting the underdog, helps disguise its more reactionary elements. They also talk about Germany's relationship with Israel and how its own history influences German views on what is happening in Gaza. Susan Neiman is an American moral philosopher, commentator and author known for her work on ethics, the Enlightenment and contemporary politics. She is the director of The Einstein Forum, a think-tank based in Potsdam, Germany, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wie kann der Ukraine-Krieg beendet werden? Was will Putin, was will Trump? Und welche Rolle spielen die Europäer dabei? Antworten hat der Journalist und Politikwissenschaftler Patrick Baab. Das angebliche „Geheimtreffen von Potsdam“ stellte sich schnell als Propagandamärchen heraus. Doch für manche Teilnehmer des realen Treffens hatte die Erzählung von Correctiv gravierende Folgen. Die Kölner Stadtangestellte Simone Baum präsentiert ihre Geschichte. Wie Israel auf die internationale Kritik an seinem Vorgehen im Gazastreifen reagiert und warum das Verhältnis zwischen Benjamin Netanjahu und Donald Trump abgekühlt ist, erklärt „Weltwoche“-Reporter Pierre Heumann. Und im Kommentar von Frank Wahlig geht es um die fortgesetzten Bemühungen von Politikern und Medien, die AfD unsichtbar zu machen.

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Deutsche Funktechnik hatte eine zentrale Funktion beim Völkermord an den OvaHerero und Nama. Dies, zeigt die Ausstellung „Signale der Macht“ in Potsdam. Auch die Rolle der Firma Telefunken wird offengelegt. Krasznahorkai, Katalin www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Fazit

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Foundations of Amateur Radio Recently I saw a social media post featuring a screenshot of some random website with pretty charts and indicators describing "current HF propagation". Aside from lacking a date, it helpfully included notations like "Solar Storm Imminent" and "Band Closed". It made me wonder, not for the first time, what the reliability of this type of notification is. Does it actually indicate what you might expect when you get on air to make noise, is it globally relevant, is the data valid or real-time? You get the idea. How do you determine the relationship between this pretty display and reality? Immediately the WSPR or Weak Signal Propagation Reporter database came to mind. It's a massive collection of signal reports capturing time, band, station and other parameters, one of which is the Signal To Noise ratio or SNR. If the number of sun spots, or a geomagnetic index change affected propagation, can we see an effect on the SNR? Although there's close on a million records per day, I'll note in advance that my current approach of taking a daily average across all reports on a specific band, completely ignores the number of reports, the types and direction of antennas, the distance between stations, transmitter power, local noise or any number of other variables. Using the online "wspr.live" database, looking only at 2024, I linked the daily recorded WSPR SNR average per band to the Sun Spot Numbers and Geomagnetic Index and immediately ran into problems. For starters the daily Sun Spot Number or SSN, from the Royal Observatory in Belgium does not appear to be complete. I'm not yet sure why. For example, there's only 288 days of SSN data in 2024. Does this mean that the observers were on holiday on the other 78 days, or was the SSN zero? Curiously there's 60 days where there's more than one recording and as a bonus, on New Years Eve 2024, there's three recordings, all with the same time stamp, midnight, with 181, 194 and 194 sun spots, so I took the daily average. Also, I ignored the timezone, since that's not apparent. Similarly the Geomagnetic Index data from the Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany has several weird artefacts around 1970's data, but fortunately not within 2024 that I saw. The data is collected every three hours, so I averaged that, too. After excluding days where the SSN was missing, I ran into the next issue, my database query was too big, understandable, since there are many reports in this database, 2 billion, give or take, for 2024 alone. Normally I'd be running this type of query on my own hardware, but you might know that I lost my main research computer last year, well, I didn't lose it as such, I can see it from where I am right now, but it won't power up. Money aside, I've been working on it, but being unceremoniously moved from Intel to ARM is not something I'd recommend. I created a script that extracted the data, one day at a time, with 30 seconds between each query. Three hours later I had preliminary numbers. The result was 6,239 records across 116 bands, which of course should immediately spark interest, since we don't really have that many bands. I sorted the output by the number of reports per band and discovered that the maximum number of days per band was 276. This in turn should surprise you, since there's 365 days in a year, well technically a smidge more, but for now, 365 is fine, not to mention that 2024 was a leap-year. So, what happened to the other 90 days? We know that 78 are missing because the SSN wasn't in the database but the other 12 days? I'm going to ignore that too. I removed all the bands that had less than 276 reports per day, leaving 17 bands, including the well known 13 MHz band, the what, yeah, there's a few others like that. I removed the obvious weird band, but what's the 430 MHz band, when the 70cm band in WSPR is defined as 432 MHz? I manually created 15 charts plotting dates against SNR, SSN, Kp and ap indices. Remember, this is a daily average of each of these, just to get a handle on what I'm looking at. Immediately several things become apparent. There are plenty of bands where the relationship between the average SNR and the other influences appear to be negligible. We can see the average SNR move up and down across the year, following the seasons - which raises a specific question. If the SNR is averaged across the whole planet from all WSPR stations, why are we seeing seasonal variation, given that while it's Winter here in VK, it's Summer on the other side of the equator? If you compare the maximum average SNR of a band against the minimum average SNR of the same band, you can get a sense of how much the sun spots and geomagnetic index influences the planet as a whole on that band. The band with the least amount of variation is the 30m band. Said differently, with all the changes going on around propagation, the 30m band appears to be the most stable, followed by the 12m and 15m bands. The SNR across all of HF varies, on average, no more than 5 dB. The higher the band, the more variation there is. Of course it's also possible that there's less reports there, so we might be seeing the impact of individual station variables more keenly. It's too early for conclusions, but I can tell you that this gives us plenty of new questions to ask. I'm Onno VK6FLAB

This week, author and journalist Annika Brockschmidt joins John to talk about the perception of the American Christian Right in Europe, the possibly intentional downplaying of Christian Nationalism in Trump 2.0, and Pete Hegseth's tattoos. Annika Brockschmidt studied History, German Studies, and War and Conflict Studies in Heidelberg, Durham and Potsdam. She is a freelance journalist and author, Worked for the capital city studio of German public-broadcaster ZDF and produces the podcasts “Kreuz und Flagge” And “Feminist Shelf Control”. She is senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches and writes for example for German daily newspaper Tagesspiegel, German online magazine Zeit Online, Frankfurt-based daily Frankfurter Rundschau, Swiss online magazine Republik, and German cross-regional weekly Der Freitag. Her Book “Amerikas Gotteskrieger. Über die Macht der Religiösen Rechten in den USA” (American Holy Warriors. The Power of the Religious Right in the USA) was a bestseller in 2021. Annika is on Bluesky @ardenthistorian.bsky.social  

Americans, it's time to move to Europe! The American geo-strategist Jason Pack anticipated last week's advice from Simon Kuper and moved to London a few years ago during the first Trump Presidency. Pack, the host of the excellent Disorder podcast, confesses to be thrilled to have escaped MAGA America. He describes the esthetics of contemporary Washington DC as "post-apocalyptic" and criticizes what he sees as the Trump administration's hostile atmosphere, ideological purity tests, and institutional destruction. Contrasting this with Europe's ideological fluidity, Pack warns that Trump's isolationist policies are increasing global disorder by fundamentally undermining America's global leadership role with its erstwhile European allies. Five Key Takeaways* Pack left America because he found the "esthetics" of working in policy and media spaces increasingly distasteful, particularly during Trump's first administration.* He argues that European political systems allow for greater ideological fluidity, while American politics demands strict partisan loyalty.* Pack describes Washington DC as "post-apocalyptic" with institutions functioning like zombies - going through motions without accomplishing anything meaningful.* Unlike European populists who want to control institutions, Pack believes Trump's administration aims to destroy government institutions entirely.* Pack warns that America's deteriorating relationships with traditional allies is creating a "rudderless world" with increased global disorder and potential for conflict. Full TranscriptAndrew Keen: Hello, everybody. Over the last few days, we've been focusing on the impressions of America, of Trump's America around the world. We had the Financial Times' controversial columnist, Simon Cooper, on the show, arguing that it's the end of the American dream. He had a piece in the FT this week, arguing that it's time to move to Europe for Americans. Not everyone agrees. We had the London-based FT writer Jemima Kelly on the show recently, also suggesting that she hasn't quite given up on America. She is, of course, a Brit living in the UK and looking at America from London. My guest today, another old friend, is Jason Pack. He is the host of the Excellent Disorder podcast. Jason's been on the shows lots of times before. He's an observer of the world's early 21st century disorder. And he is an American living in London. So I'm thrilled that Jason is back on the show. Jason, did you have a chance to look at Simon Cooper's piece? Is it time for Americans to move to Europe?Jason Pack: You've already moved. Well, he's just popularizing what I've believed for eight or 10 years already. So yeah, I looked at the piece. I really enjoyed your podcast with him. I don't think many Americans will move because most Americans are not particularly global in their outlook. And as disenchanted as they will be, their networks of family and of perspective are in America. Some elites in media and finance will move. But for me, I just found the aesthetics of America becoming distasteful when I worked in D.C. during the first Trump administration. And that's why I pursued a European citizenship.Andrew Keen: Jason, it's interesting that you choose the word aesthetics. Two thoughts on that. Firstly, America has never been distinguished for its aesthetics. People never came to America for aesthetics. It's never been a particularly beautiful country, a very dynamic place, a very powerful place. So why do you choose that word aesthetic?Jason Pack: Because for most upper middle class Americans, life under Trump, particularly if they're white and heterosexual, will not change tremendously. But the aesthetics of working in the policy space or in the media will change. Having to deal with all the BS that we hear when we wake up and turn on the TV in the morning, having to interact with Republican nutcase friends who say, oh, the fat is being trimmed by the doge and don't worry about all those people who've been being laid off. The aesthetics of it are ugly and mean. And I have found among some Republican colleagues and friends of mine that they love the vileness of this dog-eat-dog aesthetic.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's an interesting way of putting it. And I understand exactly what you're saying. I'm less concerned with the aesthetics as with the reality. And my sense in some ways of what's happening is that the Trump people are obsessed with what you call aesthetics. They want to appear mean. I'm not actually sure that they're quite as mean as they'd like to think they are.Jason Pack: Oh, they're pretty mean. I mean, people are running around the NIH offices, according to colleagues of mine. And if you're out to the bathroom and your card is inserted in your computer, they go in, they steal the data from your computer.Andrew Keen: Actually, I take your point. What I meant more by that is that whereas most traditional authoritarian regimes hide their crimes against migrants. They deny wrongdoing. My sense of the Trump regime, or certainly a lot of the people involved in this Trump administration, is that they actually exaggerate it because it gives them pleasure and it somehow benefits their brand. I'm not convinced that they're quite as bad as they'd like to think.Jason Pack: Oh, I agree with that. They make Schadenfreude a principle. They want to showcase that they enjoy other people's pain. It's a bizarre psychological thing. Trump, for example, wanted to show his virility and his meanness, probably because he's an inner coward and he's not that feral. But we digress in terms of the aesthetics of the individual American wanting to leave. I experienced American government, like the State Department, and then, the bureaucracy of the policy space, say think tanks, or even the government relations trade space, say working for oil companies and government relations, as already authoritarian and ass-kissing in America, and the aesthetics of those industries I have always preferred in Europe, and that's only diverging.Andrew Keen: One of the things that always struck me about Washington, D.C. It was always uncomfortable as an imperial city. It always has been since the end of the Second World War, with America dominating the world as being one of two or perhaps the only super power in the world. But Washington, DC seems to always have been uncomfortable wearing its imperial mantle cloak in comparison, I think, to cities like London or Paris. I wonder whether, I'm not sure how much time you've spent back in America since Trump came back to power. I wonder if in that sense DC is trying to catch up with London and Paris.Jason Pack: I actually was giving a briefing in Congress to staffers of the House Foreign Affairs Committee only three weeks ago, and DC seemed post-apocalyptic to me. Many of my favorite restaurants were closing. There was traffic jams at bizarre hours of the day, which I think this is because the Trump people don't know how public transport works and they just ride their cars everywhere. So, yes, it seemed very bizarre being back. You were trying to gauge the interlocutor you were speaking to, were they merely pretending to be on board with Trump's stuff, but they actually secretly think it's ridiculous, or were they true believers? And you had to assess that before you would make your comments. So there is a slide to a kind of, again, neo-authoritarian aesthetic. In my conference, it became clear that the Republican Congressional staffers thought that it was all junk and that Trump doesn't care about Libya and he doesn't understand these issues. But we needed to make lip service in how we expressed our recommendations. So, fascinatingly, various speakers said, oh, there's a transactional win. There's a way that cheaper oil can be gotten here or we could make this policy recommendation appeal to the transactional impulses of the administration. Even though everyone knew that we were speaking in a Democrat echo-chamber where the only Republicans present were anti-Trump Republicans anyway.Andrew Keen: Describe DC as post-apocalyptic. What exactly then, Jason, is the apocalypse?Jason Pack: I don't think that the Trump people who are running the show understand how government works and whether you're at state or the NIH or USAID, you're kind of under siege and you're just doing what you're supposed to do and going through the motions. I mean, there's so much of like the zombie apocalypse going on. So maybe it's more zombie apocalypse than regular apocalypse, whereby the institutions are pretending to do their work, but they know that it doesn't accomplish anything. And the Trumpian appointees are kind of pretending to kind of cancel people on DAI, but the institutions are still continuing.Andrew Keen: I'm going to vulgarize something you said earlier. You talked about Trump wanting to appear bigger than he actually is. Maybe we might call that small penis syndrome. Is that, and then that's my term, Jason, let's be clear, not yours. Maybe it's fair or not. He probably would deny it, but I don't think he'll come on this show. He's more than welcome. Is that also reflected in the people working for him? Is there a bit of a small penis syndrome going on with a lot of the Trump people? Are they small town boys coming to America, coming to D.C. And in all their raison d'état trying to smash up the world that they always envied?Jason Pack: 100%. If you look at the Tucker Carlson and the Hegset, who went to Princeton in 03, and obviously Tucker Carlsen's WASP elite background is well known, they wanted to make it conventionally and couldn't. Hegson didn't achieve the rank of lieutenant general or colonel or anything in the army. He didn't make it in finance and Vance, obviously had just a minor career in finance, they didn't make the big time except through their hate and resentment of the establishment that succeeded on merit. So, I mean, you could call that small penis syndrome. I think another thing to point out is that many of them have been selected because whether they've been accused of rape or financial crimes or just meanness, they owe the great leader their ability to be in that position. And if he would throw them overboard they're entirely exposed, so that cash patels of the world and the Hexeds of the world serve at the mercy of the great leader, because if they were thrown to the wolves, they could be devoured for their misdeeds. And I think that that makes it a place where it's all about loyalty to the boss. But maybe we could pivot to the initial topic about how I think Europe is a place where you can reinvent yourself as an individual now. Certainly in the political and ideology space, and America really hasn't been for much of my left.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's interesting. And this is how actually our conversation you're doing. You're a much better podcast host than I am, Jason. You're reminding us of the real conversation rather than getting led down one Trumpian byway or another. I did a show recently on why I still believe in the American dream. And I was interviewed by my friend, David Maschiottra, another old friend of the show. And I suggested I originally came to America to reinvent myself and that's always been the platform with which Europeans have come to America. You're suggesting that perhaps the reverse is true now.Jason Pack: I really enjoyed that episode. I thought you were a great guest and he was a natural host. But I realized how it wasn't speaking to me. Many of my European friends who work in law, finance, tech, startup, you know, they finished their degrees in Italy or in England and they moved to America. And that's where they raised venture capital and they go on the exact success trajectory that you explained and they fetishize, oh my God, when my green card is gonna come through, I'm gonna have this big party. That never resonated with me because America was never a land of opportunity for me. And it hit me in hearing your podcast that that's because what I've aspired to is to work in government slash think tank or to be a professional expert. And if you don't ally yourself with one of the major political movements, you're always branded and you can never move ahead. I'll give a few examples if you're interested in the way that my trying to be in the center has meant that I could never find a place in America.Andrew Keen: Absolutely. So you're suggesting that your quote-unquote American dream could only be realized in Europe.Jason Pack: So I moved to the Middle East to serve my country after 9/11. If Gore had been elected president, I likely would have joined the army or the Marines or something. But Bush was president and I knew I needed to do this on my own. So, you know, I lived in Beirut, then I went to Iraq. Where did you graduate from, Jason? I graduated from Williams in 2002, but I was changing my studies as soon as the 9-11 happened. I stopped my senior thesis in biology and I pivoted to doing the Middle East. I thought the Middle East was going to be the next big thing. But I didn't realize that if you wanted to do it your own way, for example, living in Syria prior to working in government, then you couldn't get those security clearances. But in the UK, that's not really a problem. If you go to Leeds or Oxford and you got sent to study Arabic in Syria, you can work for the UK government, but not in America. If your went and did that your own way, your loyalties would be questioned. You wouldn't get your security clearance. I got an internship to work at the U.S. Embassy in Muscat, where I fell afoul of my supervisors because I was someone who wanted to speak in Arabic with Omanis and, for example, go to hear prayers at the mosque and really be a part of the society. And I was told, don't do that. But aren't we here to understand about Oman? And they're like, no, it's really important to mostly socialize with people at the embassy. But my British colleagues, they were out there in Omani society, and they were, for example, really participating in stuff because the relationship between the Omanis and the Brits and the Americans is a happy one. That's just a small example, but I wanna make the kind of further point, which is that if you wanna get promoted in think tank world in America, it doesn't matter whether it's Cato or Heritage on the right or New America Foundation or Middle East Institute on the left. You have to buy in hook, line, and sinker to the party line of those institutions. And if that party line is DEI, as it was at the Middle East Institute when I was there, and you're a white heterosexual male, you're not going to get promoted. And if, for example, you want to then interact with some Zionist think tank like FDD, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, I was going to a fellowship there for work that I had done about monitoring ISIS in Libya, and they had proposed a funding line for my project, which was just technically reading jihadi Facebook posts and monitoring them. And then they did some more research on me, ironically, after we had already signed the funds. And they said, oh, we're so sorry, we are going to have to pull back on this. We are going have to pay you a kill fee. We are really, really sorry. And I came to understand why that was. And it was because I had advocated that the Iranians should be allowed to get the bomb so that they could have mutually assured destruction theory with Israel.Andrew Keen: Well, Jason, I take your point, but everyone has their own narrative when it comes to why their career didn't did or didn't take off and how they know what that doesn't happen in Europe. I'm just making a contrast. Let me just come back to my argument about America, which is it isn't necessarily as straightforward as perhaps at first it seems. I think one of the reasons why America has always been a great place for reinvention is because of the absence of memory.Jason Pack: No, but what I'm saying is Google will inspire on you, and if you're not within the ideological cadre, you cannot progress at these kind of institutions.Andrew Keen: Okay, I take your point on that, but thinking more broadly, America is a place where you can, I've done so many different things in this country from being a scholar to being an internet entrepreneur to being an expert on technology to being a critic of technology to being against podcasts, to being a podcaster. And you can get away, and I've failed in practically all of them, if not all of them, but the fact is that because people don't have memory, you can keep on doing different things and people won't say, well, how can you get away with this? Last week you were doing X. My sense, and maybe correct me if I'm wrong about London or Europe, is there is much more memory. You can't get away with perpetual reinvention in Europe as you can in the U.S. and maybe that's because of the fact that in your language, living in Europe with its memory and respect for memory is more aesthetically pleasing. So I'm not suggesting this is as simple as it might appear.Jason Pack: I agree with that last point, but I think I'm trying to bring something else out. In spheres like tech or podcasting, there isn't credentialism in America. And therefore, if you're just good at it, you don't need the credentials and you can get going. And you and other Europeans who had great merit, as you do, have benefited from that. And in Europe, you might run up against credentialism, but, oh, but you didn't work at the BBC, so you don't get the job. I'm making a different point about ideological purity within the very specific realms of, say, working for an American presidential candidate or briefing a policymaker or rising up at a think tank. I have briefed labor MPs, Lib Dem MPs and Tory MPs. And they don't ask my politics. I can go in there and get a meeting with Keir Starmer's people on Libya, and they don't care about the fact that I want him to do something slightly different. Criticized him and praised him at different times on my podcast, try having an influence with some Trump people and then say, Oh, well, you know, I really think that I can help you on this Libya policy, but I happened to run a fairly anti-Trump podcast. No, you just can't get the briefing because America is about ideological purity tests and getting your ticket punch in the government and think tank and exporting professions, and therefore it's not some place you can reinvent yourself. If you're clearly an anti-Trump Republican McCainite, you can't all of a sudden become an AOC Democrat for the purpose of one meeting. But in Europe you can, because you can be a Lib Dem like Liz Truss and then be a Tory Prime Minister. And no one cares what my position on these topics are when they ask me to brief Keir Starmer's people and that's something that I find so fantastic about Europe.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's interesting. I mean, you know this stuff better than I do. But isn't someone like Truss rooted in ideological purity? She was a Lib Dem when she was at Oxford. Yeah, but that was a long time ago. I can reverse that, Jason, and say, well, when Trump was young, he ran around with Bill and Hillary Clinton, he went to their wedding, he funded them. He never was even a Republican until 2014 or 15. So, I mean, he's an example of the very ideological fluidity that you idealize in Europe.Jason Pack: I agree with your point. I think that he's an exception there and he wouldn't have allowed it from his staffers. They now have essentially loyalty tested everything. It's not a place where if you were Democrat with ideas that would benefit the Trumpian establishment, you can be heard. I'll give an example. I like the Abraham Accords and I have a colleague who wants to help extend the Abraham Accords to Pakistan, she can only work with ideologically pure Republicans in the pitching of this idea. She can't work with someone like me because I don't have the ideological purity, even though this is a nonpartisan idea and it should be embraced if you can get the Trumpians to be interested in it. But that's not how America works and it has not been. Reagan, of course, if you said that you like taxes, and I'm someone who likes taxes and I don't believe in the Laffer curve, and neoliberalism is a sham, you couldn't be on that economic team. So there are different ideological tests. Trump was never a politician, so he's not an expert like me in the expert class where we've been litmus tested our whole careers.Andrew Keen: Interesting. Jason, yesterday I was talking to someone who was thinking of hiring me to do a speech in Europe to a business group, and we were discussing the kinds of speeches I could give, and one of the things I suggested was a defense of America, suggesting that we can believe in America and that everyone's wrong. And these people have hired me before. I've often made provocative counterintuitive arguments, there was a little bit of a silence and they said, you can't make that speech in Europe. No one will take it seriously to a business community. What's generally, I mean, you travel a lot, you talk to lots of different people. Have people really given up on the promise of America, particularly within the establishment, the business establishment, the political establishment?Jason Pack: I don't know. I think that many Europeans still think that this is a passing phase. I will comment on the fact that I do not see anti-Americanism in my daily life as a result of Trump, the way that, for example, you do see anti-Semitism as a results of Netanyahu's policy. The individual Jew is tarred by horrible things happening in Gaza, but the individual American is not tarred by the deporting and illegal detentions and sacking of people by Doge because people in Poland or London or even the Middle East understand that you're likely to not be a Trump supporter and they're not targeting you as an individual as a result of that. So I think they believe in the promise of America and they still might like to move to America. But on individual level if you want to be a political animal inside the beast of campaigns, rising up to be a David Axelrod kind of figure. America has been a place of these litmus tests. Whereas in Europe, you know, I feel that there's tremendous fluidity because in Italy they have so and so many political parties and in Germany, what's the distinction between the SPD at one moment in the CDU and the Greens and there's a tradition of coalitions that allows the individual to reinvent himself.Andrew Keen: One of the things that came up with Cooper, and he's certainly no defender of Marine Le Pen or Meloni in Italy, but he suggested that the Trump people are far to the right of Le Pen and Meloni. Would you agree with that?Jason Pack: Because they want to break down institutions, whereas Le Pen and Meloni simply want to conquer the institutions and use them. They're not full-blown, disordering neopopulists, to use the language of my disorder podcast. When Meloni is in power, she loves the Italian state and she wants it to function merely with her ideological slant. Whereas the Trumpians, they have a Bannonite wing, they don't simply wanna have a MAGA agenda, use the U.S. Government. No, they want to break the Department of Agriculture. They want to break the EPA. They simply want to destroy our institutions. And there's no European political party that wants that. Maybe on the fringe like reform, but reform probably doesn't even want that.Andrew Keen: But Jason, we've heard so much about how the Bannonites idealized Orban in Hungary. A lot of people believe that Project 2025 was cooked up in Budapest trying to model America on Orban. Is there any truth to that? I mean, are the Trump people really re-exporting Orbanism back into the United States?Jason Pack: That there is some truth, but it can be overplayed. It can go back further to Berlusconi. It's the idea that a particularly charismatic political leader can come to dominate the media landscape by either having a state media channel in the Berlusconi sense or cowing media coverage to make it more favorable, which is something that Orban has done geniusly, and then doling out contracts and using the state for patronage, say, Orban's father's construction business and all those concrete soccer stadiums. There is an attempt potentially in Trump land to, through an ideological project, cow the media and the checks and balances and have a one-party state with state media. I think it's going to be difficult for them to achieve, but Chuck Carlson and others and Bannon seem to want that.Andrew Keen: You were on Monocle recently talking about the Pope's death. J.D. Vance, of course, is someone who apparently had a last, one of the last conversations with the Pope. Pope wasn't particularly, Pope Francis wasn't particularly keen on him. Bannon and Vance are both outspoken Catholics. What's your take on the sort of this global religious movement on the part of right-wing Catholics, and how does it fit in, not only to the death of Francis, but perhaps the new Pope?Jason Pack: It's a very interesting question. I'm not a right-wing Catholic, so I'm really not in a position to...Andrew Keen: I thought you were Jason, that's why you could always come on the show.Jason Pack: I think that they don't have the theological bona fides to say that what they call Catholicism is Catholicism because obviously Jesus turned the other cheek, you know, and Jesus didn't want to punish his enemies and make poor black or Hispanic women suffer. But there is an interesting thing that has been going on since 1968, which is that there was a backlash against the student protests and free love and the condom and all the social changes that that brought about. And Catholics have been at the forefront, particularly Catholic institutions, in saying this has gone too far and we need to use religion to retake our society. And if we don't, no one will have children and we will lose out and the Muslims and Africans will rule the roost because they're having babies. And that right-wing Catholicism is caught up in the moral panic and culture wars since 1968. What I argued in the monocle interview that you referenced from earlier today is something quite different, which is that the Catholic Church has a unique kind of authority, and that that unique kind of authority can be used to stand up against Trump, Bannon, Orban, and other neopopulists in a way that, say, Mark Carney or Keir Starmer cannot, because if Mark Kearney and Keir Stormer say, you guys are not sufficiently correctly American and you're not following the American laws, blah, blah blah, the kind of Americans who support Trump are not convinced by that because they say, these are just, you know, pinko Brits and Canadians. I don't even care about Mark Kearny, but it's quite different if the next Pontiff is someone who comes not only from the school of Francis, but maybe more so is a great communicator vested in the real doctrines of the church, the Lateran Councils and Vatican too, and can say, actually this given thing that Trump has just said is not in line with the principles of Jesus. It's not inline with what the Vatican has said about, for example, migration or social equity. And I find that that is a unique opportunity because even the right-wing Catholics have to acknowledge the Pope and Christian doctrine and the ability of the Catholic hierarchy to say this is not in line with our teachings. So I think there's a very interesting opportunity right now.Andrew Keen: Perhaps that brings to mind Stalin's supposedly famous remarks to Churchill at Potsdam when they were talking about the Pope. Stalin said to Churchill, the Pope, how many divisions does he have? In other words, it's all about ideology, morality, and ultimately it doesn't really. It's the kind of thing that perhaps if some of the Trump people were as smart as Stalin, they might make the same remark.Jason Pack: That was a physical war, and the Pope didn't have divisions to sway the battles in World War II, but this is an ideological or an influence war. And the Pope, if you've just seen from media coverage over the last week, is someone who has tremendous media influence. And I do think that the new pontiff could, if he wanted to, stand up to the moral underpinnings of Trump and pull even the most right-wing Catholics away from a Trumpian analysis. Religion is supposed to be about, because Jesus didn't say punish your enemies. Don't turn the other cheek and own the libs. Jesus said something quite different than that. And it will be the opportunity of the new Catholic leader to point that out.Andrew Keen: I'm not sure if you've seen the movie Conclave, which was very prescient, made by my dear London friend, or at least produced by Tessa Ross at House Productions. But I wonder in these new conversations whether in the debates about who should the new Pope be, they'll mull over TikTok presence.Jason Pack: I hope they will. And I want to point out something that many people probably are not aware, which is that the College of Cardinals that constitutes the conclave does not have to pick one of their member to be pope. For the last six centuries, they have always chosen one of their own number, but they don't have to. So they could choose someone who has not only an ability to make great TikToks, but someone who can put forth a vision about climate change, about tax equity, for example, maybe about AI and what constitutes humanity from within the Catholic tradition, but reaching new faithful. And I think that they might actually consider we're doing this because in places like Western Europe, attendance is down, but in Eastern Europe and Latin America, it isn't. And in Africa, it's surging. So they may want to reach new millennials in Gen Z with a new message, but one which is rooted in their tradition. And I think that that would be a great counterbalance to what Trump and his ilk have done to how media coverage place things like climate change and migrants these days.Andrew Keen: Speaking of Trump and his ilk, Jason, lots of conversations here about the first cracks in his monolith. Speaking to me from London, I always look at the front page of The Telegraph, a conservative English newspaper. I refuse to give the money, so I never actually read any of the pieces. But I'm always curious as to the traditional conservative media attitude to Trump. What do not so much the Conservative Party, which seems to be in crisis in the UK, but what does Conservative media, Conservative thinkers, what's their take currently on Trump? Are you seeing a crack? Are people seeing this guy's absolutely insane and that the tariff policy is going to make all of us, everybody in the world poorer?Jason Pack: Well, Trump has always been a vote loser in the UK. So that even though Farage brags about his relationship, it isn't something that gets him more votes for reform. And whether it's Sunak or Badnak, and Badnak is the current leader of the Tory party, which is an opposition, she can't so closely associate herself with Trump because he's not popular in even right-wing British circles. However, the Tory media, like the telegraph and the spectator, they love the idea that he's owning the Libs. We talked about Schadenfreude, we talked about attacking the woke. The spectator has taken a very anti-woke turn over the last five to 10 years. And they love the ideal of pointing out the hypocrisies of the left and the effeminacy of it and all of that. And that gets them more clicks. So from a media perspective, there is a way in which the Murdoch media is always going to love the click bait, New York post bait of the Trump presidency. And that applies very much, you know, with the sun and the Daily Mail and the way that they cover media in this country.Andrew Keen: Although I was found in the U.S. That perhaps the newspaper that has been most persistently and usefully critical of Trump is the Wall Street Journal, which is owned by Murdoch.Jason Pack: Yeah, but that's a very highbrow paper, and I think that it's been very critical of the tariff policy and it said a lot of intelligent things about Trump's early missteps. It doesn't reach the same people as the New York Post or the Daily Mail do.Andrew Keen: Finally, Jason, let's go back to Disorder, your excellent podcast. You started it a couple of years ago before this new Trump madness. You were always one of the early people on this global disorder. How much more disordered can the world become? Of course, it could become more disorded in terms of war. In late April 2025, is the world more disordered than it was in April 2024, when Biden was still in power? I mean, we still have these wars in Gaza, in Ukraine, doesn't seem as if that much has changed, or am I wrong?Jason Pack: I take your point, but I'm using disorder in a particularly technical sense in a way by which I mean the inability of major powers to coordinate together for optimal solutions. So in the Biden days of last year, yes, the Ukraine and Gaza wars may be waging, but if Jake Sullivan or Blinken were smarter or more courageous, they could host a summit and work together with their French and British and Argentinian allies. Put forth some solutions. The world is more disordered today because it doesn't have a leader. It doesn't have institutions, the UN or NATO or the G7 where those solutions on things like the Ukraine war attacks could happen. And you may say, but wait, Jason, isn't Trump actually doing more leadership? He's trying to bring the Ukrainians and the Russians to the table. And I would say he isn't. They're not proposing actual solutions. They don't care about solving underlying issues. They're merely trying to get media wins. He wants the Japanese to come to Washington to have the semblance of a new trade deal, not a real trade deal. He's trying to reorder global finance in semblance, not in reality. So the ability to come to actual solutions through real coordinating mechanisms where I compromise with you is much weaker than it was last year. And on the Disorder Podcast, we explore all these domains from tax havens to cryptocurrency to cyber attacks. And I think that listeners of Keen On would really enjoy how we delve into those topics and try to see how they reflect where we're at in the global system.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's a strongly, I would strongly agree with you. I would encourage all keen on listeners to listen to Disorder and vice versa if this gets onto the Disorder podcast. What about the China issue? How structural is the tariff crisis, if that's the right word, gonna change US relations with China? Is this the new Cold War, Jason?Jason Pack: I'm not an economist, but from what I've been told by the economists I've interviewed on my podcast, it's absolutely completely game changing because whether it's an Apple iPhone or most pieces of manufactured kit that you purchase or inputs into American manufacturing, it's assembled everywhere and the connections between China and America are essential to the global economy. Work and it's not like you can all of a sudden move those supply chains. So this trade war is really a 1930s style beggar thy neighbor approach to things and that led to and deepened the great depression, right? So I am very worried. I had the sense that Trump might back off because he does seem to be very sensitive to the markets. But maybe this is such an ideological project and, you know, Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC was just saying, even though he's willing to back off if the T bill rate changes, he thinks that his strategy is working and that he's going to get some deals. And that terrifies me because that's not what's happening. It isn't working. And God forbid that they'll push this to its logical conclusion and cause a new recession or depression.Andrew Keen: I know you've got to run Jason. So final question, let's return to where we began with America and the changing nature of America. Your last episode of Disorder was with Corey Sharpe, who is a very, very good and one of Washington DC's, I think, smartest foreign policy analysts. She asks, what's America without allies? If this continues, what, indeed, I mean, you're happy in London, so I don't sound like you're coming back, whatever. But what will America become if indeed all these traditional allies, the UK, France, Germany, become, if not enemies, certainly just transactional relationships? What becomes of America without allies?Jason Pack: Wow, great question. I'm gonna treat this in two parts, the American cultural component and then the structural geopolitical component. I'm a proud American. Culturally, I work on Sundays. I don't take any holiday. I get angry at contractors who are not direct. I am going to be American my whole life and I want an American style work ethic and I wanna things to function and the customer to always be right. So I didn't move to Europe to get European stuff in that way, and I think America will still be great at new inventions and at hard work and at all of that stuff and will still, the NFL will still be a much better run sports league than European sports leagues. Americans are great at certain things. The problem is what if America's role in the world as having the reserve currency, coordinating the NATO allies. If that's eviscerated, we're just going to be living more and more in the global enduring disorder, as Corey Schacke points out, which is that the Europeans don't know how to lead. They can't step up because they don't have one prima inter Paris. And since the decline of the British Empire, the British haven't learned how, for example, to coordinate the Europeans for the defense of Ukraine or for making new missile technologies or dealing with the defense industry. So we're just dealing with a rudderless world. And that's very worrying because there could be major conflict. And then I just have to hope that a new American administration, it could be a Republican one, but I think it just can't be a Trumpian one, will go back to its old role of leadership. I haven't lost hope in America. I've just lost hope in this current administration.Andrew Keen: Well, I haven't lost hope in Jason Pack. He is an ally of ours at Keen On. He's the host of the Excellent Disorder podcast. Jason, it's always fun to have you on the show. So much to discuss and no doubt there will be much more over the summer, so we'll have you back on in the next month or two. Thank you so much. Keep well. Stay American in London. Thank you again.Jason Pack: It was a great pleasure. Thanks, Andrew. See you then. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

(Apr 28, 2025) Democrats in Albany are looking to close up to 5 more prisons in the next year, in part to alleviate the shortage of corrections officers. We talk to a researcher who studied why New York and two other states account for a third of all prison closures around the US in recent decades. Also: The section of Route 56 that connects Potsdam to Tupper Lake may reopen as soon as Tuesday. It's been closed for nearly 2 months after a sinkhole caused a major reconstruction of the road.

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Preview: Colleague Judy Dempsey of Carnegie in Berlin comments on the irony that POTUS is driving the EU awakening to defence and infrastructure for growth. More later 1910 Potsdam

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