The Trans-Atlanticist
Episode Archive
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The Reichsbürger Conspiracy: Understanding Extremism in Modern Germany
On December 7, 2022, German police announced that they had uncovered a plot to overthrow the government and install a new king of Germany. Who are these seditionists, known as Reichsbürger or c...
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The US Mid-Term Elections: Republican Failure or Democratic Success?
Andrew Sola of the Amerikazentrum-Hamburg teams up with Sarah Wagner and David Sirakov of the Atlantische Akademie in Rheinland-Pfalz to analyze the 2022 mid-term elections in the United States....
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Lady Fiction #15: Gone with the Wind vs. The Wind Done Gone: The Demolition of an American Classic
With Dr. Cedric Essi, Stefanie Schäfer talks about the legacy of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind, a mainstay of US culture and a holiday classic, and the politics of the 1991 “unauthorize...
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Novel RomAntics: Literature of Chicago Series #5: Aleksandar Hemon's The Lazarus Project
In this episode, host Douglas Cowie and his guest, Professor Robert Eaglestone discuss The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon, published in 2008. The conversation looks at the novel's structure...
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LadyFiction #14: Kiss, Kick, Kiss: Indigenous Erotica and Body Sovereignty
In this episode, Stefanie Schaefer and her guest Savage Bear (Cree) commemorate Native American Heritage Month. They discuss sensuality and the politics of decolonizing sexuality in contemporar...
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Novel RomAntics: Literature of Chicago Series #4: The House on Mango Street by S. Cisneros
In this episode, host Douglas Cowie and his guest, poet and teacher Alina Borger, discuss The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. They begin by exploring why the novel makes for useful stu...
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Reading Slaughterhouse-Five on Kurt Vonnegut's 100th Birthday
The Amerikazentrum Hamburg commemorates Kurt Vonnegut's 100th birthday with a special podcast about his seminal novel Slaughterhouse-Five. The Amerikazentrum will also be hosting a Virtual Vonn...
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The Politics Podcast: The Energy War in Europe
In this episode, our experts explore the effects of Russia's war in Ukraine on European energy policy and EU politics. A number of countries are analyzed, including Germany, France, Hungary, Po...
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The Politics Podcast: The Triumph of the Far Right in Sweden and Italy
In this episode, Sola and Danner examine the recent elections in Sweden and Italy. Both nations experienced an enormous surge in votes for far-right parties. Is the European electorate moving ...
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Novel RomAntics Literature of Chicago Series #3: Nelson Algren's The Man with the Golden Arm (1949)
In this episode, host Douglas Cowie and his guest, documentary filmmaker Mark Blottner, discuss The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren. Published in 1949, it tells the story of a war veter...