Insights
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Podcasts: Episode 32
Chat Club with Peter Müller
Federal Constitutional Court Judge, Prime Minister of Saarland (1999-2011)
This week, our speaker Peter Müller is our guest at the Chat Club podcast. He is a federal constitutional judge and former Minister President of Saarland. During his time as a politician, he was appreciated, among other things, for his …
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Podcasts: Episode 31
Chat Club with Diana Kinnert
CDU Politician, Entrepreneur, Consultant and Publicist
Diana Kinnert ist diese Woche mein Gast im Chat Club. Diana Kinnert ist vielen als „Nachwuchshoffnung“ der CDU mit Hut bekannt. Dass sie aber viel mehr zu bieten hat als Hut und Hoffnung, stellt unsere Rednerin im Chat Club eindrucksvoll …
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Podcasts: Episode 28
Chat Club with Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Federal Minister of Defence (2019-2021), State Premier of the Saarland (2011-2018)
This week, I meet former German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer at Chat Club and talk to her about her life after leaving politics, along with other things. Since life outside of politics was always important to Annegret …
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Podcasts: Episode 27
Chat Club with Cathryn Clüver-Ashbrook
Senior Advisor to the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Director and CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (2021-2022), Founding Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School (2011-2021)
Cathryn Clüver-Ashbrook is one of the most sought-after experts on transatlantic foreign policy and trade policy. We are therefore all the more pleased that she took time out of her busy schedule to talk to us in detail at our Chat Club. …
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Viviane Reding is one of the most distinguished European politicians. Whether as EU Commissioner for Media and Information Society, EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship or as Vice-President of the European Commission - Viviane Reding has spent decades campaigning for Europe and the rights of …
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Podcasts: Episode 22
Chat Club with José Manuel Barroso
President of the European Commission (2004-2014), Prime Minister of Portugal (2002-2004)
José Manuel Barroso was President of the European Commission for ten years and previously Prime Minister of Portugal. Since January 2021, he has been Chairman of the Board of GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance. His expertise and insights make the …
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Indian-born political scientist Parag Khanna is a leading expert on Asia, international strategy consultant and best-selling author. In LSB Insights, the virtual talks series of London Speaker Bureau, he talks about which part of Asia will emerge as the winner from the Corona pandemic and the differences between …
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Podcasts: Episode 20
Chat Club with Peter Altmeier
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (2018-2021), Head of the Federal Chancellery, Federal Minister for Special Tasks (2013-2018)
Today's guest at the Chat Club is the former Federal Minister of Economics and former Chancellery Minister Peter Altmaier. Peter Altmaier is one of the most influential figures in the CDU. After 27 years as a member of the German …
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Prof. Clemens Fuest, President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, talks in LSB Insights, the virtual talk series of London Speaker Bureau, about the "No Covid" initiative, whose co-initiator he is as well as about state aid during the Corona pandemic and about the economic consequences of the crisis. Clemens …
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Podcasts: Episode 18
Chat Club with Norbert Lammert
12th President of the German Bundestag (2005-2017)
Norbert Lammert held the office as President of the Bundestag for more than a decade and was a member of the German Bundestag for a total of 37 years. Since his retirement from active politics in 2017, Norbert Lammert has been Chairman of …
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Marina Weisband, psychologist, participation educationist and net politician, talks to Hajo Schumacher about education in times of the Corona pandemic and about progression through digitalisation. Can the Corona crisis rather be seen as a Corona opportunity? What changes will digitalisation bring us? And what …
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In LSB Insights, political journalist Albrecht von Lucke analyses the situation after the election of the CDU chair. Who does he think has the necessary calibre to succeed Angela Merkel in the chancellor's office? In conversation with Hajo Schumacher, Albrecht von Lucke places current political events in the larger …
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Podcasts: Episode 16
Chat Club with Thomas de Maizière
Federal Minister of the Interior (2009-2011 and 2013-2018), Chairman of the Deutsche Telekom Foundation
Thomas de Maizière is a political veteran. He has been in politics for more than three decades and has held various political offices in different state and federal governments during this time, including the office of Federal Minister of …
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Podcasts: Episode 15
Chat Club with Kai Diekmann
Founder Storymachine, Editor "Bild"-Newspaper (2001-2017)
Kai Diekmann is one of Germany's best-known journalists. Diekmann spent a large part of his career at Springer Verlag - 16 years at the very top of the BILD newspaper. Today he is the successful founder of Storymachine and the Future Fund …
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In our interview Martin Schulz, SPD Member of Parliament, talks to Hajo Schumacher about his encounters with US President-elect Joe Biden and the hopes Europeans associate with him. As an important thought leader on Europe, his views shape his party's European policy and his enthusiasm for Europe has shaped his …
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Sandra Navidi, internationally sought-after financial expert and USA expert, talks to business journalist Valerie Haller about the deep uncertainty in US society and US markets. What do ever-increasing unemployment, poverty and police violence mean for the upcoming election in the USA? And how does Sandra Navidi …
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In LSB Insights - our virtual talk series - Marcel Fratzscher, President of the German Institute for Economic Research, talks about how worried he is about the current Corona statistics and whether he expects a new lockdown. How stable are the banks during the Corona crisis? And what would a second Corona spike mean …
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Podcasts: Episode 8
Chat Club with Sigmar Gabriel
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Germany, Former Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
Today's guest on our Chat Club podcast is Sigmar Gabriel, former German Foreign Minister and Chairman of Atlantikbrücke e.V.. He provides insights into his life after leaving active politics and his new life without agenda pressure. He …
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Podcasts: Episode 7
Chat Club with Josef Braml
Leading Expert on the US and on Transatlantic Relations
Josef Braml is one of the most distinguished experts on the USA of our time. More than two decades of experience in academic policy advice make him not only one of the most sought-after interview partners in the media, but also a …
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Podcasts: Episode 6
Chat Club with Günther Oettinger
EU Commissioner (2010-2019), Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg (2005-2010)
Günther Oettinger is an exceptional politician who looks back on a long and successful career. He is one of the few German politicians who have made the transition from state to European politician in a short period of time. At the age of …
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Jean-Claude Juncker, the former President of the European Commission, talks to Kai Diekmann in LSB Insights about the crisis management of the EU states during the Corona crisis. Has the crisis turned us into better Europeans? Can the Franco-German plan for a joint reconstruction fund be regarded as a success? And how …
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Only a few months before the elections in the United States, Hajo Schumacher talks with Josef Braml, the renowned USA expert, about the current situation. How does he evaluate Joe Biden's chances of becoming the next US president? Which mistakes did Hillary Clinton make during her election campaign? And which role do …
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Gregor Gysi, long-time chair of the LEFT parliamentary group and former president of the European Left, talks to host Hajo Schumacher about nearly becoming a cowboy and gives interesting insights into his everyday life during the first Corona lockdown of 2020. What will Corona do to us as a society? And how does …
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Podcasts: Episode 3
Chat Club with Wolfgang Ischinger
Former Chairman of the Munich Security Conference
Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference and former Ambassador to Washington and London talks in the Chat Club, the podcast of the London Speaker Bureau, about a trip he will never forget and an encounter that made …
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Friedrich Merz, Vice-President of the Economic Council of the CDU e.V., talks in LSB Insights, the virtual talk series of London Speaker Bureau, not only about his own corona disease, but also about how he experienced the quarantine. The Federal Government's economic stimulus programme is also topic of the …