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#18: Jeffrey Epstein and Deutsche Bank
Germany's top bank was uncomfortably close to the sex offender
Feb 14
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Maurice Frank
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#17: "Fit for war?"
Can Germany grow its army through voluntary service?
Feb 8
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Josh Axelrod
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#16: The efficient German state 😆
A few years ago, my partner and I had to visit the Jugendamt (child welfare office) to get me officially recognised as the father of my son as I was not…
Jan 31
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Maurice Frank
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#15: The Flensburg points trading trick
This week’s story is quite niche: German businesspeople exploiting a serious loophole in German traffic law. But it’s a fun one, and one has to admire…
Jan 24
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Maurice Frank
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#14: The crisis in German public media
It’s one of the few things that a lot of expats and the AfD might see eye-to-eye on— at least superficially: German public media should be defunded or…
Jan 18
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Maurice Frank
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#13: Climate terrorists?
How radical will German environmentalist activists get?
Jan 11
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Maurice Frank
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#12: Flavours of German patriotism
As a German born and raised in the Anglosphere — a third culture kid of sorts — I’ve always considered any form patriotism or nationalism as a backwards…
Jan 3
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Maurice Frank
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#11: Germany’s fireworks madness
Josh Axelrod here, filling in for Maurice over the holidays, as he spends some much-deserved time with family in Denmark.
Dec 27, 2025
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Josh Axelrod
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