by American Council on Germany
Join the American Council on Germany for its “Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?” a regular podcast that takes stock of current events in Germany. Each week, we are joined by a journalist based in Germany to talk about the stories behind the headlines.
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April 14, 2025
On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by former Foreign Editor at the <i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i>, and Nadine Lindner, <i>Correspondent with Deutschlandradio.</i><br /><i></i><br />Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger was the Foreign Editor of the <i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i>. His writings deal especially with the United States, European, transatlantic, and international politics. He holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science, Economics, and American Studies from Frankfurt University. He joined the <i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i>, Germany’s leading national daily, in 1986, and served in various capacities, as European, International, and Editorial Page Editor. Mr. Frankenberger was a Member of the Trilateral Commission and of the Scientific Council of the Institute for European Politics in Berlin. He also served on the Advisory Board of the Federal Academy for Security Policy in Berlin and is associated with several organizations that deal with the transatlantic relationship. <br /><br />Nadine Lindner has been a Correspondent in the Berlin studio of “Deutschlandradio” since early 2016 and is responsible, among other things, for covering the AfD and transport policy. Before that, she was a Correspondent in the Free State of Saxony for two and a half years and followed the rise of Pegida there. She studied Political Science, Journalism, and African Studies in Leipzig and discovered her enthusiasm for radio there at the training station “mephisto 97.6.” After graduating from university, she worked as a freelance journalist for “MDR sputnik” and the <i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i> as well as Deutschlandradio.
February 27, 2025
On this Special Edition of the Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, former Foreign Editor at the <i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i>, and Nadine Lindner, Correspondent with Deutschlandradio.<br /><br />Mr. Frankenberger's writings deal especially with the United States, European, transatlantic, and international politics. He holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science, Economics, and American Studies from Frankfurt University. He joined the <i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i>, Germany’s leading national daily, in 1986, and served in various capacities, as European, International, and Editorial Page Editor. Mr. Frankenberger was a Member of the Trilateral Commission and of the Scientific Council of the Institute for European Politics in Berlin. He also served on the Advisory Board of the Federal Academy for Security Policy in Berlin and is associated with several organizations that deal with the transatlantic relationship.<br /><br />Ms. Lindner has been a Correspondent in the Berlin studio of "Deutschlandradio" since early 2016 and is responsible, among other things, for covering the AfD and transport policy. Before that, she was a Correspondent in the Free State of Saxony for two and a half years and followed the rise of Pegida there. She studied Political Science, Journalism, and African Studies in Leipzig and discovered her enthusiasm for radio there at the training station "mephisto 97.6." After graduating from university, she worked as a freelance journalist for "MDR sputnik" and the <i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i> as well as Deutschlandradio.
February 18, 2025
On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Political Editor of the<i> Süddeutsche Zeitung</i>, Stefan Kornelius. <br /><br />Previously, Mr. Kornelius served as Foreign Editor of the paper for nearly 20 years. In his reporting career, he has covered Germany’s Christian Democratic Party (CDU), the chancellorship of Helmut Kohl, and defense issues in Europe. He served as Berlin Bureau Chief, and from 1996 to 1999 he was the paper’s Washington correspondent. Prior to that, he was a correspondent in Bonn. His biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, entitled Angela Merkel, the Chancellor and her World, has been translated into 13 languages. Mr. Kornelius is a graduate of the Henri-Nannen-Journalistenschule and studied in Bonn and at the London School of Economics.
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