Podcast America’s Choice 2026
Episode 83: Who Sets the Course? America’s Political Parties Ahead of the Midterms
With Helena Wittlich, U.S. correspondent for Der Tagesspiegel in New York, and Julius van de Laar, America expert and campaign strategist, we discuss what Democrats and Republicans stand for in 2026, which internal power struggles are shaping the primaries, and how the rules for the midterms are currently changing.
Episode 82: America 250: Who Tells the American Story?
With Dr. Petra Dolata, Associate Professor of History at the University of Calgary (Canada), and Dr. Petra Gödde, Professor of Transnational History and the History of US Foreign Relations at Temple University (Philadelphia, USA) and co-editor of the academic journal Diplomatic History, we discuss the 250th anniversary of American independence, the major transformations in US history, and why history is so heavily politicized in the United States.
Episode 81: MAGA in the Stadium: Trump’s Sports Agenda and the 2026 World Cup
With Ronny Blaschke, author and freelance sports journalist based in Berlin, and Dirk Hautkapp, journalist and U.S. correspondent for the Funke Media Group based in Washington, D.C., we discuss Trump’s sport agenda and the political dimensions of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
