Ranked #1
Beyond the Lecture: Masha Gessen and Joshua Yaffa
Beyond the Lecture: Masha Gessen and Joshua Yaffa
New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen was at the American Academy in late November to talk about her most recent book, Th... Read more
15 Jan 2019
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42mins
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What Happened When Claudia Rankine Talked to White Men About Privilege
What Happened When Claudia Rankine Talked to White Men About Privilege
Poet, playwright, and Yale University professor Claudia Rankine was at the American Academy in Berlin as a Distinguished... Read more
9 Dec 2019
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51mins
Ranked #3
Yo-Yo Ma and Kinan Azmeh: "When Strangers Become Friends"
Yo-Yo Ma and Kinan Azmeh: "When Strangers Become Friends"
"When Strangers Become Friends" brought remarkable musicians from the US, Syria, and Germany to the Academy. Listen to a... Read more
28 Apr 2016
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9mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Jill Abramson on Fake News and Trust in Media
Beyond the Lecture: Jill Abramson on Fake News and Trust in Media
At a time when public trust in the news media is at a historic low, when fake news proliferates social media, and voters... Read more
6 Jun 2017
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11mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Kerry James Marshall and Trenton Doyle Hancock
Beyond the Lecture: Kerry James Marshall and Trenton Doyle Hancock
On this edition of Beyond the Lecture, we sit down with artists Kerry James Marshall and Trenton Doyle Hancock for an ex... Read more
26 Jul 2017
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13mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Adam Tooze
Beyond the Lecture: Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze is professor of history and director of the European Institute at Columbia University. A specialist in twenti... Read more
25 Apr 2018
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12mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Roger Cohen on Trump and the Postwar Order
Beyond the Lecture: Roger Cohen on Trump and the Postwar Order
On this edition of "Beyond the Lecture," we sat down with New York Times columnist Roger Cohen.On the evening of Septemb... Read more
16 Oct 2017
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5mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Nicholas Eberstadt on North Korea
Beyond the Lecture: Nicholas Eberstadt on North Korea
Political scientist Nicholas Eberstadt (American Enterprise Institute) was a Distinguished Visitor at the American Acade... Read more
9 Jan 2018
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8mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Nicholas Eberstadt on Men without Work
Beyond the Lecture: Nicholas Eberstadt on Men without Work
On this episode of "Beyond the Lecture," we sat down with political scientist Nicholas Eberstadt to discuss the origins ... Read more
16 Nov 2017
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10mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Linda Greenhouse
Beyond the Lecture: Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse reported on the Supreme Court for the New York Times for the past thirty years. Currently a journalist ... Read more
29 Aug 2018
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8mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Douglas Rivers and the Angry American Voter
Beyond the Lecture: Douglas Rivers and the Angry American Voter
Douglas Rivers, chief scientist at YouGov and professor of political science at Stanford University, talks to the Americ... Read more
19 Oct 2016
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5mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Derek Chollet
Beyond the Lecture: Derek Chollet
Before joining the German Marshall Fund, as executive vice president and senior advisor for security and defense policy,... Read more
8 Mar 2018
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10mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Charles Taylor on Democratic Degeneration
Beyond the Lecture: Charles Taylor on Democratic Degeneration
On November 16, the renowned Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor was at the American Academy to deliver the 2017 Fritz S... Read more
18 Dec 2017
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15mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Joseph Stiglitz on the Future of the Euro
Beyond the Lecture: Joseph Stiglitz on the Future of the Euro
On this edition of the American Academy in Berlin's “Beyond the Lecture” series, Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglit... Read more
2 Dec 2016
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6mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Earl Lewis on Meeting Global Challenges
Beyond the Lecture: Earl Lewis on Meeting Global Challenges
Beyond the Lecture: Earl Lewis on Meeting Global Challenges by American Academy in Berlin
9 Jan 2018
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4mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Barry Eichengreen on American Populism
Beyond the Lecture: Barry Eichengreen on American Populism
This episode of the American Academy in Berlin's “Beyond the Lecture” features an interview with University of Californi... Read more
9 Jan 2017
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8mins
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Beyond the Lecture: David Miliband
Beyond the Lecture: David Miliband
David Miliband, a former British foreign minister, has been the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee ... Read more
13 Mar 2018
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9mins
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Beyond the Lecture: Michèle Lowrie on Ancient Rome
Beyond the Lecture: Michèle Lowrie on Ancient Rome
Can advice from ancient Rome redeem the current political scene in the United States? Dirk Ippen fellow Michèle Lowrie d... Read more
14 Apr 2016
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11mins
Ranked #19
Introducing Michael P. Steinberg
Introducing Michael P. Steinberg
On March 31, the Trustees of the American Academy in Berlin announced the selection of a new president, Brown University... Read more
1 Apr 2016
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9mins
Ranked #20
Steven Hill on Germany and the sharing economy
Steven Hill on Germany and the sharing economy
Based on his research of today's sharing economy, our fellow Steven Hill sees facets of the German system as a potential... Read more
15 Mar 2016
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