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Beyond the Lecture

Beyond the Lecture is a podcast from the American Academy in Berlin featuring short interviews with distinguished American thought-leaders in political science, economics, journalism and the arts.New... Read more

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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

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

51mins

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6mins

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Beyond the Lecture: Earl Lewis on Meeting Global Challenges

Beyond the Lecture: Earl Lewis on Meeting Global Challenges

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9 Jan 2018

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

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

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

11mins

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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

9mins

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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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