4. Schmidt and the Brits

Katja Hoyer and Oliver Moody explore the life and career of former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Chain smoking, cola-glugging, workaholic Schmidt was also an Anglophile. Katja and Oliver are joined for the second half of the pod by Mathias Häußler, who has written extensively on Schmidt. Mathias Häußler’s book, Helmut Schmidt and British-German Relations, is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1108710808/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1632810087&sr=8-2 Produced by Goalhanger Films Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Om Podcasten

Break out the beach towels and reserve the best spot as we attempt to untangle the Anglos from the Saxons, the Boche from the Britishers and the Tommies from the Jerries. Historian Katja Hoyer is a German living in England. Journalist Oliver Moody is a Brit living in Berlin. Between them they plan to discuss the past and present of Anglo-German relations.  Why have German chancellors and British Prime Ministers so rarely got along? Why are the Germans obsessed with British comedy? And what have the Romans ever done for Britannia and Germania?  No stereotype too embarrassing, no war left unmentioned, as the German in England and the Engländer in Deutschland do their bit for post-Brexit freundship. Produced by Goalhanger Films. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.