Das Führungspersonal der politischen Parteien hatte es sich bereits gemütlich in den Schützengräben eingerichtet. Bis kürzlich blieb die Front statisch, und niemand rechnete damit, dass die eine oder andere Seite einen Durchbruchsversuch unternehmen würde. Doch ein jeder Stellungskrieg hat seine Tücken. Es waren die Grünen und ihre Feldherrin Annal…

Die Spirale der Gewalt in Nahost dreht sich unermüdlich weiter. Seit Jahren haben wir es mit immer demselben Muster zu tun. Zunächst beschiesst die Hamas Israel mit selbstgebauten Raketen, und dann schlägt die regionale Supermacht mit unverhältnismäßiger Grausamkeit zurück. Doch sind sich viele Beobachter in einem Punkt einig: Diesmal lagen die Din…

Der Tübinger Oberbürgermeister Boris Palmer hält seine Partei in Atem. Nach wiederholten kontroversen Aussagen will die Partei ihn nun ausschliessen. Was bedeutet dies für die Debattenkultur in unserem Land?

Vor nicht einmal einem Jahr veröffentlichte eine Gruppe von Intellektuellen einen „Brandbrief“, in welchem sie dem Linksliberalismus vorwarfen ein Klima von Angst und Zensur zu schaffen. Der Linksliberalismus werde, so schrieben die Autoren, dem rechten Spektrum immer ähnlicher. Diese verheerende Entwicklung hat nun auch die deutsche Volkswirtin, P…

Following my recent piece on joergtretow.com on the Electoral College and voting rights in America, a friend of mine dropped me a line asking, “Why duo you write?” Initially I was taken aback not quite knowing what to say and how to respond. Then, I did what I have been doing frequently in this pandemic, relaxing in my bathtub with a Glass of red w…

Not so long ago, the 45th president of the United States fancied himself a Jacksonian, referring to the 7th president of the republic as his role model in public life. Relying on splendid historiography by H. W. Brands, I discuss this very question in this podcast. So, then, are there any similarities between Trumpism and the Jacksonian era?…

It is a tale of two cities; it is a tale of two nations; in fact, it is the story of two parallel universes. With the GSA having officially ascertained the election on Monday night, and with the formal transition now in full swing, where are we now?

After four days on Adrenalin, coffee and tobacco, it was time for a major comedown on Saturday night helped along by two bottles of red wine. Now, I am ready for my first postmortem on the election. How and why did Biden win? Why was this election not a repudiation of Trumpism, and what lies ahead for both political parties in the months and years …

Morning or mourning in America? Welcome to the twilight zone of political uncertainty as counting continues in four swing States that will decide the election. However, this has not been the much anticipated repudiation of Trumpism and must therefore have greatly disappointed Democrats and progressives throughout the country. What went wrong for Bi…

Queensland has spoken, and by the looks of it the electorate has returned a Labor government. However, because this election took place in the midst of a pandemic, an unprecedented number of postal votes has yet to be counted. Even so, the ABC has called the election for the ALP, though it is unclear whether the party can form government in its own…

While shrouded in mystery, journalists love them; politicians obsess about them and the public craves them too. In the run up to the US presidential election, 4 polls are being published each day. In this episode I discuss my personal take on polling and point listeners to valuable sources of information on the subject.…

In dieser Folge setze ich mich mit meiner Zeit als Radiomacher für den Ohrfunk auseinander und plaudere ein bisschen aus dem Nähkästchen als Blogger - joergtretow.com.

In this episode, I discuss the book “The Coddling Of the American Mind”, “The Catholic School” and “Surveillance Capitalism”.

In this episode, I will continue the musical journey through my life, talking about my ‘golden years’, the sobering years in Heidelberg, a short period of hope and happiness in Sheffield and my current predicament in Berlin.

In this rather lengthy episode, I take the listener on a musical journey through my life: from my early childhood to the fall of the Berlin Wall to the end of my school days and the beginning of my university career.

This is the introductory episode of the podcast; you may also call it my mission statement.