American-German Institute

06/17/2026

New episode: Forgotten LGBTQ+ Histories

The Stonewall Riots are known worldwide as a starting point for LGBTQ+ activism, and musicals like Cabaret have shared the story of the q***r experience in Weimar Berlin. But the United States and Germany are rich with diverse LGBTQ+ stories. With Eric Langenbacher, Erik Jödicke and G. Samantha Rosenthal, Ph.D. dive into the past to explore why some histories are remembered and others are forgotten. They discuss lesser-known stories of q***r activism, intersectionality in q***r histories, and the cultural reciprocity of German and American q***r communities.

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The Stonewall Riots are known worldwide as a starting point for LGBTQ+ activism, and musicals like Cabaret have shared the story of the q***r experience in Weimar Berlin. But the …

04/29/2026

New Podcast Episode: Transatlantic Fractures and the Future of U.S. Relations with Europe

The United States is reevaluating its place in the world, not only because of President Trump. The metamorphosis in American politics is affecting U.S. foreign policy profoundly, as well as America’s allies. A new book co-authored by AGI President Jeff Rathke, Transatlantic Fracture: The Erosion of U.S.-European Relations in an Unstable Order, explores these changes. Jeff Rathke talks in this episode with his co-authors Stefan Fröhlich and Jackson Janes about the shifts in the transatlantic relationship, how Europe is adjusting to the changing world order, and how the fractured partnership could re-form in the future.

Listen: https://americangerman.institute/podcast/episode-145-transatlantic-fractures-and-the-future-of-u-s-relations-with-europe/

04/09/2026

New Podcast Episode: Economic Resilience as Economic Security

The world’s leading economies are putting economic security at the top of their policy concerns. Among them, the European Union is taking a risk-based approach that seeks to deter weaponizable dependencies while still pursuing efficiency in its trade, regulatory, industrial, and technology policies. How do economic security considerations affect the global economy and the transatlantic economic partnership? In this episode of The Zeitgeist, European Commission Deputy Director-General for Trade and Economic Security Denis Redonnet discusses how the EU leverages its leadership and partnerships to ensure a resilient European economy.

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The world’s leading economies are putting economic security at the top of their policy concerns. Among them, the European Union is taking a risk-based approach that seeks to deter weaponizable …