Rieke Havertz: Goodbye, Amerika?

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The USA and us - a reassessment. The author in conversation with Gert Scobel

A second Trump, tech billionaires in the American and German election campaigns, the transatlantic alliance in crisis: the view of the USA is increasingly perplexing, reporting in this country is characterized by anti-Americanism, sensationalism and the mantra of a divided country.

But there is another way. And, above all, more productively. After all, the USA is still the most powerful country in the world, so a genuine understanding as the basis for a sustainable relationship is essential. Rieke Havertz, an expert and correspondent on the USA for many years, invites us into her America. She traces surprising facts, takes us to the country's key locations and makes it clear: if you want to understand US politics, you have to understand the people.

Rieke Havertz, born in 1980, is an international correspondent for DIE ZEIT and has co-hosted the podcast "OK, America?" since 2020. She reports from Washington about a country that she fell in love with 20 years ago - even if she sometimes despairs of it. Havertz studied journalism and American studies in Leipzig and at Ohio University. After working for taz, she joined ZEIT ONLINE in 2016.

Gert Scobel studied philosophy and theology in Frankfurt am Main and at the University of California in Berkeley. He teaches philosophy and interdisciplinarity at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences. He has received several awards for his program "scobel" on 3sat and his philosophical YouTube channel.

An event in cooperation with the Klaus Bittner bookshop.

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