Remembering Ted Turner and one year of Friedrich Merz

About this episode

The episode reflects on Ted Turner's legacy and evaluates Friedrich Merz's first year as Chancellor of Germany.

We look back on the life of Ted Turner, founder of CNN, with former network host Fionnuala Sweeney. Then: our panel of Quentin Peel and Armida van Rij assesses Germany’s Friedrich Merz one year into his chancellorship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guests: Fionnuala Sweeney, Quentin Peel, Armida van Rij

Topics covered

• Ted Turner
• Friedrich Merz
• Germany
• chancellorship
• media
• news

Keywords

• Ted Turner
• Friedrich Merz
• CNN
• Germany
• chancellorship
• media
• news
• Fionnuala Sweeney

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN

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