{"podcast":{"title":"Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald","slug":"global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533","podcast_index_feed_id":6755533,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/103189114/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/global-roaming/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/58c0d4d2bb3eaeda6d7c9d98ca7d81be.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":316,"summary":"A war breaks out, a leader emerges, a revolution unfolds. How did it happen, and what are the implications for you? Award-winning journalists Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald are joined by two new hosts, former foreign correspondent Kylie Morris and journalist Latika Bourke in London. Every day, they'll be discussing the biggest world events and how to make of sense of them. Along with expert guests, they take a single topic and examine it with Australian eyes. Challenging, thoughtful and fun, Global Roaming is your user's guide to what the world is talking about.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T00:22:17.188490+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533"},"episode":{"title":"The AfD are winning elections: Is the German far-right back?","slug":"the-afd-are-winning-elections-is-the-german-far-right-back","published_at":"2026-09-08T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533/the-afd-are-winning-elections-is-the-german-far-right-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/global-roaming/the-afd-are-winning-elections-is-the-german-far-right-back-/107053956","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/o9/Z/n6.mp3","summary":"A far-right party is on the verge of forming a German state government for the first time since World War II. The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has surged in Saxony-Anhalt, raising questions that extend well beyond one regional election. Is this the latest chapter in a political shift that has been building across Europe for more than a decade? Or could it mark a deeper break with the post-war order that shaped modern Germany, the European Union and NATO? Hamish Macdonald and Waleed Aly examine the rise of the AfD, why eastern Germany has become its strongest base, and what reunification left unresolved. They trace the broader populist wave from the global financial crisis to Orbán, Brexit, Meloni, Le Pen and Trump, and ask whether Germany's political \"firewall\" against the far right is beginning to crack. Plus: Waleed reflects on the arguments behind his new Quarterly Essay, What Future for Liberalism? and why he believes the challenge facing liberal democracy runs deeper than any single election result. You can find Waleed's Quarterly Essay here Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.","meta_description":"A far-right party is on the verge of forming a German state government for the first time since World War II. The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has su…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1746,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533/episodes/the-afd-are-winning-elections-is-the-german-far-right-back/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533/the-afd-are-winning-elections-is-the-german-far-right-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}