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  • Affairs
  • Episode 3266
  • 06 May 2026
  • 39 min

Remembering Ted Turner and one year of Friedrich Merz

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  • The Monocle Daily
  • Affairs
  • Episode 3266
  • 39 min

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.

Host
  • Andrew Mueller
Contributors
  • Chris Cermak
  • Fionnula Sweeney
  • Lily Austin

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