Overview
- The episode airs on ARD on Tuesday, 9 December 2025, at 22:50, with a runtime to 00:05 and a free live stream available on ARD’s site.
- Confirmed guests include Peer Steinbrück (SPD) and Thomas de Maizière (CDU) on Germany’s reform backlog, with Peter Neumann on the United States’ newly outlined security strategy.
- Commentary comes from science journalist Dirk Steffens, BR reporter Julia Ruhs and taz parliamentary bureau chief Anna Lehmann.
- Two linear TV repeats follow on Wednesday, 10 December, at 01:50 on ARD and 20:30 on tagesschau24, and the episode will be posted to the ARD Mediathek.
- Hosted by Sandra Maischberger since 2003, the WDR-produced talk show typically airs twice weekly and records in Berlin-Adlershof and WDR’s Cologne studios.