Overview
- ZDF airs the episode on Thursday, December 11, at 23:15, with streaming available shortly after in the ZDF-Mediathek.
- Former SPD general secretary Kevin Kühnert will discuss his 2024 exit from day-to-day politics and his new role as a lobbyist for alternative financial policy.
- Security scholar Peter Neumann will assess the U.S. security strategy and its implications for Europe while addressing populism as a democratic risk.
- Journalist Kerstin Münstermann will examine pressure in top-level politics and shifts in Germany’s political culture.
- The show follows its established format of pre-recording without a studio audience, reflecting an editorial pivot toward hard political topics that draws up to about one million viewers.