How did Sahra Wagenknecht become one of Germany’s most controversial political voices? And who is the person behind the Sahra Wagenknecht phenomenon?

For some she is a left-wing icon, for others a populist troublemaker. Her newly founded party BSW made it into the European Parliament from a standing start and could also shake up the German party landscape in the federal elections.

We tell her story in the five-part SAHRA WAGENKNECHT PODCAST. It’s about her childhood in Jena and East Berlin and the impact of the sudden disappearance of her Iranian father. We look at her first steps in politics, which made her an outsider at an early age. It’s about her rise in the Left Party, splits, ideological U-turns and decisive solo efforts. This podcast is a deep dive into the life of Sahra Wagenknecht.

The podcast is hosted by Nina Poppel. The journalist mainly reports on politics and runs the channel “nini_erklärt_politik” on Instagram and TikTok with around 300,000 followers.