Part Two: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany

S1E711 · 2025-04-10 · 80 min

World War 1 has begun, and Robert walks Amanda through how Alfred Hugenberg bought up the German media to make the case the the war should go on for ever, and then how he backed the Nazi party and ushered Hitler into power when that didn't go well for some reason.

The show’s own verdict is on its page.