Studio 9. The day with Jakob Augstein

Jakob Augstein is the “left-wing journalistic voice in Germany,” writes Der Freitag, whose publisher and managing director he has been since 2008.

Born in 1967, Augstein studied German Philology, Theatre Studies and Political Science in Berlin and Paris. This was followed by positions for the journalist and journalist at the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Die Zeit. His analyses are frequently in demand, on talk shows and, of course, on “Augstein and Blome.” What began as a television program is now a weekly podcast and exchange of blows between the “left” (see above) Jakob Augstein and the “liberal-conservative” Nikolaus Blome (head of politics at RTL and n-tv). Or as they both would say: “visionary versus reasonable.”

Jakob Augstein is also the author of several books. This is how the band with Martin Walser appeared in 2017: “Life literally. A father-son conversation”. And in 2024 his novel: “The Color of Fire.”