Escaping Hitler and Stalin

<p>Daniel Finkelstein, Times columnist and friend of the podcast, tells the story of his parents' remarkable journey from the Soviet Gulags and the Nazi concentration camps of World War II to safety in north London.</p><p>Matt joins him at the Wiener Holocaust Library, home to his grandfather's archive documenting the Nazi rise to power, to discuss his book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hitler-stalin-mum-and-dad-by-daniel-finkelstein-review-b6vkwvkdj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hitler, Stalin, Mum &amp; Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival</a>.</p><br><p>Plus Manveen Rana and Matt Frei discuss&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-will-join-rishi-sunak-summit-to-rein-in-existential-ai-risk-g0909b67l" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">what Rishi Sunak achieved on his trip to Washington</a>, what&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/caroline-lucas-to-quit-as-green-mp-and-focus-on-activism-09slt9h7q" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Caroline Lucas achieved as the only Green MP</a>,&nbsp;and London Mayor Sadiq Khan explains&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rishi-sunak-turns-down-first-pitch-at-baseball-game-unlike-nancy-pelosi-05sbv289n" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">what it's like throwing a pitch at a baseball game</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>