Helen Pidd
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3,798 appearances
36 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 4d ago
Helen Pidd’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 36 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 13.
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Today.
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Is Ulrich Siedmund really the most dangerous man in Germany?
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The German news magazine Spiegel has long had a taste for provocation.
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But one of their cover stories last month really made headlines.
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It carried a picture of a young East German politician called Ulrich Siegmund.
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He looked pretty good.
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His chin covered with designer stubble, his hair combed into a knee quiff, his green eyes staring right into the camera.
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Under the headline Der gefährlichste Mann Deutschlands.
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Now, you might think that Siegmund would hate that Spiegel cover.
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Far from it.
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On the campaign trail in recent weeks, he has been autographing copies.
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He even filmed himself signing one for his eight hundred thousand TikTok followers.
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If the polls are correct, Siegmund could soon become the first far right leader of the German states since Adolf Hitler's time.
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Support for his AFD party in his home state of Saxony-Anhardt has reached forty-two percent, almost double the tally of the CDU.
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The party of Friedrich Schmerz, Germany's beleaguered chancellor.
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This Sunday state elections could be one of the most important in post war Germany.
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If the AFD wins in Saxony-Anhalt, other eastern states could follow later this month, raising fears that the party could ultimately win in the federal elections too.
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But who is Ulrich Siegmund?
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And how dangerous is he really?
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From The Guardian, I'm Helen Pitt.
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