In the second part of the podcast, Lennart Pfahler and Alexander Dinger dig through the large amount of material from the “last generation” that they came across in signal groups. They also travel to London, where they meet with the movement’s thought leaders. And they meet a psychologist who is researching the structures of the protest movement – and learn a lot about recruiting new members:

In the first part of the podcast, the reporters talk to one of the most well-known activists of the “Last Generation”. They also discover a total of six gigabits of documents, which also contain the climate activists’ internal plans:

Here you can find more research by Lennart Pfahler and Alexander Dinger on the “Last Generation”:

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