Essen

If you want to go to MAGFest 2027 tomorrow, Wednesday, September 16th, 2026, is the day to purchase badges and get into the hotel lottery.

And also, we said it already earlier in the show, I'm going to Spiel Essen, the biggest board game convention on the entire Earth.

And so it's in Essen, Germany, as the name implies.

I don't have a panel.

I don't have an event.

If you just want to see me and you're from Europe, I've probably never seen you.

One listener has reached out via Patreon.

My suggestion, if you want to meet Scott at Essen, post in the forum or the Discord or email him.

His name is Alfried Krupp.

Alfried Felix Alwin Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was born on the 13th of August, 1907 in the city of Essen, then part of the German Empire.

He grew up in a prominent family, Germany's leading industrial dynasty of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Krupp family built the cannons, battleships, and steel that powered the German Empire's rise, and their close ties to the imperial court were sealed when Kaiser Wilhelm II agreed to become Alfried Krupp's godfather.

He was also a member of the National Socialist Flyers Corps, a paramilitary aviation organization of the Nazi Party in which he ultimately held the rank of Standartenführer, an equivalent to a colonel in the US Army.

Krupp studied engineering, and in 1935 he joined the family business, Fried.

Krupp AG, initially working in the company's headquarters in Essen.

In 1937, Krupp married Anneliese Lampert, with whom he had one son, Arnd, but the marriage ended in divorce four years later.

... our principal cellist.

It's so great to be with you here in Essen, Germany.

What a beautiful spot.

For radio listeners who don't have the visual, could you describe where we are and what it looks like?

So how did we get here? Uh, what's the state of affairs?

Well, of course, we're on, on our, on our wonderful European tour.

We have three more concerts, tonight, uh, in Essen, then two final concerts in, uh, Vienna.

We were in Amsterdam last night, in the wonderful Concertgebouw hall there.

Today we would say startups, but also bigger companies.

One very important part of Evonik's history is also the carbon, because you know the region where our headquarters in Essen, here in Essen, where I am now, is based, is the heart of the carbon.

um region but um you know um the mining uh area is uh the mining era is uh come come came to an end in 2018 here in germany and so this was also switched to chemical production and we can make an own podcast, perhaps next time about the interesting history of the company and the development of innovation and other interesting products.

But I at this point, I think it's important to mention that the predecessor companies also existed during the dark times of Germany.

But who do you have ready to go there, Brian?

I have David McCarroll, who you talked to back in Cologne, I believe, or Essen.

I believe you spoke to him in Essen.

Yes, it was in Essen during the reception that was thrown for the orchestra after the concert.

And I'm sorry, it's a very noisy environment.

There was just nowhere to record it.

I would have had to walk up a mile to get away from the noise of having the entire orchestra celebrating.

the fantastic concert in Essen, Germany.

It is time now for our early QED morning report from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Last night, their concert took place at the Philharmonie in Essen, Germany, with Manfred Honeck and Alexander Kantorow.

The program included John Adams again, the Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, and the Dvorak Symphony Number Nine from the New World.

They are on their way to Vienna for the last two concerts, uh, in Austria at the Vienna Konzerthaus.

Manfred Honeck, Augustin Hadelich this evening, John Adams, the Barber Violin Concerto, and the Dvorak Symphony Number Nine.

Jim Cunningham had an opportunity to speak with the, the principal cellist, Anne Martindale Williams, and he spoke to her in Essen, Germany yesterday.

Anne Martindale Williams-

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