This just in via Heiko Hebig and Spreeblick:
Chancellor Angela Merkel will start podcasting tomorrow. My iTunes is having a bit of a problem with the feed (which by the way is buried deeply in the page), but, alas, I think this is great news.
My Chancellor directly on my computer, I think this is a very good – and brave – first step, for her, the medium (ok, not the first step), and the mood in general.
If I am not mistaken, this should be the world’s first leader of a country with a video blog.
Go Angie!
(Image also via Spreeblick)
Update: The feed seems to be as follows:
http://www.bundeskanzlerin.de/bk/Redaktion/RSS/Kanzlerkalender/
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