In our second episode on Vienna we explore the acquired traits in the city’s DNA. We’ll hear the stories of Viennese citizens, and explore enduring cultural highlights that have taken on new forms as the city has evolved. And we ask how and why Vienna’s social democratic model of governance has proved so resilient and effective.

We continue our conversation with Eugen (Zenja) Antalovsky, Shams Asadi, Prof Matti Bunzl and Maria Vassilakou on gloriousness and tradition, religion and empire, creativity and intellectual world leadership, war and wounding, social democracy and human rights.

If you’re interested in finding out more about Vienna’s history, we recommend Carl Emil Schorske’s book Fin de Siècle Vienna and Simon Sebag Montifiore’s BBC documentary “Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream”.

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