The lecture by professor of macrosociology and Principal Investigator at SCRIPTS, Steffen Mau, given at the In_equality Conference 2022 at the University Konstanz, organized by the Cluster of Excellence The Politics of Inequality, was published in the programme Hörsaal from public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk Nova. Mau speaks about the persistent difference between the ‘east’ and the ‘west’ in Germany; this includes socioeconomic factors as well as political questions. Listen to the recording here (German).