{"id":105880,"date":"2025-03-10T07:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T06:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/?p=105880"},"modified":"2025-03-10T07:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T06:06:18","slug":"soenke-iwersen-the-5-premium-speakers-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/magazin\/soenke-iwersen-the-5-premium-speakers-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f6nke Iwersen &#8211; The &#8220;5 Premium Speakers Questions&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00f6nke Iwersen is one of Germany&#8217;s leading investigative journalists. With over 20 years of experience in investigative journalism, he has uncovered some of the biggest economic scandals of recent decades &#8211; from Cum-Ex and Dieselgate to internal abuses at Tesla. 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