![The Globalist show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/034/185/small/monocle-24-the-globalist.png)
Summary: With Angela Merkel saying she'd prefer fresh elections to governing with a minority government, we ask whether it's the end of an era in Germany. Plus: Zimbabwe’s political crisis continues and why Melbourne’s lord mayor put his city front and centre in support of marriage equality.