🇩🇪 Germany Episodes

To conclude the year, I sit down with Philip Siefer and look back at 2025 with the help of our "Best of the Day" list: relationship and boundaries, fatherhood, health – and a turbulent unicorn year between crisis, honesty, and a fresh start. Also: why comedy sometimes feels like a safe space and which two words we're taking into the next year. MY GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/philipsiefer/ THINGS: Meditating with Philip - https://shorturl.at/wgNFx Hartmut Rosa – Unavailability Laozi – Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) Mariana Leky – What You Can See from Here Michel Gondry – Maya, give me a title TEAM: Max Frisch - Production Mit Vergnügen - Marketing and Distribution MY STUFF: My Question Set FAMILY: https://beherzt.net/familie My Question Set LOVE: https://beherzt.net/liebe My first Question Set: https://beherzt.net/matze My Fundraising Campaign: https://machmit.wellfair.ngo/hotel-matze-spendenaktion-2025 My Newsletter: https://matzehielscher.substack.com/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/2MXRILN TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@matzehielscher Instagram: https://instagram.com/matzehielscherHotel LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matzehielscher/ My Book: https://bit.ly/39FtHQy ADVERTISING PARTNERS & DISCOUNTS: https://linktr.ee/hotelmatze

Prosecutors are usually absolutely certain of their case. But then suddenly black turns out to be white, and vice versa.

Why is a young man beaten up? Sometimes even the judge can't figure it out.

Was it all just a joke? Or did a failed police applicant make an indecent offer to an examiner?

Boys go to the football club to learn team spirit. But sometimes there they only learn to survive.

Winfried Kretschmann is the Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, the first Green head of government of a federal state, and a former high school teacher. We spoke live in front of an audience in Stuttgart. I wanted to know from him what the purpose of politics is, how it feels to have been in office for over 5,000 days, and why he says politics shouldn't be fun. We talk about fate and responsibility, homeland, childhood, and Hannah Arendt. It's about power and freedom, nationalism as poison for democracy, and what it means to create a politics of being heard. AD PARTNERS & DISCOUNTS: https://linktr.ee/hotelmatze MY GUEST: https://stm.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/ministerium/ministerpraesident/ THINGS: Winfried Kretschmann - The Purpose of Politics is Freedom: https://bit.ly/4p1Q4om Markus Söder on term limits for Minister-Presidents: https://bit.ly/49gtjbm Lukas Hambach - Production Marie Schiller - Editorial Staff Lena Rocholl - Editorial Staff Mit Vergnügen - Marketing and Distribution Hotel Matze live - https://eventim.de/artist/hotel-matze/ MY STUFF: My Question Set FAMILY: https://beherzt.net/products/familie My Question Set LOVE: https://beherzt.net/liebe My First Question Set: https://beherzt.net/matze My Fundraising Campaign: https://machmit.wellfair.ngo/hotel-matze-spendenaktion-2025 My Newsletter: https://matzehielscher.substack.com/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/2MXRILN TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@matzehielscher Instagram: https://instagram.com/matzehielscherHotel LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matzehielscher/ My Book: https://bit.ly/39FtHQy

It is known that the "Last Generation" likes to glue themselves. But why at the headquarters of the Greens?

Some people are in a hopeless situation. Nobody cares about their fate. Not even the judge.

Woop! Woop! Today I say with Rieke Havertz "Goodbye, America?". With Annika Joeres I discuss the "security lie" and why it is very stupid to make oneself dependent on other states for oil and gas. Finally, I speak with Achim Maisenbacher about the trades in Germany and its real problems. Enjoy!^^

There are lonely computer geeks who seek human contact. For example, with pilots on approach.

We talk about what success really feels like, why his perfect day doesn't involve other people, why Felix has felt "never quite belonging" his entire life, and how he perceives his own influence. It's about overwhelm, obligations, shitstorms, the distrust bubble in Germany, Merz's cityscape statement, language and politics that squander trust. And we talk about growth, zenith, and the question: How do you stop wanting just a little bit more? ADVERTISING PARTNERS & DISCOUNTS: https://linktr.ee/hotelmatze MY GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/felix_lobrecht/ THINGS: Gemischtes Hack: https://bit.ly/3KxcDmG Tickets for Felix's Shows: https://felixlobrecht.de/tickets Felix's Program All you can eat: https://bit.ly/3KPt79B Hotel Matze with Aladin El-Mafaalani: https://bit.ly/4oFMXC1 Hotel Matze with Philipp Hübl: https://bit.ly/4avWicb Hotel Matze with Sarah Wagenknecht: https://bit.ly/4rKD1du Hotel Matze with Barbara Bleisch: https://bit.ly/3KCMFxT Hotel Matze with Lars Klingbeil: https://bit.ly/4rCVKaI Haftbefehl Documentary: https://bit.ly/44kAXyQ Lanz & Precht: https://bit.ly/4rSxKR9 Jung & Naiv: https://bit.ly/4rUhGhJ https://bit.ly/3MA2fen Ungeskriptet Podcast: https://www.ungeskriptet.com/ Tim Gabel Podcast: https://bit.ly/4rV5ywV Ronzheimer Podcast: https://bit.ly/3MV9SMu John Rawls "A Theory of Justice": https://bit.ly/48Kj0fL Eva von Redecker "Freedom to Stay": https://bit.ly/48ROfnG Barbara Bleisch "Middle of Life. A Philosophy of the Best Years": https://bit.ly/4rT7ki3 Eins Live "Loneliness": https://bit.ly/3Yo5MPt Virginia Jetzt!: https://www.virginia-jetzt.de/ Schirach on Miosga: https://bit.ly/4jdWYWl Alexander Stößlein - Production Lena Rocholl - Editorial Mit Vergnügen - Marketing and Distribution MY STUFF: My Question Set FAMILY: https://beherzt.net/products/familie My Question Set LOVE: https://beherzt.net/liebe My First Question Set: https://beherzt.net/matze My Fundraising Campaign: https://machmit.wellfair.ngo/hotel-matze-spendenaktion-2025 My Newsletter: https://matzehielscher.substack.com/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/2MXRILN TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@matzehielscher Instagram: https://instagram.com/matzehielscherHotel LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matzehielscher/ My Book: https://bit.ly/39FtHQy

Woe to the sleepy driver who crashes into a guardrail. He will be investigated!

What happens to all the confiscated drugs? Well, sometimes something goes missing.

Some fathers rage to be allowed to see their child after the separation. Understandable – but counterproductive.

Selling computers twice? The COVID-19 era tempted many a civil servant into crooked dealings.

He is the CSU chairman and Minister-President of Bavaria. I wanted to know from him why he evokes such strong reactions in many people, how he became a star on Instagram, how one should deal with the AfD, and how to change a conviction one has long held. We talk about power and responsibility, waking up early and photos whose effect on the internet cannot be controlled, about Game of Thrones and, of course, about Bavaria. ADVERTISING PARTNERS & DISCOUNTS: https://linktr.ee/hotelmatze MY GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/markus.soeder/ THINGS: Markus Söder - The Shadow Chancellor: Biography (Roman Deininger / Uwe Ritzer) https://bit.ly/48LVFsy Game of Thrones https://bit.ly/3Yjay0J Spiderman Comics https://bit.ly/3MyV71O Facts: Markus Söder and the Rescue of the Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB) https://bit.ly/4q4Z7pw Today, quick flood aid. In 2017, however, flood aid was still abolished. https://bit.ly/4pZZBNu Statistically, Bavaria was initially hit hardest by the pandemic, but was able to record a sharp decline in death tolls from April onwards https://bit.ly/3KJJEMf Bavaria's investments in climate protection. Budget volume of the State Ministry for Environmental Protection and Consumer Protection: 1.252 billion EUR https://bit.ly/451QeVk Climate protection investments: Federal states in comparison (2022): https://bit.ly/4pFMqRS Gross domestic product by federal states: https://bit.ly/44mfzZT Maximilian Frisch - Production Torben Becker - Editing Mit Vergnügen - Marketing and Distribution Hotel Matze live - https://eventim.de/artist/hotel-matze/ MY STUFF: My Question Set FAMILY: https://beherzt.net/products/familie My Question Set LOVE: https://beherzt.net/liebe My first Question Set: https://beherzt.net/matze My Donation Campaign: https://machmit.wellfair.ngo/hotel-matze-spendenaktion-2025 My Newsletter: https://matzehielscher.substack.com/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/2MXRILN TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@matzehielscher Instagram: https://instagram.com/matzehielscherHotel LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matzehielscher/ My Book: https://bit.ly/39FtHQy

The pub brawl is a Bavarian cultural asset. That's what the defendants – and their victims – believe.

Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicidal thoughts. A loud knock on the apartment door wakes Katrin. The four-year-old barely understands what is happening when her mother sternly instructs her to get dressed on this winter morning in 1972. Shortly after, several men in winter coats stand in the apartment, grab Katrin's mother, and drag her out. Katrin sees her mother's face for the last time through the rear window of an emergency vehicle. Then she is gone. Without understanding what happened, Katrin first ends up in an orphanage and later with a married couple whom she now calls Mom and Dad. Katrin will never forget the day her mother disappeared. As an adult, she begins to search for answers – and uncovers an injustice that not only destroyed her family. This episode of "Mordlust – Crimes and their Backgrounds" is about families that are suddenly torn apart and search for the reasons for a long time. And it's about a state that claims to treat all people equally, but goes so far as to take everything from some – even what is most sacred to them: their children. Experts in this episode: Dr. Karsten Laudien, Professor of Ethics in the Social Work program at the Protestant University of Berlin; Head of the German Institute for Residential Care Research (DIH) and head of the research project on the reappraisal of forced adoptions in the Soviet Occupation Zone/GDR between 1945 and 1989. https://shorturl.at/EQ8yR Andreas Laake, founder of the Community of Interest for Stolen Children of the GDR. https://shorturl.at/GQyBM **Credit** Producers/Hosts: Paulina Krasa, Laura Wohlers Editorial Team: Paulina Krasa, Laura Wohlers, Emeli Glaser Editing: Pauline Korb Legal Approval: Abel und Kollegen **Sources (Selection)** Katrin Behr: Torn Away - The Day the GDR Took My Mother From Me WDR: Forced Adoptions in the GDR https://shorturl.at/j1nzI Deutschlandfunk Kultur: The Stolen Children https://shorturl.at/GwzYP Bundestag: Hearing "Stolen Children" https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/563416/95d17d33d8cb71ec634ade80434818e4/Stellungnahme-Dr-Sachse.pdf Focus: When Katrin Meets Her Mother After 20 Years, Her Life Falls Apart https://tinyurl.com/26zvxrb6 **Episode Partner** Do you want to learn more about our advertising partners? You can find all information & discounts here: https://linktr.ee/Mordlust Do you want to place advertisements in this podcast? Learn more about advertising opportunities at Seven.One Audio here: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio

A doctor gets paid for not vaccinating. And for that, issues the most beautiful vaccination certificates….

Woop! Woop! Today we're talking about diversity and the truth about Eve. For this, I have invited Morgane Llanque, who tells a different story of humanity. With Carel van Schaik & Kai Michel, we'll then discuss the invention of inequality between women and men and why it doesn't have to stay that way. Enjoy!^^