The scandal surrounding Richard David Precht’s anti-Semitic statements impressively shows that not only the opinions of some men are out of date, but also male gossip podcasts themselves.
Richard David Precht is in the headlines again. In his podcast “Lanz & Precht” last week, he claimed that Orthodox Jews were only allowed to engage in financial transactions and trade in diamonds for religious reasons. The fact that the popular philosopher is now causing a stir with anti-Semitic clichés after his skepticism about the corona vaccine is not only due to his ongoing personal overestimation of himself, but above all an expression of mansplaining and unequal standards of authority.
Male chat podcasts like “Lanz & Precht” are a true German success story. The concept is simple: a conversation between two men without much rhyme or reason. Turn on the microphone and start talking. Whether it’s reserved and teasing in “Gemischtes Hack”, boomer-like and ironic in “Fest und Fluschig” or well-coiffed and educated in “Lanz & Precht” – everywhere there are two men talking.