Cui Bono: WTF happend to Ken Jebsen?
The title of this six-part podcast contains two questions: what the hell has happened to Ken Jebsen since he roamed Berlin as a young, anarchic radio and television presenter in the wild 90s? And: Cui bono – for whom – is it Jebsen, the self-appointed uncoverer of alleged truths? Cui Bono tells how Ken Jebsen went crazy from a self-confident, daring speaker to a conspiracy illogic and how he became one of the central figures in a network of corona deniers, anti-democratic opponents and organizers of political disinformation campaigns. The journalist Khesrau Behroz and his team have spoken to many people, including Jebsen’s former companions, and the RBB is actively working on the story, which is in part its own. Although the station is not in the best light. Isn’t that a splendid stage for Jebsen – even if he doesn’t even step on it, but is quoted in detail and has his say with recorded speeches and broadcast excerpts? Counter-question: What would be gained by ignoring Jebsen’s broad-based activities? Stefan Fischer
Lab Gap
They do exist, the astronauts, polar researchers, biochemists and toxicologists among us. In short: there are women in science. Yes, at least that’s the thesis of the new Edition F podcast Lab Gap: “Research potential is still being wasted because too few highly qualified women work in research.” The moderator Victoria Müller wants to understand why this could be, and has therefore been speaking with leading women scientists every week since mid-May about how science can become more feminine. In the first episode, for example, Müller asks internist, infectiologist and researcher Marylyn Addo what exactly is the difference between a virologist and an infectiologist, what it is like to work on a vaccine in the middle of a pandemic, and how one reconciles work and family . Victoria Müller succeeds in going in-depth without assuming too much specialist knowledge. A podcast not just for nerd girls. And above all: not just for women. Jacqueline Lang
shit happens
Sometimes you wonder what kind of people they are who decide to get into the drug business. So don’t deal with a few grams in the park, but smuggle thousands of kilos of hashish and stop at nothing to get your business done. There are people like Andrea M., now 50 years old, who was once one of the biggest dealers in Vienna. The journalist and author Magda Woitzuck arranged Andreas stories from the “Old Guard”, as the Viennese underworld calls itself, to 13 episodes for the SWR, from breaking out of a bourgeois but shattered parental home to her arrest at the end of 20. In This year there should have been hardly any hash in Vienna. When Andrea tells in the most beautiful dialect how, for example, as a teenager in Spain with a man ten years older she “got her first coconut nose clean” or was threatened by her lover with a pump gun, then it is not only frightening, sensational and maybe a little exaggerated. You also get to know firsthand what kind of people they are who get into the drug business. Nicolas friend
Seehofers 69
The international troops are leaving Afghanistan while the radical Islamic Taliban conquer more and more territories. Because of the increasing violence, the Afghan government is asking the European states to take a break from deportation. The flights continue to take off in Germany. What can the deported after landing in Kabul? Abdul, Ahmed, Basir, Nawid and Amir were on the largest deportation flight that has ever started: On Seehofer’s 69th birthday in July 2018, German authorities deported 69 people. In the four-part feature series, Armin Ghassim and Annette Kammerer trace how it was done for Seehofers 69 went on. They tell of Jamal who hanged himself shortly after landing. You are talking to Abdul, whose wife is having her child under the most unworthy conditions in Camp Moria on Lesbos. With Basir, who goes into hiding with a friend in Germany. And with Nawid, who cut his arms in panic when the police arrived. The series not only shows the desperation of those who had to put up with the malice of the interior minister, but also their shame and lack of prospects who follow a rejected asylum decision. Lena Reuters
Get out of the depression
At the beginning of this podcast there is a promise: the host Harald Schmidt assures the listeners that they will not get what they are used to from him. So no biting, no cynicism, and certainly no mockery. Harald Schmidt, the clever entertainer and pointed late-night talker off duty, is the patron of the German Depression Aid Foundation. And in this podcast, which the foundation produces together with the NDR, he conducts the discussions as conscientiously as is appropriate to the topic. Five people affected by depression speak about their illness, including journalist Benjamin Maack, bestselling author Jasmin Schreiber and management consultant Walter Kohl, son of the ex-chancellor. Harald Schmidt keeps his word and shows empathy. Because the aim of the podcast is to contribute to the removal of taboos on this disease and to give the sick and their environment specific help. Stefan Fischer