Hoaxilla
HOAXILLA. The skeptical podcast from Hamburg is a podcast that has existed since 2010 and is moderated by the couple Alexa and Alexander Waschkau . HOAXILLA focuses on modern sagas (urban legends), media, culture and science from a scientific-critical point of view, without taking itself too seriously. The topics are examined from both a skeptical and a socio-cultural perspective. Before moving to Hamburg , the podcast was subtitled The skeptical podcast from Münster .
The podcast was received several times by national media, such as the taz , DRadio Wissen or the skeptic . In 2013, the podcast became even better known through an article published by the dpa in local and national newspapers . Hoaxilla is listed by Bayerischer Rundfunk as one of the "best podcasts worldwide".
Themes and Concept
In the more than 233 published episodes (as of July 21, 2019) topics such as the Amber Room , Nikola Tesla , numbers transmitter , the Somerton man and the conspiracy theories about the deaths of Lady Di , Marilyn Monroe or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were dealt with . Each episode has the same structure: At the beginning of the episode, the Hoaxmistress tells a so-called "story of the week" of which it is initially left open whether this story is true or not. Then the main topic of the program is dealt with and finally the "story" is clarified.
Origin of name
The name Hoaxilla is explained by both podcasters in interviews as a trunk word from Hoax and Godzilla . In the first podcast episode "Cokelore", Alexander Waschkau explains that the second part of the name comes from an Internet browser ( Mozilla ).
Sub-projects
HOAXILLA portrait
Under the name HOAXILLA Portrait you can find a podcast that was called Skeptoskop until 2014 . It is an interview podcast in which people are questioned who are close to the skeptic movement (or scientific-critical thinking).
HOAXILLA Crime
HOAXILLA Crime are special episodes of the podcast in which historical criminal cases such as Jack the Ripper or the Hinterkaifeck murder case are dealt with in an interesting manner for the audience with experts such as the criminal psychologist Lydia Benecke or the forensic biologist Cornelius Courts . Furthermore, episodes on certain issues are also produced on current occasions, such as when the Satanist murders were treated in the press.
Behind the hoax
Behind the Hoax is a making-of podcast that has existed since 2013, in which the makers give an insight into the work behind the scenes. In 2015, the Waschkau couple announced that they would publish significantly more episodes of Behind the Hoax . B. to answer readers' mail and to point out dates.
The HoaX files
Under the title The Hoax files appears in the JMB publishing a book to a focus at irregular intervals, revised in the various subjects of the podcast and have been writing to them acquainting interested people who have no podcasts to hear. The subject chapters are linked by a story in which the laundry rooms play the main role. The story is basically based on reality, but consistently fictional. In the first volume, with the subtitle Horror, Spuk and Bloody Mary , topics such as Slenderman and Bloody Mary to Waverly Hills were dealt with, the second volume deals with the main topic of dangerous dead people and revolves around people like Count Dracula or zombies .
HOAXILLA TV
The magazine HOAXILLA-TV, also moderated by the Waschkau couple, was published on the Internet television portal massengeschmack.tv by the Hamburg journalist Holger Kreymeier from June 2014 to 2018 . Some of the topics from the podcast were taken up and presented again, but exclusive HOAXILLA TV topics were also dealt with. The HOAXILLA-TV project ended with the hundredth episode.
literature
- Alexa & Alexander Waschkau: The HoaX-Files. Volume 1: Horror, Spook and Bloody Mary . JMB, Hannover 2014, ISBN 978-3-944342-52-8 ( JMB Verlag [accessed September 9, 2015]).
- Alexa & Alexander Waschkau: The HoaX-Files. Volume 2: Dangerous Dead . JMB, Hannover 2017, ISBN 978-3-944342-84-9 ( JMB Verlag [accessed May 21, 2018]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article on taz.de from May 25, 2012, accessed on August 10, 2015
- ↑ DRadio Wissen: Jäger der Hidden Fakes , broadcast on March 26, 2015, accessed on August 2, 2015
- ↑ Scan of the interview in volume 2/11 , accessed on August 10, 2015
- ↑ Podcast Hunt for Conspiracy Theories , Die Welt, May 11, 2013, accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ BR: The world's best podcasts , accessed January 9, 2019
- ↑ List of episodes
- ↑ Interview with Bernd Harder about SkepKon 2014 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hoaxilla episode 1 "Cokelore" "Hoaxilla in the combination maybe a bit like a Japanese monster, that was an association you had, Alexa, I hadn't thought of it. I was more like that in an internet browser. " (from 01:45 min.)
- ↑ The Hoax files, Volume 1 at JMB Publishing
- ↑ https://massengeschmack.tv/mag/hoaxilla-tv
- ↑ https://www.hoaxilla.com/hoaxilla-tv-endet-mit-sequence-100/ Hoaxilla-TV ends with episode 100
