State of the Union (Podcast)

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State of the Union
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Talk show from Berlin
original language German
publication March 13, 2016–
genre politics
Duration 60-90 min
Contributors
Moderation Philip Banse , Ulf Buermeyer
Website
State of the Nation - Live performance by Philip Banse and Ulf Buermeyer on March 12, 2017 in Berlin
State of the Union episode 80 (video)

State of the Nation is a German-language podcast about current affairs, moderated by Philip Banse and Ulf Buermeyer . A new edition has been published every week since March 13, 2016.

concept

The podcast consists of a dialogue between the journalist Phillip Banse and the judge and civil rights activist Ulf Buermeyer. Buermeyer was a member of the SPD until 2019 , then ended his membership, among other things, with reference to the fact that membership in a political party would not be conducive to his journalistic work. The conversation, in which they deal with the political events of the past week, is characterized by a frequently recurring structure: the topics are regularly examined first with regard to the currently available facts on the basis of primary sources and newspaper articles and then commented personally by the moderators. In each episode, the moderators also deal with the feedback from the listeners. The length of an episode varies between sixty and ninety minutes and depends on the topic and the free time of the moderators.

Lea Börgerding joined the duo as a foreign policy expert in autumn 2017. Occasionally Banse and Buermeyer conduct interviews with experts.

production

The format can be accessed free of charge and is financed through advertising and donations. However, there are also a küchenstud.io / + -called subscription offer , which allows access to a live stream of the recording and additional content promises. In October 2017, each episode of the podcast was downloaded 70,000 to 80,000 times, some episodes up to 90,000 times. Donations of 2,000 to 2,500 euros were received every month. At the end of 2017 there were just under 500 paying subscribers. In November 2019, the podcasters said that in the first four weeks, each episode would be downloaded around 150,000 times and streamed around 80,000 to 90,000 times on Spotify.

New episodes appear weekly at an unspecified time on the weekend. The recording usually takes place on Fridays and is offered as a live stream for subscribers . Occasionally, the podcast is produced live in front of an audience as a so-called location , including in the premises of Wikimedia Germany in Berlin . In 2019 there were two pre-produced, pure interview issues with Jan-Marco Luczak and Lorenz Maroldt

The publication takes place simultaneously on the podcast label küchenstud.io operated by Banse , which also houses the kitchen radio , and other platforms, e.g. B. iTunes , Spotify and YouTube .

The advertising marketer of ARD (AS&S Radio) announced in September 2017 that the state of the nation will be marketed by them in the future. In September 2018, blogger Thomas Knüwer came to the conclusion that the maximum possible income would be “between 15,750 and 22,500 euros” per broadcast. In addition, there would be ticket sales for live performances.

Reception and awards

In her review of the broadband broadcast on Deutschlandfunk Kultur , Meike Laaff said that the podcast was “really good [...] when it comes to digital, legal and civil rights” due to the moderators' expertise. Outside of these subject areas, however, the podcast "quickly [...] loses its analytical depth"; She cited environmental policy and “certain foreign policy issues” as examples.

The iTunes editors awarded the State of the Union as “Best Political Podcast 2016”.

On January 29, 2018, the State of the Union was named “Best Podcast of the Year” 2017 in the “The Golden Bloggers” competition based on an online vote. In February 2018, the computer magazine c't described the Nation as a “Shooting Star in the German Podcast Landscape”.

On March 7, 2019, Buermeyer and Banse were guests in Neo Magazin Royale .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hendrik Steinkuhl: Great political talk: “Thadeusz and the observers”. In: New Osnabrück Newspaper . August 1, 2016, accessed June 9, 2017 .
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  4. ↑ z. B. Episode 15 with Christopher Lauer
  5. ↑ Hendrik Steinkuhl: After a year almost a hundred thousand listeners: Podcast “State of the Nation” is successful with politics. In: meedia . June 30, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b Jonas Schönfelder: Podcasts are becoming more and more commercial: A good year for the ears . In: The daily newspaper: taz . December 30, 2017, ISSN  0931-9085 ( online [accessed January 17, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Achim Barczok: The makers of the podcast " State of the Nation" in the c't conversation. In: c't. November 21, 2019, accessed on November 23, 2019 (article from c't 24/2019).
  8. ↑ Overview of the live events. In: eventbrite.de , last accessed on June 9, 2017.
  9. ↑ LdN166 special. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  10. ↑ LdN165 special. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  11. ↑ State of the Union on iTunes
  12. ^ State of the Union on Spotify
  13. ↑ State of the Union as a YouTube playlist
  14. ↑ Advertise & Sell: AS&S Radio markets another podcast | W&V. Retrieved September 12, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Thomas Knüwer: Why are podcasts successful? In: Indiscretion is a matter of honor . September 27, 2018 ( online [accessed September 28, 2018]).
  16. ^ Meike Laaff: Political Podcasts on the Bundestag Election. In: broadband. June 17, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Tired of myself? (No longer available online.) In: Broadband. June 17, 2017, archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; accessed on November 18, 2017 .
  18. ↑ Sascha Ostermeier: The best of 2016: Apple publishes the best apps, films, books and more. In: stadt-bremerhaven.de. December 7, 2016, accessed June 9, 2017 .
  19. ↑ The Golden Bloggers - The award ceremony on January 29, 2018 in Berlin. Accessed January 30, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Jo Bager, Achim Barczok, Holger Bleich: politics, IT, entertainment: the c't editorial podcast favorites. In: c't. February 3, 2018, accessed on February 3, 2018 (print edition: Heft 4/2018, pp. 134-136, 134).
  21. ↑ NEO MAGAZIN ROYALE with Jan Böhmermann on March 7, 2019. In: ZDF Mediathek. March 7, 2019, accessed March 16, 2019 .