To be on the safe side
To be on the safe side, there is a German-language podcast on the German , European and global security situation. The podcast is recorded and produced every three weeks by Ulrike Franke, Carlo Masala , Frank Sauer and Thomas Wiegold .
History and production
Due to the lack of German-language podcasts on security policy and a lack of security policy debate in Germany, Franke, Masala, Sauer and Wiegold decided to produce such a podcast. The first episode was released on July 19, 2018.
The episodes are usually 60 to 90 minutes long and cover two main topics. After a - mostly gloomy - conclusion, the producers refer to other current topics under the catchphrase "safety instructions".
Previous topics included:
- Combat drones
- Nuclear participation
- new and future weapon systems such as hypersonic weapons and autonomous weapon systems and their influence on security policy
- NATO
- current conflicts such as the civil war in Syria since 2011
- armed forces
- European security and defense policy
- Arms control and the termination of arms control treaties , such as the INF treaty
Experts are guests on topics for which there is no in-house expertise. There are also special consequences, for example on the Munich Security Conference .
The individual episodes usually reach between 11,000 and 13,000 views on Soundcloud. The highest reach was 18,500 hits for episode 28. There are also other hits via Spotify and iTunes.
Live shows
The first live show of the podcast took place on January 23, 2020 in the Urania in Berlin and was published as episode 22. Further live shows are planned, but have been postponed indefinitely due to the corona pandemic .
Awards
The podcast was nominated in 2020 for the Grimme Online Award in the "Information" category. To be on the safe side, "the content between the situation in Afghanistan, the geopolitical implications of the 5G mobile communications standard and the militarization of space is made understandable and interesting for laypeople too," said the jury.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Interviews nominees 2020: Don't be afraid of debates | woven across. Retrieved on July 26, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Blog post on eyes straight ahead! to the first episode just to be on the safe side. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Interviews nominees 2020: Don't be afraid of debates | woven across. Retrieved on July 26, 2020 (German).
- ↑ To be on the safe side. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Live to be on the safe side. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
- ↑ To be on the safe side, episode 22. Accessed on July 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Grimme Online Award: The nominees: For safety's sake. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .