Tommi Schmitt

Thomas "Tommi" Schmitt (born January 26, 1989 in Detmold ) is a German author , columnist and podcast presenter .

Life

Schmitt attended the Leopoldinum grammar school in Detmold , which he graduated from high school in 2008 . After his community service , he studied media communication and journalism in Cologne and, after completing his bachelor's degree, volunteered in the press department of the Borussia Mönchengladbach football club . He broke off his subsequent master's degree in Hanover in favor of his career as a comedy author. Tommi Schmitt lives in Cologne.

Professional background

Tommi Schmitt wrote jokes for TV total while he was still a student . He eventually moved from Hanover to Cologne to work as a freelancer for comedy formats on German television. He now works for Luke Mockridge's show Luke! the week and me and for Late Night Berlin with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf .

Schmitt became better known through the podcast Mixed Hack , which has been published weekly since 2017 and which he moderates together with the Berlin comedian Felix Lobrecht . Spotify has held exclusive rights to the podcast since September 2019 . Mixed Hack is one of the most popular audio formats in German-speaking countries and was the third most streamed podcast worldwide on Spotify in 2019. Some of the podcast's actions received a great response in social networks, such as the ironic hashtag #unsereweiber , which expresses solidarity with the German women's national football team and denounces sexism towards women's sport. The action was picked up by the ARD Sportschau and the hashtag was shared by the team's players.

In June 2019, the WDR channel 1LIVE Comedy launched the weekly YouTube format What do things do? , in which Tommi Schmitt and Felix Lobrecht answer absurd questions.

Schmitt wrote columns for Stern , Ruhr Nachrichten and Würzburg Experience , among others .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Tilo Sommer: "Mixed Hack" is back - an interview with Detmold comedy author Tommi Schmitt. In: www.lz.de. Lippische Landes-Zeitung, September 12, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 .
↑ "Why am I so grumpy? Am I a philistine now? I'm primarily an idiot." January 21, 2020, accessed May 12, 2020 .
↑ Toni Lukic: How the podcast "Mixed Hack" created its own cult. In: www.watson.de. Ströer Next Publishing GmbH, December 18, 2018, accessed on September 24, 2019 .
↑ Tilo Sommer: "Mixed Hack" is back - an interview with Detmold comedy author Tommi Schmitt. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
↑ Mixed Hack: # 1 MIXED HACK. In: www.soundcloud.de. SoundCloud Limited, September 27, 2017, accessed September 24, 2019 .
↑ Editor: Spotify secures exclusive rights to the podcasts “Mixed Hack” and “Herrengedeck”. In: www.meedia.de. Meedia GmbH, September 10, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 .
↑ Editor: Spotify: Germany: Top Podcasts. In: www.chartable.com. Chartable, September 24, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 .
^ The Top Songs, Artists, Playlists, and Podcasts of 2019 — and the Last Decade. December 3, 2019, Retrieved December 12, 2019 (American English).
^ ARD editorial team: Using a hashtag against women's soccer bashing on the internet. In: www.sportschau.de. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, June 29, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 .
↑ 1 LIVE Comedy: Blind: What do you have to see one last time? | What's going on? # 01 | Felix Lobrecht & Tommi Schmitt. In: www.youtube.com. Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne, June 26, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 .
↑ Tommi Schmitt: Netflix, you have always been good to me. That's enough of that. It is enough! In: www.stern.de. stern.de GmbH, November 18, 2019, accessed on July 7, 2020 .
^ Tommi Schmitt: Twitter status. In: twitter.com. Twitter Inc., October 8, 2017, accessed July 7, 2020 .
↑ Sabine Brummer: Wine and beer, I advise you - have fun with Tommi Schmitt. In: wuerzburgerleben.de. Papay Landois GmbH, April 11, 2016, accessed on July 7, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schmitt, Tommi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schmitt, Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German author, columnist and podcast host
DATE OF BIRTH	January 26, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH	Detmold

[1] Tilo Sommer: "Mixed Hack" is back - an interview with Detmold comedy author Tommi Schmitt. In: www.lz.de. Lippische Landes-Zeitung, September 12, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 .

[2] "Why am I so grumpy? Am I a philistine now? I'm primarily an idiot." January 21, 2020, accessed May 12, 2020 .

[3] Toni Lukic: How the podcast "Mixed Hack" created its own cult. In: www.watson.de. Ströer Next Publishing GmbH, December 18, 2018, accessed on September 24, 2019 .

[4] Tilo Sommer: "Mixed Hack" is back - an interview with Detmold comedy author Tommi Schmitt. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .

[5] Mixed Hack: # 1 MIXED HACK. In: www.soundcloud.de. SoundCloud Limited, September 27, 2017, accessed September 24, 2019 .

[6] Editor: Spotify secures exclusive rights to the podcasts “Mixed Hack” and “Herrengedeck”. In: www.meedia.de. Meedia GmbH, September 10, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 .

[7] Editor: Spotify: Germany: Top Podcasts. In: www.chartable.com. Chartable, September 24, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 .

[8] The Top Songs, Artists, Playlists, and Podcasts of 2019 — and the Last Decade. December 3, 2019, Retrieved December 12, 2019 (American English).

[9] ARD editorial team: Using a hashtag against women's soccer bashing on the internet. In: www.sportschau.de. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, June 29, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 .

[10] 1 LIVE Comedy: Blind: What do you have to see one last time? | What's going on? # 01 | Felix Lobrecht & Tommi Schmitt. In: www.youtube.com. Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne, June 26, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 .

[11] Tommi Schmitt: Netflix, you have always been good to me. That's enough of that. It is enough! In: www.stern.de. stern.de GmbH, November 18, 2019, accessed on July 7, 2020 .

[12] Tommi Schmitt: Twitter status. In: twitter.com. Twitter Inc., October 8, 2017, accessed July 7, 2020 .

[13] Sabine Brummer: Wine and beer, I advise you - have fun with Tommi Schmitt. In: wuerzburgerleben.de. Papay Landois GmbH, April 11, 2016, accessed on July 7, 2020 .