An interview podcast featuring the expert insight of observer of German football and its culture. We'll hear from journalists, historians, analysts and fans of fußball on their experiences of following and learning the game. This series is a companion to the Bundesletter, a weekly newsletter written, edited and published by Tom Ritchie, a journalist based in Berlin. You can subscribe to the newsletter here: bundesletter.substack.com.
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Kit Holden on the diversity of fan culture in Germany
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Fascinated by German football from a young age, Kit Holden has carved a unique career since he's moved to Berlin. A freelance journalist writing in both German and English for titles such as Der Tagesspiegel and The Athletic, Holden has recently published two outstanding books. Scheisse! We're Going Up, tells the story of Union Berlin through the s…
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Jacob Sweetman on the history of football in Berlin
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Jacob Sweetman is a writer, a drummer, and a keen observer of football in the Haupstadt. Now the lead for FC Union Berlin's english communications, Jacob has been writing about fußball and Berlin for almost two decades, since moving to the city in 2007. In the 2010s, he edited and published No Dice Magazine, a fanzine that covered the many football…
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