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Dear Listeners, dear Supporters and Ultras, in this special edition of Beer & Honey, FC St. Pauli CEO Oke Goettlich tries to explain the German rule called "50+1", which keeps investors from seizing control over German football clubs, which are member led entitites.

instead of focussing on the German national team and their return after the disastrous World Cup in Qatar, we have to talk about Bayern München, who have replaced "long-term manager" Julian Nagelsmann with Thomas Tuchel, whose availability was in jeopardy as Tottenham seemed to have zeroed in on him lately as a successor to Antonio Conte.

Dortmund on top ahead of the duel with Bayern, Hertha and Stuttgart looking really worrying in the basement and Union heading to the Champions League.

Dear Supporters, this one's just for you! Raphael and Christoph are sad to announce that the German forces have been heavily decimated in the European Cup competitions, with only Bayern and Bayer going through to the quarterfinals of the Champions League and the Europa League, respectively. It's easy to blame the refs with some dubious VAR penalty calls against Freiburg and Dortmund, for example,...

Join Christoph Biermann and Raphael Honigstein for your weekly english language review of Bundesliga action!

Dear listeners, Raphael and Christoph take a look back at the two German sides that competed in the Champions League round of 16 this week. Borussia Dortmund sadly couldn't get past FC Chelsea, partly because they were without keeper Kobel and Julian Brandt had to leave the game five minutes in because of injury. In the end that meant that Chelsea outlasted Dortmund and deservedly went through to...

Dear listeners, in this week's edition of Beer & Honey Raphael and Christoph take a look back at the results of matchday 23 in the Bundesliga and preview the upcoming Champions League clashes between Bayern and PSG as well as Dortmund who will play Chelsea.

Dear listeners, welcome to our 20th edition of "Beer & Honey" with Raphael Honigstein and Christoph Biermann!

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Dear listeners, once again powerhouse Bayern München have failed to beat wildly inconsistent rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach, who may have the best record of any Bundesliga team against Bayern over the span of the last decade.

In today's episode of Beer & Honey, Raphael and Christoph take a look at two teams that are in a serious crisis (Gladbach and Hoffenheim) and talk about Bayern who are acting like they're in a crisis to keep from falling into a real crisis.

Dear listeners, our number one topic today is of course Raphael's sensational interview with the very unhappy Manuel Neuer who needed to vent some of his negative emotions surrounding his injury and the sacking of his friend Toni Tapalovic as the goalkeepers' coach at Bayern München.

Three draws in a row? No tactical discipline? No Lewandowski? The alarm bells are ringing loudly down in Bavaria and it looks like the Bundesliga could have its first thrilling championship race in over a decade, with Bayern only 5 points ahead of sixth place Eintracht Frankfurt. According to Oliver Kahn, it's all Hansi Flick's fault because the World Cup destroyed the Bayern players' confidence....

The Bundesliga wrapped up the first half of the season and we witnessed two teams that are on a run: Leverkusen have now won five straight and Wolfsburg have won six straight. Ten time defending champs Bayern however are in a miniature crisis after two draws in a row. On top of that there is some drama around Toni Tapalovic, the now former goalkeepers' coach and best friend of Manuel Neuer, who go...

The Bundesliga is back from a long winter break and some teams seem to have forgotten to train their defense during the break or maybe some other teams found new methods of training goal scoring, because match day 16 was wild. Köln beat Bremen 7-1, Dortmund hung on against Augsburg for a 4-3 and Wolfsburg blew Freiburg away 6-0. But don't worry if you missed the goal scoring extravaganza, Raphael...

In our latest episode of "Beer & Honey" Raphael and Christoph regale us with their work/vacation activities during the Bundesliga's time off in the winter break. While Christoph went to rainy Belgium and watched Royal Antwerp play Gent, Raphael secured some time in sunny southern Spain where Borussia Dortmund were preparing for the second half of the season. He got to talk to coach Terzic and form...

Will Bayern stay top of the table despite their injury woes? Can Freiburg maintain their strong run and stay "Bayernjäger"? Or maybe Eintracht Frankfurt's recent European success will translate to a even better second half of the season? What about the suprising run that Union has been having for about four seasons now? Will RBL be able to catch up with Bayern now that Konrad Laimer is back from i...

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Following Germany's disappointing outing at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, heads were going to roll, but it was unclear who would have to take the fall. Now we know that Oliver Bierhoff, the man in charge of the national teams amongst many other things at the German Football Association DFB since 2004, has decided to step down in a "you can't fire me, I quit!" move. Raphael "Honey" Honigstein a...

The FIFA World Cup of 2022 has ended for Germany's national team. Raphael Honigstein and Christoph Biermann know all about the reasons behind the second time in a row that Germany failed to qualify for the knock-out stage of the World Cup. To borrow from basketball philosophy: Defense wins championships, and Germany was lacking in that aspect of the game. Secondly, if you're gonna be an attacking...

Raphael Honigstein and Christoph Biermann take a look back at Germany's dramatic draw with Spain and discuss the upside of bringing on a real striker like Niklas Füllkrug, who might not be a world class player but he's a number 9 and he's more than capable of knocking in a goal or two in the box. They'll discuss what Füllkrug's emergence means going forward, whether he'll stay a joker or might get...

We sent Raphael to Qatar to check out what's what at the World Cup, while Christoph has to get his insights from German TV. But no matter where you got to see Germany's loss in their opener against Japan, one thing was clear: this was not a game Germany should've lost. So, what happened? Let's start with the positives: Left Back David Raum aka Raumberto Carlos played a pivotal role in securing Ger...

Welcome to the third edition of Beer and Honey, your weekly podcast about German football with Raphael Honigstein and Christoph Biermann. This week we'll be gushing over Jamal "Bambi" Musiala, who's going to be the next big thing for Bayern München and Germany. We're going to take a look at the teams that have had an outstanding year 2022, like Union, Freiburg and Frankfurt and we'll explain what...

Christoph Biermann and Raphael Honigstein will discuss Hansi Flick's nominations for Germany's World Cup squad in our mid-week special edition of Beer & Honey. Spoiler Alert: 2014 World Cup hero Mario Götze is invited. Old man Mats Hummels isn't. And Marco Reus is about to miss another major tournament due to injury.

Christoph Biermann and Raphael Honigstein are back on their mission to give you valuable insights and interesting stories about everything related to football in Germany: First and foremost The Bundesliga and of course the national team (formerly known as "Die Mannschaft") with the upcoming World Cup. This first new episode deals with the question whether the tide has changed for former league lea...