
The Bundesletter Podcast — German football culture
An interview podcast featuring the expert insight of observers 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.
Podcasting since 2024 • 8 episodes
The Bundesletter Podcast — German football culture
Latest Episodes
#8 — Seb Stafford-Bloor on covering the Florian Wirtz transfer, the openness of German football and the Stadtderby
Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s German football correspondent Seb Stafford-Bloor. Seb took over the German football beat at the outlet about two years ago, after moving to Hamburg, his wife’s hometown. He covers the full gamut...
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# 7 — Derek Rae on learning German, listening to the Bundesligakonferenz and football in Köln
Derek’s voice will be recognisable to many of you. Not only has he commentated on pretty much every major football league or international competition for a host of industry-leading broadcasters, since 2017, he has been the voice of the EA spor...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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44:34

#6 — Stefan Bienkowski on the German football media, Bayern's dominance in English-speaking coverage and transfer speculation
Stefan Bienkowski is the UK content manager for Transfermarkt, where in his own words, his remit is "everything but" German football. However, it's the work he does outside his nine-to-five that makes him a well-known name among avi...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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47:36

#5 — Archie Rhind-Tutt on interviewing Bundesliga managers, football in Köln and German football fandom
Archie Rhind-Tutt will be well known to avid followers of German football, both for his pitch side reporting for ESPN's Bundesliga coverage, and his regular appearances on the Guardian Football Weekly. He joined us on the latest epi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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42:27

#4 — Kenny Legg on football in Dusseldorf, flea markets and rare football shirt finds
Kenny Legg is a different type of guest for us here at the Bundesletter Podcast. His day job involves supporting British businesses find partnerships and success in the German market, but he's as fervent a football fan as our other guests. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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