The Bundesletter Podcast — German football culture
Episodes
#8 — Seb Stafford-Bloor on covering the Florian Wirtz transfer, the openness of German football and the Stadtderby
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
# 7 — Derek Rae on learning German, listening to the Bundesligakonferenz and football in Köln
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Derek’s voice will be recognisable to many of you. Not only has he commentated on pretty much every major football league or international competiti...
#6 — Stefan Bienkowski on the German football media, Bayern's dominance in English-speaking coverage and transfer speculation
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan Bienkowski is the UK content manager for Transfermarkt, where in his own words, his remit is "everything but" German football. Howev...
#5 — Archie Rhind-Tutt on interviewing Bundesliga managers, football in Köln and German football fandom
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#4 — Kenny Legg on football in Dusseldorf, flea markets and rare football shirt finds
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny Legg is a different type of guest for us here at the Bundesletter Podcast. His day job involves supporting British businesses find partnerships ...
#3 — Uli Hesse on amateurism, the German National Team and Borussia Dortmund
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Uli Hesse is an authority on German football. Writing in both his native tongue and English, he is a prolific author and journalist. Through his long ...
#2 — Kit Holden on the diversity of fan culture in Germany
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#1 — Jacob Sweetman on the history of football in Berlin
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 communicatio...