Steilcast - A show about the Bundesliga & German football

The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann and Kevin Hatchard for their take on the biggest story in German football right now - the news that Joachim Löw will be stepping down as coach of the German national team after the Euros.

We discuss how this could have a knock-on effect at Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig as Hansi Flick could replace Low, with Nagelsmann the favourite to head to Bayern if the job does become available, plus there's talk of how the news could affect Germany's performance at the tournament.

We also have the regular Bundesliga round-up with more disastrous scenes at Gladbach, Schalke and Hertha Berlin

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann and Jasmine Baba for their take on all the big stories across the Bundesliga and Champions League where German teams are concerned.

We react to Bayern Munich coming from two goals down to defeat Borussia Dortmund and ponder whether Dortmund might actually walk away from this result feeling quite good about themselves?

Plus we look at how Leipzig are shaping up ahead of their Champions League second-leg against a crisis-stricken Liverpool side, there's talk of a resurgent Hoffenheim side, and could Gladbach soon be forced to sack Marco Rose even though he has technically already left?

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Raphael Honigstein and Christoph Biermann focus on some notable strugglers in this week's Bundesliga podcast from The Athletic.

The axe fell at Schalke, but it wasn't just the manager who felt the icy blade. Hertha Berlin are winless in nine, and Peter Bosch is in trouble at Leverkusen.

Plus; Rapha tries to drum up some enthusiasm for the title race, and we consider the odd relationship German clubs have with the Europa League.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein & Christoph Biermann bring you their take on all the biggest stories in the Bundesliga.

We start with Eintracht Frankfurt's stunning victory over Bayern Munich, and a look at how Frankfurst also showed Bayern how it should be done off the pitch after they sensitively remembered the victims of the Hanau shooting in stark contrast to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge's unimpressive performance on German TV when being asked about Bayern's relationship with Qatar.

Plus there's discussion of Lepizig's renewed title push, Gladbach's struggles with social media fake news and the fallout from the Marco Rose announcement, a good week for his future club Dortmund, and we check in on the relgation battle as things start to look precarious for Hertha Berlin and a lot more optimistic for Mainz.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by regular conspirators Christoph Biermann and Kevin Hatchard for their take on all the biggest stories in the Bundesliga and German football.

We react to Bayern Munich's snowy 3-3 thriller with Arminia Bielefeld, plus take a look at the latest grumblings from Hansi Flick after Thomas Muller has been told to quarantine following a positive covid test.

There's discussion of the news that, as we've been saying for months, Marco Rose will be leaving Gladbach at the end of the season to become the new Borussia Dortmund manager.

Plus there's a Champions League preview as Leipzig get set to face Liverpool and Dortmund face in-form Sevilla, and we check in on Mainz who are putting up a spirited attempt at survival.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein & Christoph Biermann bring you their take on the biggest stories in the Bundesliga.

We look at the latest noise coming from Bayern Munich after they were left stranded on an airport runway following their victory at Hertha Berlin.

There's focus Köln's fight for survival as an Elvis Rexhbecaj brace gave them the win at rivals Gladbach.

Plus we unpick yet more despair at Dortmund as their loss at Freiburg lead to further questions about the status of interim coach Edin Terzic and the situation surrounding heavily-rumoured replacement Marco Rose.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann and Kevin Hatchard to roundup all the big stories in the Bundesliga.

We take a look at the somewhat unloved VfL Wolfsburg who have snuck up the table into 3rd place, there's off-field politics to discuss at Stuttgart and Bayern Munich, plus a lesser-spotted routine win for Dortmund at Augbsurg.

There's also discussion of Ralph Rangnick's coaching legacy in German football as his raft of proteges continue to progress in the Bundesliga and beyond.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann for a look at all the big stories from the Bundesliga - Bayern have strengthened their lead at the top, Leipzig and Dortmund suffered yet more disappointing defeats, Frankfurt bagged a big win, and Mainz gave themselves a glimmer of hope at the bottom.

Hertha correspondent Marc Schwitzky joins us to work out what's gone wrong for the Berlin club as they get set to part company with manager Bruno Labbadia in the wake of a hammering at the hands of Werder Bremen.

Plus we react to the news of Thomas Tuchel replacing Frank Lampard at Chelsea and assess his chances of success at Stamford Bridge

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann for a look at all the results and stories from the 'Englische Woche' round of midweek games

Schalke and Mainz are looking increasingly doomed at the bottom, Dortmund are still flattering to deceive and now find themselves ten points off the top spot, but there is good news for challengers Leipzig and Leverkusen as they pick up wins to stay in touch despite the Bayern juggernaut marching on with a win at Augsburg.

All this and more discussed plus an eyebrow raised at Gladbach's Breel Embolo's trip to Switzerland to watch an NBA game with his friends.

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein is joined by Christoph Biermann for a look at all the big stories from the Bundesliga, starting with another fine result for Union Berlin as they beat Leverkusen 1-0 but concerning developments off the pitch as Union's Florian Hubner stands accused of racially abusing Leverkusen's Nadiem Amiri.

Elsewhere there were disappointing draws for Dortmund, Leipzig and Gladbach, all of which saw Bayern Munich restore a healthy lead at the top of the table but that's not to say all is well at Bayern after a week that saw them lose in the cup to second division Holsten-Kiel

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