Talking Fussball

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Talking Fussball episodes:

04.16.2024
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Kiel feeling themselves after leapfrogging St. Pauli for top spot
Unlike the top flight, where Bayer 04 Leverkusen ran away with the title (congrats, Werkself fans!), the race at the top of the 2. Bundesliga has taken a turn for the thrilling in recent weeks. Serial league leaders FC St....
04.08.2024
Talking Fussball - Leverkusen all but crowned champions after another Bayern blackout
We were trying to play it cool for a while, but that no longer seems necessary. Bayer 04 Leverkusen are going to win the league, and after FC Bayern München lost in Heidenheim(!), they might well do it next week....
03.19.2024
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - The case of the missing St. Pauli ultra banner and the perils of peer pressure
The world of football, like other walks of life, harbors its share of idiots - our latest episode puts the spotlight on a few. Nik and Maik turn their attention to some childish behavior surrounding a banner, some regrettable chants...
03.11.2024
Talking Fussball - Rhine derby brings lots of thrills but little reward for Cologne and Gladbach
Foals fans at the Borussia-Park may have feasted on a see-saw six-goal thriller, but their team's return - just one point -had to sting. Their opponents 1. FC Köln will have cherished an away draw in the Rheinderby, but time...
03.09.2024
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Does anybody want to win the 2. Bundesliga?
There's never a dull moment in Germany's second tier. Just when you think you've sussed out who's good and who's not so good, you get a week like round 24 - one in which every team in the top eight...
02.26.2024
Talking Fussball - Bayern say they'll be Tuchel-free come summer - what's that mean for Alonso's future?
After a weekend in which FC Bayern München made up no ground in the title race, they still managed to test Bayer 04 Leverkusen's balance. Thomas Tuchel will vacate his job on Säbener Straße at the end of the season,...
02.21.2024
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Fans across the 2. Bundesliga keep the pressure up on the DFL
If you thought there was an end in sight to Germany's fan protests, think again - they're just getting started. Nik, Maik and the returning Jasmine weigh in on the wave of game-stopping events that swept across the 2. Bundesliga,...
02.12.2024
Talking Fussball - Leverkusen leave no doubt who's the title favorite in comprehensive win over Bayern
We can say it matter-of-factly now: Bayer 04 Leverkusen are on an inside track to win the league. Their 3-0 win against FC Bayern München opened up a five point gap at the top - and since this year's Leverkusen...
02.09.2024
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - This podcast is only slightly longer than the delay in one of the matches in the 2. Bundesliga on MD 20
A wave of protests over outside investors lashed the shores of Germany's second division this past week. If you know the Aufstieg pod's Nik and Maik, you'll not be surprised to hear it captured their attention. The duo talk over...
01.29.2024
Talking Fussball - Bayern edge closer to Leverkusen, who caught flak from Klopp's bombshell announcement
The gap at the top of the Bundesliga is back to a slim two points! Results on Match Day 19 led us there, as did FC Bayern München's win over 1. FC Union Berlin - three points the Bavarians had...
01.23.2024
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Remembering Hertha's Kay Bernstein and untangling St. Pauli's clash with overseas fans
It's not often that news about a boardroom-level figure takes over the football conversation in Germany, but Hertha BSC President Kay Bernstein's untimely death hit the game hard. Nik invites TF's resident Hertha-head Matt on to talk about what legacy...
01.15.2024
Talking Fussball - Sancho and Kalajdzic return (along with the Bundesliga), while Der Kaiser makes his final exit
The Winterpause is a thing of the past - Germany's top flight sides got back to business this past weekend, and more than a few clubs gave debuts to newcomers who came in through the open transfer window. Nik and...
12.24.2023
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Taking stock of the 2. Bundesliga at the winter break
The season is only half done in the 2. Liga, but it's already been a wild ride. After weeks and weeks on top, FC St. Pauli surrendered the Herbstmeisterschaft to Holstein Kiel, and multiple teams have seen their fotunes change...
12.18.2023
Talking Fussball - Fans push back against Bundesliga investor deal, a closer look at Augsburg's turnaround
When Germany's most engaged football fans speak in near-unison, as they did on MD15, it's time to listen up. Matt and Nik look to unpack ultras' concerns about the DFL's decision to seek a strategic investor to help them keep...
12.13.2023
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Hertha on the rise as HSV begin to crumble, Lok Leipzig fans rack up a big bill
Coming off a 2. Bundesliga-tastic round in the DFB Pokal, it feels appropriate to zoom in on Hertha Berlin and Hamburger Sport-Verein, two teams that squared off in an instant classic. Winners in that match, Hertha are beginning to look...
12.04.2023
Talking Fussball - Dortmund show their steely side and take a point in Leverkusen...but Bayern can't profit
The end of the Hinrunde is drawing nearer and it's looking ever more likely that Bayer 04 Leverkusen will stay on top of the league for the winter. That's mostly down to them still not having lost a single game,...
11.28.2023
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - St. Pauli win Rostock grudge match ahead of big showdown with HSV
With their win away to Hansa Rostock on match day 14, FC St. Pauli are sitting pretty on top of the 2. Bundesliga for a seventh straight week. That suits our Maik just fine, of course, but he, Nik and...
11.20.2023
Talking Fussball - Union Berlin entering the unknown after Urs Fischer's exit
Over the past five years, sometimes it's felt like 1. FC Union Berlin could only go up. The Köpenickers' rise from little-club-that-could to European contender has been among the best in world football over that span, but now it's come...
11.14.2023
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Newly promoted sides Wiesbaden and Elversberg are on the march...but St. Pauli are still on top
FC St. Pauli continued to set the pace in the 2. Bundesliga on MD13, even as they slumped to a 0-0 draw at home to the rising Hannover 96. But enough about the result, the real story at the Millerntor...
11.07.2023
Talking Fussball - Bayern boss another Klassiker, Mainz off to a strong start in the post-Svensson era
As you might have heard, FC Bayern München went to Dortmund and took their hosts BVB apart...but that's the way the Klassiker seems to go in recent years. Nik and Terry dig into that and other stories, including a tempestuous...
11.01.2023
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - St. Pauli on the march, Braunschweig make changes, and soggy times in Saarbrücken
With nearly one-third of the season in the books, FC St. Pauli look a good bet to go up to the top flight. Nik draws out our resident Pauli fan Maik on what's going so right at the Millerntor, and...
10.23.2023
Talking Fussball - Leverkusen show they can grind out a win in Wolfsburg, Mainz and Bayern get drawn in to Middle East conflict
With Bayer 04 Leverkusen riding high, it was high time for a check-in with one of their biggest fans Eric Bruehl. He and Nik have been busy putting together the new TORWART series on the TF Patreon, so we thought...
10.18.2023
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Schalke turn to Geraerts for help, KSC pyro controversy comes to a head
Nik is back with Maik and Jasmine to talk over the lay of the land in the 2. Bundesliga and the German lower leagues! FC St. Pauli are still riding high, FC Schalke 04 have looked to the West for...
10.09.2023
Talking Fussball - Dortmund kick Union Berlin while they're down as Leverkusen keep on setting the pace
What in the world has gotten into 1. FC Union Berlin? After a string of tight low-scoring losses, the irons got a bit more ambitious this past week. They scored two goals in both their UEFA Champions League and their...
10.04.2023
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Hamburg has the 2. Liga in its grip as St. Pauli and HSV top the table
Recent seasons have not always been kind to Germany's northern Traditionsvereine, but their luck may be changing in the 2. Liga. Take a glance at the table and you'll find the two Hamburg clubs in first and second, followed closely...
09.25.2023
Talking Fussball - Are red-hot Stuttgart and Hoffenheim serious contenders? And should Cologne, Mainz or Gladbach fans be seriously worried?
Five games into the 2023-24 Bundesliga season, FC Bayern München, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and RB Leipzig are - as expected - looking pretty damn good. But there are a number of surprises: TSG Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart are also setting...
09.19.2023
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - St. Pauli gets back in the groove as Hertha fans prepare to be monetized
Sometimes it's all about timing. With Jasmine taking a break from the podcast this week, Nik spends the hour with Maik, whose beloved FC St. Pauli busted loose with a thundering win on Match Day 6. Holstein Kiel went to...
09.11.2023
Talking Fussball - DFB gives Hansi the Flick, but do they have a better idea for who should coach the national team?
With the Bundesliga on a break, the German football world turns its attention to the national team. For the last half-decade or so, that's been a pretty unappealing prospect as the team has played a lot of uninspiring football. Hansi...
09.05.2023
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - If we're back in the toilets, this must be Hamburg
Would you believe Germany's lower divisions have been serving up more offbeat stuff over the past two weeks? If you're a devoted fan of this pod, I think you would! After Nik's repeated hat tips to A-ha last week, this...
08.28.2023
Talking Fussball - Harry Kane is off to a fast start...but not as fast as Kevin Behrens
Two games into the Bundesliga season, we still don't know much - but we think we know a few things: Harry Kane is going to fit in just fine at FC Bayern München, 1. FC Union Berlin appear to have...
08.22.2023
Talking Fussball Aufstieg - HSV hammer hapless Hertha, SSV Ulm fans show questionable taste in typography
We sometimes go on about how tough and unpredictable the 2. Bundesliga is and, well...the two sides relegated from the top flight are proving us right thus far! FC Schalke 04 have just one win from their first three games,...
08.17.2023
Talking Fussball 2023-24 Bundesliga season opener
The Bundesliga is back, and so is Talking Fussball's coverage of the top flight of German football - for a 12th season running! After all this time, we've just about seen it all, but there are a few new wrinkles....
08.08.2023
Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition cracking open the early going in the 2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga is up and running, which means Nik Wildhagen and Jasmine Baba are ready to talk some Fussball! They run you though the key transfers into the league, a string of youngsters to watch as the season unfolds,...
06.10.2023
TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on Hamburg's loss and Wiesbaden's gain in the relegation playoffs
Germany's relegation playoffs may not involve teams that play champagne football, but the storylines they offer up are plenty tantalizing. After another loss (this time to Stuttgart), what can the increasingly desperate HSV do to get back to the top...
06.05.2023
Talking Fussball Special - Uli Hesse joins the pod to talk about his new biography of Franz Beckenbauer
He's a football legend, a tabloid mainstay, a prodigious teller of tall tales and a symbol of postwar Germany itself. Franz Beckenbauer is the biggest name to ever emerge from the Bundesliga, and it's appropriate that Uli Hesse, the man...
05.30.2023
TF Extra - Aufstieg edition looking ahead to the relegation playoffs and back on a crazy conclusion to the season
Wild times on the final weekend in the 2. Bundesliga (oh my Heidenheim!) and the 3. Liga too, where Wiesbaden's promotion party was abruptly cut short by Osnabrück. Join Nik, Jasmine and Maik for a re-cap of all the drama...
05.26.2023
TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on all the teams that might be headed for ups and downs on the final day in Germany's second and third tier
We now know SV Darmstadt 98 are headed back to the Bundesliga next season, but there's still plenty to play for for the likes of promotion hopefuls Hamburger Sport-Verein and FC Heidenheim as well as the relegation-threatened Eintracht Braunschweig, 1....
05.11.2023
TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on late-season drama in the 2. Bundesliga promotion race
When the last Aufstieg edition came out, Hamburger Sport-Verein were riding high off a derby win over FC St. Pauli and edging toward the automatic promotion places. Not so much anymore - their two losses on the trot, as well...
05.04.2023
TF Extra - The Bundesliga's flirt with private equity
Here in 2023, football leagues selling a stake to a strategic partner is nothing new...but it sure would be for Germany's top flight. The DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga) has been looking for a private equity firm who might help them...
05.01.2023
Talking Fussball Direct MD30 wrap - Dortmund and Bayern trade places again as Mainz's hot streak ends at last
The Bundesliga title race is still tight after another stumble by the team who entered the match day in the lead. As you'll hear in this edition, Matt and Adam Khan are pretty sure a few refereeing clangers played a...
04.27.2023
TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on HSV's huge win over St. Pauli in the Stadtderby and a crucial result for Magdeburg
It's not every week that it's plausible to argue that a second-tier match might well have had the best atmosphere in Europe, but the Hamburger Stadtderby is an exceptional fixture. The most recent edition saw both teams fighting for promotion...
04.26.2023
Talking Fussball Direct MD29 wrap - Dortmund pass up Bayern and Leverkusen continue their surge
Well what do you know? Against all expectations, on Match Day 29 it was Bayern - not Dortmund - who faltered in the title race, surrendering top spot to the Schwarzgelben. Under the top two the most compelling story, however,...
04.20.2023
Talking Fussball Extra - A deep dive on Borussia Mönchengladbach's deep decline...and prospects for a turnaround
What's gotten into Borussia Mönchengladbach? After spending much of the last decade in a renaissance that occasionally rekindled dreams of the club's 1970s heyday, the foals last three seasons have left them flirting dangerously with a return to the lean...
04.12.2023
TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on Hamburg's latest flirtation with success
With just seven games left on the 2. Bundesliga docket, the race for promotion is getting serious...which is often the time of year Hamburger Sport-Verein's hopes of getting back into the top flight starts to fade. Will this season be...
04.04.2023
Talking Fussball Direct MD26 wrap - Tuchel's Bayern find an extra gear to beat BVB as Stuttgart sever ties with Bruno
Bayern strolled it against Dortmund on this past weekend. It was an outcome few apart from their own fans were excited about, but it was one that reminded us just how versatile this Bayern side can be when they want...
03.31.2023
TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on Rostock's anti-social media moves and St. Pauli's blistering form
Ready for the 2. Bundesliga restart? Nik, Jasmine and Maik are, and they're here to bring you up to speed on what's been happening since they last convened. Rostock have a new coach...and have been living up to their reputation...
03.25.2023
TF Extra - What's gone wrong for Eintracht Frankfurt...and can they fix it?
As of last fall, when the Bundesliga was entering the World Cup break, Eintracht Frankfurt were flying. The Eagles were in the top four and had successfully battled their way out of their UEFA Champions League group in their maiden...
03.20.2023
Talking Fussball Direct MD25 wrap - Leverkusen beat Bayern to help Dortmund go top
Looky there - it's Borussia Dortmund on top of the Bundesliga! Bayern's advance (and Dortmund's failure to) in the UEFA Champions League seemed like it might hold some eventual benefit for the Schwarzgelben, but boy did it come fast, setting...
03.17.2023
TF Extra - A special Aufstieg edition on all things HSV
"A St Pauli fan and a Werder Bremen fan walk into a HSV bar..." sounds like the start of a very particular type of German football joke, and is more or less the premise for this episode of Talking Fussball...
03.13.2023
Talking Fussball Direct MD24 wrap - Schalke show they're back after gritty comeback draw against Dortmund
Every time the Revierderby comes around, you can always depend on a hard-fought game and a volcanic atmosphere - sometimes you get a brilliant game as well. So it was this past match day, as FC Schalke 04 underscored their...

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Talking Fussball episodes:

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Kiel feeling themselves after leapfrogging St. Pauli for top spot

Talking Fussball - Leverkusen all but crowned champions after another Bayern blackout

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - The case of the missing St. Pauli ultra banner and the perils of peer pressure

Talking Fussball - Rhine derby brings lots of thrills but little reward for Cologne and Gladbach

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Does anybody want to win the 2. Bundesliga?

Talking Fussball - Bayern say they'll be Tuchel-free come summer - what's that mean for Alonso's future?

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Fans across the 2. Bundesliga keep the pressure up on the DFL

Talking Fussball - Leverkusen leave no doubt who's the title favorite in comprehensive win over Bayern

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - This podcast is only slightly longer than the delay in one of the matches in the 2. Bundesliga on MD 20

Talking Fussball - Bayern edge closer to Leverkusen, who caught flak from Klopp's bombshell announcement

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Remembering Hertha's Kay Bernstein and untangling St. Pauli's clash with overseas fans

Talking Fussball - Sancho and Kalajdzic return (along with the Bundesliga), while Der Kaiser makes his final exit

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Taking stock of the 2. Bundesliga at the winter break

Talking Fussball - Fans push back against Bundesliga investor deal, a closer look at Augsburg's turnaround

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Hertha on the rise as HSV begin to crumble, Lok Leipzig fans rack up a big bill

Talking Fussball - Dortmund show their steely side and take a point in Leverkusen...but Bayern can't profit

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - St. Pauli win Rostock grudge match ahead of big showdown with HSV

Talking Fussball - Union Berlin entering the unknown after Urs Fischer's exit

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Newly promoted sides Wiesbaden and Elversberg are on the march...but St. Pauli are still on top

Talking Fussball - Bayern boss another Klassiker, Mainz off to a strong start in the post-Svensson era

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - St. Pauli on the march, Braunschweig make changes, and soggy times in Saarbrücken

Talking Fussball - Leverkusen show they can grind out a win in Wolfsburg, Mainz and Bayern get drawn in to Middle East conflict

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Schalke turn to Geraerts for help, KSC pyro controversy comes to a head

Talking Fussball - Dortmund kick Union Berlin while they're down as Leverkusen keep on setting the pace

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Hamburg has the 2. Liga in its grip as St. Pauli and HSV top the table

Talking Fussball - Are red-hot Stuttgart and Hoffenheim serious contenders? And should Cologne, Mainz or Gladbach fans be seriously worried?

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - St. Pauli gets back in the groove as Hertha fans prepare to be monetized

Talking Fussball - DFB gives Hansi the Flick, but do they have a better idea for who should coach the national team?

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - If we're back in the toilets, this must be Hamburg

Talking Fussball - Harry Kane is off to a fast start...but not as fast as Kevin Behrens

Talking Fussball Aufstieg - HSV hammer hapless Hertha, SSV Ulm fans show questionable taste in typography

Talking Fussball 2023-24 Bundesliga season opener

Talking Fussball Extra - Aufstieg edition cracking open the early going in the 2. Bundesliga

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on Hamburg's loss and Wiesbaden's gain in the relegation playoffs

Talking Fussball Special - Uli Hesse joins the pod to talk about his new biography of Franz Beckenbauer

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition looking ahead to the relegation playoffs and back on a crazy conclusion to the season

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on all the teams that might be headed for ups and downs on the final day in Germany's second and third tier

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on late-season drama in the 2. Bundesliga promotion race

TF Extra - The Bundesliga's flirt with private equity

Talking Fussball Direct MD30 wrap - Dortmund and Bayern trade places again as Mainz's hot streak ends at last

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on HSV's huge win over St. Pauli in the Stadtderby and a crucial result for Magdeburg

Talking Fussball Direct MD29 wrap - Dortmund pass up Bayern and Leverkusen continue their surge

Talking Fussball Extra - A deep dive on Borussia Mönchengladbach's deep decline...and prospects for a turnaround

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on Hamburg's latest flirtation with success

Talking Fussball Direct MD26 wrap - Tuchel's Bayern find an extra gear to beat BVB as Stuttgart sever ties with Bruno

TF Extra - Aufstieg edition on Rostock's anti-social media moves and St. Pauli's blistering form

TF Extra - What's gone wrong for Eintracht Frankfurt...and can they fix it?

Talking Fussball Direct MD25 wrap - Leverkusen beat Bayern to help Dortmund go top

TF Extra - A special Aufstieg edition on all things HSV

Talking Fussball Direct MD24 wrap - Schalke show they're back after gritty comeback draw against Dortmund