ZDF Magazin Royale

1. The Big Conspiracy!

Air Date: 2020-11-06

For his first show, Jan ventured into the darkest corners of the internet, into the epicenter of serious Illuminati and clairvoyants – on Telegram. Follow him down the rabbit hole and finally learn the truth about the big "conspiracy."

2. Volkswagen – The World Car!

Air Date: 2020-11-13

Jan Böhmermann is in election fever. Still electrified by the exciting US election, he's immediately back to analyzing the CDU party chairmanship race.

3. Online Gambling in Schleswig-Holstein

Air Date: 2020-11-20

4. Eggs of Steel: Jan Marsalek

Air Date: 2020-11-27

Jan Böhmermann answers the question why former Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek has balls of steel.

5. Racism in the Police

Air Date: 2020-12-04

Jan Böhmermann deals with right-wing extremist structures in the German police.

6. The Humboldt Forum – Looted Art in Berlin?

Air Date: 2020-12-11

The new HuFo at Berlin Castle is so fresh, hip, and above all, retro! It really has EVERYTHING in the new old Hohenzollern Palace: souvenir shop, museum café, quiet room, and maybe even stolen art from the colonial era?

7. Corona Entrepreneur of the Year

Air Date: 2020-12-18

Jan Böhmermann describes how a deadly pandemic can sometimes be seen as an opportunity.

1. Trump Madness made in Germany

Air Date: 2021-01-29

Jan Böhmermann explores the question of where we should get our daily Trump madness from after the end of Trump's term in office and awards the "Orange Angel" seal of quality.

2. The Truth about Frontex

Air Date: 2021-02-05

Jan Böhmermann investigates the background behind the EU border protection agency "Frontex".

3. Influencer Paradise Dubai

Air Date: 2021-02-12

Jan Böhmermann answers the question why so many influencers are drawn to Dubai.

4. The 17 Interior Ministers of the Interior Ministers

Air Date: 2021-02-19

Jan Böhmermann investigates the question of who the 17 most spectacular German interior ministers in the world actually are.

5. Stop & Go on the German Internet

Air Date: 2021-02-26

Jan Böhmermann wonders why digitalization is progressing so slowly in Germany.

6. Professional Football despite the Pandemic

Air Date: 2021-03-05

Jan Böhmermann answers the question why millions of dollars continue to flow into professional football during the Corona crisis, while ordinary consumers have to fear for their existence.

7. How Ischgl became a Corona Cluster

Air Date: 2021-03-12

Jan Böhmermann examines the circumstances of the Corona cluster in Ischgl and delves into the shadowy world of the Austrian ski lobby.

8. Where should we put our Nuclear Waste?

Air Date: 2021-03-19

Jan Böhmermann deals with the long-term consequences of the use of nuclear energy.

9. Nazi Hotspot Dresden – What is the Reason?

Air Date: 2021-03-26

Storks fly south in winter, Thor Steinar jackets march from west to east year-round. There are good reasons why Nazis like to settle in the East.

10. The international Sand Crisis

Air Date: 2021-04-09

Sand doesn't just lie lifeless on the beach and stick to your water shoes six months after a Mallorca vacation: it's everywhere! In cars, houses, soap, computers, and grated cheese—making it arguably the most undervalued raw material of our time.

11. The Lies of the Gossip Press

Air Date: 2021-04-16

The dirty stepbrother of quality journalism is a pure money-printing machine of the last century. Doing business with lies and misanthropic stories under the guise of press freedom?

12. Clusterfuck Hartz IV

Air Date: 2021-04-23

Even 16 years later, Hartz IV still does not work as the promised great labor market reform: two-thirds of the people who slip into unemployment today end up directly at the old social assistance level from before 2005.

13. The Problem of the German Film Landscape

Air Date: 2021-04-30

Just a few days ago, the Oscars were awarded in L.A. And in Germany, the film industry is doing what it does best: always casting the same three men in leading roles, producing films with shallow storylines, and never a single film without a penis joke.

14. Sebastian Kurz and His Turquoise Family

Air Date: 2021-05-07

Austria, you are our favorite neighbor! You gave the world Wiener Schnitzel, DJ Ötzi, and, unfortunately, a young boy as Chancellor. That's why it's always good to have a true friend who, in difficult times, can honestly tell you that your dear little Penate Chancellor with the €600 gel hair is painting the four pillars of democracy turquoise.

1. How Wikipedia is Politically Influenced

Air Date: 2021-09-03

What's on Wikipedia is considered "the truth." If you don't like that, you can let reality be changed where it's made: in the world's most important encyclopedia.

2. Siri, Sexbots & Robot Vacuum Cleaners

Air Date: 2021-09-10

Germans love technological innovations. ACTUALLY. But in reality, we fear a hostile takeover by autonomous robots that will steal our jobs and take over the world.

3. Car first, People second

Air Date: 2021-09-17

Germany, a country made for cars, not people! Because let's be honest: Cars are simply better people. Or have you ever had your heart broken by your city SUV? Probably not!

4. The Parties' dirty Facebook Tricks

Air Date: 2021-09-24

Ever heard of microtargeting? Facebook makes a lot of money from it, and ALL parties represented in the Bundestag use microtargeting on Facebook in their election campaigns.

5. State Funding for AfD Foundation

Air Date: 2021-10-08

We have good news and bad news: the AfD lost the federal election. BUT, thanks to a few million idiots, it can still enter the Bundestag for a second time and even win something.

6. Profiler - too true to be true

Air Date: 2021-10-15

True crime is EVERYWHERE! Besides Helene Fischer's new album, there's nothing hotter right now than mysterious stories about real crimes! True crime experts on TV are especially mysterious.

7. The new Moria

Air Date: 2021-10-22

Moria, the refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, burned down a year ago! Afterward, everyone agreed: Something as inhumane as the Moria camp must not be allowed to exist again in Europe.

8. Lifestyle CBD: Expensive Products with no Effect

Air Date: 2021-10-29

Whether in mouth oil, bath bombs, dog shampoo, or lubricant – CBD is in everything, even though lifestyle CBD is to the body what the demands of Fridays For Future are to politics: It doesn't matter. Sorry to ruin the placebo effect for you again.

9. The Egg Throw of Halle - The Musical

Air Date: 2021-11-05

On May 10, 1991, angry demonstrators threw eggs at Chancellor Helmut Kohl on the market square in Halle an der Saale, prompting Kohl to promptly launch a brawl with the protesting East Germans. The ZDF MAGAZIN ROYALE presents a gripping musical about unity, the power of revolution, and the power of love, centering on this now almost forgotten turning point in the relationship between East and West Germany.

10. The DVAG Pyramid System

Air Date: 2021-11-12

If your old schoolmate contacts you again after years, there are only two options: Either he finally wants his "Fast and Furious" DVD box set back, or he now works at Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG and wants to sell you 15 life insurance policies. What one in ten Germans, including your old schoolmate Sascha, does can't be wrong! Can it?

11. How Cancel Culture is destroying Springer

Air Date: 2021-11-19

Welcome to QUARTER TO WELKE – the talk show that's making headlines. Today, we're discussing sex, cabbage rolls, and the loss of power of the former media giant Axel Springer SE with five high-profile guests.

12. The Greens: Betrayal of their own Ideals

Air Date: 2021-11-26

Yesterday, knitting sweaters in the Bundestag, today climbing the career ladder. Compromises are necessary if you want to govern, and then the traffic light coalition will work. Or, dear Greens?

13. Driving without a Ticket: A Crime since 1935

Air Date: 2021-12-03

The German constitutional state is merciless and consistent! Whether it's theft, robbery, manslaughter, murder, or driving without a ticket.

14. How Facebook is destroying Democracies Worldwide

Air Date: 2021-12-10

Facebook is working with crazy fascists and burning down the democracies of the world.

1. We need Global Vaccine Distribution

Air Date: 2022-01-28

Why are we still in the middle of a fucking pandemic despite the vaccine? The research team at ZDF Magazin Royale has discovered: There's a world outside of Germany. AND who would have thought: When it comes to vaccinations, the world splits in half!

2. The Problem with Psychotherapy Places

Air Date: 2022-02-04

Thanks to Freud, there has been an effective treatment for mental illness for over 100 years: psychotherapy! While it helps, in Germany it's easier to get a free PCR test than a psychotherapy appointment.

3. Who is Peter Thiel?

Air Date: 2022-02-11

Eternal life & world domination - who is Peter Thiel, the future boss of Austria's disgraced former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz?

4. The Problem with German Culture of Remembrance

Air Date: 2022-02-18

When was the last time you thought about National Socialism? Over half of all Germans don't like to think about it and would prefer to put an end to the topic.

5. What's Happening here? - Putin's War in Europe

Air Date: 2022-03-04

What a week! There's another war in Europe. War in the 21st century! Should we update all our news apps around the clock and follow the Klitschkos' Instagram stories, or just put our smartphones away?

6. Porn on the Internet

Air Date: 2022-03-11

Paying for things online? Never! Especially not for pornography, which is accessible 24/7. And the age restriction is even easier to bypass than the Sanifair turnstile. So, all good, right?

7. Direction of Frustration: Deutsche Bahn

Air Date: 2022-03-18

Honestly, our relationship with Deutsche Bahn is a case of couples therapy. They keep standing us up and making us wait, but in the end, we still find ourselves standing hopefully on one of their tracks. And they take our money, too.

8. The Godfather of Schlager

Air Date: 2022-03-25

Music, dance, life, passion – nowhere are these powerful concepts more united than in pop music. And pop shows are always on TV! Brilliantly produced events with special effects, stars, and all of it packed into a compact 180 minutes.

9. The Power of Viktor Orbán

Air Date: 2022-04-01

Right-wing populist rulers are all the rage! And the current show is about one of these right-wing poster boys: Viktor Orbán – formerly liberal, now right-wing nationalist.

10. Look like you're on Instagram

Air Date: 2022-04-08

If you click through the timelines and hashtags, you'll quickly find yourself talking about cosmetic surgeries from fitness influencers. And these surgical procedures are advertised there just as casually as the latest running shoes from the human fountain of youth, Kai Pflaume.

11. Clemens Tönnies – Born to Slaughter

Air Date: 2022-04-22

Clemens Tönnies has them all: the mini wiener chain, the grill torch, and the crispy ham – all the delicious meat products made from ground cartilage, hooves, and bacon that we love so much on the grill. What's going on behind the butchered pigs of the slaughterhouse empire?

12. Putin's Puppets in Germany

Air Date: 2022-04-29

We were all deceived by Vladimir Putin—and above all, DISAPPOINTED. But at least we're now on the right side in a war. All of Germany is against Putin. Except for a few who spread Putin's propaganda here, too.

13. Fynn Kliemann: Building Shit (DIY)

Air Date: 2022-05-06

Fynn Kliemann has all sorts of things in his portfolio: DIY, NFTs, and so on. But what do you do when a global pandemic suddenly appears? How can you give something back to society?

14. What Germany thinks about Opinion Research

Air Date: 2022-05-13

"That's a lot of opinion for so little knowledge." This sentence is often heard in editorial conferences and got us thinking. Who's constantly calling the landline, and what does the Sunday question have to do with Germans' sex lives?

15. Deportations, Oligarch Money and Poison Gas

Air Date: 2022-05-20

We love vacations. Whether it's winter or summer break, we're basically always on some beach with cocktails and diving lessons included. We especially enjoy traveling with TUI. Let the ozone hole be the ozone hole for a while and chill out.

16. 404: police not found

Air Date: 2022-05-27

Who is actually responsible for prosecuting hate speech online? Each of the 16 federal states is responsible for its own actions – what could possibly go wrong? The Internet police patrol car urgently needs to be inspected.

1. Germans and their Water: It's complicated

Air Date: 2022-09-02

Water – H2O, as we Quarks viewers call it. This super element is a true all-rounder, versatile, and something we take for granted in Germany. But: We have a water problem.

2. Animal Diseases, man-made

Air Date: 2022-09-09

Animals – man's best friends. That is, when they're not spreading deadly diseases. It's incredibly annoying! Zoonoses are infectious diseases that are transmitted between animals and humans.

3. In-game purchases – Fake Currency, Real Overdraft

Air Date: 2022-09-16

Microtransactions? Sounds kind of boring. Things get interesting when little Johannes can't leave his bedroom for nine weeks and suddenly €15,000 is debited from his dad's account via PayPal.

4. Satellites: Toys of Billionaires

Air Date: 2022-09-23

Will Star Wars soon become a reality? And what do satellites have to do with it?

5. Bye Bundestag: Politicians looking for a Job

Air Date: 2022-09-30

What do members of parliament actually do after their time in the Bundestag? Some have been hit hard. One wrong step, one careless moment, one casual signature, and they're in it: lobbying.

6. Cyberclown Security Risk

Air Date: 2022-10-07

Who is responsible for cybersecurity in Germany? And what is the common thread doing here again? The trail leads... to the Kremlin!

7. How noble is Wine really?

Air Date: 2022-10-14

Wine drinkers have style, solid wood bookshelves, and can explain complex issues like the Middle East conflict or the dangers of cancel culture in just a few words. But they can only do all of this with a liquid companion in hand.

8. There's a Party

Air Date: 2022-10-21

How about a good mood for a change? And what helps better than music? Lots of music!

9. Pssst! The NSU Files

Air Date: 2022-10-28

Dear Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Honestly, the 90s, 00s, and 10s weren't your era. Even today, things aren't always running smoothly, and you've shredded a few files on the NSU and right-wing extremism too many.

10. A Broadcast for Everyone?

Air Date: 2022-11-04

Public broadcasting: Incorrect distribution of funds, poor working conditions and outdated structures in the committees.

11. Player Agent Business Model

Air Date: 2022-11-11

Sometimes dad's tirades aren't enough to catapult little Lucas into the Bundesliga. That's when professionals step in: player agents, managers for football talents so young that they occasionally lose a baby tooth while heading the ball.

12. People, Learning, Dancing, Money

Air Date: 2022-11-18

A school without pressure to perform and stuffy classrooms. In harmony with nature, perhaps even with a petting zoo – Waldorf schools. A concept with extraordinary approaches and a questionable inventor with a penchant for racial theory and esotericism.

13. The Lindner-Lehfeldt Complex

Air Date: 2022-11-25

The greatest threat to Germany is, OF COURSE, left-wing extremism and its most cunning advocate: the FDP.

14. Transphobia is a Trend

Air Date: 2022-12-02

There is agitation against trans people. Journalists, activists, academics, and even veteran feminists take to the streets to protest self-determination or write "opinion-driven" articles in "liberal" daily newspapers.

15. Welcome to the Welcome Authority

Air Date: 2022-12-09

Besides a factual debate about THOSE UP THERE with the family and dried-out wreaths with real candles, what's a must at Christmas? An Advent calendar. That's why we want to open a very special Advent calendar with you.

1. Save Yourself (If you can afford it)

Air Date: 2023-02-03

Germany has a bunker shortage. Therefore, the hard-working, ultra-rich perpetrators of the crisis must take their fate into their own hands.

2. Orangutans – Endangered Champions

Air Date: 2023-02-10

Why not like someone for once? After all, there aren't only assholes in the world, are there? Well, in the human world... Orangutans have clean lives, shiny fur without split ends, and their mothers lovingly care for their children.

3. Christian Schmidt – What’s on?

Air Date: 2023-02-17

Christian Schmidt has been High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2021 and is something of a problem bear. "High Representative" sounds like Superman's next nemesis, but it's an office with a lot of power and special powers.

4. Money-back-guarantee

Air Date: 2023-02-24

We're talking to you about the most contagious virus since the dawn of humanity: enthusiasm and success. Now some people might say, "Wait, those are two different things." Simple formula: You always have more than one of the good things in your pocket.

5. Iran's most brutal Guard Active in Germany

Air Date: 2023-03-03

Five months later, we take a closer look at a topic that's still relevant today: the protests in Iran and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. They use torture, terror, and violence to maintain the Ayatollah's rule.

6. Dignity, Piety and chic Urns

Air Date: 2023-03-10

One thing is certain in life: death. For relatives, it's a real bummer, because Grandpa Alois also wants a proper burial. But what actually happens between the deathbed and the grave? It's a good thing Grandpa Alois doesn't have to experience that anymore.

7. World Records for sale!

Air Date: 2023-03-17

At Guinness World Records you will not only find absurdities such as the longest beard or the most cups in one hand, but also records set by governments whose basic democratic understanding is not really record-breaking.

8. Nuhr in "Zweiten"

Air Date: 2023-03-24

Satire in its purest form. Dieter Nuhr has been a fixture in German cabaret for many years and is now hard to imagine without him. He dissects current political events with biting humor.

9. Free at the top

Air Date: 2023-03-31

There's no reason to be ashamed of a bald head, just as there is no reason to be ashamed of a Harley under the carport or the gin collection in the in-house bar. Germany's most oppressed minority lives among us and holds (some) system-relevant jobs.

10. Strolling between Concrete and Nail Boards

Air Date: 2023-04-14

German city centers: Always there for you, but never the way you'd like. A gray concrete jungle, the same old snack bars and optician shops. And if you're under 80, a woman, or poor, leisure activities become difficult.

11. Fear Space on Four Wheels

Air Date: 2023-04-21

The path to your driver's license: theory lessons, theory test, practical lessons, practical test. Stress-free learning in a pleasant environment – ​​just like in a real school. Only the classroom, aka driving school car, is a bit more cramped and often more oppressive.

12. The big ZDF Magazine Live Show

Air Date: 2023-04-28

Anyone can produce a show from tape. But going live is the pinnacle of linear television. So the team dressed up, cursed a lot beforehand, and simply let the tapes roll.

13. The USA, our Weapons and Us

Air Date: 2023-05-05

We like to buy German brand-name products, and we're no exception when it comes to guns. But please don't confuse us with the gun nuts over there in the US. After all, they also choose German and Austrian quality workmanship for their guns.

14. From Great Britain with Love

Air Date: 2023-05-12

British week(s) on ZDF Magazin Royale! Baron Steffen Glamour von Bickendorf joins the big names on "You" and "You."

15. Efficient and Discreet: The ICMPD

Air Date: 2023-05-19

The International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) is an international organization that has adopted a motto: Good foreigners in, bad foreigners out!

16. Under false Flags

Air Date: 2023-05-26

We're crazy about the sea. And when you say sea, you also have to say container shipping. Behind all this are friendly family businesses that care more about the taste of salt on your tongue than about trivialities like fair wages.

17. Twitter: With Freedom to Ruin

Air Date: 2023-06-02

Twitter after the Musk takeover: Why do you suddenly have so many right-wing accounts recommended in your timeline? Why are some of the accounts you follow only displayed sparsely? How political is the purchase of the platform really?

18. With Fantasy Fees to the Event Empire

Air Date: 2023-06-09

Whether it's Southside, Rock am Ring, or Deichbrand – who makes these entertainment fireworks possible? Eventim, of course, our trusted ticket provider. Well, often you have no other choice.

1. Speech is Silver, Right-wingers Hoard Gold

Air Date: 2023-09-01

Unity and justice and hoarding gold. Gold is the all-rounder and therefore extremely popular – especially among Nazis, aristocrats, and Reich citizens. So gold manages to have an even more unpleasant core target group than Gönrgy.

2. Speaking of the Devil

Air Date: 2023-09-08

Today, the focus is on ritual violence. It's said to originate, for example, from satanic cults that use brutal rituals to control the personalities of their victims. However, there's no evidence for this. Or does a psychotherapist know better?

3. Why Germans should love Liechtenstein

Air Date: 2023-09-15

Get out of Germany and get a taste of something new! If we want to improve our German, the following places remain: Austria, Switzerland, Mallorca, everything around Lake Garda, campsites in the Netherlands, and Liechtenstein.

4. Advertising on our own Behalf (for Germany)

Air Date: 2023-09-22

Somehow, Germany has lost its spirit. And what do you do with once-popular brands that no one wants to know about anymore? You give them a new coat of paint and label them with "with a new recipe." Let's get to work. Because #YouAreGermany.

5. Crime Scene Group Chat: What Police Officers find funny

Air Date: 2023-09-29

Police officers send each other racist, anti-Semitic, and other degrading memes on WhatsApp. Things they find really funny. But how are these "satire" chats actually viewed by their own colleagues in the police force?

6. What the Police have to do with the NSU 2.0

Air Date: 2023-10-06

Are officers from Frankfurt's 1st Police Station involved in the "NSU 2.0" threatening letters? What role does a homemade wedding cake play? Satirical investigator Jan Böhmermann searches for the perpetrator(s).

7. Bundestag Travel Agency

Air Date: 2023-10-20

Out of the stuffy Bundestag offices and into adventure. Travel fever knows no political leanings! But oh dear: The budget is almost used up before the summer holidays! How do you get to the next crisis zone with an empty travel budget?

8. Hands off my Kidney

Air Date: 2023-10-27

Most Germans take their organs with them to the grave. Every eight hours, someone in Germany dies because they don't receive a life-saving donor organ. Is the organ shortage solely our fault, or is it (once again) those at the top?

9. Bee vs. Bark Beetle

Air Date: 2023-11-03

A larger-than-life duel despite competitors the size of thumbnails – and the battle seems clear. The bee is great because it produces honey and pollinates flowers, the bark beetle is evil because it destroys trees. Is it really that simple?

10. More Nutrition – Harmless Hype?

Air Date: 2023-11-10

Delicious shakes, puddings, iced coffees, and much more. These delicacies can also help you lose weight—what's the catch? Despite reputable advertising faces like Carmen Geiss and Rezo, could these products possibly even have unwanted side effects?

11. Turn it up!

Air Date: 2023-11-17

It's time for the ZDF Magazin music episode! THE music festival of the year with Alli Neumann, Apsilon, Oliver Tree, Domiziana, Ski Aggu, Badmómzjay, Blumengarten, and a special surprise act, now on your favorite MainStage: the ZDF Mediathek.

12. Cancel with Lawsuits

Air Date: 2023-11-24

You can hear it on every corner of the internet: Cancel culture. But what does it mean? When you're not supposed to sing racist songs anymore? When you're not even allowed to light a cigarette in the office? Or when media lawyers want to suppress free reporting?

13. Safe Space for Men in Germany: Marriage

Air Date: 2023-12-01

Same-sex marriage has been legal in this country for six years. However, the government still prefers the following scenario: the man earns more than the woman, the woman stays at home. And the government also offers generous incentives for this form of marriage.

14. LinkedIn: Business, Digging, Bullshit

Air Date: 2023-12-08

Networking is no longer done at wobbly bar tables at trade fairs, but digitally! Tincon, Maker Faire, OMR, re:publica, and the like – they're all united on LinkedIn.

15. How Germany talks about the Middle East War

Air Date: 2023-12-15

The war in the Middle East has never been so clear and easy to understand. It's obvious: Who is to blame, who is anti-Semitic, who is racist, and who—and this is ultimately the most important thing—is right?

1. Tank & Rast: Quasi-Monopoly without Competition

Air Date: 2024-01-26

Affordable fueling, enjoying a quinoa bowl, and just being human. In reality, however, rest stops are expensive, the food tastes bad, refueling is costly, and you have to pay to take a boat. Why are German rest stops such a misery?

2. Crime Scene Flower Pot

Air Date: 2024-02-02

Having plants in the home has long been more than just a trend. It's part of the personality of urban trendsetters, an important status symbol in the background of video calls. But where do houseplants actually come from?

3. The FPÖ and its People's Chancellor

Air Date: 2024-02-16

The FPÖ, the AfD's Austrian sister party, is leading in the polls. Will Austria soon have a new "People's Chancellor"? And why is someone like John Otti not in the German charts?

4. The AfD's TikTok Star

Air Date: 2024-02-23

Maximilian Krah is one of the AfD's most extreme figures and knows exactly how to appeal to the voters of the future. In addition to a "traditional" image of masculinity, he also propagates misogyny, racism, and anti-democratic thinking.

5. Hunting: Nature Conservation or the Desire to Shoot?

Air Date: 2024-03-01

Hunting is sport, hunting is tradition, and above all, hunting is pure nature. Around 436,000 people in Germany have a hunting license—can so many Germans be wrong? First of all: Yes. Because not everyone is concerned about preserving a healthy ecosystem.

6. Everything for a Beautiful Smile

Air Date: 2024-03-08

Professional teeth cleaning and braces: Only the best for your teeth, and you're happy to pay extra out of pocket. But what do the legendary studies actually say about this?

7. Böhmermann's Borderline Cases of Justice

Air Date: 2024-03-15

Germany is in a deep sleep! Society and politics fall asleep when it comes to uncomfortable decisions. Enough of that! A judge will ensure law and order. In the name of the people.

8. Living like God in Hesse

Air Date: 2024-03-22

The Bhakti Marga religious community is headquartered in the Taunus Mountains. Their guru's motto is "Just Love." But why does Bhakti Marga, alongside meditation, dancing, and yoga, generate millions in annual revenue?

9. A Corpse in Olaf Scholz's Basement

Air Date: 2024-04-05

The ZDF Magazin Royale is like a regular episode of "Die Rosenheim-Cops": There's a dead body. Who does the lifeless body belong to? Jan sets out to find clues, as there are clues as to who might be involved in this criminal case.

10. The Boomers of the Street

Air Date: 2024-04-12

Thousands of German highway bridges are in need of repair. Our bridges are like boomers: They've been working their butts off for us for a long time, but now their bones are rotten, and the government hasn't taken care of their replacements in time.

11. This Secret makes us Sick

Air Date: 2024-04-19

"If you sleep with the window open, you'll wake up with a cold" – the truth is right there on the windowsill: drafts make you sick. Yet most people in Germany turn a blind eye to the obvious danger.

12. The German Failure in the Hanau Attack

Air Date: 2024-04-26

On February 19, 2020, a right-wing extremist murdered nine people of immigrant origin in Hanau, Hesse. The night of the attack raises many questions, especially about the work of the police. Added to this is the patchy investigation following the terrorist attack.

13. Real Dangers of False Science

Air Date: 2024-05-03

The hashtag #Astrology has billions of views on TikTok. Merchandise, personal advice, and questionable medical recommendations. Where does astrology end as a harmless hobby and where does it become a dangerous alternative to science and facts?

14. How dangerous is the Genius Cult?

Air Date: 2024-05-10

Johann Sebastian Bach, Klaus Kinski, Goleo. All great names who have one thing in common: They are geniuses. Some attentive readers may have noticed that the list includes only men. So where are the female geniuses?

15. Smoking for the Bin: Disposable Vapes

Air Date: 2024-05-17

Once fashionable, now stigmatized: smoking. Can disposable e-cigarettes bring us back to the good old days? Will flavors like "Mango Guava" and "Strawberry Iced Peach" reintroduce our youth to healthy snacking?

16. AI at the EU's External Borders: The smart Dystopia

Air Date: 2024-05-24

Artificial intelligence is so ubiquitous, it's time it did something for our security. For example, protecting the EU's external borders. How brilliant would it be to finally be able to outsource inhumane actions to machines?

17. Top, the Sports Bet is valid

Air Date: 2024-05-31

Football is a passion, a fandom, a popular sport. But it's also an opportunity to earn a lot of money. There's plenty to be had not only with TV rights and merchandise, but also with sports betting. Tipico, Bwin, and Betano are some of the big players.

18. Makers & Laughers

Air Date: 2024-06-07

Behind the scenes with Jan Böhmermann and the ZDF Magazin Royale. What drives the people behind the show? A team of journalists got exclusive insights.

1. Chronically ill, but Nobody believes You

Air Date: 2024-08-30

Sometimes all you need is a cup of tea, and you'll be fine! The tiredness gets better if you put your phone away! This is what people in Germany have to listen to when they seek medical help for long Covid or ME/CFS.

2. Why we can’t live with or without Dust

Air Date: 2024-09-06

Dust can be created when feces and urine meet, dust can trigger allergies, be vacuumed, make movies magical, accelerate climate change, avenge colonial nuclear tests, and maybe even save humanity. Don't you believe it?

3. Cloudy with a Chance of Product Placement

Air Date: 2024-09-13

Instead of working outdoors, weather forecasters are slumbering in stuffy TV studios, waiting to ruin everyone's evening with one word: "Rain." They deserve to be able to host a show in the glistening snow once a year.

4. Endangered Species: Local Journalism

Air Date: 2024-09-20

In some regions of eastern Germany, there are free advertising papers that resemble local newspapers. In them, Grandpa Kurt finds obituaries, reports on club events, and the occasional guest article by Hans-Georg Maaßen.

5. Gaming Communities: The last apolitical Place on Earth

Air Date: 2024-09-27

Gaming, Twitch, Steam – even in the world of computer games, there's a catch: people, especially men, in internet subcultures. How apolitical can a scene be where racism, sexism, and right-wing extremist communities are part of everyday life?

6. Gaming, Scrolling, Swiping – Trapped in the Net

Air Date: 2024-10-04

Already that late? Just a quick check of my DM inbox. Oh, Jan Hofer uploaded a Reel. This TikTok shows how to make your own chocolate. A YouTube tutorial on how to build a pool. Better look for apps to help you fall asleep.

7. The Ghost Office in Bismarckwald

Air Date: 2024-10-11

In the heart of the beautiful Sachsenwald forest in Schleswig-Holstein, the promised land of the young CDU veteran Daniel Günther, one can often be puzzled while taking a break at a mysterious hut. Why are there so many mailboxes at the entrance?

8. TOP SECRET: What Former Intelligence Chiefs do in Retirement

Air Date: 2024-10-18

Some of the former intelligence chiefs want to give it another try in retirement: out of the German intelligence services and into the well-paid private sector. Perhaps the knowledge from their former days will also prove useful in their new jobs.

9. The Second-hand Business and its dark Sides

Air Date: 2024-10-25

Humana, Think Twice, and even Picknweight. No vintage football jersey or fake leather jacket is safe from Jan. That's why the secondhand hunter has delved into the interesting history of a very special secondhand chain.

10. Show your Backbone!

Air Date: 2024-11-08

Sticking to your word, standing up straight – there are many words for the proverbial backbone. What does it mean to show backbone, both in small and large ways? Does one have backbone if one posts a story saying Trump's victory is stupid?

11. The Multi-Million Dollar Business with Refugee Accommodation

Air Date: 2024-11-15

Accommodations for refugees are often run by private companies. This generates a lot of money. Where does it say that human rights and profit maximization are mutually exclusive?

12. The Final Fight – Why City Kids can’t park and Village Kids can’t listen

Air Date: 2024-11-22

City dwellers think matcha latte comes straight from the purple cow, and villagers are afraid of electricity. There are many prejudices when it comes to the eternal battle between city and country. We finally answer the question: WHERE do we want to live?

13. The Last Swipe: Are Dating Apps on the Verge of Extinction?

Air Date: 2024-11-29

To avoid being asked why you're still single this Christmas, dating apps are currently in full swing. But the companies behind them are apparently more concerned with something else than true love.

14. Nius: Where Rights get a Platform

Air Date: 2024-12-06

In the fight against the woke zeitgeist of the German media landscape, a brave unit of online journalists at Nius is not deterred by annoying things such as journalistic diligence and is willing to give right-wing extremists a platform.

15. How Exclusion is sold as Inclusion

Air Date: 2024-12-13

Inclusion - Deficient! People with disabilities in Germany often face barriers. They cannot participate in activities that are taken for granted. Institutions such as special needs schools and workshops often further contribute to their exclusion.

1. What Rights sell us as Freedom

Air Date: 2025-02-07

Setting off fireworks after New Year's Eve or skipping handwashing in public restrooms: all signs of a life of freedom. But libertarians and right-wing extremists claim that this freedom is under threat. So what choice do they have but to restrict it?

2. Dance of the Sect

Air Date: 2025-02-14

Behind the Shen Yun dance show is a sect that spreads its ideology not only in propaganda shows but also in a globally active media.

3. Election Campaign on the Internet - Microtargeting 2.0

Air Date: 2025-02-21

Political parties use social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook for their election campaigns. Microtargeting allows them to place personalized campaign ads—a win-win situation for the parties and the platforms. But also for voters?

4. Politics and Media and the Mood in the Country

Air Date: 2025-02-28

How wonderful that was: Two crosses on Sunday and the election was over. Four years of peace! But first, we need to talk about the mood during the election campaign: Why was there so much talk about migration – and does Alice Weidel prefer a suit or joggers?

5. Together against Loneliness!

Air Date: 2025-03-07

Many people feel lonely. How can this be when we are connected to the entire world through our smartphones? Are we really alone in our loneliness? Or is there a common solution?

6. Medical Influencers: Diagnosis of Self-Promotion

Air Date: 2025-03-14

Worn-out copies of Gala magazine from 2022, coughing patients in the waiting room, and the diagnosis: "Yes, that's what's going around!" A visit to a doctor's office can be sobering. Medfluencers now offer a welcome alternative.

7. Anyone who wants German Children for Germany

Air Date: 2025-03-21

Birth rates – sounds like a Saturday night game show, but they actually refer to the average number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime. This number is supposedly too low. Do we really have a problem with offspring?

8. Who is the Security Risk here?

Air Date: 2025-03-28

In the summer of 2021, the German Armed Forces fled Afghanistan. The Taliban were back in power. People at risk were promised safe passage. The future German government has already announced that it will end the program. How did this happen?

9. René Benko: Power, Corruption, Billion-Dollar Bankruptcy

Air Date: 2025-04-04

Austria. This is where the fairy tale of René in Luck took place, who set off with a bag full of gold coins, foundations, and 1,138 companies. But evil forces abruptly ended Benki-Boy's meteoric rise: courts and public prosecutors. Bankruptcy, pre-trial detention.

10. Long prepared for Emergencies: Poland

Air Date: 2025-04-11

We often avoid contact with our neighbors, Poland. Unless it's about cheap gas, cheap Baltic Sea vacations, or firecrackers. But why is that?

11. Episode 11

Air Date: 2025-04-25

12. Episode 12

Air Date: 2025-05-02

13. Episode 13

Air Date: 2025-05-09

14. Episode 14

Air Date: 2025-05-16

15. Episode 15

Air Date: 2025-05-23

16. Episode 16

Air Date: 2025-05-30

17. Episode 17

Air Date: 2025-06-06