{"id":43079,"date":"2026-03-03T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/?p=43079"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:54:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:54:03","slug":"angst-und-schrecken-a-podcast-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/angst-und-schrecken-a-podcast-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear and Loathing at the Akademie"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"project":[357],"project_type":[725,728,735,736],"class_list":["post-43079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","project-solitude-blog","project_type-formats","project_type-audio","project_type-spheres-of-practice","project_type-textual"],"acf":{"bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","custom_color_css_variable":"","content_type":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"acfe_flexible_layout_title":"Text","bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":6,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\"><span class=\"has-font-maison-neue\"><strong><span class=\"has-font-maison-neue\" style=\"font-family: 'Maison Neue';\">EN<\/span>\r\n<\/strong><\/span>The adventure podcast begins \u2026<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Germany\u2019s most famous travel writer meets Germany\u2019s, um, least famous travel writer. Helge Timmerberg (73) and Nils Ketterer (37) realize that despite their age difference, they have a lot in common \u2013 they build bridges between generations.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">The outcome is captivating and profound storytelling that blends the worlds of a retirement home, a kindergarten, and a road trip.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Meanwhile, of course, everything that can go wrong does go wrong \u2013 as befits a real adventure.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Get in, the door is open.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">[The podcast is in German]<\/span>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"acfe_flexible_layout_title":"Text","bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":6,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\"><span class=\"has-font-maison-neue\"><strong><span class=\"has-font-maison-neue\" style=\"font-family: 'Maison Neue';\">DE<\/span>\r\n<\/strong><\/span>Das Abenteuer Podcast beginnt \u2026<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Deutschlands bekanntester Reiseschriftsteller trifft auf Deutschlands, \u00e4hm, unbekanntesten Reiseschriftsteller.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Helge Timmerberg (73) und Nils Ketterer (37) merken, dass sie bei allem Altersunterschied viel gemeinsam haben \u2013 und schlagen Br\u00fccken \u00fcber Generationen.<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Dabei entsteht fesselndes und tiefgr\u00fcndiges Storytelling, inhaltlich irgendwo zwischen Altersheim, Kindergarten und einem Roadmovie.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">W\u00e4hrenddessen geht nat\u00fcrlich alles schief, was schiefgehen kann \u2013 wie es sich f\u00fcr ein richtiges Abenteuer geh\u00f6rt.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Steigt ein, T\u00fcr is offen.<\/span>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_video","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"acfe_flexible_layout_title":"Video \/ Film","bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":8,"video_embed":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/heXALh3QBRw?si=TTW9jLUKasSsZBkT","video":{"video_mp4":null,"video_webm":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"acfe_flexible_layout_title":"Text","bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":6,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"<span class=\"has-font-maison-neue\" style=\"font-family: 'Maison Neue';\"><strong>About the first episode\r\n<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">They say meeting your idols is dangerous. The only thing more dangerous is podcasting \u2013 with someone who is hard of hearing. In the very first episode, Helge talks about how his great idol Hunter S. Thompson faded away before his eyes, and Nils talks about how he dragged Helge in front of the microphone. Will this idol now also fall victim to the same fate, or will the two become friends? <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Also: What magic tricks has the old white man used to avoid being canceled so far? How can we create understanding between generations? And will this now become the big German travel podcast? <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Get in, the door is open.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">P.S.: In the next episode, we'll take a quick look at Helge's new book: BON VOYAGE.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Many thanks to \u2026<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Akademie Schloss Solitude and especially Eva, who never despaired when she explained the technology to Nils, who in turn had to explain it to Helge and was totally desperate (he didn\u2019t remember it, but it worked in the end).<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Production and editing: Nils Ketterer<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Studio: Eva D\u00f6rr<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Audio mixing and title music: Florian Kontny, <a href=\"https:\/\/klangstatt-stuttgart.de\/\">Klangstatt Stuttgart<\/a><\/span>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"acfe_flexible_layout_title":"Text","bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":6,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"<span class=\"has-font-maison-neue\" style=\"font-family: 'Maison Neue';\"><strong>\u00dcber die erste Folge<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Idole-Treffen ist gef\u00e4hrlich, sagt man. Noch gef\u00e4hrlicher ist nur Podcasten \u2013 mit einem Schwerh\u00f6rigen.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">In der allerersten Folge erz\u00e4hlt Helge, wie sein gro\u00dfes Idol Hunter S. Thompson vor seinen Augen verpuffte und Nils, wie er Helge vor dieses Mikrofon geschleppt hat. Muss dieses Idol jetzt auch dran glauben oder werden die beiden etwa \u2013 Freunde?<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Au\u00dferdem: Mit welchen Zaubertricks hat der alte wei\u00dfe Mann es geschafft, bisher nicht gecancelt zu werden? Wie kreiert man Verst\u00e4ndnis zwischen Generationen? Und wird das hier jetzt das gro\u00dfe Deutsche Reise-Podcast?<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Steig ein, T\u00fcr is offen.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">P.S. In der n\u00e4chsten Folge machen wir kurz Halt bei Helges neuem Buch: BON VOYAGE.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Danke an \u2026<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Vielen Dank an die Akademie Schloss Solitude und vor allem Eva, die nie verzweifelt ist, als sie Nils die Technik erkl\u00e4rte, der es wiederum Helge erkl\u00e4ren musste, und total dabei verzweifelte (Er hat sich\u2019s nicht gemerkt, es funktioniert ja).<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Produktion &amp; Schnitt: Nils Ketterer<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Studio: Eva D\u00f6rr<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"has-font-reckless-light\" style=\"font-family: 'Reckless Regular';\">Audio Mischung und Titelmusik: Florian Kontny, <a href=\"https:\/\/klangstatt-stuttgart.de\/\">Klangstatt Stuttgart<\/a><\/span>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_cta","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"acfe_flexible_layout_title":"Link \/ Call-to-Action","bgcolor":"has-bg-red","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":8,"cta_link":{"type":"url","value":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/43eBwOuqR4ZIBP3jJJYfRh?si=7e5c9da0cb424f78","title":"Listen to the Podcast","target":true},"cta_txt":"Listen to the Podcast [in German]","cta_button_txt":"HERE"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"acfe_flexible_layout_title":"Text","bgcolor":"has-bg-grey","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":8,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"<p class=\"is-size-6\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"has-font-maison-neue\" style=\"font-family: 'Maison Neue';\"><strong>Nils Ketterer<\/strong><\/span> studied political science and sociology at the universities of Innsbruck, Austria, and Valencia, Spain. As a young journalist, he published articles in magazines such as <em>Gala<\/em>, <em>Vice<\/em>, <em>Glamour<\/em>, <em>Neon<\/em>, and <em>Stern<\/em>. His works include a collection of short stories on txtappeal.de, the travelogue \u00bbSchwarzer Kater\u00ab in <em>Von Mut, Neugier und Reiselust<\/em> (Reisedepeschen, 2024), a travel guide on Tyrol, Austria (Umschau Verlag, 2013), a story in <em>Ein Tag auf dem Planeten<\/em> (Engelsdorfer, 2009), the lifestyle book <em>Sexiness<\/em> (teNeues Verlag 2026) \u2013 and this podcast. His debut novel tells the story of a couple trapped on a sailboat during the pandemic and will be published soon.<\/p>"}],"intro_preview_headline":"Fear and Loathing at the Akademie","intro_preview_txt":"<span class=\"has-font-maison-neue\" style=\"font-family: 'Maison Neue';\">Last winter, Germany\u2019s best-known travel writer Helge Timmerberg came to Akademie Schloss Solitude to visit his friend Nils Ketterer. What started as a short trip turned into something more \u2013 Timmerberg quickly fell in love with the place, the artists, and even the pizzeria down the hill. During his fellowship at the Akademie, Ketterer decided to turn their long-running conversations into a new podcast called \u00bbAngst und Schrecken\u00ab (Fear and Loathing). 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