Two podcasts a week: how I suddenly sit in front of two microphones

For a few weeks now I've been recording two podcasts a week. The crazy part: they could be exactly for you. A few months ago I wouldn't have thought I'd ever sit regularly in front of a microphone. I was someone who writes. Blog posts, LinkedIn posts, occasionally a longer technical text when a topic demanded it. Speaking always felt too fleeting to me, too hard to revise.

Then came chance. A conversation with a founder friend that we recorded for fun at some point. A few people listened in, came back, and said: that's missing right now. The "for fun" quickly became a fixed slot. By now it's two formats, one episode per format every week. And suddenly I notice that the audio channel has taken a place in my working day that I no longer want to do without.

No Bullshit Founders: the conversation I missed myself

The first format is No Bullshit Founders. There I talk with my co-founder about the founder's daily life as it really looks. No serial-exit romance, no hero storytelling, no checklists for the first million. Instead: which decision was uncomfortable this week? Which customer email caused a sleepless night? What did we learn from a mistake that would never make it onto slides?

The format is a reaction to what I wanted to read or hear myself and didn't find. Many German founder podcasts are good in content, but in tone far away from my daily life. I wanted a format where it's okay to say "I don't know what to do right now" or "that really hurt this quarter". Without it becoming emotional content. As a normal, professional fact instead.

Who it's for: anyone building something themselves, alone or in a team, who's tired of listening through polished stories. Anyone who likes reading what happens between the pitches is in the right place there.

Secrets Not Included: security beyond FUD language

The second format is more technical. It's called Secrets Not Included and revolves around security, DevSecOps, and the quiet topics that make the difference in daily operations. No fear marketing, no "your business will be bankrupt in two years" rhetoric. Instead, calm, concrete conversations about how you really run productive systems securely.

We talk there about things like secret rotation in real pipelines, about the difference between paper compliance and lived security, about the question of why a team with 40 security tools is often less secure than a team with five that are actually maintained. The audience is people who work in engineering, operations, or security roles and have lost their patience with hype language.

What two podcasts a week has changed in me

Recording two episodes a week sounds like a lot. It is a lot, especially in weeks where customer projects are burning in parallel and private life doesn't care whether I'm recording. But the effect on me personally is remarkable.

First, the format forces me to sort my thoughts weekly. I can't sit down and improvise without thinking beforehand about what I actually want to say. That preparation has audibly changed my clarity in customer meetings. I argue more briefly, more precisely, less defensively.

Second, I notice how much knowledge I used to simply pass on without documenting it. The podcast is an archive of my thinking I can refer back to myself. When a customer asks me why I always recommend the same architecture in a particular situation, I now often have an episode on it that gives my answer in detail.

Third, I learn more than I thought. Especially in No Bullshit Founders, questions come up I'd never have asked myself. Especially in Secrets Not Included, guests and topics force me to check my positions regularly. That's tiring and good.

Two podcasts a week have become less of an "extra task" for me and more of "thinking that other people get to listen in on". Anyone who's been thinking the German podcast market is full and there's nothing for them between small talk and LinkedIn inspiration: maybe one of these two formats is the blind spot. Just try one episode. That's all the invitation I have.