Post-migrant voices at times of hyper-visibility 147 The usual format is to interview the hosts. Departing from the content of the podcast, the interviewer asks them about their experiences in childhood as people of color and/or coming from different cultural backgrounds. The producers explain their plural identities and tell stories from school, where they experienced racist attitudes. With that, media coverage highlights the relevance of the podcast, that is, to address racism in everyday life (Abendzeitung München, 14.10.2020). One of the hosts is described as a “relevant voice” for the topic of anti-racism and even an “authentic” voice in the German media landscape (Eisenschink, 2021). It is striking that the topic of rac- ism is taken up, and one of the hosts, who is black, gets more attention because he can relate to his own experiences and is therefore authentic, which is what the media find most worthy to report about. The media coverage is often personalized by fo- cusing on the producer, their aim, and their biography. The more striking the experiences, the better. However, other podcast top- ics such as gender issues, music, and sports, which do not de- liver any direct link to the producers, are left unaddressed by the corporate media. Media coverage that does not primarily focus on the hosts and the podcast, but treats topical issues with reference to the podcast, is rarer. There is the issue of changing first and last names in order to fit in (and other reasons) that are covered by a newspaper and radio program. As the episode explains, this is not only an issue for immigrants but also for locals, because the process of changing names is more restricted for locals, which the hosts label as discrimination. The newspaper article follows this argumentation and demands an easier process for all peo- ple with reference to the relevant episode of Kanackische Welle: “In the podcast Kanackische Welle, Malcolm Ohanwe and Marcel Aburakia spoke to young men who change their names in every- day life to avoid awkward situations” (Koohestani, 2019). Then examples are given from the podcast to explain the situation for these men. The radio program also uses personal stories from the episode and retells, e.g., one guest’s story: “She suffered a lot from her name, especially at school,” says Vanessa in the ‘Kanackische Welle’
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