Post-migrant voices at times of hyper-visibility 149 butions. The topics addressed are about life in today’s Germany, not elsewhere in the world, and, therefore, they are something that concerns everyone in German society. Furthermore, almost every episode deals with a conflict that needs further exploration, which can be of interest to corporate media in the pursuit of new topics and contributions. The corporate media make use of the hosts by engaging them as experts, as subjects for new contributions about, e.g., a new podcast, and personalizing problems of racism and life in a multi-cultural society. 7. Conclusions The success of the podcast depends on making sure that topics are followed up regardless of whether there is a posi- tive or a negative response to them. In this case, the response to the podcast is positive. This podcast shows how it is possible to add new voices to the wider public sphere by addressing issues from perspectives that are usually not, or only marginally, no- ticed. This in the beginning independently produced podcast has emerged as an “in-between space” (Llinares, 2018) that enables subjectivity in defining issues on one’s own terms by surpassing traditional journalistic gatekeeping. Benefitting from the status of being trained journalists and having a journalistic network behind them, both producers had good starting opportunities for gaining attention and recognition from corporate media and, therefore, a path into the wider public sphere and outside their own community. The combination of status and the thought- ful treatment of complex topics, which follows media logic, had opened the door for further communication. It becomes clear that especially the problem of racism has reached high connectivity today. In other words, the podcast appeared at the right time. Supported by the worldwide “Black Lives Matter” movement, the producers claim that racism is not only an issue for the US, but also for Germany. However, the public discourse is/was different in Germany. Even when issues of unequal treatment are discussed, the term “racism” is/was not necessarily used, but rather terms of inequality, discrimination, and marginalization. Here, the producers saw a need to catch up.
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