S1 Ep21: Inside... Raphael Honigstein

Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 9 a.m.

German football writer for The Athletic, Raphael Honigstein, joins Dan Ogunshakin to chat about his life and career.

Rafa, for many people, is THE go-to guy for all things German football. As well as covering the Bundesliga for The Athletic, Rafa is a regular on The Totally Football Show podcast, BBC 5 Live, ESPN, The John Dykes Show and Sky Sports. A successful author, Rafa has published four books including the uber successful Das Reboot: How German Football Reinvented Itself and Conquered the World and Klopp: Bring the Noise.

On the pod, they chat about growing up in West Germany, supporting Bayern Munich, how Rafa got into football journalism, how English football is viewed in Germany, writing books and much more.

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