“Heimatdamisch” comes to life as a podcast. The episodes will be available online in free of charge.

“It’s not a commercial project,” says Kiening. He doesn’t want to make money from it. Rather, his wish would be for listeners to donate to projects “that promote democracy or independent quality journalism.” “The joy of writing is telling stories and ordinary things,’ he says. If he can imagine doing a reading with the new piece, he can.