Plauen in podcast fever: Anni Hellgoth makes the region speak!

Plauen in podcast fever: Anni Hellgoth makes the region speak!

The “top podcast” from Plauen celebrates its premiere in the first week of July 2025. The 24-year-old Ann-Sofie Hellgoth, also known as Anni, is the face behind this exciting project. After years in America and Berlin, she decided to bring her experiences and passion for the media world home. Step by step, she developed her heart project dedicated to the region. "The podcast is financed out of its own pocket, so I ask for support," she explains.
- Blick.de

A small, committed team accompanies Anni: William Robinski takes care of technology, sound and video editing, while Susann acts Bargas Gomez as a photographer and offers a backup. It is also interesting that Anni runs the project as a voluntary initiative, even though she works full -time as an editor. "It was planned for a year and a half and I had a lot of fun implementing," she reveals at a meeting with the media.

diverse topics and monthly publications

A main episode is published every month that illuminates regional stories, inspiring cafes, culinary highlights and people in Vogtland. "It is important to me to make people in Plauen visible and to find answers to questions that are often ignored," says Anni, who is also actively in the Plauen carnival club and even moderates events.

A premiere already existed with the first episode, which was shot in the thread factory, one of the characteristic places in Plauen. Anni discusses with Lena Schaler, the managing director of the city marketing, about urban development and social challenges. This concept of involving local votes reflects the global trend, in which podcasting plays an important role as a medium and increasingly promotes access and independence, also in rural areas.

- peak town.de .

integrated into the community

The "Spitz Podcast" offers the opportunity for all generations to ask questions about the website or social media anonymously. The format can be found on platforms such as YouTube and Spotify and consequently accessible to everyone. Podcasting has revolutionized the way local stories can be told and makes it easier to spread across regional borders, a trend that is also underpinned by global examples. Internationally active community radios use the possibilities of podcasting to spread their content and form a stronger community.

- DW Academy .