#14 Taking Our Listeners To The Kläners

The Fist, The Whole Fist And Nothing But The Fist, So Help Me Pod - The Fistball Australia Podcast

With Germany recently losing their grasp on first place in the podcast episode rankings to surprise contender Wales, we've decided to throw it back to our German listeners in a challenge to rise again and claim the top of the standings - by bringing on former German international player and accomplished star of TV Brettorf, Tobi Kläner!

We also welcomed back Lee 'The Power Station' Morony to once again co-host this one, joining co-host Chris 'Super Mario' Milne while Malcolm 'Mister Fister' sat out this week, potentially in the sin bin.

In this episode we dig deep into the Tobi's fistball journey, as we learn the brutal repercussions placed on those who choose not to play fistball in Brettorf, where his Australian Fistivus victory ranks in his all-time fistball highlights, and the importance of staying connected with the fistball family during lockdown. We then inundate Tobi with listener questions, most of which are not really directly related to fistball, and some of which he tactically chooses not to answer in any detail. We also learn some important life facts, including the changing of seasons in Germany and a classic German phrase in reference to what it's like to drink a non-alcoholic beer. All eye-opening stuff.

And of course we only work in extremes here - just one recording after Sander Koyen's record breaking 1 hour, 59 minutes and 5 seconds single episode effort, Tobi's comes in a short, sharp and sweet 1 hour, 9 minutes and 31 seconds, making it the 4th shortest episode we've released. Perhaps if he hadn't been so cagey about answering the listener questions, it may have gone a bit longer...

Oh, and apologies for some minor audio issues with this recording.

As always, a huge thank you to Rafael Dobler for the theme music to this podcast series.

Fist on!

Timestamps:
@6:01 Beers
@10:16 News
@13:56 Interview with Tobi Kläner
@42:39 Listener Questions for Tobi Kläner
@1:01:16 Shout outs
@1:07:18 Sign offs

Recorded on Sunday, 28th of February, 2021.