Das Haymatministerium

In the organizer's words:

Drama

Germany has voted - and now?

The 2025 federal election has once again shown what we have long known: The rise of right-wing forces and parties in Germany and Europe is continuing. Firewalls are crumbling, the AfD, which has been classified as far-right in some quarters, has finally become socially acceptable and the so-called "centrist parties" are moving ever closer to the demands of the right. Not only people affected by racism and queerophobia are asking themselves: What can we expect in the coming months and years? How can we stand together against misanthropic attitudes in these times? In "The Haymat Ministry", we want to follow up on the election. However, instead of classifying the election results in a supposedly neutral way and making predictions, our guests Burak Yilmaz, Özge Inan and Kyra Funk venture into their own coalition negotiations - from an anti-racist, alliance-oriented perspective. What spaces do we need in order to remain capable of action and how can we maintain these spaces even in the face of dissent? What does the voting behavior of migrant and post-migrant communities tell us and how can we deal with the contradictions within them? How do we emancipate ourselves from the discursive power of the right in the analog and digital spheres? In short: What happens after this election? With Özge Inan was born in Berlin in 1997 and studied law there. After her first state examination, she worked for ZDF Magazin Royale, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Freitag, among others. Her debut novel "Natürlich kann man hier nicht leben" was published by Piper Verlag in 2023, and in the same year Medium Magazin named her one of the "Top 30 to 30" young journalists. She lives in Munich. Kyra Funk is a freelance journalist, podcaster and filmmaker. She works on socially relevant topics and is a documentary and storytelling podcast trainer. Her documentary "Russlanddeutsche, die AfD & ich" (NDR/ARD) was released in 2024. The film sheds light on the AfD's massive campaigning for the Russian-German community, which, with 2.5 million people, "represents one of the largest minorities with voting rights in society". Kyra Funk has already produced several podcasts, including "Toxic Church - The Hillsong Story", which takes a critical look at the evangelical community in Germany. Moderated by Burak Yılmaz is an author and podcaster from Duisburg. He writes about poverty, masculinity and racism. His book "Ehrensache: Kämpfen gegen Judenhass" was published by Suhrkamp Verlag. His work crosses different milieus: prisons, theaters, parliaments. Yilmaz was awarded the DFB's Julius Hirsch Prize for his work and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in 2021 for his commitment to combating racism and anti-Semitism. Together with Malte Küppers and Kader Abdul Chahin, he devotes himself to the hot topics of our time in the weekly podcast "Brennpunkt". This content has been machine translated.