Someone invited me to join their podcast team as a host, yeaha 😄 BUT this is how it went 🤣 :
Hello Alexandra,
You have an exciting profile and that's why I wanted to ask you if this job might interest you? It's about making a podcast with interviews in German.
Do you have time and interest?
Hey Charly,
Thanks for the invitation! Yes, that sounds exciting - I've done various podcasts over the last 4 years (here's my own: https://fountain.fm/show/0cjwJbTn6z3lPXNX8ISg) and I'd be happy to join your team!
Warmest regards,
Alexandra
Hello Alexandra, thank you very much for the quick response. I listened to two or three of your podcasts. Technically speaking, it meets our expectations - but I have concerns about whether it matches between us, our topic, and you. The topics and messages in your podcast largely do not correspond to my values. I do live a very free life thanks to my entrepreneurial mindset and am not in agreement with everything that's taught in schools - but in the podcast or with the guests, it sometimes goes too strongly into conspiracy theories. Recommending opening accounts in Russia, for example, is not good... Even if the article was published in 2019.... I also think that homeschooling is not the right model for everyone, actually even for many not. I've seen in my own family where it leads when you deprive children of social contacts.
Therefore, I believe it doesn't fit. I thank you for your understanding, but wish you much success on your path. Regards Charly
Dear Charly,
first of all: Thank you for your openness, it is rare and therefore all the more valuable. It takes courage not only to have values but to stand by them consistently, even if it means declining a collaboration. I respect that.
You mention as an example the recommendation to open an account in Russia from a post in 2019. Reality: Back then, it was a legitimate, tax-wise and geopolitically sound strategy for digital nomads and entrepreneurs who wanted to protect themselves against currency risks, banking arbitrariness, and political instability in Europe. It was not a call for capital flight or support for authoritarian regimes. It was an option, one of many. Anyone who equates 2019 with 2025 is not doing analysis but retroactive morality. Knowledge evolves. Anyone who doesn't acknowledge that lives in a bubble of self-righteousness.
You say you've seen in your family where it leads when children are deprived of social contacts. That is a tragic individual experience and not a scientific basis. Reality: Studies (e.g., from the USA, Canada, New Zealand) consistently show: Homeschoolers are often better socially adjusted, have deeper friendships, fewer bullying experiences, and higher emotional resilience. They don't learn conformity in groups of 30, but responsibility in real contexts. Of course, there are dysfunctional cases, as in every form of education. But to discredit homeschooling across the board because your family was overwhelmed by it is intellectual laziness. It's like rejecting entrepreneurship because a startup went bankrupt.
You live a very free life thanks to your entrepreneurial mindset, but only as long as no one crosses your boundaries. That's not free thinking. That's conformist non-conformism lite. Conclusion: You're right: It doesn't fit.
Alexandra
