Armed Forces podcast starts with exciting insights and new faces!

Armed Forces podcast starts with exciting insights and new faces!

On February 7, 2025, the eagerly awaited second season of the Federal Army's podcast “HEERhöres” started, familiarizing listeners with current security policy developments. In the first episode, presenter Ute Axmann discusses the risk picture for 2025 with Brigadier Ronald Vartok and Tara Prägler and highlights the future challenges for Europe and Austria. This season will consist of a total of twelve episodes, which will be released every two weeks to offer listeners a deep insight into the lives and missions of the soldiers, as on ots.at reported.

Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner emphasized the indispensability of the armed forces for protecting the Austrian population and the importance of offering citizens a direct insight into the soldiers' everyday lives. New this season is the presenter Klara Meixner, who strengthens the team alongside Axmann and Marcel Taschwer. Future episodes will cover topics such as sniping at the Allentsteig military training area and the various areas of operation of the Jagdkommando's combat swimmers. In addition to the audio podcasts, the podcast website of the same name also offers videos about the operations of the Federal Army, such as bundesheer.at communicates.

The first season of the podcast received an enormous response: with over 5,000 hours of listening time and more than 13,000 listeners, the episode about the hunting squad was particularly popular. These successes show that the audience has a strong interest in the topic and appreciates the insights into security policy work.