Once dubbed an "economic miracle”, things don't run like they used to in Germany. This new DW original podcast endeavors to find out how Germany lost its magic and who’s got it now? Traveling beyond Germany — to India, France, Switzerland, and Denmark
— the show explores how others are getting things right, and what Europe's former Wunderkind might learn from them. Wherever you get podcasts.
Nov 20, 2025
2 min
Investigative journalists in several European countries have done their own research into JuicyFields. In this update, we talk about what they found out.
Hosts: Andreas Becker und Nicolas Martin
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Nov 28, 2024
14 min
More than 400 police officers have raided homes and offices in various countries.
The suspects they arrested are the same people we’ve been talking about in Cannabis Cowboys – including the supposed mastermind of JuicyFields.
Hosts: Nicolas Martin and Andreas Becker
Feedback: [email protected]
Apr 17, 2024
8 min
We had a legal dispute, but that's been solved.
We can now present episode 6 of Cannabis Cowboys without the annoying beeps, and with all the names and more details.
Hosts: Nicolas Martin and Andreas Becker
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Jan 31, 2024
2 min
We keep you updated on what has happened since episode 8 of Cannabis Cowboys was released. What is law enforcement doing, and can victims hope they will ever get at least some of their money back?
And we have some exciting news to share: Cannabis Cowboys is now also available in German: dw.com/cannabis-cowboys
Hosts: Nicolas Martin and Andreas Becker
Feedback: [email protected]
Sep 21, 2023
8 min
It's time to finally meet the man who's willing to lift the veil on the JuicyFields mystery. We meet in Helsinki, close to the Russian border. And what he tells us blows our minds. This is our final installment - for now. The JuicyFields story is far from over.
Hosts: Nicolas Martin and Andreas Becker
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Mar 2, 2023
42 min
We now look at the other tribe within JuicyFields. Is it really a group of Russian criminals that controls the company and its website? Whoever they are – they are listening to Cannabis Cowboys. And they got in touch with us.
Hosts: Nicolas Martin and Andreas Becker
New episodes every Thursday
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Feb 23, 2023
34 min
We take a look at one of the two tribes at war within JuicyFields. We travel to areas that smell of money, visit a castle, and are blinded by the allure of status and old money. We even considered taking an etiquette class. But as always with JuicyFields, all is not what it seemed to be.
Hosts: Nicolas Martin and Andreas Becker
New episodes every Thursday
Feedback: [email protected]
Feb 16, 2023
31 min
We are now looking for where all the money went. Hundreds of millions, probably billions. We discover that scamming investors might have not been JuicyFields’ only goal. And we learn of a rift that ran through the company. Inside JuicyFields, there were two tribes at war with each other.
Hosts: Nicolas Martin and Andreas Becker
New episodes every Thursday
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Feb 9, 2023
30 min
We try to find out if JuicyFields was a purely criminal project, a Ponzi, a scam without a real product. Did the medicinal cannabis really exist? For this, we get in touch with all the cannabis producers JuicyFields claimed to have partnered with. What emerged? The JuicyFields Gap.
Hosts: Nicolas Martin and Andreas Becker
New episodes every Thursday
Feedback: [email protected]
Feb 2, 2023
29 min
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