Soering & Simmen
Soering & Simmen
Dominik Simmen and Jens Soering
Dominik Simmen is a singer, musician and psychology major at the University of Kiel. In 2022, he reached the semi-finals of Germany’s most popular TV casting show, the counterpart of “America’s got talent.” Thirty-eight years ago, Jens Soering also played electric guitar in a band and majored in psychology at college — before getting involved in a double-murder. Today, Dominik and Jens are both in the public eye, trying to build new lives without losing their identities. In this podcast, they talk about all kinds of social issues and current events, not just their experiences with TV casting shows and high security prisons. Despite their vastly different ages and backgrounds, they keep finding parallels and connections.
Cages for rats and cages for humans
In today's episode, Jens and Dominik talk about their experiences with psychology. Both started studying psychology at the age of 19, but their divergent paths through life gave them completely different impressions of the human psyche.While Dominik was able to study music psychology at his leisure at college, Jens had to deal with the topics of resilience and grief in prison.In this episode of Soering & Simmen, you can find out which approaches really worked when dealing with apparently hopeless situations.
Nov 29, 2023
53 min
The big fail
Trigger warning: Today's episode is about suicide and suicidal thoughts, among other things.When you spend 33 years behind bars, you have to face one obvious truth: one way or the other, you failed terribly.While Jens was chewing his nails in prison, Dominik was thrown out of the same casting show — twice.In this episode of Soering & Simmen, you’ll find out how the two of them dealt with the challenges of failure and what they were able to take from it for themselves.
Nov 15, 2023
53 min
F*cked by Netflix
In this special episode, Dominik and Jens tear apart the Netflix series “Till murder do us part: Soering vs. Haysom,” which was released on November 1st.Is there any truth to Netflix's new theory of how the crime was committed? How much money do you get as a protagonist for participating in a series?If you've seen “Till murder do us part,“ you shouldn't miss this episode!
Nov 4, 2023
50 min
Puking on the Fender amp
Today's episode is about sweaty rehearsal rooms, torn ligaments at rock concerts and Jens' and Dominik's shared passion: music.While Dominik was able to try out his musical skills at band-gigs and in front of glowing television cameras, Jens was constantly exposed to hip hop in prison - against his will.Why didn't Jens listen to music for 9 years? Why did Dominik almost become a singing cowboy?This and much more in the third episode of Soering & Simmen.
Oct 26, 2023
1 hr 1 min
17 years without a kiss
Trigger warning: This episode includes, among other things, sexual violence and rape.Jens and Dominik dedicate themselves to the greatest topic of all: love.Can you fall in love in prison? How do you react to half-nude videos that end up on national TV?While Jens spent the prime of his youth in the most unromantic place imaginable, Dominik was flooded with digital love-requests. Find out how the two of them dealt with love in this episode of Soering & Simmen.
Oct 18, 2023
1 hr 1 min
"Bronco likes little white boys"
Triggerwarning: This episode deals, among other things, with the topic of suicide.No matter whether it's a casting show or death row, every new beginning brings with it new challenges. Jens and Dominik talk about their big new beginnings, band formations and releases from prison.Who is Bronco and why does he like little white boys? Why was Dominik locked up in a hotel room for days? Do you have to throw your old life overboard to start over?This and much more awaits you in the first episode of Soering & Simmen.
Oct 11, 2023
49 min