ZDF Magazin Royale — Season 11
Episodes

E01 What comes to the right and left?
★ 8.0Aug 29, 2025 · 36m
What if there were no longer left and right? How neutral do we need to become in the future? Perhaps it's time to ask ourselves: Am I still asking the right questions?

E02 Violence against women in Germany
★ 7.0Sep 5, 2025 · 31m
Domestic violence happens so frequently in Germany that you could set your watch by it: every two minutes. Statistics are now even being collected on femicides – with several key findings.

E03 42.195 km: A medal for pushing others aside
★ 5.0Sep 12, 2025 · 28m
Turn off your brain, get your legs moving! Millions of people are already running it: the marathon. Anyone can be a runner, as long as they invest enough: in equipment, nutrition, apps – and the right mindset.

E04 Fack Ju Hitla
★ 8.0Sep 19, 2025 · 27m
Is teaching not such a relaxing profession after all? Far-right slogans are increasingly becoming part of everyday school life. What happens when a teacher wants to stand up for democracy?

E05 Kimmel, Kirk, and children's books: Is the USA transforming into an autocracy?
★ 6.0Sep 26, 2025 · 29m
The US government has declared the alleged Deep State to be its greatest enemy so that it can build an actual Deep State to fight the alleged Deep State.

E06 How rich men buy opinions
★ 8.0Oct 10, 2025 · 30m
A sense of responsibility. Three men, bursting with it, are personally intervening out of concern for the German media landscape: with money, entrepreneurial spirit, and of course, the right personnel.

E07 Oysters for Future
★ 7.0Oct 17, 2025 · 29m
It's fresh, mineral, aphrodisiac, slightly salty, subtly shelly in the mid-palate, and intensely nutty in the finish: the oyster. But this outrageously erotic snack needs our help!

E08 ZDF Magazin Royale presents: International Comedy Union
★ 9.0Oct 24, 2025 · 32m
For the first time in its long and proud history, the International Comedy Union (ICU) is offering an exclusive insight.

E09 Help, the police are coming!
★ 7.0Oct 31, 2025 · 32m
People experiencing mental health crises can find themselves in exceptional situations. Police officers are repeatedly overwhelmed when dealing with individuals in such circumstances.

E10 1000 ways not to bite the dust
★ 6.0Nov 7, 2025 · 29m
Do we ALL have to die? Theoretically, it can happen to any of us at any time. But who lives longer depends primarily on who has the deeper pockets.

E11 Germany's most beautiful tax havens
★ 8.0Nov 14, 2025 · 31m
Entrepreneurs looking to save money need to leave the major cities and move to towns with lower business taxes. With a bit of luck, they might even share a mailbox with a DAX-listed company.

E12 Your body, my choice
★ 8.0Nov 21, 2025 · 31m
According to surveys, around 80 percent of Germans support the decriminalization of abortion. But well-connected groups are against it – and are interfering in other people's wombs.

E13 AI chatbots: Sycophancy, lies, persistence
★ 8.0Nov 28, 2025 · 33m
More and more people are using large artificial language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok. But these AI chatbots pose numerous risks to their users.

E14 Russia's hybrid war in Germany
Dec 5, 2025 · 31m
Disposable agents, bridgeheads, AfD: Russia is waging a hybrid war against states that support Ukraine. And also against Germany, within Germany.

E15 The dangers of nitrous oxide
★ 7.0Dec 12, 2025 · 30m
Nitrous oxide is readily available for purchase at many kiosks in Germany. Completely legal and usually without age verification. But why is it even possible to buy the drug at a kiosk?

E16 Not being killed is enough help.
★ 8.0Dec 19, 2025 · 33m
Alternative practitioners treat patients without regulated training and state-approved methods: Are they justifiably controversial, or do they even deserve UNESCO cultural protection?




