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Podcast episode with Stephan Laux (Series: LVR geSCHICHTEN, Season III, Episode 1):
Die Reformation im Rheinland (published on 22 May 2025)
In this episode, Stephan Laux explains how Luther’s ideas spread in the Rhineland. He also addresses the structural reasons why the Reformation had less impact here than in other regions — and examines the role played by the three spiritual prince-electors, the Archbishops of Mainz, Trier, and Cologne.
The podcast can be streamedhere.
Podcast episode with Stephan Laux (Series: Porta - Das Tor zur Geschichte):
1944: Der Totengräber aus Trier und sein Leichenbuch (published on 26 December 2024, 22:00 h)
Eighty years ago, hundreds of people died during the air raids on Trier in World War II. A city gardener and gravedigger named Georg Gotthard retrieved their bodies from the rubble and buried them. Stephan Laux analyzed his "Leichenbuch" (death register).
The podcast can be streamedhere.
Podcast "Treveris ex urbe" - Universitätsgeschichten / Episode 9 (with Stephan Laux)
To mark the 550th anniversary of the founding of the Old University of Trier in 2023, former University President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Jäckel launched a podcast series on the university’s history, with new episodes every two weeks.
In Episode 9, guest Stephan Laux discusses the topic „... bald in einem blühernden Zustande als je.“ Denkschriften, Pläne, Wiedergründungsversuche nach 1815. The title quotes a memorandum from 1815 and the interview explores how the 172-year interruption of the university’s tradition should be understood. Was the loss of the Old University a recurring theme during that period? Who articulated demands for its revival, and in what form? Stephan Laux offers a broad analysis of the context and the significance of the so-called Kulturkampf (high point in the 1870s), highlighting the struggle for a Catholic university
The podcast episode is available here.
Podcast interview with Stephan Brakensiek, Dorothée Henschel, and Stephan Laux
As part of the special exhibition “Tell me more – Bilder erzählen Geschichte”, the Stadtmuseum Simeonstift Trier released a series of podcast episodes.
One such story revolves around the 1841 painting “Die Generalprobe” by Trier artist Friedrich Anton Wyttenbach (1812–1845). Stephan Brakensiek (art historian, University of Trier), Dorothée Henschel (Stadtmuseum Simeonstift), and Stephan Laux (historian, University of Trier) discuss different aspects of the painting. At the center is the interpretation that Wyttenbach intended to draw attention to the poverty of the Savoyards. The conversation explores arguments for and against this reading, along with the historical background.
The podcast can be streamed here.
Trier 1589: Als Dietrich Flade der Hexenverfolgung zum Opfer fiel; podcast Porta - das Tor zur Geschichte (posted 22 August 2024)
porta-das-tor-zur-geschichte.blogs.audiorella.com/40-dietrich-flade-stirbt-1589-in-trier-als-opfer-der-hexenverfolgung
Friedrich Spee; Trierischer Volksfreund, podcast Porta - das Tor zur Geschichte (posted 12 October 2023)
Podcast Porta - das Tor zur Geschichte: Hexenverfolgung; Wie Jesuit Spee gegen Folter und Unrecht kämpfte
Topic: Witch trials; how the Jesuit Spee fought against torture and injustice
Hexenverfolgung in der Region Trier; Trierischer Volksfreund, podcast Geschichte (posted 14 February 2023)
Podcast Geschichte: Hexenverfolgung in der Region Trier – ein Opfer war Hans Reuland (volksfreund.de)
Topic: Witch persecution in the Trier region – one victim was Hans Reuland
Hexenverfolgungen; Series: “Was war, was wird”, Season 2, Episode 8 – The HistoryCast of the Verband der Geschichtslehrerinnen und ‑lehrer Deutschlands e.V. (posted 3 February 2023)
Episodes | Historycast
Weise Frauen und Hebammen? Mythen und Wahrheit über die Hexenverfolgung
SPIEGEL Geschichte (posted 21 November 2021)
https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/mythen-und-wahrheit-ueber-die-hexenverfolgung-podcast-a-37e8e17f-a94e-4f13-9d17-61c759d1675f