🎙️At IDK Podcast, 

IDK stands for “I Didn’t Know” - the moment before understanding, before mastery, before clarity appears.

I meet people worldwide who have become experienced in their field and explore the journey that brought them there - what they once didn't know, the challenges they faced, and what they learned along the way.

For the guest, the podcast is a space to reveal the person behind the work - the journey that shaped who they are today.

For the audience, the purpose is simple: to learn something without having to learn everything the hard way, and move toward your own Playing State.

What is Playing State?

A state where skill, presence, curiosity, and experience meet, and where growth never stops. The people I speak with have reached a level where they play - seriously, consciously, and with responsibility.

They keep improving, keep refining, and often help others find their own way too.

How the podcast is recorded

• 🎥 No editing - conversations are raw, real, and uninterrupted

• 🌍 On location - I usually travel to the experts, into their studios, schools, stages, cities, and environments

• In person - this is a live, embodied podcast, not an online interview

• Only in rare cases do episodes take place at Emeel Academy

The space matters. The energy matters. Presence matters.

🎯 Every episode ends with one question from the guest - a question for us, the audience, to reflect on, respond to, or use to upgrade our own game.

Language & platform

English - German.

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#podcast #playingstate #artistpodcast #idkpodcast #presence #artandmeaning

Who taught you something you couldn't have learned from a book?

I am looking for Experts - who have crossed a bridge from “I didn’t know” to experience - people whose journey could help someone else see their own path differently.

I host guests who:

• Have built deep knowledge through real experience.

• Have learned through failure, change, doubt and persistence.

• Can speak openly about what they didn't know along the way.

• Use their experience to help others grow, create, move or live more consciously.

If you know someone - or if you are someone - whose journey could give another person a new perspective, I would love to hear from you.

👉 Email me Click here to recommend a guest or apply yourself

🎙️ IDK Podcast: In Paris / France - with Isabelle Loeb.

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In Part 2 of our conversation, we continue Isabelle's Loab journey - exploring the Wild Woman community, embodiment, and the different ways we choose to walk through life.

We talk about how something can look perfect from the outside, yet simply not be our way. Because what is right for someone else doesn’t have to be right for us.

And then she asked me a question that stayed with me for days:

“What is love guiding for You?”

I didn’t want to find an answer. I wanted to receive one.

A deeply inspiring conversation about embodiment, perspective, our paths, and listening to what life is trying to tell us.

Isabelle's Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/isabelle_loeb?igsh=MXB1ODM0dWVrZnZvaw== 

#podcast #women #embodiment #womenshealth #womenpower #Paris #frankfurt #london 

🎙️ IDK Podcast: In Paris / France - with Isabelle Loeb.

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In this episode, I speak with Isabel Loeb, a movement artist, pole dancer, and performer whose work is deeply rooted in awareness and embodied expression. Together, we explore her journey - from acting in Los Angeles to discovering pole dance as both an art form and a way of understanding herself.

We talk about movement beyond technique: how awareness shapes expression, how experiences influence the body, and how each person develops their own unique language of movement. Isabel also shares how she sees the world through movement, offering insights into creativity, performance, and personal growth.

Whether you're a dancer, performer, artist, or simply curious about the relationship between body and mind, this conversation invites you to experience movement from a different perspective.

Isabelle's Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/isabelle_loeb?igsh=MXB1ODM0dWVrZnZvaw== 

#poledancer #artist #artistjourney #movement  #rebuilt #myself #wild

🎙️ IDK Podcast: In Paris / France – with Zuzanna Kidziak.

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In this episode of IDK Podcast: Playing State, Zuzanna Kidziak shares her extraordinary journey from performing as a professional ballet soloist on some of the world’s most renowned stages to facing a four-year period of deep depression-and rising from it stronger than ever.

We talk about how she rebuilt herself from the inside out, discovering that everything begins in the mind. Susana opens up about the powerful connection between movement, body awareness, mindset, and success-and how she transformed her life by shifting her perspective.

Today, she lives her art beyond the theater: the whole world has become her stage. This conversation is about resilience, identity, and proving to yourself that anything is possible when your mind and body are aligned.

Zuzanna's Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/zuza_balerina?igsh=M3pkcGJrcWR1bWUz 

#ballerina #model #artist #artistjourney #movement #art #artwork #depression #rebuilt #myself

🎙️ IDK Podcast: In Paris / France – with Zuzanna Kidziak.

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In this episode of IDK Podcast: Playing State, Zuzanna Kidziak shares her extraordinary journey from performing as a professional ballet soloist on some of the world’s most renowned stages to facing a four-year period of deep depression-and rising from it stronger than ever.

We talk about how she rebuilt herself from the inside out, discovering that everything begins in the mind. Susana opens up about the powerful connection between movement, body awareness, mindset, and success-and how she transformed her life by shifting her perspective.

Today, she lives her art beyond the theater: the whole world has become her stage. This conversation is about resilience, identity, and proving to yourself that anything is possible when your mind and body are aligned.

Zuzanna's Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/zuza_balerina?igsh=M3pkcGJrcWR1bWUz 

#ballerina #model #artist #artistjourney #movement #art #artwork #depression #rebuilt #myself

🎙️ IDK Podcast: In Frankfurt a.M. / Deutschland – mit Anastasia Dirksen.

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In dieser Episode spreche ich mit Anastasia Dirksen, Ballettlehrerin und Gründerin einer eigenen Ballettschule in Frankfurt. Wir sprechen über ihren Weg von der Tänzerin zur Lehrerin und Unternehmerin, über Zweifel, Verantwortung und die vielen kleinen Entscheidungen, die es braucht, um dranzubleiben.

Zum Abschluss teilt Anastasia eine berührende Geschichte darüber, wie wichtig es ist, klar zu wissen, was man will – auch wenn der Weg aus kleinen, unscheinbaren Schritten besteht – und warum genau darin echte Stärke liegt.

Ballet- Tanzschule Anastasia Dirksen 

https://www.ballett-und-tanzschule-anastasia.com

Anastasia's Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/anastasia.di_badiu?igsh=bXFxYnAyY3c2MXYy

#ballet #balletclass #balletteacher #balletschool #tanz #tanzschule #tanzfrankfurt #artist #artistjourney #balletfrankfurt

🎙️ IDK Podcast: In Paris / France – with Ophelia Jacarini.

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I chat with Ophelia, about her journey as a multidisciplinary artist who transforms life’s movements into art. From her early years as a dancer, to studying fashion and art, working with internationally renowned brands, and traveling between Paris and Hong Kong, Ophelia has built a remarkable journey of creativity, exploration, and self-expression.

Follow her journey and discover how she translates movement into sculpture, painting, and installation, the bridges she crossed along the way, and the moments that made her pause - turning motion into meaning, and life into art.

Ophelia's Website: 

https://www.ophelia-jacarini.com

Ophelia's Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/opheliajacarini?igsh=bHVoZHFqMzduN3Rv

#parisartist #parisart #artist #artistjourney #movement #art #artwork #pause #sclupture #painting

🎙️ IDK Podcast: Playing State – with Emma Lacambra 

We chat with Emma about her journey from Disneyland dancer to stripper, to pole dancer and instructor, finding a place where she can truly be her best. She shares her take on pole vs. stripping, cultural insights from travel, and whether you can learn pole dancing solo or need an instructor.

Emma's Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/emmalacambra?igsh=MWVpZXhudmg4dHk1dw== 

Mentioned - Doris Arnold: 

https://www.instagram.com/dorisarnoldpoledancer?igsh=MWI2N2h5cDMzaTN5eQ== 

Location credit: https://www.instagram.com/bubble.studio_poledance?igsh=MWtpZTRwZnpyb25yZA== 

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#poledance #poledanceinstructor #stripper #senseuldance #parisartist #parispoledance

🎙️ IDK Podcast: Playing State – Folge mit Freya Köster

In dieser Folge geht es um etwas, das viele von uns bewegt – aber oft nur von außen betrachtet wird: echte Stärke von innen.

Zu Gast ist Freya Köster, die mit ihrer Arbeit Frauen begleitet – nicht mit großen Worten, sondern mit spürbarer Präsenz und ehrlicher Bewegung.

Wir sprechen über:

Was es heißt, sich durch Bewegung zu begegnen – nicht für die Außenwelt, sondern für sich selbst.

Wie Vertrauen in den eigenen Körper wächst – langsam, still, aber kraftvoll.

Was Frauen wirklich brauchen, um sich sicher zu fühlen – ohne sich erklären zu müssen.

Freya teilt sehr offen, wie sich ihre Arbeit entwickelt hat, welche Fragen sie sich stellt – und was sie gerade selbst neu entdeckt.

Ein Gespräch ohne Maske. Ohne Pose. Einfach echt.

Wenn du Lust hast, dich ein Stück tiefer zu verbinden – mit dir, mit deinem Körper, mit dem, was dich trägt – dann bist du herzlich eingeladen, zuzuhören.

Frage: Hast du deinem Körper und deinen Bewegungen zugehört?

#frauenpower #femaleempowerment  #PodcastFürFrauen

Freya (@Fealie.freya): 

https://www.instagram.com/fealie.freya?igsh=ZW4wb2VwcHJlOGh3 

Montag Abend Kurs: 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHTPF1fImZm/?igsh=MW9jMHVwemF3eDYwdg== 

Tanze Fühle Strahle: (@dancefeelshine)

https://www.instagram.com/dancefeelshine/profilecard/?igsh=MW14czFrNm92MjFtdw== 

Website von Dance Feel Shine Academy: 

https://sites.google.com/view/dancefeelshine-academy/home 

In dieser Folge spreche ich mit Leonie darüber, was Pole Dance wirklich ist – fernab von Klischees. Sie erklärt, woher Pole Dance kommt, spricht offen über den Ursprung in der Strip-Szene und wie sie selbst diesen Tanzstil für sich neu definiert hat. Leonie erzählt von ihrem eigenen Weg, den Hürden, die sie überwinden musste, und wie sie heute ihr Wissen an andere weitergibt. Wir sprechen über ihren Umgang mit der Community und wie sie ihren Schülerinnen hilft, angstfrei und authentisch im Freestyle zu tanzen. Dabei sprechen wir auch darüber, wie Pole Dance gerade Frauen helfen kann, sinnlichen oder sexuellen Ausdruck zurückzuerobern – als eine Art Rückverbindung zum eigenen Körper, in Alltag und Medien ständig von außen bewertet oder objektifiziert wird. Für Leonie sind es keine Schülerinnen – sondern Menschen, mit denen sie auf Augenhöhe Zeit verbringt.

IG: celanypassion 

https://www.instagram.com/celanypassion?igsh=MWQ5MzBkM2Vtd3I5aw== 

In dieser Folge spreche ich mit Yves Schwantner – Begleiter für Menschen, die mit Bewegung, emotionaler Intelligenz und Neurowissenschaft ihre Ziele erreichen wollen. Wir tauchen tief in das Thema des unterschätzten Nervensystems ein – wie viele (auch Athleten) Entspannung mit Ablenkung verwechseln, und was echte Regeneration bedeutet. Yves teilt außerdem Erfahrungen aus seinen Klassen, die auch im Alltag helfen können. Viel Freude beim Hören – und zögert nicht, Yves zu kontaktieren, wenn ihr Begleitung braucht. www.yves-schwantner.com