Zum Scheitern Verurteilt · Laura Larsson & Simon Dömer

Die letzte des Jahres

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Laura describes her best summer day of 2025: lake in Brandenburg with Maria, wet hair, rusty sandy floor, Nils grilling potatoes at the end of the evening — and calls it a template for 2026.

1. Zum Scheitern Verurteilt hosts Simon and Laura record their Silvester (New Year's Eve) episode on December 21st, framing themselves as 'a very transparent podcast' for noting the recording date. 2. Laura appears in a gray fur-collar zip jacket she describes as 'female James Bond meets ice skater'; Simon is in a Wicked T-shirt he frames as thematically appropriate for a year-end episode. 3. Laura's manager Tim Frieden of Boffo Media advised against the Christmas jumper she considered wearing due to a blue-and-brown colour conflict. 4. The episode functions as a joint year-in-review and vision board planning session, with Laura and Simon taking turns listing best moments and aspirations. 5. Laura reflects that 2025 was so good she is reluctant for it to end — the first year she can say that — and attributes her wellbeing to a mix of travel, friendships, and professional breakthroughs in the second half. 6. Simon names his Italian island trip in late summer, particularly sending an essay to his family group and receiving his mother's emotional response, as a defining personal moment. 7. Simon also cites borrowing a bike alone on the Italian island and walking across a bridge in New York alone as examples of doing things solo he had not previously trusted himself to do. 8. Laura describes hitting a mid-year professional standstill by June/July 2025, wondering why TV opportunities had not materialized after skipping a 2025 live tour. 9. At a Munich hotel breakfast, Laura's manager Tim told her the second half of the year would bring things she couldn't expect — which proved accurate: a ZDF Neo acting role, her essay resonating widely, and the Doppelmaus podcast launch. 10. Laura reviews her 2025 vision board live: New York (done), South Tyrol mountains (done, four to five times), 6:30am training sessions ('a big lie'), fruit and vegetables photo ('didn't happen'), jogging ('three times'), reading ('okay first half'), convertible road trip (Greece counts), Norway ('still hasn't happened'). 11. Laura describes her two best summer days as templates for 2026: the Brandenburg lake day with Maria (convertible, cake, lake swim, Nils's grill, Aperol) and a similar day in Parchim with her sister and mother (outdoor shower with childhood smell of mother's soap, city festival in Plau). 12. Simon describes the school he took for 2026 as learning to say yes to himself spontaneously without waiting for the 'right' circumstances — referencing his 'yes day' anecdote and overcoming hesitation about solo travel. 13. Simon reflects on being 39, his last year in his thirties, noting he knows people in their forties now in a genuine friendship context rather than family context, and that it does not scare him as much as he expected. 14. Simon describes acting in the German film Miss Hoffi as the adjutant, releasing January 22nd, and a short text role in a ZDF Neo series, both of which made him realize he is comfortable on camera despite previous assumptions. 15. Simon explicitly manifests his biggest 2026 goal: being invited as a guest on a major, widely known German TV show — he asks listeners to each imagine the biggest show they can think of and picture him suddenly appearing on it. 16. He plans to pursue this actively by telling his booking contact Lolo and frames it simultaneously as a manifestation and an announcement. 17. Laura and Simon discuss the appeal of living somewhere remote for a month — Simon's Italian island, the mountains, anywhere with slower pace — while acknowledging the podcast requires internet access. 18. Both hosts express that 2025 felt like a year of things actually happening, with Simon crediting the year for delivering acting work and Laura crediting travel and authentic friendship time. 19. The episode ends with both hosts about to build new vision boards together, with Laura saying hers will closely resemble last year's with small additions. 20. Long-time German-speaking listeners who have followed the arc of Simon's acting aspirations and Laura's travel and professional storylines will find the most resonance; new listeners will need prior episode context for several references.

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