Jenke Experiment

Only those who feel it themselves understand others - in the very first episode Jenke von Wilmsdorff literally puts her journalistic credo into practice. Multitasking, excessive demands, conflicts of values or frustration due to boredom at work - stress has many faces. Around 56%, or more than one in two Germans, say that they are often or at least sometimes under stress. More time for oneself - for many this is high on their wish list for the future. But what are the factors that rob us of inner peace and even sleep? And why do we even allow this to happen? Jenke von Wilmsdorff is getting to the bottom of this. For a week he exposes himself to permanent stress: No free time, but a non-stop series of tasks. He is sent into jobs and has to fulfil smaller and larger tasks that demand everything from him physically or psychologically. He is under permanent time pressure to complete his to-do list and on top of that he has to prepare for a real driving test. (Text: RTL)

Jenke von Wilmsdorff is turning 50 this year, and in an experiment he wants to find out whether he can stop or even turn back time and stop physical decay. Over a period of four months he will train and test means and devices that promise a noble physique or something like eternal youth. Jenke is also struggling for the goal of participating in a bodybuilder competition. In the course of his self-experiment, Jenke accompanies, among others, a young mother who has an ambitious goal after the birth of her child: she wants to get rid of the pregnancy pounds and lose 30 kilos. And he talks to teenagers who are taking targeted anabolic steroids because they think they have a better chance of competing in society. (Text: RTL)

Germans eat an average of 60 kilos of meat per year. We like to displace where it comes from. Jenke von Wilmsdorff, a convinced meat eater, is investigating this. He visits mass fattening farms and organic farmers. Meat is the most popular foodstuff of the Germans, but what is the price for responsible production? What pressure are meat producers under and are there real alternatives to mass breeding? A sensitive issue around animal husbandry is transport. Jenke von Wilmsdorff wants to feel it for herself and exposes herself to an extreme situation created for animals for slaughter: For one day he rides on a livestock transporter - not in the driver's cab, but strapped in on the loading area between hundreds of pigs. In unusual experiments, he also illustrates how genetically modified animals are bred up to become pure meat suppliers and how they compare with "normal" conspecifics. (Text: RTL)

Almost 11,000 people in Germany are waiting for a vital organ. Every day three of them die because they have waited in vain. Many of them could still be alive if people had donated their organs after their death, but the willingness to donate organs in Germany continues to decline. Jenke von Wilmsdorff wants to change this: His goal is to convince 100,000 people to fill out an organ donor card. He meets 48-year-old Stefan, who has been waiting for a heart for a long time, and seven-year-old Sarah, a kidney patient who has to go on dialysis four times a week. For both of them, waiting is a battle against time. Will their bodies hold out until they get an organ? In an unusual experiment, Jenke tries to convince more people to take this important step with all the means at his disposal. To this end, Jenke takes a comprehensive look at the situation in Germany, explains the situation and also talks to opponents of organ donation. (Text: RTL)