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France says it’s leading the fight against climate change. So why is it treating climate activists like criminals?
Security or Surveillance? Climate Activism Under Watch in France is a three-part mini-series from Are We Europe, hosted by journalist Seden Anlar. It investigates how artificial intelligence, counterterrorism rhetoric, and state surveillance are being used to silence climate activists, restrict protest, and reshape civic space in France—and across the EU.
Through personal stories and expert insight, the series explores the human cost of repression and the growing criminalisation of environmental protest.
This podcast was produced within the scope of FOCUS, a project co-financed by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EU CERV. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
France says it’s leading the fight against climate change. So why is it treating climate activists like criminals?
Security or Surveillance? Climate Activism Under Watch in France is a three-part mini-series from Are We Europe, hosted by journalist Seden Anlar. It investigates how artificial intelligence, counterterrorism rhetoric, and state surveillance are being used to silence climate activists, restrict protest, and reshape civic space in France—and across the EU.
Through personal stories and expert insight, the series explores the human cost of repression and the growing criminalisation of environmental protest.
This podcast was produced within the scope of FOCUS, a project co-financed by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EU CERV. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
France says it’s leading the fight against climate change. So why is it treating climate activists like criminals?
Security or Surveillance? Climate Activism Under Watch in France is a three-part mini-series from Are We Europe, hosted by journalist Seden Anlar. It investigates how artificial intelligence, counterterrorism rhetoric, and state surveillance are being used to silence climate activists, restrict protest, and reshape civic space in France—and across the EU.
Through personal stories and expert insight, the series explores the human cost of repression and the growing criminalisation of environmental protest.
This podcast was produced within the scope of FOCUS, a project co-financed by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EU CERV. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Combining humour with politics and personal portrayals, this four-part podcast series is made for MigraVoice, an online and print publication. You can find the podcast and online magazine here.
MigraVoice, a project between Are We Europe and Maldita.es, Raseef22, Media Diversity Institute Global, The London Story and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa, is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of the EU.
Combining humour with politics and personal portrayals, this four-part podcast series is made for MigraVoice, an online and print publication. You can find the podcast and online magazine here.
MigraVoice, a project between Are We Europe and Maldita.es, Raseef22, Media Diversity Institute Global, The London Story and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa, is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of the EU.
Combining humour with politics and personal portrayals, this four-part podcast series is made for MigraVoice, an online and print publication. You can find the podcast and online magazine here.
MigraVoice, a project between Are We Europe and Maldita.es, Raseef22, Media Diversity Institute Global, The London Story and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa, is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of the EU.
Combining humour with politics and personal portrayals, this four-part podcast series is made for MigraVoice, an online and print publication. You can find the podcast and online magazine here.
MigraVoice, a project between Are We Europe and Maldita.es, Raseef22, Media Diversity Institute Global, The London Story and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa, is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of the EU.
With an open mic is an audio documentary series about the diverse music community in Amsterdam by Sasha Sadikov. Combining humour with politics and personal portrayals, this four-part podcast series is made for MigraVoice, an online and print publication. You can find the podcast and online magazine here. www.magazine.migravoice.eu
MigraVoice, a project between Are We Europe and Maldita.es, Raseef22, Media Diversity Institute Global, The London Story and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa, is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of the EU.
On the streets of Amsterdam, guest producers/media students from the Thomas More University in Flanders - Lukas Emmerechts and Nataliya Huchok - ask people one question: "Who or what influences who you vote for?"
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"Lofi Study" - FASSounds
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The photo story is about a Polish herbalist who uses traditional knowledge of plants to bring people closer to nature and the bounty it can provide us with.
This was recorded live at FACE B in Brussels, as part of a live, Are We Europe-hosted event.
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On the streets of Martinique - still considered an overseas region of France - Producer Giada Santana asks people one question: "How has climate change affected you?"
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From Minsk and London, a story about the meaning of freedom. Hanna Komar, a poet, was jailed for her activism in Belarus. This week, she tells us what it’s like to move from a place where people have to fight for basic rights, to a place where people take them for granted.
This is the fifth episode from our series This Is What A Generation Sounds Like: intimate stories from young Europeans across the continent.
A beautiful visual version of this podcast will be available soon! In the meantime, check out the first visual podcast in this series: Josh and Franco.
This series is a joint production between Are We Europe and The Europeans, funded by Allianz Kulturstiftung, an independent not-for-profit cultural foundation committed to strengthening cohesion in Europe using the tools of art and culture. Find out more at kulturstiftung.allianz.de.
Producers: Katy Lee and Hanna Komar
Sound design: Katz Laszlo and Wojciech Oleksiak
Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Editors: Katz Laszlo and Dominic Kraemer
Music: ‘Girl in White’ by Naviband, ‘Ballerina’ by Yehezkel Raz, ‘Ballerina Remix’ by Yehezkel Raz and Lalinea, ‘Магутны Божа’ by Volny Chor; ‘Looking for You’ by Christof Waters; Blue Dot Sessions; and Papa Bo mixing tracks by Meute, live during the protests in Minsk.
Theme music by Jim Barne. SFX from Freesound.org.
Original Airing: June 2022
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This week, a story about Mohamed, living in limbo while trapped in a labyrinth of bureaucracy.
This is the fourth episode from our series This Is What A Generation Sounds Like: intimate stories from young Europeans across the continent.
A beautiful visual version of this podcast will be available soon! In the meantime, check out the first visual podcast in this series: Josh and Franco.
This series is a joint production between Are We Europe and The Europeans, funded by Allianz Kulturstiftung, an independent not-for-profit cultural foundation committed to strengthening cohesion in Europe using the tools of art and culture. Find out more at kulturstiftung.allianz.de.
Original Airing: April 2022
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This week, a story that spans three generations of women: Sara, her mother, and her grandmother. In their collective lifetimes, Albania entered a communist dictatorship; the regime fell; and then there was a transition. And through it all, there was a dish: trahana.
This is the third episode from our series This Is What A Generation Sounds Like: intimate stories from young Europeans across the continent.
A beautiful visual version of this podcast will be available soon! In the meantime, check out the first visual podcast in this series: Josh and Franco.
This series is a joint production between Are We Europe and The Europeans, funded by Allianz Kulturstiftung, an independent not-for-profit cultural foundation committed to strengthening cohesion in Europe using the tools of art and culture. Find out more at kulturstiftung.allianz.de.
Original Airing: November 2021
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On the streets of Berlin, Producer Stefano Montali asks people one question: "When's the last time you were very happy?"
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Music:
"bedtime after a coffee" - Barradeen
"Morning Routine [Lofi Study Music] - Ghostrifter Official
Are We Europe's Creative Director, Eddie Stok and Designer, Ana Rodrigues, discuss the creation of the latest magazine, Down To Earth.
This was recorded live at Boom Cafe, in Brussels, as part of a live, Are We Europe-hosted event.
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Climate activist Cass Hebron spoke to Are We Europe's Editor-in-Chief Anneleen Ophoff about her newsletter "The Green Fix", and making the changes needed to have a positive impact on the climate crisis.
This was recorded live at Boom Cafe, in Brussels, as part of a live, Are We Europe-hosted event.
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Visual storyteller Diana Takacsova spoke to Are We Europe's Editorial Intern, Ioana Pleșea about Takacsova's photo series - "Between the Rows" - which tells the story of migrant workers in Portugal. It is featured in our latest magazine Down To Earth.
This was recorded live at Boom Cafe, in Brussels, as part of a live, Are We Europe-hosted event.
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Are We Europe's Editor-in-chief, Anneleen Ophoff and Deputy editor, Juli Simond discuss the latest issue, Down to Earth.
This was recorded live at Boom Cafe, in Brussels, as part of a live, Are We Europe-hosted event.
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On the streets of the capital of her home country, Slovenia, Producer Neža Borkovič asks people one question: "Where do you feel most at home?"
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In the first in our new series, producer Neža Borkovič steps onto the streets of Brussels and asks people one question: "What does an ideal Europe look like to you?"
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Are We Europe's Creative Director, Eddie Stok and Designer, Ana Rodrigues, discuss the creation of the latest magazine, Behind the Headlines of War.
This was recorded live at Jackie, in Brussels, as part of a live Are We Europe-hosted event.
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Are We Europe's Editor-in-chief, Anneleen Ophoff and Deputy editor, Juli Simond discuss the inception and creation of the latest magazine, Behind the Headlines of War.
This was recorded live at Jackie, in Brussels, as part of a live Are We Europe-hosted event.
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Social scientist and policy advisor, Matteo Dessler provides some insights on what young people think about the war in Ukraine. In conversation with Are We Europe's Editor-in-chief, Anneleen Ophoff.
This was recorded live at Jackie, in Brussels, as part of a live Are We Europe-hosted event.
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Editor-in-chief Anneleen Ophoff speaks to Oleksandr Derevyachenko, a journalist from southeast Ukraine, who wrote a diary during the first month of the war for Are We Europe's recent magazine: "Behind the headlines of war".
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Millennial History host Andrea Voets speaks with Mick ter Reehorst from Are We Europe about the making of Millennial History.
How did Voets and composer Luke Deane create these episodes, with hundreds of layers of words & music? Why did she want to turn the hidden perspectives of the underdogs of history into musical journalism? How was she changed by the stories of the millennials?
And most importantly: why should we care?
Edited by Neža Borkovič.
Produced in partnership with Are We Europe.
Find out more at millennialhistorypodcast.com
Inga, Winnie, Burkhard and Henning take us to the 90s: a decade of Change and Unification of East and West into the Germany we know today. They recall how a new, capitalistic system was implemented into the hearts and minds of the former citizens of the GDR: with great force and speed.
Free-floating years full of unknown dangers, in which these Children of the Change learnt to hide and adapt. In a deep analysis of what it means to create history, they reclaim their voices: word by word. In the process, they offer us mindfulness-lessons for modern life & show us how dealing with sudden shifts in ideology & power can support every millennial in the changes that lie ahead.
Part 2 of 2.
Created by Andrea Voets and Luke Deane.
Produced in partnership with Are We Europe.
Find out more at millennialhistorypodcast.com
Inga, Winnie, Henning & Burkhard were born in East-Germany, in the former GDR. They paint the picture of their youths in a country that no longer exists, the social principles of that society, the massive protests in the Autumn of 1989 and the complex feelings towards the fall of the Berlin wall. Did this day really mark the end of German history? With a special role for: bananas.
Part 1 of 2.
Created by Andrea Voets and Luke Deane.
Produced in partnership with Are We Europe.
Find out more at millennialhistorypodcast.com
Agnes, Michael & Chris make us feel what it means to live in a country, divided by identity politics in every aspect of daily life. In response, they show us how to move forward from a place of trouble. With courage & guided by strong principles, but always: with lots of care for the people around you.
Part 2 of 2.
Created by Andrea Voets and Luke Deane.
Produced in partnership with Are We Europe.
Find out more at millennialhistorypodcast.com
Chris, Agnes and Michael grew up during the final years of the Troubles: the long and messy conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern-Ireland. They help us understand the basics of colonialism -back then and now- and make us part of the sense of danger that colored their early years. In return, we are rewarded with a warm sense of community & a real intensity that comes to life, when everything is at stake.
Part 1 of 2.
Created by Andrea Voets and Luke Deane.
Produced in partnership with Are We Europe.
Find out more at millennialhistorypodcast.com
Catinca & Joanna dive into sensitive topics of crucial importance. What does it mean to be a good parent? How can you start to trust others, the world, and yourself, when the basis of your existence has been rocked so many times? Feeling unwanted in life itself is a heavy burden to carry. Yet, they show us many ways out: through lots of sensitivity, practical daily ethics & the drive to fight for each other.
Part 3 of 3.
Created by Andrea Voets and Luke Deane.
Produced in partnership with Are We Europe.
Find out more at millennialhistorypodcast.com
Catinca and Joanna talk us through the Romanian revolution -which was indeed televised- & the Wild West of the 90s. They reconstruct the way people adapted to massive changes in society and in their relationships: coming from a culture of fear & scarcity. They offer us a new, unapologetic view on cultural concepts of entitlement & adoption and a practical guide to the development of your own moral compass.
Part 2 of 3.
Created by Andrea Voets and Luke Deane.
Produced in partnership with Are We Europe.
Find out more at millennialhistorypodcast.com
Joanna and Catinca were born in Romania, during the final years of the dictatorship of Nicolai Ceausescu. Catinca always lived in Romania, Joanna was adopted into America when she was 4.
They introduce us to their grim blueprints: a regime that combines elements of the Hunger Games, the Handmaid's tale and North Korea. Complete with the cult of the Great Leader, forced pregnancies, full state control & a lack of everything, including human touch & contact.
Part 1 of 3.
Created by Andrea Voets and Luke Deane.
Produced in partnership with Are We Europe.
Find out more at millennialhistorypodcast.com
Aki grew up on Sicily. On the 23rd of May 1992, the mafia blew up the highway behind his grandmother’s house, killing judge Giovani Falcone. A Millennial History on organised crime, undermining in all corners of society, dangerous myth-making and the powerful Sicilian mantra that rose from this fight.
Find out more at millennialhistorypodcast.com
A new podcast from Resonate Productions and Are We Europe. Coming March 25.
In Millennial History, we relive recent history through the eyes of millennials, who were there when it happened. Eight episodes will take us from the murder of anti-mafia judge Falcone in Sicily, to the unwanted ‘Children of the Decree’ of Ceausescu in Romania, to the Troubles in Northern Ireland and change and unification in East Germany.
Guests explain how in the case of platform regulation, the United States and the European Union have converged despite different perspectives.
Jana Gooth (policy advisor to European Parliament Member Alexandra Geese)
Jeff Jarvis (professor of journalism at the City University of New York)
Julian Jaursch (project director at the Stiftung Neue Verantwortung)
Hosted and produced by Nathan Crist. Edited and produced by Stefano Montali.
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A story by Oleksandr Derevyanchenko, from Are We Europe's disinformation magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives".
Read out by Teresa O'Connell. Edited by Stefano Montali.
Read the story on our website.
Order Are We Europe's latest magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives", all about disinformation and its real-life consequences, here.
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A story by Adenike Fapohunda, from Are We Europe's disinformation magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives".
Read out by Teresa O'Connell. Edited by Stefano Montali.
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A readout of a story by Alex King, from Are We Europe's disinformation magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives".
Read by Mick ter Reehorst. Edited by Stefano Montali.
Read the story on our website.
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A readout of a story by Thess Mostoles, from Are We Europe's disinformation magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives".
Read out by Juli Simond. Edited by Stefano Montali.
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A readout of a story by Sofia Cherici, from Are We Europe's disinformation magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives".
Read out by Juli Simond. Edited by Stefano Montali.
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The "other now" described by Varoufakis could exist somewhere in a fissure of the time-space continuum. In this dimension, capitalism (as we know it) is dead, but a liberal and democratic society is thriving.
Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, politician and a former Minister of Finance of Greece, member of the Greek Parliament, co-founder of the European Transnational Party "DiEM25", and science fiction writer.
This episode is hosted by Giuseppe Porcaro, and co-hosted with Alberto Cottica, from the Science Fiction Economics Lab and sees the participation of Teresa O’Connell, acting chief editor at Are We Europe, and Samuel Doveri Vesterbye, director of the European Neighborhood Council.
Edited by Stefano Montali.
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What are Transatlantic Relations today?
This episode reaches back into the past to one of the most important artifacts of transatlantic history. Then, Rachel Rizzo, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center, explains the foundations of the Euro-Atlantic alliance today. And finally, Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, former NPR foreign correspondent and host of the Common Ground podcast, reflects on her experience as a journalist linking Germany and the United States and talks about the importance of finding common ground over disagreement.
Edited by Stefano Montali.
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Welcome to Witness, an open-source fictional world exploring the future of economy.
For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab to build the world of Witness. It is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where people are organised by districts each experimenting a different social contract and a different economic model, but all of them connected by being constrained in that floating space.
Europarama is brought to you by Are We Europe, a border-breaking media trying to bridge the gaps in European culture and identity. You can become an Are We Europe member and connect with storytellers across the continent starting at €4 a month. Just go to areweeurope.com/member.
Hosted by Giuseppe Porcaro and Alberto Cottica
Edited by Stefano Montali
Anneleen Ophoff, the editor in chief of our queer issue, interviews Andrei Popoviciu about his piece on queer activism in Romania. Andrei goes behind the scenes of writing the flagship piece, detailing the challenges and the different approaches he had to take whilst covering this story.
Produced and edited by Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar
Music credits: Palms Down and Tolls Folly from Blue dot Sessions, Sublime from Artlist.io and sound effects from Artlist.io.
Today you're listening to a story about how queer Roma experiences are shaping LGBTQ+ activism in Romania, one of Europe's most religious societies.
This story is a part of our magazine—The Queer Issue.
Written and read by Andrei Popoviciu
Thirty minutes south of Berlin is the small, riverside town of Grünau. It's the site where a team of 8 rowers shocked the world when they won one of the most improbable gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.
Written and produced by Stefano Montali
This week you're listening to a story from our latest prin magazine, The Queer Issue. How imagination, rebellion, and courage give queerness a voice in Young Adult literature.
Written and read by Thomas Ryalls
Slovenia, aka Katy's favourite country, is increasingly drawing comparisons with Hungary and Poland when it comes to the state of its democracy. Can this worrying direction of travel be reversed? This week on The Europeans they ring up their favourite Sloveniologist Aljaž Pengov Bitenc to find out. They're also talking about Bulgaria's political rock star, and a shocking attack on a Dutch crime journalist.
What is the place of women in Europe? What is the role of the European Union in defending women's rights? Has the European project been an asset in the emancipation of women?
Naomi, Prune, Gosia and Julia share their intimate and lived experiences as women in Europe, but also their views on the place of women in their country, the need (or not) for European feminism mouvements and the evolution of women's rights in Europe.
This episode is a part of the podcast Europe & Sentiment. Each episode tells an intimate tale which challenge the stereotypes of European identity.
Guests : Prune Antoine, a French journalist, author and co-founder of Sisters of Europe. Naomi O’Leary, an Irish journalist and co-founder of The Irish Passport podcast which covered the abortion referendum campaign in Ireland. Julia de Ipola, an Argentinian, PhD student and editor for Le Grand Continent. Gosia Wochowska, a Polish activist and feminist,
Credits: This podcast was written, directed and edited by Laetitia Chabannes for Are We Europe.
How do you define your European identity when you are a woman, a lesbian and for Joëlle Sambi an afro-descendant? Does this intersectionality have an impact on the place lesbian women hold in Europe?
Silvia Casalino, Joëlle Sambi and Kylie Noble are all women and lesbian. They talk about double discrimination and the constant need to fight for their rights in Europe.
This episode is a part of the podcast Europe & Sentiment. Each episode tells an intimate tale which challenge the stereotypes of European identity.
Guests : Silvia Casalino, an Italian, lesbian, aerospace engineer and co-director of the European Central Asia Lesbian Community. Joëlle Sambi, a Belgian-Congolese, lesbian, author and poet and President of the European Central Asia Lesbian Community. Kylie Noble, a Northern Irish journalist and lesbian.
Credits: This episode was written, directed and edited by Laetitia Chabannes for Are We Europe. Dubbing: Maggie Oran and Pashu Christensen. Music: Arnaud Paszkiewicz, Graphic identity: Aristote Truffaut (Oiseaux rares).
How do you build your European identity when you are gay? What role does the European Union play in protecting the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ + rights in Europe?
Jarek Oleszczynski from Poland and Tamas Dombos from Hungary share their experiences of being gay in these countries and the role of the European Union in defending LGBTQ + rights.
This episode is a part of the podcast Europe & Sentiment. Each episode tells an intimate tale which challenge the stereotypes of European identity.
Guests: Jarek Oleszczynski, a Polish, gay author of Ideologia LGBT, produced by Are We Europe . Tamas Dombos, a gay Hungarian activist and spokesperson of the Hatter Society, one of the oldest LGBTQ+ organisations in Hungary.
Credits : This podcast was written, produced and edited by Laetitia Chabannes for Are We Europe.
Music : Arnaud Paszkiewicz. Graphic design : Aristote Truffaut (Oiseaux rares).
How a queer video game character made Edwin van de Scheur fall in love. This story is a part of our magazine—The Queer Issue.
We tend to talk about freedom of movement within the EU as an abstract concept. In reality, moving to a new place involves a million little moments of awkwardness, sweetness, and human vulnerability. This week, we bring you a story of what freedom of movement actually felt like, for a 14-year-old Romanian moving to Germany.
This is the second episode from our series This Is What A Generation Sounds Like: intimate stories from young Europeans across the continent.
A beautiful visual version of this podcast will be available soon! In the meantime, check out the first visual podcast in this series: Josh and Franco.
This series is a joint production between Are We Europe and The Europeans, funded by Allianz Kulturstiftung, an independent not-for-profit cultural foundation committed to strengthening cohesion in Europe using the tools of art and culture. Find out more at kulturstiftung.allianz.de.
Are We Europe present Foreign Insiders, a podcast that features stories of foreigners—immigants, expats, refugees, asylum-seekers, aliens, outsiders, and everyone else—making a life in the Czech Republic.
This episode is about Anatoly Chernousov and Daniyar Sabitov, the editors of Kok.Team, a media platform for LGBT Kazakhs, reflect on the freedoms they’ve gained since moving to the Czech Republic. Find out more about Kok.Team at kok.team/en.
This is the second episode in the 10-part series hosted by Morgan Childs and Giuseppe Picheca. Listen to the entire series at www.foreigninsiders.com
Produced and edited by Morgan Childs. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. The song "Passion" by the Kazakh musician Marty Crown appears courtesy of Silver Gun Records.
The golden age of train travel truly speaks to the imagination. But what does travelling across Europe by train feel like in the 21st century?
This episode has been produced and reported by Kim Achtergaele and Seppe Ceunen.
Welcome to Witness, an open-source fictional world exploring the future of economy.
For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab to build the world of Witness. It is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where people are organised by districts each experimenting a different social contract and a different economic model, but all of them connected by being constrained in that floating space.
Europarama is brought to you by Are We Europe, a border-breaking media trying to bridge the gaps in European culture and identity. You can become an Are We Europe member and connect with storytellers across the continent starting at €4 a month. Just go to areweeurope.com/member.
Hosted by Giuseppe Porcaro and Alberto Cottica
Produced by Stefano Montali
For African athletes trying to build a career in Europe, being the fastest runner on the track isn’t good enough.
This is a readout story from our latest magazine, which explores what can sports tell us about our identities.
Produced and edited by Priyanka Shankar and Stefano Montali
Producers: Katz Laszlo and Josh Prezioso
Editorial support: Dominic Kraemer, Katy Lee, Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar
Music: Tarantella del Gargano by Marco Beasley & represented by Out Here Music; Italian Opera by UV Protection; Andante (Italian Concerto) written by Bach and performed by Catrina Finch; Amore Mio by Mina with Warner Music Italy; Tomb by Veshza; La Luna E Fisarmonica by Ziv Moran; Disco Ball by Evgeny Barduzha, and Jim Barne.
Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions: Kilkerrin by Scalcairn; Sylvestor by One Such Village; Angel Academy by Marc Oakley; Toby or not Toby by Mark Oakley.
SFX from Freesounds.org: Wescwave; GeorgeHopkins; suonidigallipoli; samararaine; cmusounddesign; suonidibologna; wolkenunddreck; ancorapazzo; soundforest.
Across Europe, vaccine hesitancy has become a common phenomenon. Research shows that neither fact-checks nor experts will tilt the population’s attitudes towards vaccines. Freelance journalists Daiva Repečkaitė and Eva von Schaper have been investigating vaccine hesitancy for over a year.
In this collaborative episode between Are We Europe and their own podcast The Inoculation, they look into how parents find their way with so much confusing information online, and what approach to vaccine hesitancy works.
This report was supported by a grant from Journalismfund.eu. If you want to hear more stories about vaccine hesitancy, you can tune in to The Inoculation wherever you like to listen to podcasts. You can also follow them on Facebook as @theinoculation, on Twitter as @TInoculation, or on Instagram as the underscore inoculation. You can also follow Are We Europe on all these social networks or become a member at www.areweeurope.com/member.
Hosts: Eva von Schaper and Daiva Repečkaitė Interpreter: Romina Spina Editor and producer: Daiva Repečkaitė
In 1974, the greatest Dutch team of all time had been beaten by West Germany in the World Cup Final in Munich. Fourteen years later, they returned to Germany under the same coach, Rinus Michels, and won the European Championships. To this day it remains their only major title, yet it is not so much the final that everyone remembers as the semi-final. The cathartic victory over the Germans in Hamburg was worth more than the trophy. It was revenge.
This is a readout story from our latest magazine, which explores what can sports tell us about our identities.
Produced and edited by Andrei Popoviciu and Stefano Montali.
The Oscar-nominated Romanian film Collective is enraging and inspiring in equal measure. This week we hear from Răzvan Luțac, one of the investigative journalists who uncovered the vast healthcare scandal at the heart of the film. We're also talking about a fascinating court case brought by young German climate activists, censorship allegations on Italian TV, and a missing finger.
Special thanks to Maja and Zoe in Ukraine, Ruben in Switzerland, Leo and Florence in France, Remy in the UK and Raul in Germany for lending us their voices to help us celebrate Europe Day this week. For more Europe Day inspiration, check out europeday.eu.
The Europeans is part of the Are We Europe Podcast Family, a collective of like-minded European podcasts. You can become a member of Are We Europe at www.areweeurope/member
Producer: Katz Laszlo
Assistant producers: Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar
Kyrill Hartog, Are We Europe's editor in chief, interviews Sarah Sax about her piece in our latest magazine called the Sports Issue. Sarah goes behind the scenes of writing the flagship piece, detailing the challenges and the different approach she had to take for this particular story.
Produced and edited by Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar
From the 1960s to the 1990s, four Georgian women ruled the world stage—also including Nana Alexandria and Nana Ioseliani. Dubbed druzhina—a combat-unit—by commentators, they inspired a mushrooming of chess schools up and down the country. From our latest print magazine, this story explores the history of Georgian women chess players and their impact on the game.
Produced and edited by Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar
Despite skateboarding’s inclusion in the Olympics and the recent push for equality, most skaters are boys. This story is from our latest magazine, The Sports Issue, and uncovers the story of "The Snagglerats". They used to skate at their local Livingston Skate Park—known as Livi—and would often be the only ones there. In 2019, filmmaker Parisa Urquhart, whose uncle Iain originally designed the park in 1981, saw them skating there, and decided to make a documentary about them. She called it Long Live Livi.
Produced and edited by Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar.
For decades, Eastern Europe has suffered a massive brain drain of people heading abroad in search of opportunity. But something remarkable happened during the pandemic: huge numbers started coming back. Can they be convinced to stay? This week, Are We Europe present an episode from The Europeans Podcast, in which Katy and Dominic speak to urban researcher Ognyan Georgiev about his fascinating work tracking Bulgaria's returnees — and we get his predictions for which European cities are going to be the coolest in 20 years time. They're also talking about sexism in German football, Iceland's spectacular volcano eruption, and why Finland has yet again been named the world's happiest country.
The Europeans is part of the Are We Europe Podcast Family, a collective of like-minded European podcasts. You can become a member of Are We Europe at www.areweeurope/member
Producer: Katz Laszlo
Assistant producers: Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar
People who see Capoeira being performed for the first time often ask the same question: is it a dance or a martial art? The music, percussion, rituals, and the way that players move elegantly around and with each other, their limbs and body parts rolling over one another like waves, gives its movements a dance-like aesthetic. And yet, the players are undeniably fighting and competing.
This is a story from our latest magazine, The Sports Issue, and uncovers how a sport developed by enslaved Africans in Brazil helped one woman find—and keep—her footing in Europe. You can find other readouts from The Sports Issue on our Are We Europe Readouts feed wherever you get your earful of audio.
Produced and edited by Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar.
Are We Europe presents the first episode from one of our Podcast Family Members: All Rites. Have you ever wondered how Christmas is celebrated differently throughout Europe and how traditions and cultures have changed throughout time? How is it celebrated in Basque culture, and how is it holding up against political controversy, bans under a dictatorship and the current Covid thunderstorm?
Get yourself a glass of wine or a fresh and cold pint of beer, take a break from the stressful season, get comfy on the couch, and join us while we explore one of Europe's oldest Christmas traditions!
All Rites is part of the Are We Europe Podcast Family, a collective of like-minded European podcasts. You can become a member of Are We Europe at www.areweeurope/member
In this spoken word poem, Nikita Yasmin Shah reflects on the multiple strands of connectivity Britain has with former colonies and how this relationship has been erased. As a British-Kenyan-Indian, she sees different parts of her heritage in the everyday spaces of London.
Produced and edited by Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar. Music by Mastermindbeatmaker.
How a Ukrainian food bank is fighting the country’s landfill problem, one plate at a time.
It’s been three years since the murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. While four men have been charged over her assassination, those who ordered her killing have not yet been convicted.
But this tragic event changed politics in Malta forever. Journalist Rens Turk uncovers why Daphne’s murder inflames Maltese politics and how her death united the citizens of the country.
Purple Keys is a podcast which uncovers solutions to tackle gender-based violence during the pandemic.
In this episode journalists Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda look into how women in Spain use a community-based network of seamstresses and a resistance donation box to help others overcome the economic crisis brought about by the pandemic.
This podcast has been produced and presented by Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda. The sound designer is Andreu Quesada and voiceovers have been done by Chiara Brilli, Soundous Boualam, Anneleen Ophoff and Priyanka Shankar.
This podcast has also been co-funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Stars4Media pilot project.
Purple Keys is a podcast which uncovers solutions to tackle gender-based violence during the pandemic.
In this episode journalists Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda look into how a French mobile app help women in France counter domestic violence.
This podcast has been produced and presented by Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda. The sound designer is Andreu Quesada and voiceovers have been done by Chiara Brilli, Soundous Boualam and Anneleen Ophoff.
This podcast has also been co-funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Stars4Media pilot project.
Purple Keys is a podcast which uncovers solutions to tackle gender-based violence during the pandemic.
In this episode journalists Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda investigate reproductive rights in Poland and Italy.
This podcast has been produced and presented by Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda. The sound designer is Andreu Quesada and voiceovers have been done by Chiara Brilli, Soundous Boualam and Anneleen Ophoff.
This podcast has also been co-funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Stars4Media pilot project.
From Wuhan to Bergamo, New York to Rio de Janeiro, the coronavirus has increased the strain on the systems dealing with the logistics of corpses. While most countries have long and detailed procedures when it comes to burying or cremating bodies — with detailed steps for each party involved, from the doctor charged with confirming a death, to the companies operating the refrigeration systems, to the funeral homes, medical examiners or coroners —But they haven’t necessarily been trained in handling a surging death rate — let alone a pandemic.
But The Netherlands may have found a way to handle bodies efficiently and offer countless families the emotional closure they need to move on after the passing of a loved one.
The spread of Russian disinformation has taken mythical proportions. Professionalized and more convincing than ever, pro-Russian internet trolls and cyber experts are making vigorous efforts to destabilize European democracies. Their modus operandi? Muddling facts and fiction in order to deceive.
Journalists Anne Sofie Hoffmann Schrøder, Roman Dobrokhotov and Anna Saraste conducted a cross-border research on this topic, which took them to Lithuania—one of the countries at the frontline of an information war between Russia and the West. They encountered the so-called “Lithuanian Elves” there who are fighting disinformation.
Listen to the entire story to find out more about their journey deep into troll territory.
Food is a silver lining in El Salvador—a tiny country nestled in between Honduras and Guatemala on the Pacific coast of Central America. Throughout its violent past and today’s widespread gang-violence, food has always been one of the country’s most positive aspects.
Since the civil war came to an end in 1992, hundreds of thousands of Salvadorians have fled the country in search of safety and better opportunities. While most of them find refuge in the United States, today many Salvadorans are also migrating to Europe as a result of President Trump’s harsh immigration policies.
This story is about how “Pupusas"—a type of flatbread made with corn and usually stuffed with cheese, beans and pork, and the country’s beloved national dish, helps Salvadoran migrants in Europe, find a sense of belonging and communion.
This story was produced and presented by Priyanka Shankar and edited by Priyanka Shankar and Toon Vos at KANO: a creative space for coworking and culture in Brussels.
Special thanks to Belgo-Salvadoran journalist Melissa Vida for enlightening us about Salvadoran food culture. Pupusas do sound delicious.
The music used in the audio is Utopïa by La Flor del Otro licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0-US. It is for non-commercial purposes only.