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Storytelling Podcasts

We bring immersive, border-breaking stories about identity and culture from all corners of Europe straight to your ears. Every week you can listen to a readout from our print magazine, an episode from one of the podcasts in our Podcast Family, an exclusive behind the scenes interview or an original narrative story. Using cutting-edge audio storytelling techniques, we tell the stories of Europeans from Moldova to Ireland.

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United States

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We bring immersive, border-breaking stories about identity and culture from all corners of Europe straight to your ears. Every week you can listen to a readout from our print magazine, an episode from one of the podcasts in our Podcast Family, an exclusive behind the scenes interview or an original narrative story. Using cutting-edge audio storytelling techniques, we tell the stories of Europeans from Moldova to Ireland.

Language:

English


Episodes
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On The Street: Amsterdam

3/22/2023
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?" Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member. Music: "Lofi Study" - FASSounds

Duration:00:04:28

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The Circle Series: Porto

3/3/2023
Interested to know more? Find updates on our hubs and cross-border collaborations on the Circle website, LinkedIn and The Circle newsletter .

Duration:00:31:44

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Behind the Scenes: Creative Jarek Oleszczynski

11/11/2022
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. Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:32:06

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On The Street: Martinique

10/7/2022
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?" Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:10:22

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This Is What a Generation Sounds Like: Hanna

9/9/2022
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...

Duration:00:28:27

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This Is What a Generation Sounds Like: Mohamed

9/3/2022
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...

Duration:00:30:12

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This Is What a Generation Sounds Like: Sara

8/27/2022
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. This series is a joint production between Are We Europe and The Europeans, funded by...

Duration:00:26:47

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On The Street: Berlin

8/12/2022
On the streets of Berlin, Producer Stefano Montali asks people one question: "When's the last time you were very happy?" Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member. Music: "bedtime after a coffee" - Barradeen "Morning Routine [Lofi Study Music] - Ghostrifter Official

Duration:00:09:57

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Behind the Scenes: Are We Europe Designers Eddie Stok & Ana Rodrigues discuss Issue #15

8/9/2022
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. Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:17:08

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Behind the Scenes: Climate Activist Cass Hebron

8/5/2022
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. Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:34:24

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Behind the Scenes: Visual Storyteller Diana Takacsova

8/2/2022
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. Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:22:23

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Behind the Scenes: Are We Europe Editors Anneleen Ophoff & Juli Simond discuss Issue #15

7/29/2022
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. Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:29:38

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On The Street: Ljubljana

7/22/2022
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?" Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:11:32

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On The Street: Brussels

7/15/2022
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?" Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:08:22

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Behind the Scenes: Are We Europe Designers Eddie Stok & Ana Rodrigues

7/8/2022
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. Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:32:38

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Behind the Scenes: Are We Europe Editors Anneleen Ophoff & Juli Simond discuss Issue #14

7/5/2022
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. Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:40:28

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Behind the Scenes: Matteo Dressler, Policy Analyst at Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)

7/1/2022
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. Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:26:21

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Behind the Scenes: Journalist Oleksandr Derevyachenko

6/27/2022
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". Read the full diary . Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member.

Duration:00:14:17

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Millennial History - Behind the Scenes with Andrea Voets

6/10/2022
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...

Duration:00:37:19

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Millennial History - Change and Unification (Part 2)

5/27/2022
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...

Duration:00:35:38