Sounds like Europe, cross-border podcasting

After almost two years of hard work and collaboration between different partners from all over Europe, the end of the WePod project is near. Over the past two years we have produced multiple language versions of 5 documentaries, we have developed a strong website with useful tools for the industry, we have had a European Podcast Academy in Milan... In this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Ana Ribera, Executive Producer of the WePod Project and Alex Ricci, Coordinator of the WePod Project.   Listen to Ana and Alex’s recommendations:  ¡No vengan!: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ivckiGejs9Xah38IsWLvG   Heavyweight: https://open.spotify.com/show/5c26B28vZMN8PG0Nppmn5G   Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome   Credits:  Hosted and written by Javi Caminero  Sound design by Manu Tomillo  Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci  Executive producer: Ana Ribera  This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme. 

The moment we have been waiting for since September 2023 is here. That great project on which many colleagues from all over Europe have been working so hard: WePod’s large co-production. This co-production is the result of the work of Elsa Cabria of El País Audio (Spain), Lili Rutai of 444 (Hungary), Claudia Torrisi of Europod (Belgium) and Francesca Berardi of Chora Media (Italy). The documentary has been produced in seven languages: Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, English, French, Dutch and Polish.  To find out more about the details of this investigation and the creative process behind this co-production, today I am joined by two of the journalists who have made it possible: Elsa Cabria and Claudia Torrisi. Listen to Elsa and Claudia’s recommendations:  Lucky Boy: https://open.spotify.com/show/6edrtr63RobTNRuLvU2sfj   Fashion Neurosis: https://open.spotify.com/show/5u12Pe78N9yaQWRWWoXZTK   Listen to The Right Kind of Family:  Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome  Credits:  Hosted and written by Javi Caminero  Sound design by Manu Tomillo  Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci  Executive producer: Ana Ribera  This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme. 

We are in a context of changes in Europe that, more or less directly, affect podcasting. Disinformation, fake news, censorship... How will our sector evolve according to the changes in journalism? The University of Roma III, which is WePod's academic partner, has published a book that addresses all these issues called “Podcast in the future of journalism”. To find out more about this book, Javi Caminero is joined by Marta Perrotta, professor and investigator at the University Roma III.  Listen to Marta’s recommendation:  Soli: https://www.wepodproject.eu/dashboard/talent   Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome  Credits:  Hosted and written by Javi Caminero  Sound design by Manu Tomillo  Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci  Executive producer: Ana Ribera  This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme. 

To those who work in the podcasting industry, connecting and sharing ideas with professionals of this field is a great opportunity. That’s why the Talent Farm was born. WePod's Talent Farm is a kind of Linkedin of podcasting that seeks to facilitate progress and connections between audio professionals from different parts of the world.  To learn more about the Talent Farm, Javi Caminero is joined by one of the minds behind that idea: Henar León, Project Manager at Prisa Audio, WePod's Spanish partner.  Create an account on WePod’s Talent Farm: https://www.wepodproject.eu/dashboard/talent   Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome  Credits:  Hosted and written by Javi Caminero  Sound design by Manu Tomillo  Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci  Executive producer: Ana Ribera  This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme. 

In this episode of Sounds Like Europe, Javi Caminero tries to discover how the industry we're trying to promote at WePod is similar to and different from the podcast industry that started it all: the American one. To do so, he is joined by Andreea Coscai, Producer and Podcast Marketing Manager at American podcast producing company Tink Media. Listen to Andreea’s recommendation:  What’s a Podcast?: The Revolution Redefined: https://open.spotify.com/show/1JQu1eymaWrRfNtfD2dBGb?si=1590fc44bf994ce2   Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome  Credits:  Hosted and written by Javi Caminero  Sound design by Manu Tomillo  Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci  Executive producer: Ana Ribera  This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme. 

On the 18th April we published the first episode of ‘The Drying Plain’, a co-production made by Press Freedom Foundation, WePod's Serbian Partner, and Qubit, WePod's Hungarian partner. In this documentary, the Serbian and Hungarian partners focus on a global issue that affects us from different points of view: climate change. To go deeper into this issue and to understand how our colleagues have made this documentary, Javi Caminero is joined by Mina Delic, journalist from Press Freedom Foundation.  Check out the Serbian and Hungarian versions of ‘The Drying Plain’:  A Kiszáradó Síkság (HUN): https://www.wepodproject.eu/podcasts/the-drying-plain?lang=Hungarian  Sušeća Ravnica (SERB): https://www.wepodproject.eu/podcasts/the-drying-plain?lang=Serbian  Listen to Mina’s recommendation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/podcasts    Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome  Credits:  Hosted and written by Javi Caminero  Sound design by Manu Tomillo  Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci  Executive producer: Ana Ribera  This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme. 

On this episode of ‘Sounds Like Europe’, Javi Caminero is joined by speakers and students of the first edition of WePod’s European Podcast Academy, held from March 17th to March 21st in Milan. Between workshops, talks and listening sessions, Javi talks to those in the Podcast Academy to reflect on what an event like this means for the podcast industry in Europe.  Listen to Javi’s recommendation:   Rough Translation: https://open.spotify.com/show/4lFCBQNx0TNEdkJWZy5yZv   Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome  Credits:  Hosted and written by Javi Caminero  Sound design by Manu Tomillo  Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci  Executive producer: Ana Ribera  This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme. 

On this episode of ‘Sounds Like Europe’, Javi Caminero is joined by Milo Tesselaar, co-owner of ‘Oh Wow Podcasts’, one of Austria’s leading podcast producers, to understand the current state of the podcasting industry there. How do they deal with sharing language and audience with a much bigger neighbor like Germany? Does the presence of Germany harm or favour the industry in Austria?  Listen to Milo’s recommendation:   The Journal: https://open.spotify.com/show/0KxdEdeY2Wb3zr28dMlQva   Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome  Credits:  Hosted and written by Javi Caminero  Sound design by Manu Tomillo  Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci  Executive producer: Ana Ribera  This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme.

On March 7 were released the French and Polish versions of ‘A grain of power’, a podcast produced by Europod, WePod's Belgian partner, and Outriders, our Polish partner. Javi Caminero is joined by Futura D’Aprile, the journalist from Europod who has led this investigation about how grain has been used as a weapon by Russia in the war in Ukraine. Listen to the French and Polish versions of ‘A grain of power’:  Grain de pouvoir: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5amPSgQwYaMC9axGgzvj7U?si=6cb69e21c0a045fc Zboze wladzy: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Y661WxzhFlhovK61cnd10?si=05ee88c67354415e Listen to Futura’s recommendation:   Serial Season 2: https://serialpodcast.org/season-two/1/dustwun   Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome  Credits:  Hosted and written by Javi Caminero  Sound design by Manu Tomillo  Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci  Executive producer: Ana Ribera  This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme. 

In a project as ambitious and big as WePod, producing good podcasts, telling compelling stories and creating tools that improve the podcast industry in Europe is very important. But for all of that to happen, proper project management is essential. In this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Ana Ribera, executive producer of the WePod project. Listen to Ana’s recommendation:   La Casa Grande: https://open.spotify.com/show/0riO4UZ0sQ80585hh06Dyu?si=67ebc5f31078427c   Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome  Credits:  Hosted and written by Javi Caminero  Sound design by Manu Tomillo  Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci  Executive producer: Ana Ribera  This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme.