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 CotticaEdited by Stefano Montali

AreWeEurope Readouts

Are We Europe Presents: Europarama

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.

Interview: Andrei Popoviciu on Queer Roma activism in Romania

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

Readout: Queer and Roma(nian)

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  

The Boys in Berlin

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

Readout: Queer Stories in Pastel Paperbacks

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.

Are We Europe Presents: The Europeans

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.

Do you need to be a man to be European?

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.

Readout: Waiting for the Cutscene

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.

Denisa

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.comProduced 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.

Are We Europe Presents: Foreign Insiders

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.

The Iron Connection

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 CotticaProduced 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

Readout: The Long Run

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