FOR REAL

FOR REAL

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  • De Balie, Amsterdam, ep. 1

    FOR REAL is a podcast on human dignity, made by Resonate Productions.

    In this episode: feeling invisible - hope & humiliation of refugees - dressing like a woman - the collapse of the Soviet Union - combining children and a career. 

    Recorded on 2 March 2024 at De Balie, Amsterdam, 8pm.


    (02:00) Tori [°1960 - Peoria, Illinois, USA] on feeling invisible and what it takes to be noticed.

    (05:30) Halleh [°1962 - Tehran, Iran] on activism, hope & humiliation of refugees.

    (08:45) Eva [°1985 - Amsterdam, NL] on yielding power to make more power.

    (11:35) Ruud [°1992 - Helmond, NL] on having women make his summaries at university.

    (14:28) Luke [°1990 - England] on being assaulted when dressing like a woman, and the fear that came with it.

    (17:00) Marlies [°1982 - Utrecht, NL] on the struggle to be taken seriously as a bigger woman on stage, and as an expert in another language and culture.

    (22:04) Tasha & Nadja on the life of Tasha’s mother in Belarus after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and how Tasha has come to appreciate her mothers efforts.

    (27:55) Nadja on having to juggle and give up much of her career as a musician after becoming a mother.

    (31:35) Martina [°1976 - NW-Mediterranean] thanks her mother, who always worked, as an answer to Nadja’s struggle.

    (34:12) “What do you deserve?” Freedom, a new era of emotions and time, free of obligations.


    For each episode of FOR REAL, we get together with a group of people in a theater, to look into what it means to matter as a person. All interviews are carried by improvised music, made by George Dumitriu (viola, guitar), Sarah Jeffery (recorders) and Andrea Voets (harp).


    Made by Resonate Productions -creating musical journalism-

    Music & interviews: Andrea Voets, Sarah Jeffery, George Dumitriu

    Sound engineer: Hayden Hook

    Funded by: AFK, FPK, BNG, Cultuurfonds, Dioraphte


    Instagram: resonate.productions || facebook.com/musicaljournalism || www.resonate-productions.com


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    38 min
  • the podcast

    Coming soon: the first episodes of FOR REAL, a podcast of musical journalism on what it means to matter.

    Made by Resonate Productions -creating musical journalism-

    www.resonate-productions.com | instagram: resonate.productions | facebook.com/musicaljournalism

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 min

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FOR REAL is a podcast on human dignity, made by Resonate Productions.

For each episode, we gather a group of people in a theater, to look into what it means to matter.

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