Sounds like Europe, cross-border podcasting

Podcasts can be a very useful tool to learn new things. They can also be funny, engaging, or exciting. Podcasts can talk to kids about things they know or introduce them to a wide range of unimaginable topics. To understand how a good podcast can impact a kid’s mind, Javi Caminero talks to Dan Simpson, host of one of the UK’s biggest kids and family podcasts: ‘Fun Kids Science Weekly’. 

Listen to Dan’s recommendations: 

• Everything under the sun: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZG4m8uOL5nqTGW4T0O53p?si=b1b6d0f5e7a94a4d 

• Hamish and Andy: https://hamishandandy.com/podcasts/ 

• The rest is politics: https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/the-rest-is-politics 

• Writer’s Routine: https://podfollow.com/writersroutine/view  

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. 

Podcasts are now more complex than ever. We are used to listening to amazing documentaries or fictions that are possible thanks to the hard work of producers, sound designers, script writers... However, having a great soundtrack can be crucial when it comes to creating a unique podcast. To understand everything regarding this matter, Javi Caminero is joined by Luca Micheli, Sound Director and Head of Music at Chora Media, our Italian partner in the WePod project. 

Listen to Luca’s recommendations: 

• Chiedilo a Barbero: https://open.spotify.com/show/7JLDPffy6du4rAy8xW3hTT?si=f8187e55cada4637&nd=1&dlsi=49be5f669435449d  

• Indagini: https://open.spotify.com/show/4I2H2YHJQnGO4Aynrw1ToZ  

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.

Podcasts have become a global phenomenon. However, the success of a podcast is heavily conditioned by its social context. The formats that are huge hits in Spain could be less successful in Poland, or Ireland. On this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Edu Alonso, Head of Podcast for Southern and Eastern Europe at Spotify, to understand how the European audience listens to podcasts. 

Listen to Edu’s recommendations: 

• XRey: https://open.spotify.com/show/43tAQjl2IVMzGoX3TcmQyL  

• Estirando El Chicle: https://open.spotify.com/show/6V1DDzXVZg6wFXFo0SanY2  

• Hoy en El País: https://open.spotify.com/show/4n2SYRzAXUKDFccZ993ZEh  

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' we tackle a very important topic: the intersection of press freedom and the podcasting industry in the Balkans. To analyse this issue, Javi Caminero is joined by News Decoder journalist Andrea Knezevic and Ljudmila Jankovic, a journalist for the Press Freedom Foundation in Serbia. 

Listen to Andrea’s recommendations: https://rmc.bfmtv.com/podcasts/ 

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 first episode of 'Sounds Like Europe' we look for the answer of a very important question: How do you start a cross-border podcast? 

Now, four months into the WePod project, two co-productions are already underway. To explain how you manage to coordinate a cross-border podcast collaboration, our host Javi Caminero talks to Alexander Damiano Ricci, Chief Operating Officer of Bulle Media and coordinator of the WePod project.  

Listen to Alexander’s recommendations: 

• ‘Stories’ by Cecilia Sala:
  https://open.spotify.com/show/1FaCiqGahURjjO42JOMiyd  

• ‘Tatort Ostsee’: https://open.spotify.com/show/5EjoYYkGiHGOL5J8YMK5bQ 

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. 

Sounds like Europe, cross-border podcasting: this is the podcast of the WePod project. We want to tell you how one podcast among many is made, show you how we work together, and serve as a showcase for what we are doing in the world of podcasting in Europe.  

This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme, under Grant Agreement No. 101112621.