Podcast  Sounds like Europe

Sounds like Europe explores the rich cultural diversity of Europe through its cross-border productions. In collaboration with the University of Roma Tre, the podcast delves into projects like the WePod Project, highlighting the stories behind the co-productions. Hosted by Javi Caminero and joined by experts, each episode reveals how creativity and collaboration define the European spirit in a changing world.

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  • Episode 6 | What is the best way to discover a new podcast

    S2 EP11 – Everything about WePod’s English remakes

    A very important part of the WePod project is its desire to bring our stories to the widest possible audience. And in order to reach more markets and make our stories easily heard and understood around the world, we felt it was necessary to translate our podcasts into English. To get an in-depth look at how the English remakes of the WePod project are done, Javi Caminero is joined by Alex Ricci, Coordinator of all the productions in WePod and Chief Operating Officer of Europod. Listen to Alex’s recommendation:  

    2025-02-10 - 14:25

  • Episode 6 | What is the best way to discover a new podcast

    S2EP10 – 'Is podcasting dead!?’ by Feed The Queue

    In response to a podcast episode that boldly declared the end of podcasting as we know it, the team of the podcast ‘Feed The Queue’ by Tink Media delivered an investigation to uncover whether podcasting is alive. In this episode of ‘Sounds Like Europe’, we collaborate with Tink Media to bring you a very interesting episode of one of their podcasts.

    2025-01-27 - 52:46

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    S2EP9 – Understanding European politics through a podcast

    The Europeans, a podcast that was launched back in 2017, analyzes Europe and the European Union in an entertaining and accesible way. To understand how this podcast has managed to touch on European politics and culture while entertaining a big audience, Javi Caminero is joined by Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer, hosts and creators of The Europeans. Listen to Katy and Dominic’s recommendations: 

    2025-01-13 - 21:05

  • Episode 6 | What is the best way to discover a new podcast

    S2 EP8 | Discovering WePod's workshops

    For several months now, WePod has been organizing workshops in high schools across Europe to teach podcasting to young people. The main objective is for them to learn how to tell stories in audio and to learn as well about all the work involved in making a podcast. In this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Cathal O’Luanaigh, Program and Communications Manager at News Decoder, WePod’s French Partner, to discuss everything related to these workshops. Listen to Cathal’s recommendation:

    Three Castles Burning: https://open.spotify.com/show/4SSvzXXwTHXhbzY4ovlzgf?si=8cce320ff607468a   
    Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome  Credits:

    This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme. 

    2024-12-16 - 26:44

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    S2EP7 | Inside 'Truck Drivers'

    November 29th saw the premiere of WePod’s second co-production, which is called ‘Camioneros’ in its Spanish version and ‘Vie de routiers’ in French. This documentary analyzes the importance of the job of truck drivers in Europe, one that, until now, had received very little attention. Javi Caminero is joined by the creators of this podcast, journalists Manu Tomillo and Futura D’Aprile, to talk about all the details of their co-production.  

    Listen to Manu and Futura’s recommendations.

    This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme. 

    2024-12-02 - 25:34

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    S2 EP6 | Learning about podcasts in Slovenia

    In this episode, we travel to Ljubljana. One of the most popular podcasts there, in Slovenia, is Lovim ravnotežje. Javi Caminero is joined by Nina Gaspari, host of that podcast, to learn about the current state of the podcast industry in Slovenia.   Listen to Nina’s recommendation: 

    2024-11-18 - 19:59

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    S2 EP5 | Presenting the European Podcast Academy

    From March 17th to 21st 2025, WePod will be holding the first edition of the European Podcast Academy in Milan, and you can sign up now! The European Podcast Academy is the first masterclass on cross-border podcasting, targeting a wide European audience of audio professionals and journalists with a keen interest in audio production.

    To understand what the European Podcast Academy is, Javi Caminero is joined by two of the masterminds of this project: Alex Ricci, from Europod and coordinator of the WePod project, and Gloria Beltrami, Project Manager at Chora Media.

    2024-11-04 - 22:10

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    S2 EP4 | Our new knowledge repository

    At WePod we don't just make podcasts. We are trying to make this project important for the podcast industry in Europe at all levels. Therefore, on our website (https://www.wepodproject.eu) you can find different tools and resources that aim to fulfil the main goal of WePod, but from a different perspective: to make the podcast industry in Europe grow even bigger. Javi Caminero is joined by Luciana del Castillo, Account Manager for PRISA at Hiberus, WePod's technology partner, to find out more about this other side of the WePod project. Listen to Luciana's recommendation.  

    2024-10-21 - 11:42

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    S2 EP03 | Inside ‘Sea of Rage’

    The first co-production of the WePod project, ‘Sea of Rage’ (‘Mar de Rabia’ in Spanish and ‘Mare di Rabbia’ in Italian), was released this past 4th of October. 'Sea of Rage’ is the story of Barbate and Gioia Tauro, two towns that stand up and say enough is enough to confront drug trafficking. A story of silences, dignity and contained rage. Javi Caminero talks to Manu Tomillo and Francesca Berardi about the research they have conducted in this co-production.  Listen to Francesca’s and Manu’s recommendations.

    2024-10-07 - 31:13

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    S2 E02 | Learning about podcasts in Poland

    We want to discover countries through their podcasts, through what their people listen to. That’s why in this episode we focus our attention on Poland: what do they listen to there? What have the last few years been like for the Polish podcast industry? To find out, Javi Caminero talks to Michal Matus, Polish journalist and podcaster.  Listen to Michal’s recommendations: 

    2024-09-23 - 15:32

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    S2 E01 | The beginning of an exciting year

    This September will finally see the release of the first WePod co-production, and we can't wait for you to hear what the PRISA Audio and Chora Media teams have prepared.  In this episode, Javi Caminero talks to several members of the WePod team to know what they have listened to this summer and what are their expectations for this year.  Listen to our team’s recommendations: 

    2024-09-09 - 13:44

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    Episode 14 | How can a live audience help a podcast?

    The rise of podcasts in recent years has led to the exploration of new narratives and formats. There are more and more podcasts with a large fanbase and they take advantage of this by involving their audience and making them part of their recordings.  Involving the audience in a podcast makes it unique and unpredictable. Therefore, producing this kind of podcasts is not an easy task. To further explore this issue, Javi Caminero is joined by Fanny Cohen Moreau, journalist and podcast producer.

    2024-07-08 - 15:58

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    For some time now, the most successful books have also been available in audio version, something that allows them to reach a wider audience or to facilitate their consumption for those who want to read them but cannot do so due to a lack of time. To understand the current state of audiobooks in Europe, Javi Caminero is joined by one of the leading experts on the subject, Javier Celaya.

    2024-06-24 - 13:52

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    Episode 12 | Branded podcast in Europe: the case of Blum

    More and more people are listening to podcasts, and that translates into interest from brands and sponsored content.  A very clear example of how branded content has made its way into podcasting in recent years is Blum, an audio thriller sponsored by Switzerland Tourism and produced by the Spanish production company El Extraordinario. To find out more about Blum and the state of branded podcasting in Europe, Javi Caminero is joined by Marcus Hurst, Creative Director of El Extraordinario.

    2024-06-10 - 20:35

  • Episode 13 | Exploring the European audiobook market

    Episode 11 | Learning about podcasts in Portugal

    Is it easy to thrive in Portugal for independent podcast producers? What does the future hold for podcasting there? On this episode of Sounds Like Europe, Javi Caminero is joined by Luís Sousa, Content Director at Bruá Podcasts, to understand better the landscape and current status of the podcasting industry in Portugal.  Listen to Luís’ recommendations.

    2024-05-27 - 25:36

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