Episode 1: A life on the road
Feb 6, 2025 - 32:53
Truck Drivers
In Europe, there is a shortage of around 230,000 truck drivers, but by 2028 there will be as many as 745,000 vacancies. Excessive working hours, inadequate wages and long periods away from home are the main causes of this shortage of truck drivers, but the issue is much more complex. In order to understand why this great labour gap exists and what it could mean for our societies and personal lives, we travelled by truck between Spain, France and Germany. Our journey begins with this first instalment.
Truck Drivers is a podcast co-produced by Europod and SER Podcast. This podcast is part of WePod, a collaborative project funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Commission.
Credits
Hosting and Narration: Alexander Damiano Ricci
Field reporting and research: Manu Tomillo and Futura D'Aprile
Editor-in-chief of the French and English version: Alexander Damiano Ricci
Sound design and editing: Jeremy Boquet
Original visual design by: Agencia Player
Visual adaptation for the French version by: Watermelon Collective
Producer: Futura D’Aprile
Executive producer: Ana Ribera
Production coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci
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En Europe, il manque environ 230 000 chauffeurs routiers, mais d'ici 2028, il y aura jusqu'à 745 000 postes vacants. Des horaires de travail excessifs, des salaires inadéquats et de longues périodes d'absence du domicile sont les principales causes de cette pénurie de chauffeurs routiers, mais le problème est bien plus complexe. Afin de comprendre les raisons de cette grave pénurie de main-d'œuvre et ce qu'elle pourrait signifier pour nos sociétés et nos vies personnelles, nous avons voyagé en camion entre l'Espagne, la France et l'Allemagne. Notre voyage commence avec ce premier épisode.
Vie de routiers est un podcast coproduit par Europod et SER Podcast. Ce podcast fait partie de WePod , un projet collaboratif financé par le programme Europe Créative de la Commission européenne.
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Una co-producción de SER Podcast y Europod dentro del proyecto WePod financiado por la Unión Europea.
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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.
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This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme.
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