Ochenta Stories

At Ochenta, we've just released a new audiobook for Valentine’s Month: Love, Gods, and Other Intelligent Systems, based on our podcast Love Items . If you've already listened to Cloe and Eloc's story about finding true love, don't worry. In this audiobook, you’ll delve deep into the most intriguing questions of Love Items: Why did Eloc gain all of her magical powers in the first place? What was at...

Studio Ochenta presents: Ochenta Cuentos Season 5! Bringing 10 brand new stories from Colombia 🇨🇴, Argentina 🇦🇷, México 🇲🇽, Chile 🇨🇱, Ecuador 🇪🇨 and Paraguay 🇵🇾. This time, we’re showcasing stories about endings - the end of a journey, the end of a trail road, the end of a flight through space... First episode drops on November 30th, 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

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Announcing Season 3 of  Atlas Linguae!   Atlas Linguae is Studio Ochenta’s leading podcast about language, culture, and communication. Host Luis Lopez explores Kpop song translation with BTS army, what makes a story successful across languages with folks from Disney Pixar’s writers, how to translate what your cat is trying to tell you with an animal therapist, and so much more. Its a sho...

Studio Ochenta’s creative work reflects our motto: Raising Voices across Cultures. We produce global stories for international audiences to make sure language isn’t a barrier to enjoying a great story. Check out our award-winning original podcasts for kids of all ages, which reached #1 in over 31 countries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Love Items is a rom com for the modern girl. It follows the story of Cloe, an AI researcher, and Eloc, her AI assistant. After discovering that Eloc has the power to analyze the love stories behind everyday objects, Cloe decides to steal objects from her dates for Eloc to analyse and help her find ‘ the one’. Tune in daily on Apple Podcasts. You can also subscribe to Ochenta’s premium channel on A...

Before cell phones and the internet, if you wanted to call La Casa, you’d have to stroll into a  cabina telefónica  (calling center) and pay for some minutes with a few quarters. Set in 1995, La Cabina Telefónica is a bilingual audio novela that tells the story of Matty Cardona, a Colombian immigrant who launched Matty's Llamadas y Servicios 82 to do just that. S...

If you enjoyed Ochenta Stories, we think you'll love the brand new season of Mija Podcast: Mija Música, a fiction story that threads the story of how the city of Monterrey (México) became so fond of the Colombian musical genre known as vallenato. This is Episode 1: El Vallenato.  *********** Check out more from Mija Podcast on  https://www.ochentastudio.com/mija-podcast Follow Studio Och...

Hey Ochenta Stories fans, Studio Ochenta here to share a brand new show from the team that brought you 80 stories from around the world. If you enjoyed Ochenta Stories and its exploration of global stories and language representation, then you’ll love ADVENTURE IN ATACAMA, our first multilingual choose-your-own-adventure podcast. In this international comedy-adventure show available in English and...

If you love Ochenta Stories, you need to check out Ochenta Cuentos, our sister show! Ochenta Cuentos is an anthology podcast that showcases fiction stories from all Latin America, and it’s airing a brand new season soon! Starting on March 10th you’ll listen to a whole array of short stories inspired by *drum roll*… fire. Check out more from Ochenta Cuentos on https://www.ochentastudio.com/ochenta-...

Thank you for listening to Ochenta Stories. Even though our audio time capsule from around the world is over, Studio Ochenta will continue to bring listeners international stories this winter. Introducing Caper, a brand new multilingual true-crime series from our team. In each episode, we tell the story of a ( non-violent) heist in a different country, from the theft of the Mona Lisa to the theft...

In this final episode of our audio anthology of the pandemic year(s), you’ll hear producers Maru Lombardo, Clizia Sala, Chiara Santella, Hailey Choi, Zeina Aboulmakarem, and of course, our CEO and founder Lory Martínez, who starts us off with how this project came to be in the first place. You can now listen to all 80 stories from folks around the world from April 2020 to November 2021 on our webs...

This is a story about the unique feeling of being far from your family, and in a place that originally brought hope and excitement, but hasn’t quite become home yet. CREDITS: This story was written by Carolina Loza León. Carolina is an Ecuadorian journalist based between Ecuador and Colombia covering foreign policy and human rights. She is part of the 5th cohort of Distintas Latitudes, a training...

A man in the middle of total chaos in a supermarket, makes a confusing, but meaningful purchase. From: Istanbul, Turkey Languages: English, Turkish Credits: Thank you for listening to Ochenta Stories. This story was written by Tekin Tekin, Tekin is 18 years old and studies Greek Literature at Istanbul University. Tekin also performed both the English and Turkish versions of this story. The sound d...

A brave woman makes it her duty to combat the virus day in and day out. From: Argentina Languages: English, Spanish CREDITS: Thank you for listening to Ochenta Stories! This is the 77th episode of our series. This story was written by Rosana Cirigliano. Rosana is an Argentinian communications professor and audio storyteller. She loves telling children’s stories on her podcast “Cuentos de la Tía Ro...

A woman meditates on the joys of pottery making, a hobby she took up during the pandemic year(s). This episode was produced in English and Korean. Credits: This story was written by Isabelle Choi. Isabelle is a Canadian editorial designer and art director who has worked in visual storytelling through print and digital design. She has lived in Seoul and San Francisco, where she discovered the beaut...

A community learning center in Philadelphia working with South and Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants comes together and adapts to an online classroom during the lockdown. This story was originally produced in English and Nepali. Thank you so much for listening to Ochenta Stories, this is our 75th episode, drawing us closer to our 80 story mark. Thank you for listening and for sticking with u...

A woman gets an interesting new roomate under lockdown... CREDITS: Thank you for listening to Ochenta Stories. The story was written by Milagros Rodríguez Caro. Milagros is a certified English/French/Spanish translator, an Argentinian Spanish teacher and also a French teacher from Buenos Aires, Argentina. You can find more of her work at www.milalanguages.com . The Spanish version was performed by...

A young man reflects on the beloved act of going to the movies, after the pandemic ends. The story comes to us from Argentina and was originally produced in Spanish. It has also been translated into English and you can hear that version later on in the episode. CREDITS: Thank you for listening to Ochenta Stories. The story was written by Belén Saitua. Belén is a writer, teacher and podcaster from...

A Paris expat reluctantly flies back to Ukraine, only to realize there’s really no place like home. From: Paris, France Languages: English, Russian CREDITS: This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta. The story was written and performed by Stefan Levchenko. Stefan is a writer and a film studies major at the American University of Paris. Originally from Ukraine, he has lived in Russia and Monteneg...

A love letter from a woman to her new companion, bicycles. From: London, UK Languages: Spanish, English CREDITS: This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta. The story was written and performed by Maria Clara Montoya. María Clara was born in Colombia, grew up in Spain, and is now based in London. She works as a journalist and in 2020, created Confinados en los márgenes, a podcast series focusing o...

A girl finds a mysterious book that changes her reality and sends her to a strange world. From: Buenos Aires, Argentina Languages: Spanish, English CREDITS: This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta for Ochenta Cuentos. The story was written by and performed by Andrea Garcia. The English version of the story was voiced by Mila Rodriguez Caro. Music and sound design was by Jeremias Juarez. Ochent...

A woman adopts a cat during lockdown. This story has been produced in English and Tagalog. CREDITS: This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. This story was written by Danielle Olavario. Danielle is a social media journalist from the Philippines currently based in Lyon, France. She writes about social media, fashion and science, and is the presenter for the Euronews podcast Cry Like A Boy. The...

A trip through memories, friendship, and dance leads one woman to a loving relationship with her body. From: Paris, France Languages: English, Spanish CREDITS: This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta. The story was written by Nicole DiSante. Nicole comes from the Sonoran desert in Tucson, Arizona and is currently enjoying France while studying Global Communications at the American University o...

A man rediscovers his roots and comes to understand what his family’s orchard means to him. This episode was produced in French and English. CREDITS: This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta. The story was written by Leonie Thomas. Leonie is an audio producer whose work has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. She has a PhD in radio and modernist writing and has worked for audio p...