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How do you build your European identity when you are gay? What role does the European Union play in protecting the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ + rights in Europe? Jarek Oleszczynski from Poland and Tamas Dombos from Hungary share their experiences of being gay in these countries and the role of the European Union in defending LGBTQ + rights. This episode is a part of the podcast Europe & Sentimen...

How do you define your European identity when you are a woman, a lesbian and for Joëlle Sambi an afro-descendant? Does this intersectionality have an impact on the place lesbian women hold in Europe? Silvia Casalino, Joëlle Sambi and Kylie Noble are all women and lesbian. They talk about double discrimination and the constant need to fight for their rights in Europe. This episode is a part of the...

What is the place of women in Europe? What is the role of the European Union in defending women's rights? Has the European project been an asset in the emancipation of women? Naomi, Prune, Gosia and Julia share their intimate and lived experiences as women in Europe, but also their views on the place of women in their country, the need (or not) for European feminism mouvements and the evolution of...

How a queer video game character made Edwin van de Scheur fall in love. This story is a part of our magazine—The Queer Issue.

We tend to talk about freedom of movement within the EU as an abstract concept. In reality, moving to a new place involves a million little moments of awkwardness, sweetness, and human vulnerability. This week, we bring you a story of what freedom of movement actually felt like, for a 14-year-old Romanian moving to Germany. This is the second episode from our series  This Is What A Generation Soun...

Are We Europe present Foreign Insiders, a podcast that features stories of foreigners—immigants, expats, refugees, asylum-seekers, aliens, outsiders, and everyone else—making a life in the Czech Republic.  This episode is about Anatoly Chernousov and Daniyar Sabitov, the editors of Kok. Team, a media platform for LGBT Kazakhs, reflect on the freedoms they’ve gained since moving to the Czech Republ...

The golden age of train travel truly speaks to the imagination. But what does travelling across Europe by train feel like in the 21st century? This episode has been produced and reported by Kim Achtergaele and Seppe Ceunen.

Welcome to Witness, an open-source fictional world exploring the future of economy.  For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab to build the world of Witness. It  is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where people are organised by districts each experimenting a different social contract and a different economic mod...

For African athletes trying to build a career in Europe, being the fastest runner on the track isn’t good enough. This is a readout story from our latest magazine, which explores what can sports tell us about our identities.  Produced and edited by Priyanka Shankar and Stefano Montali

Producers: Katz Laszlo and Josh Prezioso Editorial support: Dominic Kraemer, Katy Lee, Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar Music:  Tarantella del Gargano  by Marco Beasley & represented by Out Here Music;  Italian Opera  by UV Protection;  Andante  (Italian Concerto) written by Bach and performed by Catrina Finch;  Amore Mio  by Mina with Warner Music Italy;  Tomb  by Veshza;  La Luna E Fisarmon...

Across Europe, vaccine hesitancy has become a common phenomenon. Research shows that neither fact-checks nor experts will tilt the population’s attitudes towards vaccines. Freelance journalists Daiva Repečkaitė and Eva von Schaper have been investigating vaccine hesitancy for over a year. In this collaborative episode between Are We Europe and their own podcast The Inoculation, they look into how...

In 1974, the greatest Dutch team of all time had been beaten by West Germany in the World Cup Final in Munich. Fourteen years later, they returned to Germany under the same coach, Rinus Michels, and won the European Championships. To this day it remains their only major title, yet it is not so much the final that everyone remembers as the semi-final. The cathartic victory over the Germans in Hambu...

The Oscar-nominated Romanian film Collective is enraging and inspiring in equal measure. This week we hear from Răzvan Luțac, one of the investigative journalists who uncovered the vast healthcare scandal at the heart of the film. We're also talking about a fascinating court case brought by young German climate activists, censorship allegations on Italian TV, and a missing finger. Special thanks t...

Kyrill Hartog, Are We Europe's editor in chief, interviews Sarah Sax about her piece in our latest magazine called the Sports Issue. Sarah goes behind the scenes of writing the flagship piece, detailing the challenges and the different approach she had to take for this particular story.   Produced and edited by Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar

From the 1960s to the 1990s, four Georgian women ruled the world stage—also including Nana Alexandria and Nana Ioseliani. Dubbed druzhina —a combat-unit—by commentators, they inspired a mushrooming of chess schools up and down the country. From our latest print magazine, this story explores the history of Georgian women chess players and their impact on the game.    Produced and edited by Andrei P...

Despite skateboarding’s inclusion in the Olympics and the recent push for equality, most skaters are boys. This story is from our latest magazine, The Sports Issue, and uncovers the story of "The Snagglerats". They used to skate at their local Livingston Skate Park—known as Livi—and would often be the only ones there. In 2019, filmmaker Parisa Urquhart, whose uncle Iain originally designed the par...

For decades, Eastern Europe has suffered a massive brain drain of people heading abroad in search of opportunity. But something remarkable happened during the pandemic: huge numbers started coming back. Can they be convinced to stay? This week, Are We Europe present an episode from The Europeans Podcast, in which Katy and Dominic speak to urban researcher Ognyan Georgiev about his fascinating work...

People who see Capoeira being performed for the first time often ask the same question: is it a dance or a martial art? The music, percussion, rituals, and the way that players move elegantly around and with each other, their limbs and body parts rolling over one another like waves, gives its movements a dance-like aesthetic. And yet, the players are undeniably fighting and competing.  This is a s...

Are We Europe presents the first episode from one of our Podcast Family Members: All Rites. Have you ever wondered how Christmas is celebrated differently throughout Europe and how traditions and cultures have changed throughout time? How is it celebrated in Basque culture, and how is it holding up against political controversy, bans under a dictatorship and the current Covid thunderstorm? Get you...

In this spoken word poem, Nikita Yasmin Shah reflects on the multiple strands of connectivity Britain has with former colonies and how this relationship has been erased. As a British-Kenyan-Indian, she sees different parts of her heritage in the everyday spaces of London. Produced and edited by Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar. Music by Mastermindbeatmaker.   

How a Ukrainian food bank is fighting the country’s landfill problem, one plate at a time.

It’s been three years since the murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. While four men have been charged over her assassination, those who ordered her killing have not yet been convicted. But this tragic event changed politics in Malta forever. Journalist Rens Turk uncovers why Daphne’s murder inflames Maltese politics and how her death united the citizens of the count...

Purple Keys is a podcast which uncovers solutions to tackle gender-based violence during the pandemic. In this episode journalists Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda look into how women in Spain use a community-based network of seamstresses and a resistance donation box to help others overcome the economic crisis brought about by the pandemic. This podcast has been produced and presented by Monica P...

Purple Keys is a podcast which uncovers solutions to tackle gender-based violence during the pandemic. In this episode journalists Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda look into how a French mobile app help women in France counter domestic violence. This podcast has been produced and presented by Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda. The sound designer is Andreu Quesada and voiceovers have been done by Ch...

Purple Keys is a podcast which uncovers solutions to tackle gender-based violence during the pandemic. In this episode journalists Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda investigate reproductive rights in Poland and Italy. This podcast has been produced and presented by Monica Pelliccia and Elena Ledda. The sound designer is Andreu Quesada and voiceovers have been done by Chiara Brilli, Soundous Boualam...