Handing over the Mic

In this episode, we hand over the mic to Alejandra Ancheita, a Mexican human rights lawyer and Executive Director of ProDESC, an organization supporting workers, Indigenous and rural communities in their struggles against structural inequality and corporate power. Drawing on her personal and professional trajectory, Alejandra Ancheita offers a critical reflection on Europe as a political imag...

In this episode we hand over to Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Argentine writer and journalist, and recent winner of the American National Book Award for Translated Literature. One of the most powerful literary voices in Latin America today, she reflects on Europe through the lens of history, language and lived experience.    In conversation with Elisa Díaz Gras and Valeria Santi, Gabriel...

In this episode, we hand over the mic to Dr Irene Khan, an internationally recognized leading voice in the defence of human rights, gender equality, and social justice. She is currently the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, becoming the first woman to hold the position.  Khan has been a leader on some of the most pressing...

Welcome to this new episode of Handing Over the Mic , a podcast series where influential voices from the Global South share their perspectives on Europe—its past, present and future.    In this episode, we hand over the mic to Vera Songwe , renowned economist and global leader in development, finance and policy. In 2017 she made history as the first woman to lead the United Nations Econo...

Welcome to this new episode of Handing Over the Mic , a podcast series where influential voices from the Global South share their perspectives on Europe its past, present and future. What does Europe look like from the outside? What narratives do people from regions of the Global South attribute to Europe? Through this series, hosts Elisa Díaz Gras, Margaux Cassan and Christine Mhundwa invite writ...

Welcome to this new episode of Handing Over the Mic , a podcast series where influential voices from the Global South share their perspectives on Europe—its past, present and future. What does Europe look like from the outside? What narratives do people from regions of the Global South attribute to Europe? Through this series, hosts Elisa Díaz Gras , Margaux Cassan and Christine Mhundwa invite wri...

Welcome to the second edition of Handing Over the Mic ! In this episode, hosts Christine Mhundwa and Elisa Díaz Gras are joined by Dipo Faloyin, author of  Africa Is Not A Country . Dipo’s insightful writing has been featured in The Guardian, The New York Times, Esquire, and more. As a journalist and commentator, he explores the complexities of identity, geopolitics, and Africa’s evolving rel...

Welcome to the first edition Handing Over the Mic, a new podcast series launching today (19 February) where influential voices from the Global South share their perspectives on Europe—its past, present and future. What does Europe look like from the outside? What narratives do people from regions of the Global South attribute to Europe? Hosts Elisa Diaz Gras, Margaux Cassan and Christine Mhundwa s...

Tune in to Handing Over the Mic, a new podcast series where influential voices from the Global South share their perspectives on Europe—its past, present and future. What does Europe look like from the outside? What narratives do people from regions of the Global South attribute to Europe? Hosts Elisa Diaz Gras, Margaux Cassan and Christine Mhundwa speak with political leaders, writers, artists, d...