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ARE WE EUROPEOn The Street: BerlinOn the streets of Berlin, Producer Stefano Montali asks people one question: "When's the last time you were very happy?"Learn more about Are We Europe. Order a magazine. Become a member. Music:"bedtime after a coffee" - Barradeen"Morning Routine [Lofi Study Music] - Ghostrifter Official
2022-08-1209 min
ARE WE EUROPEAre We Europe Presents: Bridging the Atlantic (Online Free Speech)Guests explain how in the case of platform regulation, the United States and the European Union have converged despite different perspectives.Jana Gooth (policy advisor to European Parliament Member Alexandra Geese)Jeff Jarvis (professor of journalism at the City University of New York)Julian Jaursch (project director at the Stiftung Neue Verantwortung) Hosted and produced by Nathan Crist. Edited and produced by Stefano Montali. Find out more about Are We Europe and sign up for our newsletter. To support our mission of reporting on border-breaking stor...
2022-03-1657 min
ARE WE EUROPEReadout: Diary of a Troll HunterA story by Oleksandr Derevyanchenko, from Are We Europe's disinformation magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives".Read out by Teresa O'Connell. Edited by Stefano Montali. Read the story on our website. Order Are We Europe's latest magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives", all about disinformation and its real-life consequences, here.Find out more about Are We Europe and sign up for our newsletter.To support our mission of reporting on border-breaking stories across the continent, consider becoming a Member.
2022-02-1608 minARE WE EUROPEReadout: Tall, Dark, and ConspiratorialA story by Adenike Fapohunda, from Are We Europe's disinformation magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives".Read out by Teresa O'Connell. Edited by Stefano Montali. Order Are We Europe's latest magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives", all about disinformation and its real-life consequences, here.Find out more about Are We Europe and sign up for our newsletter.To support our mission of reporting on border-breaking stories across the continent, consider becoming a Member.
2022-02-1007 minARE WE EUROPEReadout: Taking the Black PillA readout of a story by Alex King, from Are We Europe's disinformation magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives".Read by Mick ter Reehorst. Edited by Stefano Montali. Read the story on our website.Order Are We Europe's latest magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives", all about disinformation and its real-life consequences, here.Find out more about Are We Europe and sign up for our newsletter.To support our mission of reporting on border-breaking stories across the continent, consider becoming a Member.
2022-02-0711 minARE WE EUROPEReadout: How to Talk to a Loved One turned Conspiracy TheoristA readout of a story by Thess Mostoles, from Are We Europe's disinformation magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives".Read out by Juli Simond. Edited by Stefano Montali. Order Are We Europe's latest magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives", all about disinformation and its real-life consequences, here.Find out more about Are We Europe and sign up for our newsletter.To support our mission of reporting on border-breaking stories across the continent, consider becoming a Member.
2022-01-3109 minARE WE EUROPEReadout: Down The Rabbit HoleA readout of a story by Sofia Cherici, from Are We Europe's disinformation magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives".Read out by Juli Simond. Edited by Stefano Montali. Order Are We Europe's latest magazine "Online Lies, Offline Lives", all about disinformation and its real-life consequences, here.Find out more about Are We Europe and sign up for our newsletter.To support our mission of reporting on border-breaking stories across the continent, consider becoming a Member.
2022-01-2406 min
ARE WE EUROPEAre We Europe Presents: Europarama with Yanis VaroufakisThe "other now" described by Varoufakis could exist somewhere in a fissure of the time-space continuum. In this dimension, capitalism (as we know it) is dead, but a liberal and democratic society is thriving.Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, politician and a former Minister of Finance of Greece, member of the Greek Parliament, co-founder of the European Transnational Party "DiEM25", and science fiction writer.This episode is hosted by Giuseppe Porcaro, and co-hosted with Alberto Cottica, from the Science Fiction Economics Lab and sees the participation of Teresa O’Connell, acting chief editor at Are We...
2022-01-2028 min
ARE WE EUROPEAre We Europe Presents: Bridging the Atlantic (Translantic Relations Today)What are Transatlantic Relations today? This episode reaches back into the past to one of the most important artifacts of transatlantic history. Then, Rachel Rizzo, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center, explains the foundations of the Euro-Atlantic alliance today. And finally, Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, former NPR foreign correspondent and host of the Common Ground podcast, reflects on her experience as a journalist linking Germany and the United States and talks about the importance of finding common ground over disagreement. Edited by Stefano Montali. Find out more about Are We...
2022-01-1846 min
The Europeans | European news, politics and cultureThe last 250 years of Amsterdam - Live at the TolhuistuinIt's our first ever live show! Recorded live at the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam. And what could be a more appropriate discussion than the fact that this city will one day be underwater? We promise that's a less depressing conversation than it sounds, because the person who's here to talk about it is husband of the show Thomas Lamers, a member of the documentary theatre collective Collectief Walden. They spent this summer asking an intriguing question: if Amsterdam only has around 250 years left, what should they look like?
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2021-09-2844 min
ARE WE EUROPEAre We Europe Presents: Europarama (An Unfinished History)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 model, but all of them connected by being constrained in that floating space. Europarama is brought to you by Are We Europe, a border-breaking media trying to bridge the gaps in European culture and identity. You...
2021-08-2337 min
EuroparamaHistory of WitnessIn this final episode, Giuseppe Porcaro, Alberto Cottica, and the Architect of Witness, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, talk about to the history of Witness, and wrap up the whole season. For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness 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 mo...
2021-08-1336 minARE WE EUROPEOriginals: The Boys in BerlinThirty minutes south of Berlin is the small, riverside town of Grünau. It's the site where a team of 8 rowers shocked the world when they won one of the most improbable gold medals in the 1936 Olympics. Written and produced by Stefano Montali
2021-08-0212 min
EuroparamaAethnographyWe explore the fictional academic discipline of aethnography - the study of the behavior of humans engaged in mutual interaction - which has a solid tradition in the universe of Witness. Giuseppe and Alberto are joined by Amelia Hassoun, senior researcher and lead ethnographer at Edgeryders. For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness is a fictional city floating in a pos...
2021-07-3027 min
EuroparamaAvantgridIn this episode, Giuseppe and Alberto, together with guest Hugi Ásgeirsson, sail through a sector of the fictional world Witness known as Avantgrid. Hugi is one of the co-directors of Edgeryders and director of blivande - a participatory culture hub in Stockholm.For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where people ar...
2021-07-1624 min
EuroparamaThe CovenantThe Covenant is religious institution Distrikt of Witness, tracing its history back to the grand powers of Roman Catholicism.For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness 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 model, but all of them connected by being constrained i...
2021-07-0227 min
EuroparamaHyggeHygge is the first Distrikt of Witness. It was initially meant to be the " nervous system of Witness." The political history of Hygge begins with the founding of Witness itself. For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness 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 diff...
2021-06-1821 min
ARE WE EUROPEAre We Europe presents: Europarama (Sailing to Witness)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 model, but all of them connected by being constrained in that floating space. Europarama is brought to you by Are We Europe, a border-breaking media trying to bridge the gaps in European culture and identity. You...
2021-06-1433 minARE WE EUROPEReadout: The Long RunFor 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
2021-06-0711 min
EuroparamaSailing to WitnessIn this episode, we sail to the Witness - an open-source fictional world exploring the future of economy. Giuseppe Porcaro and Alberto Cottica, your guides for the season, along with Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, a science fiction author and Architect of Witness, take you there.For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where p...
2021-06-0432 minARE WE EUROPEReadout: The Generation GameIn 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 Hamburg was worth more than the trophy. It was revenge. This is a readout story from our latest magazine, which explores what can sports tell us about our i...
2021-05-1714 min