After almost two years of hard work and collaboration between different partners from all over Europe, the end of the WePod project is near. Over the past two years we have produced multiple language versions of 5 documentaries, we have developed a strong website with useful tools for the industry, we have had a European Podcast Academy in Milan... In this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Ana Ribera, Executive Producer of the WePod Project and Alex Ricci, Coordinator of the WePod Project. Lis...
Jun 30, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 21
The moment we have been waiting for since September 2023 is here. That great project on which many colleagues from all over Europe have been working so hard: WePod’s large co-production. This co-production is the result of the work of Elsa Cabria of El País Audio (Spain), Lili Rutai of 444 (Hungary), Claudia Torrisi of Europod (Belgium) and Francesca Berardi of Chora Media (Italy). The documentary has been produced in seven languages: Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, English, French, Dutch and Polis...
Jun 16, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 20
We are in a context of changes in Europe that, more or less directly, affect podcasting. Disinformation, fake news, censorship... How will our sector evolve according to the changes in journalism? The University of Roma III, which is WePod's academic partner, has published a book that addresses all these issues called “Podcast in the future of journalism”. To find out more about this book, Javi Caminero is joined by Marta Perrotta, professor and investigator at the University Roma III. Listen to...
Jun 02, 2025•24 min•Season 2Ep. 19
To those who work in the podcasting industry, connecting and sharing ideas with professionals of this field is a great opportunity. That’s why the Talent Farm was born. WePod's Talent Farm is a kind of Linkedin of podcasting that seeks to facilitate progress and connections between audio professionals from different parts of the world. To learn more about the Talent Farm, Javi Caminero is joined by one of the minds behind that idea: Henar León, Project Manager at Prisa Audio, WePod's Spanish par...
May 19, 2025•17 min•Season 2Ep. 18
In this episode of Sounds Like Europe, Javi Caminero tries to discover how the industry we're trying to promote at WePod is similar to and different from the podcast industry that started it all: the American one. To do so, he is joined by Andreea Coscai, Producer and Podcast Marketing Manager at American podcast producing company Tink Media. Listen to Andreea’s recommendation: What’s a Podcast?: The Revolution Redefined: https://open.spotify.com/show/1JQu1eymaWrRfNtfD2dBGb?si=1590fc44bf994ce2 F...
May 05, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 17
On the 18th April we published the first episode of ‘The Drying Plain’, a co-production made by Press Freedom Foundation, WePod's Serbian Partner, and Qubit, WePod's Hungarian partner. In this documentary, the Serbian and Hungarian partners focus on a global issue that affects us from different points of view: climate change. To go deeper into this issue and to understand how our colleagues have made this documentary, Javi Caminero is joined by Mina Delic, journalist from Press Freedom Foundatio...
Apr 21, 2025•18 min•Season 2Ep. 16
On this episode of ‘Sounds Like Europe’, Javi Caminero is joined by speakers and students of the first edition of WePod’s European Podcast Academy, held from March 17th to March 21st in Milan. Between workshops, talks and listening sessions, Javi talks to those in the Podcast Academy to reflect on what an event like this means for the podcast industry in Europe. Listen to Javi’s recommendation: Rough Translation: https://open.spotify.com/show/4lFCBQNx0TNEdkJWZy5yZv Follow us on all our socials (...
Apr 07, 2025•15 min•Season 2Ep. 15
On this episode of ‘Sounds Like Europe’, Javi Caminero is joined by Milo Tesselaar, co-owner of ‘Oh Wow Podcasts’, one of Austria’s leading podcast producers, to understand the current state of the podcasting industry there. How do they deal with sharing language and audience with a much bigger neighbor like Germany? Does the presence of Germany harm or favour the industry in Austria? Listen to Milo’s recommendation: The Journal: https://open.spotify.com/show/0KxdEdeY2Wb3zr28dMlQva Follow us on ...
Mar 24, 2025•19 min•Season 2Ep. 14
On March 7 were released the French and Polish versions of ‘A grain of power’, a podcast produced by Europod, WePod's Belgian partner, and Outriders, our Polish partner. Javi Caminero is joined by Futura D’Aprile, the journalist from Europod who has led this investigation about how grain has been used as a weapon by Russia in the war in Ukraine. Listen to the French and Polish versions of ‘A grain of power’: Grain de pouvoir: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5amPSgQwYaMC9axGgzvj7U?si=6cb69e21c0a...
Mar 10, 2025•17 min•Season 2Ep. 13
In a project as ambitious and big as WePod, producing good podcasts, telling compelling stories and creating tools that improve the podcast industry in Europe is very important. But for all of that to happen, proper project management is essential. In this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Ana Ribera, executive producer of the WePod project. Listen to Ana’s recommendation: La Casa Grande: https://open.spotify.com/show/0riO4UZ0sQ80585hh06Dyu?si=67ebc5f31078427c Follow us on all our socials (@we...
Feb 24, 2025•14 min•Season 2Ep. 12
A very important part of the WePod project is its desire to bring our stories to the widest possible audience. And in order to reach more markets and make our stories easily heard and understood around the world, we felt it was necessary to translate our podcasts into English. To get an in-depth look at how the English remakes of the WePod project are done, Javi Caminero is joined by Alex Ricci, Coordinator of all the productions in WePod and Chief Operating Officer of Europod. Listen to Alex’s ...
Feb 10, 2025•14 min•Season 2Ep. 11
In response to a podcast episode that boldly declared the end of podcasting as we know it, the team of the podcast ‘Feed The Queue’ by Tink Media delivered an investigation to uncover whether podcasting is alive. In this episode of ‘Sounds Like Europe’, we collaborate with Tink Media to bring you a very interesting episode of one of their podcasts. Check out ‘Feed The Queue’: https://open.spotify.com/show/3199Tgioxlcwmlsmgn0a6n?si=7bab676ee1274f40 Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and...
Jan 27, 2025•53 min
The Europeans, a podcast that was launched back in 2017, analyzes Europe and the European Union in an entertaining and accesible way. To understand how this podcast has managed to touch on European politics and culture while entertaining a big audience, Javi Caminero is joined by Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer, hosts and creators of The Europeans. Listen to Katy and Dominic’s recommendations: Search Engine: https://open.spotify.com/show/76VOmPpOHaTyA1OaRc4BDv?si=1b2ff25ab0074d5e Transfert: https:/...
Jan 13, 2025•21 min•Season 2Ep. 9
For several months now, WePod has been organizing workshops in high schools across Europe to teach podcasting to young people. The main objective is for them to learn how to tell stories in audio and to learn as well about all the work involved in making a podcast. In this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Cathal O’Luanaigh, Program and Communications Manager at News Decoder, WePod’s French Partner, to discuss everything related to these workshops. Listen to Cathal’s recommendation: Three Cast...
Dec 16, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 8
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. Listen to Manu and Futura’s recommendations: Sweet Bobby:...
Dec 02, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode, we travel to Ljubljana. One of the most popular podcasts there, in Slovenia, is Lovim ravnotežje. Javi Caminero is joined by Nina Gaspari, host of that podcast, to learn about the current state of the podcast industry in Slovenia. Listen to Nina’s recommendation: Pod Save America: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-america/ Follow us on all our socials (@wepodproject) and visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome Credits: Hosted and written by...
Nov 18, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 6
From March 17th to 21st 2025, WePod will be holding the first edition of the European Podcast Academy in Milan, and you can sign up now! The European Podcast Academy is the first masterclass on cross-border podcasting, targeting a wide European audience of audio professionals and journalists with a keen interest in audio production. For more info, visit this link: https://www.wepodproject.eu/podcast-academy To understand what the European Podcast Academy is, Javi Caminero is joined by two of the...
Nov 04, 2024•22 min•Season 2Ep. 5
At WePod we don't just make podcasts. We are trying to make this project important for the podcast industry in Europe at all levels. Therefore, on our website (wepodproject.eu) you can find different tools and resources that aim to fulfil the main goal of WePod, but from a different perspective: to make the podcast industry in Europe grow even bigger. Javi Caminero is joined by Luciana del Castillo, Account Manager for PRISA at Hiberus, WePod’s technology partner, to find out more about this oth...
Oct 21, 2024•12 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The first co-production of the WePod project, ‘Sea of Rage’ (‘Mar de Rabia’ in Spanish and ‘Mare di Rabbia’ in Italian), was released this past 4th of October. 'Sea of Rage’ is the story of Barbate and Gioia Tauro, two towns that stand up and say enough is enough to confront drug trafficking. A story of silences, dignity and contained rage. Javi Caminero talks to Manu Tomillo and Francesca Berardi about the research they have conducted in this co-production. Listen to Francesca’s and Manu’s reco...
Oct 07, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 3
We want to discover countries through their podcasts, through what their people listen to. That’s why in this episode we focus our attention on Poland: what do they listen to there? What have the last few years been like for the Polish podcast industry? To find out, Javi Caminero talks to Michal Matus, Polish journalist and podcaster. Listen to Michal’s recommendations: State of the world report: https://open.spotify.com/show/78XFGmDPyfP54jCFno2STm?si=99b333c672c34198 Dwie lewe rece: https://ope...
Sep 23, 2024•16 min•Season 2Ep. 2
This September will finally see the release of the first WePod co-production, and we can't wait for you to hear what the PRISA Audio and Chora Media teams have prepared. In this episode, Javi Caminero talks to several members of the WePod team to know what they have listened to this summer and what are their expectations for this year. Listen to our team’s recommendations: Legend: https://open.spotify.com/show/4xQ0IUSsrfs6pltTnwr3Kk?si=M0yAuWyPRSaIBotACAA6Zg&nd=1&dlsi=1e3749fe83794b81 Wa...
Sep 09, 2024•14 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The rise of podcasts in recent years has led to the exploration of new narratives and formats. There are more and more podcasts with a large fanbase and they take advantage of this by involving their audience and making them part of their recordings. Involving the audience in a podcast makes it unique and unpredictable. Therefore, producing this kind of podcasts is not an easy task. To further explore this issue, Javi Caminero is joined by Fanny Cohen Moreau, journalist and podcast producer. Lea...
Jul 08, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 14
For some time now, the most successful books have also been available in audio version, something that allows them to reach a wider audience or to facilitate their consumption for those who want to read them but cannot do so due to a lack of time. To understand the current state of audiobooks in Europe, Javi Caminero is joined by one of the leading experts on the subject, Javier Celaya. Learn more about Javier’s recommendation: Un tema al día: https://open.spotify.com/show/54Vnd9qwrTaINwzCkTTIWO...
Jun 24, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 13
More and more people are listening to podcasts, and that translates into interest from brands and sponsored content. A very clear example of how branded content has made its way into podcasting in recent years is Blum, an audio thriller sponsored by Switzerland Tourism and produced by the Spanish production company El Extraordinario. To find out more about Blum and the state of branded podcasting in Europe, Javi Caminero is joined by Marcus Hurst, Creative Director of El Extraordinario. Learn mo...
Jun 10, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Is it easy to thrive in Portugal for independent podcast producers? What does the future hold for podcasting there? On this episode of Sounds Like Europe, Javi Caminero is joined by Luís Sousa, Content Director at Bruá Podcasts, to understand better the landscape and current status of the podcasting industry in Portugal. Listen to Luís’ recommendations: Extremamente Desagradável: https://open.spotify.com/show/6NhXT8X7ps2AxjbPeInidM?si=_nte7H5vSFCO-fIGidegYg&utm_source=copy-link Oniroscópio: ...
May 27, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode, host Javi Caminero tries to find out what the relationship between podcasts and mainstream radio is like in some of the countries with the biggest podcast markets in Europe. To do this, he talks to Bertrand Spinelli, Director of Skyrock Public in France; Andrea de Cesco, Director of Chora Academy at Chora Media in Italy; and Ana Alonso, head of SER Podcast in Spain. Listen to Bertrand, Andrea and Ana’s recommendations: Planete Rap: https://skyrock.fm/emissions/planete-rap Totale...
May 13, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Podcasts can be very useful when it comes to analyzing a society. That’s why we’d like to dedicate some episodes of Sounds Like Europe to dive into the insights of podcasting in different countries of Europe. In this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Márton Bede, Hungarian journalist and podcaster from 444, our Hungarian partner in the WePod project. Listen to Márton’s recommendations: Az Élet Meg Minden: https://azeletmegminden.hu/ Visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/...
Apr 29, 2024•20 min•Season 1Ep. 9
It’s been now more than four months since we began this adventure. Many of our cross-border productions are already underway and we are lucky enough to see them unfold and grow. Our colleagues of the University Roma Tre are playing a crucial role documenting everything related with the WePod Project and the process of every coproduction. In this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Marta Perrotta, professor and investigator at he University Roma Tre. Listen to Marta’s recommendations: La Confessi...
Apr 15, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Even though our professional and personal goals keep us busy, it seems as there’s always room for more. We usually feel the need to be well-informed, for example. That’s why listening to a format like daily news podcasts can be helpful. In this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Ana Fuentes, host of Hoy En El País, Spain’s biggest daily news podcast, to analyze the importance of this genre. Visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome Credits: Hosted and written by Javi ...
Apr 01, 2024•20 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Finding a new podcast to listen can be a challenging task. To discuss which are the best ways to discover new podcasts, Javi Caminero is joined by Andrea de Cesco, Director of Chora Academy at Chora Media, our italian partner in the WePod project, and founder of ‘Questioni d’orecchio’, the first italian newsletter dedicated to podcasts. Listen to Andrea’s recommendations: The Essential: https://open.spotify.com/show/43A9fUmUbLYaHKSi1lAtn5 Stories: https://open.spotify.com/show/1FaCiqGahURjjO42JO...
Mar 18, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 6
