This Is What A Generation Sounds Like
An innovative visual podcast series that looks at what it means to be young in Europe today
This Is What A Generation Sounds Like offers eight young Europeans the opportunity to develop podcast episodes telling their stories from their part of Europe. The participants are not expected to have previous audio experience. The producers of Are We Europe & The Europeans mentor them in using audio to explore pressing social and political issues, whether in their village, region, or Europe at large.
These episodes explore the continent’s major problems, from homophobia to the dismantling of democracy, as well as potential solutions. These sound-rich, beautifully produced audio stories are being turned into innovative and immersive “visual” podcasts, combining Are We Europe’s cutting-edge design skills with The Europeans’ audio expertise.
Episode One:
Josh and Franco
From the south of Italy, a father and son's coming of age stories, told in parallel.
Producers: Katz Laszlo and Josh Prezioso
Episode Two:
Denisa
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.
Producers: Andrei Popoviciu and Denisa Harbuz
Episode Three:
Sara
A story that spans three generations of women: Sara, her mother, and her grandmother. In their collective lifetimes, Albania entered a communist dictatorship; the regime fell; and then there was a transition. And through it all, there was a dish: trahana.
Producers: Katz Laszlo and Sara
Episode Four:
Mohamed
Those of us who enjoy the right to live and work legally in Europe spend little time thinking about it. But Mohamed is undocumented, and his status follows him everywhere. This week, he invites us into his world of baffling bureaucracy.
Art Direction & Motion Design: Studio Mélody Da Fonseca
The video podcast won the Social Media Award at the CIVIS Media Awards 2023.
Producers: Katz Laszlo and Mohamed Bah
Episode Five:
Hanna
From Minsk and London, a story about the meaning of freedom. Hanna Komar, a poet, was jailed for her activism in Belarus. This week, she tells us what it’s like to move from a place where people have to fight for basic rights, to a place where people take them for granted.
Producers: Katy Lee and Hanna Komar
Illustration: Alina Stsiatsova
Episode Six:
Kinga
Can we find ways to live happily alongside people with radically different values than our own? This week, we journey to one of the most isolated corners of Europe for the sixth instalment in our series ‘This Is What A Generation Sounds Like’.
Producers: Wojciech Oleksiak and Kinga Goc
Illustration: Elene Chichashvili
Episode Seven:
Andrea
This week, a story about being incredibly sure you’re right about something, and then realising you weren’t. We’re heading to Cyprus for the latest instalment of our award-winning mini-series This Is What A Generation Sounds Like.
Producers: Wojciech Oleksiak and Andrea Solomonides
Illustration and Animations: Ana Rodrigues
Episode Eight:
Valeria
An overnight career change. Switching the language you love in. This week, how war transforms your life in ways you’d never expect.
Producers: Katz Laszlo and Valeria Fokina
Illustration and Animations: Ana Rodrigues
Episode Nine:
Luca
One Hungarian family. One piece of land. Two very different visions.
Producers: Katz Laszlo and Luca Borsos
