Episodes

  • Episode 5: Rita: Youth Unemployment in Portugal

    Episode 5: Rita: Youth Unemployment in Portugal
    Sep 1 2023
    In many European countries, there is the current discussion of whether young people have too unrealistic expectations on the labour market. But what if you have a university degree, good grades and motivation to work, but despite all that you are unable to find a job? What if you did everything right, the way you were told, and still you are not able to support yourself as an adult due to low salary or unemployment? Many young people are struggling with this in different parts of Europe. And sometimes, the only option they see is to leave their home country behind. Just like Rita Cruz did. And in this episode, she is going to share her experience. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to like and share it and to subscribe to this podcast in your favorite podcast app. Wir sind Europa is an initiative of Stiftung Zukunft Berlin, the Humboldt University Berlin and the International Journalist Program IJP. Credits for this episode: Coordination International Journalist Program IJP: Anke Plättner and Nicole Reuter Coordination Stiftung Zukunft Berlin: Laura Urbanek Language Support: Kit Holden Concept, Hosting and Production: Sarah Tekath Website Wir sind Europa: https://www.wir-sind-europa.eu/ Twitter Wir sind Europa: https://twitter.com/wseuropa Facebook Wir sind Europa: https://www.facebook.com/wseuropa Instagram Wir sind Europa: https://www.instagram.com/wirsindeuropa/
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    35 mins
  • Episode 4: Mazen: Surviving the war in Syria

    Episode 4: Mazen: Surviving the war in Syria
    Aug 22 2023
    Mazen is sure that he can change his country Syria for the better. He believes in a brighter future. He takes part in the protests against Bashar al-Assad and the regime in Syria, and he works as a journalist. But then the Taliban take power and Mazen has to flee. On foot, like many thousands with him, he makes the long journey to Europe. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to like and share it and to subscribe to this podcast in your favorite podcast app. Wir sind Europa is an initiative of Stiftung ZukunftBerlin, the Humboldt University Berlin and the International Journalist Program IJP. Credits for this episode: Coordination International Journalist Program IJP: Anke Plättner and Nicole Reuter Coordination Stiftung Zukunft Berlin: Laura Urbanek Language Support: Kit Holden Concept, Hosting and Production: Sarah Tekath Website Wir sind Europa: https://www.wir-sind-europa.eu/ Twitter Wir sind Europa: https://twitter.com/wseuropa Facebook Wir sind Europa: https://www.facebook.com/wseuropa Instagram Wir sind Europa: https://www.instagram.com/wirsindeuropa/
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    46 mins
  • Episode 3: Vusala: Life as a transwoman in Azerbaijan

    Episode 3: Vusala: Life as a transwoman in Azerbaijan
    Aug 22 2023
    Living out one's own sexual and gender identity with self-confidence requires courage. Especially in Azerbaijan, one of the most queer-hostile countries. In this episode, Vusala shares her story of coming out to her family and fleeing her home country for a safer future, to be her true self. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to like and share it and to subscribe to this podcast in your favorite podcast app. Wir sind Europa is an initiative of Stiftung ZukunftBerlin, the Humboldt University Berlin and the International Journalist Program IJP. Credits for this episode: Coordination International Journalist Program IJP: Anke Plättner and Nicole Reuter Coordination Stiftung Zukunft Berlin: Laura Urbanek Language Support: Kit Holden Concept, Hosting and Production: Sarah Tekath Website Wir sind Europa: https://www.wir-sind-europa.eu/ Twitter Wir sind Europa: https://twitter.com/wseuropa Facebook Wir sind Europa: https://www.facebook.com/wseuropa Instagram Wir sind Europa: https://www.instagram.com/wirsindeuropa/
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    25 mins
  • Episode 2: Joanna: Abortion in Poland

    Episode 2: Joanna: Abortion in Poland
    Aug 22 2023
    For weeks, media reports show women in Poland that have died in hospitals because they were denied abortions. This is because abortions are now almost completely banned in Poland. Hardly anyone dares to speak openly about the subject anymore. Except for Joanna, who in this episode shares her own experience with an abortion in Poland and the system that by now has been created around it by the state. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to like and share it and to subscribe to this podcast in your favorite podcast app. Wir sind Europa is an initiative of Stiftung ZukunftBerlin, the Humboldt University Berlin and the International Journalist Program IJP. Credits for this episode: Coordination International Journalist Program IJP: Anke Plättner and Nicole Reuter Coordination Stiftung Zukunft Berlin: Laura Urbanek Language Support: Kit Holden Concept, Hosting and Production: Sarah Tekath Website Wir sind Europa: https://www.wir-sind-europa.eu/ Twitter Wir sind Europa: https://twitter.com/wseuropa Facebook Wir sind Europa: https://www.facebook.com/wseuropa Instagram Wir sind Europa: https://www.instagram.com/wirsindeuropa/
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    27 mins
  • Episode 1: Trains

    Episode 1: Trains
    Dec 21 2021
    What is Europe? How has it shaped us, how does it work and what do we want from it? In the "Europe Talks" podcast for Wir Sind Europa, we talk to people from across Europe about their history, their current lived experience and their dreams for the future of the continent. The topic of our first episode? Trains. We talk to a Dutch historian about the Trans-Europe-Express, a German conductor about working in the pandemic and a Vienna-based musician with a mad idea for a European metropolitan railway.
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    48 mins