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In this episode of Europe Talks Back, Juli Simond tells the story of Pit-Roig Vinyals, a German language teacher based in Barcelona, Spain. Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at age 23, Pit-Roig turned her personal battles into a mission, emphasising on mental health stigma dismantlement and open conversations that were once considered taboo. With an experience of over eight years in managing her conditions, Pit-Roig provides valuable insight into how one's mental health can be critically affected by frequent social media usage. Reporting on the ground by Pablo Jiménez Arandia.

About our reporter: Pablo Jiménez ArandiaKey moments

00:00:04 - Introduction,

00:02:59 - A Day in the Life,

00:06:29 - The Impact of Social Media,

00:09:10 - The Holocaust Remembrance Day,

00:13:49 - The Paranoia and Escape,

00:17:50 - The Concept of Doomscrolling,

00:18:25 - Mental Health Impact of Constant Exposure to Negative News,

00:19:18 - Pit-Roig Vinyals' Use of Twitter and Moral Obligation,

00:21:14 - Ubertamen's Fight Against Mental Health Stigma,

00:24:32 - Balancing Online News Consumption and Mental Well-being.

Credits and staff

The second season of Europe Talks Back is produced in partnership with Sphera Network, the first network of independent media in Europe to reinvent the media space and paint a new picture of the continent through impactful, unbiased, raw and authentic stories.

The producer of this episode of Europe Talks Back is Maria Dios.

The host and narrator of Europe Talks Back is Juli Simond.

Sound editing and mixing is by Jeremy Bocquet.

Reporting for this story by Pablo Jiménez Arandia.

The executive producer of Europe Talks Back is Alexander Damiano Ricci.

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In this episode, we continue our reporting from the area of Gioia Tauro. We meet journalist Michele Albanese who lives under police protection these days. And discover the reach and connections of the Italian Ndrangheta mafia across Europe. From the reporting the differences and red threads connecting Barbate and Gioia Tauro become manifest.

Sea of Rage is a reportage podcast dealing with the borderless narco-trafficking business as seen from the perspective of ordinary people who live in two towns in Southern Europe: Barbate (Andalusìa, Spain) and Gioia Tauro (Calabria, Italy). Over the past few decades, Barbate and Gioia Tauro have become entry points for hashish and cocaine into Europe. But why have these towns become such pivotal places for drug trafficking? And what does it mean to live, day in day out, next door to such dark and murky businesses?

Sea of Rage is an adaptation of the homonymous co-production between Podium Podcast and Chora Media, released in September 2024 under the Spanish and Italian language titles Mar de rabia (Spanish, Podium Podcast) and Mare di rabbia (Italian, Chora Media).

Sea of Rage is part of WePod, a collaborative project financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Commission.

Art direction: Alexander Damiano Ricci

Reporting on the ground and interview collection: Manu Tomillo (Podium Podcast), Javi Caminero (Podium Podcast) and Francesca Berardi (Chora Media)

Original sound design: Elizabeth Bua

Adaptation of scripts in English: Alexander Damiano Ricci

Sound editing: Daniel Gutierrez Ortega

Editorial support (original Italian version): Ilaria Ferraresi e Valeria Luzi

Producer (Italian version): Martina Conte

Original sound theme: Luca Micheli (Chora Media)

Cover artwork: Watermelon collective, based on original artwork by Agencia Player and Giulia Mangano (Chora Media)

Executive producer: Ana Ribera (Podium Podcast)

Project Manager: Henar Leòn (Podium Podcast) and Gloria Beltrami.

Coordination of editorial work and production: Alexander Damiano Ricci.

This co-production was financed by the European Union. However, the points of view and opinions shared are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not reflect necessarily the opinions of the European Union. Nor the European Union, nor the authorities and agencies which might have financed this product can be considered responsible for points of view shared through this journalistic and creative work.

This podcast was co-produced by Europod.

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A European Union court has just ruled that the European Commission was wrong, actually, very wrong, to deny access to text messages exchanged between its President, Ursula von der Leyen, and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. These messages were sent in early 2021, at a time when the EU had fallen months behind the US and the UK in the race to secure Covid-19 vaccines.

Von der Leyen took matters into her own hands, personally negotiating a deal worth up to €35 billion for nearly 2 billion doses, in a process that was anything but transparent. So, what does this verdict really mean, and what is the Commission planning to do about it?

Join us on our journey through the events that shape the European continent and the European Union.

Production: By Europod, in co production with Sphera Network.

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In the third episode of A Grain of Power, the team of reporters behind this documentary travels from Odessa, in Ukraine, towards Istanbul, in Turkey, passing through Constanza, in Romania. The trip sheds light on the impact of the war on Ukraine on the transport infrastructure of grain from Europe to the global South.

Through 6 episodes, A Grain of Power is a documentary podcast that takes you on a journey from the heart of Ukraine to the markets of Egypt, passing through Romania, Italy, and Brussels. It explores how an essential commodity – seeds, wheat, bread – has become a weapon of power, playing a crucial role both in the North and the South. Discover how these resources nourish nations, provoke conflicts, and reshape alliances

And you? Would you be willing to fight for a piece of bread?

Narration: Alexander Damiano Ricci

Reporting and field research: Futura D'Aprile

Author: Futura D'Aprile

English adaptation: Futura D’Aprile and Alexander Damiano Ricci

Editor-in-chief: Alexander Damiano Ricci

Original soundtrack: Epidemic Sound

Original sound editing and mixing: Jeremy Boquet

Sound editing and mixing of the English version: Daniel Gutierrez Ortega

Cover artwork: Watermelon Collective

Production: Futura D'Aprile

Executive producer: Ana Ribera

Editorial and Production coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci

A Grain of Power s a six-episode documentary series produced by Europod and Outriders, as part of the WePod project, funded by the European Union.

This podcast is co-produced by Europod.

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