FOR REAL is a podcast on human dignity, made by Resonate Productions.
In this episode: lifting people up at work - unawareness - denying your own abilities - being warned by other women - coronatests - doubting yourself - equality, for everyone.
Recorded on 23 Αugust 2025 at Noorderzon, Groningen, the Netherlands, with staff members of the academic hospital of Groningen: the UMCG.
(01:22) Anne [°1987 - Leeuwarden, NL]: “My bosses lifted me up and took me really serious. More serious than I took myself.\"
(05:10) Corinna [°1968 - Eelde, NL]: “Maybe we can all understand each other more. Ask questions.\"
(09:37) Serée [°1986 - Groningen, NL]: “I have four kids in the whole gender range. About the clear girl, aged four: 'she is a bit bossy'. I went tiger-mom.\"
(14:03) Margriet Bos [°1967 - Groningen, NL]: \"The professor said something very sexually motivated. Maybe 15 years ago. I had forgotten about it. It sticks because you feel so powerless. Because it is not very clear. And he is a professor...\"
(19:20) Margie [°1981 - Groningen, NL]: \"I work as a molecular biologist. This friend continued and continued to explain how the coronatests work to me. I just let it go.\"
(23:50) Carina [°1968 - Eelde, NL]: \"The little self-doubts add up and up and up. My youngest works in a café now, I learn a lot from her.\"
(28:28) Mariska [°1985 - Groningen, NL]: \"Me being white, my husband being black, people ask me if my children are from here, if they are even mine. My oldest one at school: a kid comes up and says: \"Black people are less than us.\" And the school saying: \"yes, but this is a white school...\" Keep shouting.\"
For each episode of FOR REAL, we get together with a group of people in a theater, to look into what it means to matter as a person. All interviews are carried by improvised music, made by George Dumitriu (viola, guitar), Sarah Jeffery (recorders) and Andrea Voets (harp).
Made by Resonate Productions -creating musical journalism-
Music & interviews: Andrea Voets, Sarah Jeffery, George Dumitriu
Sound engineer: Hayden Hook
Funded by: AFK, FPK, BNG, Cultuurfonds, Dioraphte
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