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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 RicciReporting on the ground and interview collection: Manu Tomillo (Podium Podcast), Javi Caminero (Podium Podcast) and Francesca Berardi (Chora Media)Original sound design: Elizabeth BuaAdaptation of scripts in English: Alexander Damiano RicciSound editing: Daniel Gutierrez OrtegaEditorial support (original Italian version): Ilaria Ferraresi e Valeria LuziProducer (Italian version): Martina ConteOriginal 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.Subscribe to Europod • English for more podcasts and subscribe to our Linkedin and Instagram channels.

In this episode, we travel to the Italian coast and port-town of Gioia Tauro, in the Southern region of Calabria. We discover the history of the construction of the port of Gioia Tauro and the role of the Italian mafia, Ndrangheta, in the narco-trafficking of cocaine into Europe. 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 RicciReporting on the ground and interview collection: Manu Tomillo (Podium Podcast), Javi Caminero (Podium Podcast) and Francesca Berardi (Chora Media)Original sound design: Elizabeth BuaAdaptation of scripts in English: Alexander Damiano RicciSound editing: Daniel Gutierrez OrtegaEditorial support (original Italian version): Ilaria Ferraresi e Valeria LuziProducer (Italian version): Martina ConteOriginal 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)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.Subscribe to Europod • English for more podcasts and subscribe to our Linkedin and Instagram channels.

After visiting the neighbourhood of El Pinar and the port of Barbate, in this episode we try to understand deeper reasons for why this south-western Spanish port town struggles in changing its status of entry door for hashish into Europe. We discuss the impact of geography, education and, eventually, local politics on Barbate. 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 RicciReporting on the ground and interview collection: Manu Tomillo (Podium Podcast), Javi Caminero (Podium Podcast) and Francesca Berardi (Chora Media)Original sound design: Elizabeth BuaAdaptation of scripts in English: Alexander Damiano RicciSound editing: Daniel Gutierrez OrtegaOriginal 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)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.Subscribe to Europod • English for more podcasts and subscribe to our Linkedin and Instagram channels.

Walking the streets of Barbate is not enough to grasp why drug trafficking affects this small town in South-Western Spain. In this episode, the team of reporters behind Sea of Rage visit the port of Barbate, where everything - the smuggling - happens. 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 RicciReporting on the ground and interview collection: Manu Tomillo (Podium Podcast), Javi Caminero (Podium Podcast) and Francesca Berardi (Chora Media)Original sound design: Elizabeth BuaAdaptation of scripts in English: Alexander Damiano RicciSound editing: Jeremy Boquet, Daniel Gutierrez Ortega and Alexander Damiano RicciOriginal 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)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.Subscribe to Europod • English for more podcasts and subscribe to our Linkedin and Instagram channels.

In this episode, the team of reporters behind Sea of Rage set foot for the first time in Barbate, Andalusia, South-Western Spain. They meet people from El Pinar, a notorious neighbourhood in town which is known to be a pivotal place for drug trafficking. 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 RicciReporting on the ground and interview collection: Manu Tomillo (Podium Podcast), Javi Caminero (Podium Podcast) and Francesca Berardi (Chora Media)Original sound design: Elizabeth BuaAdaptation of scripts in English: Alexander Damiano RicciSound editing: Jeremy Boquet, Daniel Gutierrez Ortega and Alexander Damiano RicciOriginal 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)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.Subscribe to Europod • English for more podcasts and subscribe to our Linkedin and Instagram channels.

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 RicciReporting on the ground and interview collection: Manu Tomillo (Podium Podcast), Javi Caminero (Podium Podcast) and Francesca Berardi (Chora Media)Adaptation of scripts in English: Alexander Damiano RicciSound editing: Jeremy Boquet, Daniel Gutierrez Ortega and Alexander Damiano RicciOriginal 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)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.Subscribe to Europod • English for more podcasts and subscribe to our Linkedin and Instagram channels.

From behind the walls of Silivri Prison, Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu sent a clear message: “If there is even a shred of conscience left, stop this harassment of my family.”İmamoğlu has been imprisoned since March 19, on corruption and terrorism charges widely seen as politically motivated. He was expected to be officially nominated as the opposition presidential candidate. But his arrest, besides the political fall out for Turkey also has severe financial implications forcing the Turkish central bank to act, find out why?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.Follow us on:LinkedIn

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is in Washington to meet with Donald Trump, a visit that puts her in a delicate position, as she tries to balance the interests of the European Union while staying in the good graces of the  U.S. president.To dig a bit deeper into what this visit means for Europe, but mostly for Italy and Giorgia Meloni’s political strategy, I’m joined by David Carretta, journalist for Radio Radicale, Il Foglio, and the newsletter Il Mattinale Europeo.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.Follow us on:LinkedInInstagram

On Tuesday, a Russian court convicted four journalists of “extremism”, specifically, for allegedly collaborating with Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, which the Kremlin labeled “extremist” and outlawed back in 2021. But what does this case reveal about the state of press freedom and political repression in Russia? And can an appeal offer any hope for justice in this case?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.Follow us on:LinkedInInstagram