Europe Convergence 2025 - The Podcast
Have you ever wondered what was happening during the project Europe Convergence ? How do people get here ? What are the behind the scenes ? In a 4 episodes podcast, journalists from the project reunited participants of Europe Convergence from different backgrounds to talk about their experiences but also their lives as young Europeans.
Episode 1 - Why did you come to this project ?
For this first episode, we reunited Elias (Greek cook), Irvine (French cook), Felix (German journalist & organizer) and Georgia (Greek communicant) to know why did they come to Europe Convergence and if their expectations fitted the reality of the project.
Exploring their backgrounds and journeys, they tell how important it is for them to travel around Europe and to meet new people to create collective experiences.
An episode imagined and created by Alex Tsekouras, Caroline Rayner and Parmida Bayat
Episode 2 - Organising the project
How is organized Europe Convergence ? What are the behinds the scenes ? What challenges do the organization face ? In this second episode, we gathered Paul (French organizer and leader of the journalist team), Aurore (leader of the cooking team) and Mathilde (Participant & member of the organization) to talk about the process of making the project possible.
An episode imagined and created by Maëlle Laurent and Malvin Huin.
Episode 3 - Starting a carreer as a young professional
Europe Convergence is not only a project around meeting each other. During the project, young journalists, cooks, musicians and communicants work together to better their skills and maybe confirm their career paths. In this episode we gathered Maëlle (French journalist), Lukas (German musician) and Eirini (Greek musician) to do a step back and wonder what challenges they faced to start their career as young people.
An episode imagined by George Rampotas and Julia Gaul
Episode 4 - Cultural differences
Gathering young people from three European countries allow seeing what unites young people around the world, but also what makes them unique. In this episode we gathered Caro (German journalist), Elias (Greek cook), Mathilde (French cook & participant) and Rao (German & Pakistani communicant) to talk about their experience in different countries and what cultural clashes or surprises they got on their journey.
An episode imagined and created by Léna Romieu, Gregorios Oikonomidis and Dina Kadouri
Music and Soundtracks : Mateo Vacheresse, Éli Conchon, Guilhem Genetier, Taegyu Lim, Lukas Török, Zara Krauss, Elias Diakakis