Global Tour: 12 countries in one issue 🇪🇺
Eurowaves #40
Hi podcasters,
Less than one month to go until the Eurowaves and Cosas que (me)pasan / Podcasts Encandenados meet-up in Madrid. What better way to bring worlds together than being co-hosted by one of the best people in Spanish podcasting?
I met Ana Ribera through her work at WePod and we’ve been podcasting friends ever since. I have so much love and admiration for everything she’s built in Spain and for how she’s an advocate for cross-border, multicultural and multilingual podcasting.
More details below and on the (new) Eurowaves website.
Subscribe to IL FARO, an Italian newsletter on the world of podcasts, written by the lovely Rossella Pivanti who I met at The Podcast Show in London last month.
From the Eurosounds Google Group:
There is a new initiative for Italian audio creators! It is called GIARDINETTI (little gardens) and it is a space for independent audio producers in Italian - there is a bunch of us and we usually create in English for lack of an outlet, now we have decided to create something for us, inspired by initiatives like Small Audio Art and Audio Playground. A safe space where to experiment the short audio form in Italian, just for the fun of it.
More opportunities like these are shared in the Eurosounds Google Group. If you’d like to be added, reply to this email or leave a comment.
Now, let’s get into it!
🇪🇺 Podcasting & Community News 🇪🇺
↗️ PoddRadio Nord is a new podcasting newsletter for listeners and podcasters deeply rooted in the Nordics!
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🇮🇪 GoLoud is looking for a Narrative Podcast Producer who is a natural storyteller with a passion for podcasts to work across narrative based content, documentary podcasts, true crime series, and mini-series.
🏆The BBC World Service has announced the winners of its International Audio Drama Competition for 2026. There were more than 800 entries from 87 countries around the world. (source: Podnews)
🌎The Alliance for Measurement in Podcasting (AMP) has announced its “cross-platform alternative to the podcast download” (source: Podnews)
🏆The entry deadline of the Independent Podcast Awards has been extended. You’ve now got until June 22. (source: Podnews)
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Audience cross-pollination: Spain🇪🇸, Latin America🌎, and Latinos in the United States🇺🇸, with Nuria Net of Shake It Easy Media
Nuria Net is the Founder and CEO of Shake It Easy Media, a content studio working across formats for Latino audiences globally. Recent podcast productions include La Semanal Live for Amazon Music, Faith Curious for Trinity Church NYC, Reggaeton con La Gata for iHeart, and Grammofonías for the Latin Recording Academy. She is an executive producer of Corinna y el Rey, a nonfiction bilingual narrative series that became Spain’s most talked-about podcast. She is also the creator and executive producer of Punk In Translation, an audio documentary series in English and Spanish that won an Ondas Global Podcast Award.
Co-founder of Remezcla, a pioneering digital media outlet for Latin culture launched in New York in 2006, she also served as its content director.
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A graduate of the Columbia Journalism School, she has worked at Univision, MTV, and The New York Times, and has written for Rolling Stone, Billboard and El País. She is an adjunct professor in the Communications department of the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid. In 2023 and 2024, Forbes named her one of the “50 Best in Podcasting” in Spain.
You can connect with Nuria on LinkedIn here.
What’s your podcast origin story?
I’m a journalist who has gone through all the formats: I started in print magazines, then moved to blogs (started a big Latin culture site in NYC in the early aughts), and subsequently moved to radio and TV newsrooms in New York City. I became a podcast fan when I moved from New York City to Miami and started commuting to work by car, in 2011 and then was really attracted to the format as a storyteller. I was the music editor for digital at Univision (TV network) so I started my own music interview podcast as part of our entertainment coverage to experiment with the format. Without asking for permission or without any clear plan; I kinda sneaked it in.
How was Shake It Easy Media born and what did it teach you about the podcasting landscape, specifically about cross-border and multilingual podcasts?
Moving to Spain after living and working in the US in both English and Spanish gave me an advantage in understanding not only the big opportunities in audio but also the cross-pollination of audiences in Spain, Latin America, and Latinos in the United States. When I moved to Spain in 2018, I decided to start my own podcast studio because I saw the opportunity, especially in Spanish. It was hard to find jobs in Spain newly arrived and without a network, plus I became pregnant with my second child and had a toddler at home. How was I going to make it all work? I had all the entrepreneurial and media experience coming from the US and I saw how the podcast industry had grown. In Spain, there was everything to be done. Then the pandemic came and naturally with my US-based network I started getting commissions and projects in podcasts for clients there, so I decided to start my company in the US even though I am physically based in Spain. I hire people across the US, Latin America, and Spain based on the project or production.
Introduce us to Las Cosmos. What was your initial strategy and mission?
Once I moved to Spain in 2018, I realized that Latin music and culture was really the dominating youth culture. Yet, I saw a complete dissonance with mass media and institutions who were ignorant of Latin American culture. Despite Madrid having over one million people of Latin American descent, I still see a lack of representation in the voices, faces, accents and bylines of Latinos in Spain. It’s just very obvious that this is a huge, underserved market. Again, I went through the same situation in the USA when I started Remezcla in 2004, which is now one of the leading Latin-centered media platforms in the US. So my mission since the beginning has been to elevate Latin music and talent, much of which is already based in Spain and Europe. There are so many talented artists from Latin America or second-generation artists living in Europe and we’re here to celebrate them.
With Las Cosmos, was there a moment when you got a skyrocketing growth momentum? As an independent podcaster, what advice do you have for maximizing that momentum?
I reached out to a Cuban orchestra conductor based in Germany after seeing her videos on Instagram. I thought she was a very cool, young, Afrolatina in the stuffy classical world and I wanted to know her story. Little did I know that she would end up working with Rosalía as the conductor on her tour. So my interview with Yudania Gomez Heredia at Las Cosmos podcast became the first interview she ever gave the day after the world tour kicked off in Lyon. The interview went viral. It was amazing. I ended up collaborating with El Pais newspaper and other opportunities that arose from it.
What are a few things the European podcasting industry can learn from the Latin American market?
Be flexible, adaptable, and open. Think about collaborations. It seems basic, but I’ve found that people in Europe tend to be very closed off, making it hard to connect. Maybe it’s shyness?
Finally, what are your predictions for the next few years in the podcasting industry?
Personality-driven short-form video content spins off into its own industry and we can be left alone to tell audio stories in artsy, long-winded, narrative and experimental ways. The audience is still there and there’s room for more. Not sure how we monetize though, jaja.
Share 2-3 recommendations of your favorite podcasts that deserve more love.
I will plug my own.
Tumble en Español is a science podcast for kids and families about science discovery. It’s the Spanish adaptation of the popular English-language show Tumble Science Podcast for Kids from our partners at Tumble Media. Get your kids away from screens and listen to podcasts together in the living room, in the car! We recently premiered an interactive audio series around plastic pollution in oceans and rivers. You can take your kids out to help identify and clean up pollution in your community anywhere in the world. It’s making science and podcasting, interactive, fun and educational. Available in English and Spanish. Press release about the results of a study of our course applied to schools and families.
American Colony is my new independent documentary audio series funded by the Mellon Foundation, a co-production between Shake It Easy Media and The Latino Newsletter. On the 250th anniversary of the United States’ declaration of independence from British colonial rule we turn our attention to Puerto Rico still an American colony after 128 years. We examine how Puerto Rico’s political status as experienced by people on the island and in the diaspora, affects our every day lives. Premiering July 4th :)
Thank you, Nuria!
🎙️🌍 Podcast Recommendations 🌍🎙️
Office Real Talk with Tas Shares
Tasneem Bhamji, a British-Asian woman raised on free school meals who has reached senior exec level at a major UK bank, is sharing how success really works for women in corporate roles. As Instagram sells us the hustle of being a girl boss, Tas is the insider helping you grow your career from within. Released each Wednesday to get you over the mid week hump. Episodes are short and direct and Tas exposes the unwritten rules of corporate life that most ethnic minority women never get told.
“Bella Italia” is a love letter to the yearning for Italy. Friends, journalists, and authors Jochen Schliemann and Michael Dietz, alongside the queen of German travel television, Tamina Kallert (Wunderschön), love to podcast over a Pizza Quattro Stagioni, happily indulging in a tiramisu before or after. Together, they revel in the dolce vita as they reveal their favorite spots and dream destinations, debating with Italian passion what is truly better in the end... Sardinia or Sicily? South Tyrol or Tuscany? Felicità or Azzurro?!
A women’s health advocacy podcast focused on the practical mechanics of self-advocacy. Because here’s the truth: women are constantly told they need to advocate for their health, but rarely taught how. Hosted by Spencer Moore, a patient turned advocate with more than 30 years of experience navigating complex healthcare systems in both the United States and Spain, this podcast helps women build real-world patient advocacy skills through patient education, expert insights, and lived experience. Each episode explores topics like doctor communication, navigating healthcare, organizing medical information, preparing for appointments, communicating symptoms effectively, and understanding how healthcare decisions are made.
Want to see your podcast recommended?
🇳🇴 Podcasts from Norway 🇳🇴
Kristin Ward Heimdal is the country manager for Podme in Norway, a podcast subscription service, where she oversees commercial operations as well as content strategy. With a background in business and strategy, she is passionate about helping grow the Nordic podcast industry and creating a sustainable business model for audio journalism.
Aftenpodden USA: One of the best podcasts for understanding American politics from a Norwegian perspective. The hosts combine deep knowledge, strong reporting and engaging discussions that help make sense of a constantly changing political landscape.
En av de beste podkastene for å forstå amerikansk politikk fra et norsk perspektiv. Programlederne kombinerer solid kunnskap, sterk journalistikk og engasjerende diskusjoner som gjør det lettere å navigere i et stadig mer komplekst politisk landskap.
Svarttrost: Svarttrost consistently delivers some of the strongest documentary storytelling in Norwegian audio. The series combine meticulous journalism, outstanding sound design and gripping narratives that stay with you long after listening. While they have a large catalogue of great series to listen to, I can highly recommend one of their latest documentaries, Guttas drøm, which I found especially thought-provoking.
Svarttrost leverer noen av de sterkeste dokumentarfortellingene i norsk lyd. Seriene kombinerer grundig journalistikk, imponerende lyddesign og historier som griper tak og blir værende lenge etter at episodene er ferdige. Podkasten inneholder en stor katalog med gode serier å lytte til, og jeg kan spesielt anbefale en av deres nyeste serier, Guttas drøm, som jeg opplevde som både tankevekkende og provoserende.Tore og Haralds podkast: In my opinion, one of the best conversational podcasts in Norway. Tore Sagen and Harald Eia have a rare ability to make conversations feel both intellectually curious and genuinely funny. The podcast moves effortlessly between philosophy, everyday life and cultural debates, always with warmth, self-awareness and sharp observations. This podcast is exclusively available on Podme.
Etter min mening, en av de beste samtalepodkastene i Norge. Tore Sagen og Harald Eia har en sjelden evne til å gjøre samtaler både intellektuelt nysgjerrige og genuint morsomme. Podkasten beveger seg sømløst mellom filosofi, hverdagsliv og samfunnsdebatter, alltid med varme, selvironi og skarpe observasjoner. Denne podkasten er eksklusivt tilgjengelig hos Podme.
Thank you, Kristin!
You can connect with her on LinkedIn here.
🚀Events and Opportunities🚀
Galicia Podcast Summit (Galicia, Spain)
The space where creators come together to promote and share podcasting. Discover podcasts you didn’t know existed. Promote your content to discover new audiences. Find new formats and content to collaborate on. Participate in the talks and apply new strategies.
When? June 17.
La Claque Podcast Party (Marseille, France)
La Claque Podcast Party is the first podcast festival in the South of France : two days of celebration where audio creators, brands and audiences meet. Born in Marseille in 2023, La Claque lives up to its name: it is a wake-up call for an industry ready to shift into high gear.
When? June 19-20.
Plastic Language w/ Good Press - Open Call (Glasgow, Scotland)
Plastic Language (@plastic.language) & Good Press (@good_press) are looking for submissions of explorations in language, sound and music to fill a volume of Plastic Language on NTS Radio (@nts_radio), set to broadcast in the early hours of 25 November. Good Press is a Glasgow-based workers cooperative dedicated to the promotion, distribution and production of independent or self published printed matter, alongside co-projects Sunday’s Print Service and Lunchtime Gallery.
When? August 1.
That’s it for now!
Andreea