Podcast Competition

Podcaster: Konstantina Stavropoulou. Production: Konstantina Stavropoulou, Masoud Shabanpour. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing: Konstantina Stavropoulou. Curation: Masoud Shabanpour - Fermat Sound Studio. Language: Greek. Greece-Iran, 2025, 27΄

A walk through one facet of Athens, where birdsong is more present yet the schizophony of traffic remains incessant; with fewer tourists and the human at its core; a sound documentary narrated by life itself — an Athens caught in a suspension of time poised between the 20th and 21st century.

Podcaster: Yvonnie Frezis. Script: Yvonnie Frezis, Giannis Englezos. Sound engineering: Angeliki Saint, Angeliki Santi, Yvonnie Frezis. Sound design: Yvonnie Frezis. Sound mixing: Yvonnie Frezis, Zoi Chrysopoulou. Narration: Giannis Englezos. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 28΄

In the first episode of the audiobook, Stratis, a lieutenant in World War I, investigates the mysterious death of his predecessor. In his search for truth, doctor Alexandros and nurse Zoi become his allies. Stratis and Alexandros fall in love and their relationship becomes the only light between the trenches.

Podcasters: Panagiota Vagiou, Eleanna Papadokostaki. Production: Elva Productions, Panagiota Vagiou, Eleanna Papadokostaki. Script: Panagiota Vagiou, Eleanna Papadokostaki. Sound engineering: Tassos Belesis. Sound editing: Tassos Belesis, Panagiota Vagiou, Eleanna Papadokostaki. Special thanks: Eleni Spathi. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 25΄

How can news reporting serve as a form of historiography? Is it possible, by revisiting the news of a given era, to understand what truly happened? Working hypothesis: Two Gen Z women set out to remember — or discover — what unfolded in December 2008, through the news broadcasts of the time.

Podcaster: Maria Chatzigianni. Production: Maria Chatzigianni, Christos Tolis. Script: Maria Chatzigianni. Sound engineering-Original music: Christos Tolis. Sound editing: Maria Chatzigianni, Christos Tolis. Narration: Eleni Iordanidou (original testimony), Katerina Papasideri (actress), Melina Spetsieri (actress), Chrispa (singer), Maria Chatzigianni (director-radio producer). Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 23΄

KITCHENS is an audio work where personal experience and documentary intersect with fiction. Authentic women’s voices dialogue with scripted monologues, shaping a shared space of memory and questioning. The kitchen becomes a symbolic terrain, where time moves forward but roles remain. A work about what is silently inherited across generations.

Podcasters: Yorgia Karidi, Toumbis. Production: Yorgia Karidi. Script-Narration-Original music: Yorgia Karidi, Toumbis. Sound engineering-Sound editing: Yorgia Karidi. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 23΄

A former dominatrix shares her stories with her friend of twenty years. The two women revel in their mutual tenderness and slip into uncomfortable zones as they unravel the local BDSM market. Fetish, feminism, sexuality — the topics they have always discussed — are now distilled with humor, to ward off the trauma of sex work.

Podcaster: Angeliki Kogiou. Sound engineering: Gina Georgiadou. ProductionQ Narration: Angeliki Kogiou. Original music: Niki Maria Fanouraki. Cover Design: Froso Aspragkathou. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 24΄

Grandmother Angeliki, in another life, would have been a teacher, because she loved school and learning. The premature end of her education marked her until the end of her life. My mother, aunt Paschalitsa, and Mrs. Katerina experienced a similar wound, all carrying the same unfulfilled dream.

Podcaster: Nikos Theodosiou. Production: Neaniko Plano, Nikos Theodosiou. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Narration: Nikos Theodosiou. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 25΄

The year 2015 marked the end of film, the end of analog projection in cinemas. The Last Projectionist is a tribute to the unsung servants of a great art and the product of research that began 30 years ago. Eight projectionists give their testimonies.

Podcaster: Vasilis Zampikos. Production: Vasilis Zampikos. Script: Vasilis Zampikos, Anna Kouroupou. Sound engineering-Sound editing-Original music: Vasilis Zampikos. Narration: Anna Kouroupou. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 29΄

An audio documentary about the life of Anna Kouroupou. Anna is a trans activist, writer, columnist, and artist, known for her contribution to promoting the rights of trans people and sex workers in Greece. A journey from childhood in the village to gender transition, sex work, and love.

Podcasters: Marilou Vomvolou, Kostas Vomvolos, Flora Fousteri. Script-Sound engineering-Narration: Marilou Vomvolou. Sound editing: Marilou Vomvolou, Kostas Vomvolos. Sound processing: Kostas Vomvolos. Cover Design: Flora Fousteri. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 20΄

“When we’re in the van, we often talk about death. Perhaps to keep our minds off the fear of night driving, or because hours stretch and boredom settles.” An autobiographical podcast – as a love letter – tracing the winter tour of a circus troupe. Dedicated to Flora and my colleagues.

Podcaster: Alex Fusco. Script-Narration: Alex Fusco. Sound editing: Sofia Zafeiriou. Language: English. Greece, 2026, 23΄

This audio-documentary is based on ethnographic doctoral field research conducted in Ritsona refugee camp in Central Greece between 2019 and 2022. The podcast traces my initial encounter with the camp as both a physical environment and a lived social space, unfolding through movement, observation, and listening.