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Seven French Podcasters Selected for Sounds of New York

Villa Albertine

By Villa Albertine

Participants will attend a week-long learning expedition to NYC, the Podcasting Capital, as part of this new professional program from Villa Albertine.

Villa Albertine today announced the seven selected podcasters for Sounds of New York, a program that aims to support the development of French podcasts with high international potential. The laureates will be able to immerse themselves at the heart of the American podcast factory, meeting with a vibrant community of media, studios and independent creators.

This first-of-its-kind program from Villa Albertine is supported by Spotify, Radio France, the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD), the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA), and Paradiso Media.

The program will take place in New York City from March 14 to 20, 2022. During this week, participants will attend a program of masterclasses, visits, and meetings with key players in the New York industry.

The seven participants in the inaugural season of Sounds of New York are:

Zoé Gabillet, author of radio fiction for France Inter, she received the Prix Nouveau Talent Radio 2021 from the SACD and the Best Podcast Award from the Société des gens de lettres for Le Nuage (with actress Emmanuelle Devos), a fictional podcast series distributed by Spotify.

Claire Jéhanno, author, creator of PILE, a literary podcast of more than 60 episodes. She has developed a series of youth podcasts such as Les courriers de Mlle Ursule, and is working on an audio series for teenagers. With her podcast F, chronique d'un féminisme ordinaire, Claire Jéhanno was one of the six laureates of the INALAB 2019 call for projects.

Iris Ouedraogo, journalist and director of podcasts, including Travail de bleu, giving young people a voice on Spotify. She also created and produced the podcast for the CheckNews service at Libération, and collaborates on Brut. media's podcast.

Axelle Jah Njiké, Afropean author, podcaster and feminist activist, she conceives and develops editorial content dedicated to the diversity of women's voices in the urban public space. She is the creator and producer of the podcast Me my sexe and I, as well as the author of the audio series La fille sur le canapé.

Emmanuel Suarez, author and actor who devotes himself to radio fiction and podcast, notably with La Division, produced by France Culture in 2020, and L'Incroyable expédition de Corentin Tréguier au Congo, laureate of the Fonds Podcasts Originaux SACD / France Culture. He received the Prix SACD Radio 2021.

Thibaud Delavigne, author and founder of l'Officine, podcasts production studio. He produced, amongst others, Le rapport Brazza - Un secret de famille, un scandale d'Etat, a five episodes fiction-documentary co-produced by Spotify.

Aladine Zaiane, author and director of documentaries who describes himself as "a story hunter", he joined the editorial team of the France Culture program Les Pieds sur Terre and collaborated on the podcast Défense de filmer by Brut, co-produced by Spotify.

The participants were selected by a jury of French podcasting professionals: Claire Hazan (Spotify), Erwan Gaucher (Radio France), Sophie Bocquillon (SACD), Antoine Bayet (INA) and Lorenzo Benedetti (Paradiso Media).

In partnership with

FACE Foundation

The French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) Foundation is a US non-profit organization that promotes French-American relations through innovative cultural and educational projects, in cooperation with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. It coordinates support for programs in the areas of visual arts, performing arts, music, film, translation, and secondary and higher education.

FACE Foundation is Villa Albertine’s main partner in the US.  

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Spotify

Spotify a révolutionné l'écoute de la musique lors de son lancement en 2008. Les auditeurs de Spotify peuvent découvrir et partager gratuitement plus de 70 millions de titres, et plus de 2,9 millions de podcasts, ou de s’abonner à Spotify Premium pour accéder à des fonctionnalités exclusives, notamment une meilleure qualité sonore et une expérience d'écoute à la demande, hors ligne et sans publicité. Aujourd'hui, Spotify est le service de streaming audio par abonnement le plus populaire au monde, avec 365 millions d'utilisateurs, dont 165 millions abonnés, dans 178 marchés.

Radio France

Radio France, France's leading radio group has started writing its story with podcasting since 2005: a company designed around and for audio in tune with the times and in tune with users. Radio France has been a pioneer in podcasting and is now the leading producer of podcasts in France. Its abundant catalogue of over 1.5 million podcasts, available free of charge on its mobile application, is both the digital continuity of its radio stations and a space of great freedom, creativity and innovation in sound. The development of podcasts thus constitutes an additional space for the emergence of new talents, which Radio France has been supporting for several years: artists, authors, musicians and actors who are participating in the renewal of the audio formats and sound writings that will shape the radio of tomorrow.

Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD)

The Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD) is the oldest authors’ society in the world. Founded by Beaumarchais in 1777, the society boasts a membership of more than 55,000 authors in the cinema, audiovisual and performing arts sectors. Dedicated to serving its authors, the SACD collects and distributes their royalties and authorizes performance rights of their works. It provides its members with social and tax assistance, keeps contracts models at their disposal, offers many spaces to work and to film... SACD also supports creation, education, and distribution of artists' work. SACD is present in national and international organizations, to protect authors and their works, to defend their status and promote fair compensation.

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Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)

The Institut National de l'Audiovisuel - INA, a model unique in the world, is a media rich of 80 years of TV, radio and web Heritage. With more than a billion videos viewed every year, it archives, preserves, digitizes and gives access to all audiences one of the richest audiovisual libraries.

INA produces and distributes original works, provides content to journalists, directors and experts, trains student and professional communities, develops an ambitious research and innovation activity. In a context of change, the Institute participates in the reinvention of the audiovisual and digital ecosystem by deploying expertise that makes it a distinctive medium, anchored in long time and memory, concerned to transmit knowledge and know-how of which it is the depositary.

Paradiso Media

Paradiso Media crée des podcasts originaux de fiction et de documentaire, à destination des adultes et de la jeunesse, pour la France et l’international. Drame, comédie, société, intime, thriller, science-fiction, jeunesse. Nous voulons explorer de nouveaux territoires créatifs mais aussi questionner l'époque, ses normes, ses valeurs, ses récits.

Fondé en 2019 par Lorenzo Benedetti, Louis Daboussy et Benoit Dunaigre, le studio a déjà produit plus de 20 programmes et a plusieurs millions d’écoutes à son actif avec, entre autres : L'Affaire B52, Frootch, Brut., Défense de Filmer, Mes 14 ans, Habana business club, À Propos de mon film, Chosen, Cornebidouille, L'École des Loisirs à écouter, etc. en partenariat avec Spotify, Audible, Deezer, Sybel ou Stitcher. En 2021, la série en anglais Love Under Lockdown a été nommée aux Webbys Awards dans la catégorie “Best documentary podcast”. Les programmes du studio totalisent aujourd’hui plus de 100 heures de programmes audio multilingues et plusieurs millions d’écoutes.