"A Studio On The Atlantic" brings together two pioneering universities in creative writing on both sides of the Atlantic: Université Paris 8 in France and the University of Iowa in the US. During four years, student-writers from these three universities write and produce literary podcasts. After a first series in 2023 on the theme of "Sense of belonging", this season is focused on "Soulèvements/Uprising". A production by Frictions and R22 Tout-Monde, made possible with the support of L’École Universitaire de Recherche ArTeC, The Villa Albertine Foundation and the U.S. Embassy in France.
A Studio On The Atlantic
Catalove
Beneath Paris, another life flows: underground, disconnected, paced by silence and heavy with stories.
Sleepless Night — When Insomnia Speaks
Maya can't sleep. With her hypnotherapist, she dives below the surface — where anxiety begins.
A Place to Die
In France, Mona tells of packed hospitals, a fight for a Muslim grave, and the wait — a personal and political disorder.
The People in the Walls
Hélène lives alone in a 25 m² flat in Paris. Alone… or so she thinks. Earplugs, headset, white noise — the voices, the steps, the screams haunt her.
The Struggle of the Glaciers
An ever-racing pursuit of profit and the conquest of nature, some sought to build an additional cable car on a retreating glacier. In response, others mobilized, occupying the glacier for days—despite the hardship, the cold, and the repression. Paul tells their story.
Invisible Cities
Sarah uses the occasion of recent discoveries in the Upper Amazon to reflect on how we imagine "the wild," weaving together imperial, scientific, and indigenous histories to explore how the natural world can resist our attempts to silence it.