Podcast  Sea of Rage

Sea of Rage' is the first co-production born within WePod, the European journalistic podcast project financed by the European Union led by PRISA Media in which 8 partners from 7 countries working together for 2 years will produce 24 cross-border podcasts.  

In this first co-production, Podium Podcast, in Spain, and Chora Media, in Italy, have focused on the impact that drug trafficking has on two small coastal towns in southern Europe: Barbate, in Spain and Gioia Tauro, in Italy.  

The journalists Manu Tomillo and Javi Caminero, from Podium Podcast, and the Italian journalist Francesca Berardi, from Chora Media, guide us through the streets of Barbate and Gioia Tauro to make us participate in the reality in which its inhabitants live, who, in 1941 kilometers apart, share large unemployment figures, complaints against institutions, problems associated with drug trafficking and silence. But also, the dignity of  the neighbors who fight to recover their peace and make their land a better place to live.  

'Mar de Rabia’ and ‘Mare di Rabbia’ are a weekly series of 6 episodes that will premiere next Friday, October 4th for the Spanish version, and October 11th for the Italian one.

Within the framework of WePod, 'Mar de Rabia' and 'Mare di Rabbia' will have an English version, 'Sea of rage', produced by Europod, which will be released in the coming months. 

All episodes

  • Sea of Rage. Episode 2: The Port of Barbate

    Sea of Rage. Episode 2: The Port of Barbate

    Walking the streets of Barbate is not enough to grasp why drug trafficking affects this small town in South-Western Spain. In this episode, the team of reporters behind Sea of Rage visit the port of Barbate, where everything - the smuggling - happens.


    Sea of Rage is a reportage podcast dealing with the borderless narco-trafficking business as seen from the perspective of ordinary people who live in two towns in Southern Europe: Barbate (Andalusìa, Spain) and Gioia Tauro (Calabria, Italy). Over the past few decades, Barbate and Gioia Tauro have become entry points for hashish and cocaine into Europe. But why have these towns become such pivotal places for drug trafficking? And what does it mean to live, day in day out, next door to such dark and murky businesses?


    Sea of Rage is an adaptation of the homonymous co-production between Podium Podcast and Chora Media, released in September 2024 under the Spanish and Italian language titles Mar de rabia (Spanish, Podium Podcast) and Mare di rabbia (Italian, Chora Media). This podcast was co-produced by Europod.


    Sea of Rage is part of WePod, a collaborative project financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Commission.

    2024-12-10 - 21:46

  • Sea of Rage. Episode 1: El Pinar

    Sea of Rage. Episode 1: El Pinar

    In this episode, the team of reporters behind Sea of Rage set foot for the first time in Barbate, Andalusia, South-Western Spain. They meet people from El Pinar, a notorious neighbourhood in town which is known to be a pivotal place for drug trafficking.

    Sea of Rage is a reportage podcast dealing with the borderless narco-trafficking business as seen from the perspective of ordinary people who live in two towns in Southern Europe: Barbate (Andalusìa, Spain) and Gioia Tauro (Calabria, Italy). Over the past few decades, Barbate and Gioia Tauro have become entry points for hashish and cocaine into Europe. But why have these towns become such pivotal places for drug trafficking? And what does it mean to live, day in day out, next door to such dark and murky businesses?


    Sea of Rage is an adaptation of the homonymous co-production between Podium Podcast and Chora Media, released in September 2024 under the Spanish and Italian language titles 'Mar de Rabia'  (Spanish, Podium Podcast) and 'Mare di Rabbia' (Italian, Chora Media). 

    This podcast was co-produced by Europod.


    Sea of Rage is part of WePod, a collaborative project financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Commission.

    2024-12-03 - 31:18