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Podcast  The Right Kind of Family

The Right Kind of Family is a cross-border reportage podcast series in 6 episodes co-produced by El Paìs Audio, Chora Media, 444 and Europod.

The series uncovers the rise of the Political Network for Values, a global network of conservative and far-right organisations which is orchestrating a clampdown on sexual and reproductive health rights across Europe, in the name of the so-called natural family.

Through the on-the-ground work of four reporters from Hungary, Italy and Spain, The Right Kind of Family, explores the tactics and strategies political parties linked to the Political Network for Values are putting in place from positions of power at the national, regional or municipal level.

The reporting shows how, in the name of defending an arbitrary natural order, political forces linked to the Political Network for Values are institutionalising family policies which can endanger women's autonomy in domestic contexts, limiting the access to abortion, waging a political war on transgender persons, as well as marginalising migrants.

The series combines journalistic reportage, storytelling and expert interviews and is available in 7 languages: English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Spanish.

This series has been produced in the context of the WePod project, funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Commission to foster cross-border journalistic partnerships.  
 

Co-funded by the European Union. However, the views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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    Ep.3: The abortion playbook

    In episode 3 of The Right Kind of Family, we travel to Italy, a country which has become a model for how it has been limiting access to abortion for women in subtle ways.

    In fact, the country ruled by Giorgia Meloni's Brother of Italy, represents a playbook for how it is possible to curtail abortions in a context where the Law formally provides free access to it.

    Starting from Naples, through Rome and reaching the northwestern city of Turin, the reporters uncover how the anti-abortion playbook unfolds and impacts women's lives.  

    2025-06-17 - 48:53

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    Ep.2: A family-friendly country

    In episode 2 of The Right Kind of Family, our reporters travel to Hungary, a country ruled by Viktor Orban's Fidezs party since 2010.

    This relatively small central European country has surged to the role of ideological cornerstone for the Political Network for Values and its members.

    In particular, our reporters focus on one specific dimension of the policies enacted by the Orban over the past decade: family policies as a tool to stop population decline.

    The Hungarian government produly defines its country as a family-friendly land. But what exactly are the famed policies of the Hungarian government, and how do they affect Hungarian households and women? What do Hungarians think about them, and ultimately, are they effective in halting population decline?  

    2025-06-10 - 50:05

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    Ep.1: A very bright future

    In episode 1 of The Right Kind of Family, reporters Claudia Torrisi, Elsa Cabria, Francesca Berardi and Lili Rutai are in Madrid, in the Spanish Senate. They follow the works of the "VI Transatlantic Summit for Freedom and the Culture of Life", a closed session “in defence of life and the natural family.”

    The meeting serves also as the sixth international gathering of the Political Network for Values, a network established in 2014 in a room at the UN headquarters, in New York.

    The reporters follow the debates and key note speeches of the participants, uncovering the international reach of this network as well as its rhetoric and political ambitions.

    Far from being a EU-focused network, the Political Network for Values has strong US- and Latin Amrican-connections. However, one specific European country appears to play a leading role.
     

    2025-06-03 - 36:59

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    The Right Kind of Family- Trailer

    'The Right Kind of Family' is a cross-border reportage podcast series in 6 episodes co-produced by El Paìs Audio, Chora Media, 444 and Europod.

    The series uncovers the rise of the Political Network for Values, a global network of conservative and far-right organisations which is orchestrating a clampdown on sexual and reproductive health rights across Europe, in the name of the so-called natural family.

    Through the on-the-ground work of four reporters from Hungary, Italy and Spain, 'The Right Kind of Family ' explores the tactics and strategies political parties linked to the Political Network for Values are putting in place from positions of power at the national, regional or municipal level.

    The reporting shows how, in the name of defending an arbitrary natural order, political forces linked to the Political Network for Values are institutionalising family policies which can endanger women's autonomy in domestic contexts, limiting the access to abortion, waging a political war on transgender persons, as well as marginalising migrants.

    The series combines journalistic reportage, storytelling and expert interviews and is available in 7 languages: English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Spanish.

    This series has been produced in the context of the WePod project, funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Commission to foster cross-border journalistic partnerships.  

    "The Right Kind of Family" is a podcast co-produced by El País Audio, Chora Media, Europod, and 444. It was created within the framework of the WePod project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Commission.

    Co-funded by the European Union. However, the views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

     

    2025-05-27 - 4:29