What noises rise from the street to the wide-open windows? In Cairo, Quito, Hanoi, Naples, the voices of street vendors and passers-by stretch out, challenge each other, resound. At the crossroads of four continents, in Egypt, Ecuador, Vietnam and Italy, the sound deployment of voices that carry far.
Listen to the world is a radio program replaying in podcast here, but also a participatory platform dedicated to listening. It archives and provides free access to more than 200 sound recordings sent from all over the world, to be found on The sound map.
This episode was produced with sound contributions from: Arnaud Soulier in Hanoi, Olivier Féraud in Naples, Vincent Battesti in Cairo and Deborah Gros in Quito.
Production team
Design, writing, editing, mixing: Monica Fantini
Voice recording and mixing assistance: Laurence Allanic and Pascal Boungo – Creation Unit