What is the world playing? In Africa, passing through Europe and as far as Asia, public spaces lend themselves to play. Children and adults, amateurs and professionals, meet on a football field in Bamako, Mali, at the Vicente Calderón stadium. Madrid in Spain and finally in the muay-thai ring, Thai boxing, in the province of Chachoengsao.
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.
“Listen to the world playing” was produced with the sound contributions of Stéphane Rennesson in Thailand, Déborah Gros in Spain, and by RFI in Africa.
Production team :
Design, writing, editing, mixing: Monica Fantini.
Voice recording and mixing assistance: Laurence Allanic and Pascal Boungo – Creation unit.