Josh and Franco
The Europeans | European news, politics and culture
Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer
4.8 • 162 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
This week, we heard that 'Josh and Franco', one of our all-time favourite episodes, has been nominated for the equivalent of an Oscar in the European podcast world: the Prix Europa. We are over the moon and thought this was a good moment to re-release the episode.
It was the first episode from our series This Is What A Generation Sounds Like and if you are watching on Spotify, you will be able to watch this podcast as it was our first attempt at creating a 'Visual Podcast', in collaboration with our friends at Are We Europe. If you are not listening on Spotify, then you can experience the visual episode on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/areweeurope/joshandfranco
Podcast Credits:
Producers: Katz Laszlo and Josh Prezioso
Editorial support: Dominic Kraemer, Katy Lee, Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar
Video Credits:
Visual & Motion Design: Eddie Stok
Project Coordination: Mick ter Reehorst
Translation: Giosuè Prezioso
Subtitles: Marco Mingolla
Music:
Tarantella del Gargano by Marco Beasley & represented by Out Here Music; Italian Opera by UV Protection; Andante (Italian Concerto) written by Bach and performed by Catrina Finch; Amore Mio by Mina with Warner Music Italy; Tomb by Veshza; La Luna E Fisarmonica by Ziv Moran; Disco Ball by Evgeny Barduzha, and Jim Barne.
Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions: Kilkerrin by Scalcairn; Sylvestor by One Such Village; Angel Academy by Marc Oakley; Toby or not Toby by Mark Oakley.
SFX from Freesounds.org: Wescwave; GeorgeHopkins; suonidigallipoli; samararaine; cmusounddesign; suonidibologna; wolkenunddreck; ancorapazzo; soundforest.
This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. Find more like-minded European podcasts at areweeurope.com/audio-family.
This series is co-produced in co-operation with Allianz Kulturstiftung, an independent not-for-profit cultural foundation committed to strengthening cohesion in Europe using the tools of art and culture. Find out more at kulturstiftung.allianz.de.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Daddy. Hi love. So here we are. How do you feel? Honestly, I've been nervous. |
| 0:12.0 | I feel you. So, um, let me to the talking then, okay? Go ahead, my son. |
| 0:18.0 | Introductions first. I'm Josh and this is my dad Franco over the phone. I'm |
| 0:23.4 | honestly reading some notes because I'm quite nervous too. So, so far we've introduced |
| 0:30.1 | ourselves as a traditional dad and son duo. There is yet another story though. We have both, |
| 0:37.1 | in fact, gays, homosexuals. |
| 0:41.3 | Both my dad and I. |
| 0:42.3 | We both come from the tiniest village in the south of Italy you can think of. |
| 0:47.3 | Where this bond was once a shame, as seen in our disease even. |
| 0:52.3 | This is not the story we want to share with you though, right, Dad? |
| 0:56.7 | At all, Josh. |
| 0:58.7 | This is a story of friendship, pride, understanding and empathy. |
| 1:05.3 | We are Josh and Franco, and this is our story. |
| 1:11.3 | My father and I both grew up in Ostoni, a small town in Puglia, right on the high hill of Italy's boots. |
| 1:21.9 | You might have heard of it. It's a cool place to go now. |
| 1:25.5 | But that wasn't always the case, and we're not tourists here. |
| 1:31.7 | The ground is red, it's beautiful. |
| 1:34.6 | The colour in the moment is, I think, the best in the year. |
| 1:38.0 | In May, anything is green and red and yellow. |
| 1:40.8 | Many colors. |
| 1:41.8 | The smell is beautiful. |
| 1:43.5 | The ground from the flowers, from grass, |
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