A three-episode podcast series exploring bipolar disorder. In 2024, the podcast won the award for "the development and implementation of an audio documentary based on journalistic research and documentation", in the framework of the collaboration between iMEdD and the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. The first episode was created in the framework of this collaboration. Its creator, journalist Valia Dimitrakopoulou, intertwines her personal testimony as a patient, with in-depth research and interviews with individuals living with bipolar disorder in Greece and abroad, people close to them, as well as psychiatrists and psychotherapists. The podcast addresses topics such as the stages of mania and depression, medication and support networks, stereotypes and functionality in various social roles, while also examining the current institutional framework for mental health. By shedding light on a condition that remains taboo for some and a "terra incognita" for many—often misunderstood and surrounded by misinformation—the podcast aims to destigmatize bipolar disorder and foster a more informed and open dialogue.

Mark Lowen is a British journalist, now based in Rome. He works for BBC News as a correspondent in Southern Europe and he is the co-presenter of OS for BBC World Service. He was also based in Athens covering the financial crisis in the 2010s. After Athens he moved to Istanbul where he stayed for five years until 2019, a city he knows well enough to return there and cover the aftermath of mayor Imamoglou’s recent arrest and imprisonment. Less than 100 hours after his arrival, he was deported for being “a threat to public order”.

In this episode of Small Talk, Mark Lowen shares his experience on being the latest victim of brutal press freedom suspension.

What happens in Evros when the wildfires die down and the border fence slips out of the spotlight? Journalist Apostolos Staikos travels to Northern Evros, exploring life in the remote border villages. He delves into issues of demographic collapse, the local economy, wildfires, and the border fence.

The former Washington Post correspondent in Iran who endured 544 days of captivity in Tehran’s Evin prison engages in a discussion with iMEdD regarding the unfolding Middle East crisis.

George Schinas, an iMEdD journalist, met with Jason Rezaian in Perugia during the International Journalism Festival in mid-April, prior to Rezaian’s participation in a panel discussion titled “The new nuclear landscape: reporting on nuclear weapons and security at the dawn of a new arms race.” They discussed Rezaian’s challenging days of detention, the introduction of avocados in Iran and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.