This week on The Sound Kitchen, a special treat: RFI English listener’s musical requests. Just click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!
Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday. This week, you’ll hear musical requests from your fellow listeners Eric Mbotji, Hossen Abed Ali, and Jayanta Chakrabarty.
Be sure you send in your music requests! Write to me at thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr
Here’s the music you heard on this week’s program: “Seven Seconds” by Youssou N'Dour, Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey, and Jonathan Sharp, performed by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry; “Babe” by Gary Barlow, played by Take That, and “Never Let You Go” written and performed by Klaus Waldeck and Patrizia Ferrara.
The ePOP video competition is open!
The ePOP video competition is sponsored by the RFI department “Planète Radio”, whose mission is to give a voice to the voiceless. ePOP focuses on the environment and how climate change has affected “ordinary” people.
The ePOP contest is your space to ensure these voices are heard.
How do you do it?
With a three-minute ePOP video. It should be pure testimony, captured by your lens: the spoken word reigns supreme. No tricks, no music, no text on the screen. Just the raw authenticity of an encounter, in horizontal format (16:9). An ePOP film is a razor-sharp look at humanity that challenges, moves, and enlightens.
From June 12 to September 12, 2025, ePOP invites you to reach out, open your eyes, and create a unique bridge between a person and the world.
Join the ePOP community and make reality vibrate!
Click here for all the information you need.
We expect to be overwhelmed with entries from the English speakers!
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