We’ve got something to celebrate! Shake it Easy Media has been nominated for two awards in the third edition of the Ondas Globales del Podcast Awards: “Corinna and the King” in the category of Best International Foreign Language Podcast and “Extrema Catalunya”, as Best Podcast in Co-official Language of the State.
“Corinna and the King/Corinna y el Rey” is a co-production with Project Brazen and PRX. An eight-episode series released in two languages: English and Spanish, and produced by a large international team. This narrative non-fiction podcast tells the true story of King Juan Carlos I, who abdicated the Spanish throne in 2014 after being the subject of a corruption investigation and further public scandal. At the epicenter of the scandal was Corinna zu Sayn-Wittengenstein: the king’s secret mistress. Corinna herself tells her story. An original soundtrack was composed and released for this podcast, and quite an unusual marketing campaign was developed for its promotion. It included the launch of a fake clothing brand, a perfume and a show in London that achieved huge media resonance.
“Extrema Catalunya” is a documentary podcast produced for LA MIRA digital magazine, with the collaboration of the Department of Equality and Feminism of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the CRAI Library Pavilion of the Republic of the University of Barcelona and Catalunya Ràdio. In ten episodes, and with the help of photojournalist Jordi Borrás, we tell the history of the ultra-right movement in Catalonia, from the death of dictator Franco to the present day.
Both podcasts were produced in 2022 and 2023 under the name La Coctelera Music. We at Shake It Easy would like to thank our partners and co-producers for these nominations, and everyone who has been involved in the development of these projects.
In the second edition of the Ondas in 2023 we received the award for Best Non-Spanish Speaking Podcast with “Punk in Translation“.
The Ondas Globales del Podcast Awards continue to grow. 1,252 applications were received from 19 different countries for this third annual ceremony. It showed a 40% increase in participation with respect to the first edition.
