Stories of the year zero
a birth. a loss. a career change. a new faith. a bike journey. a burnout. a divorce. a first move abroad. coming home after a year of traveling the world.
01 · The concept
YEAR ZERO.
An original interview podcast about the first year after a life changing event. Launched in 2022 with stories of the first postpartum year, ZERO TO ONE later expanded to other turning points in life.
Conversations recorded with guests in France, Japan, Malaysia and Réunion Island. Primarily in French, with selected episodes in English.
Created, hosted and produced by Stéphanie Ayusawa.
02 · Episodes
Listen to
the episodes.
03 · Listeners
What listeners say.
Messages received from listeners after an episode.
Quand j'ai découvert ton podcast, il m'a fait du bien. […] On pense souvent que ça n'arrive qu'à nous. Mais on est tous humains.
When I discovered your podcast, it did me good. We often think it only happens to us. But we are all human.
Écouter ces femmes raconter leurs histoires me permet d'apprivoiser un peu ma peur de grossesse et de maternité.
Listening to these women tell their stories helps me tame my fear of pregnancy and motherhood a little.
Même moi qui ne suis pas papa […] je trouve ça super sympa et intéressant !!
Even though I'm not a dad, I find it really nice and interesting!
Thank you for speaking to Mommies. Some might not be able to share with others, so this podcast is really a good medium.
Je suis vraiment à fleur de peau après l'écoute.
I'm really emotional after listening.
Bravo à toi de montrer au grand jour les difficultés que les parents peuvent rencontrer.
Bravo for bringing the difficulties parents face into the open.
Tu arrives à comprendre, ou du moins essayer de comprendre, les épreuves de chacune. C'est un plaisir de les écouter.
You manage to understand, or at least try to understand, what each of them went through.
Ton podcast m'a accompagnée pendant une période où j'y ai retrouvé beaucoup de similitudes à mon propre vécu.
Your podcast stayed with me through a time when I found many echoes of my own experience.
Even for someone who is on the fence of having kids it's a great and honest insight/resource to a life with children so thank you!
Il faut absolument continuer ce travail incroyable que tu nous offres.
You absolutely have to keep up this incredible work.
J'écoute chaque épisode et j'adore.
I listen to every episode and love it.
04 · On Instagram