Claire-Selma Aïtout

Portrait of Claire-Selma

Claire-Selma Aïtout creates and writes podcasts and poetry. Franco-Amazigh, her work focuses primarily on science communication, mental health, and immigration.

Podcasts

La Saga des Maths de France Inter

la saga des maths - France Inter

Writer and host of a fiction-documentary podcast, depicting historical portraits of mathematicians from antiquity to the present day (9 episodes x 15 minutes). In collaboration with Nathalie Ayi.

Quelques raisons de ne pas disparaître

Quelques raisons de ne pas disparaître - La Clameur PSC

Writer, host and director for a documentary podcast about depression, featuring researchers, healthcare professionals, and individuals (8 episodes x 30 minutes).

  • La Clameur PSC (2022)
  • Selected for “Petites Ondes”, Longueurs d’Ondes Festival (2022)
  • Best learning podcast award, Paris Podcast Festival (2023)

Other productions

Books

ma vie j'ai envie que tu viennes

Ma vie j’ai envie que tu viennes

A zine co‑written with poet Cléa Ciel, this collection explores cringe and devotion in love.

les histoires d'horreur

Les histoires d’horreur sont toujours des amours d’amour et de vengeance

This zine questions our relationship with horror, American productions, and how I take refuge in horror. In my pre‑adolescent years, I watched the same movies on repeat and I wonder: what are we really looking for in the love of horror?

Il faut tomber d’une comète pour connaître la solitude

Il faut tomber d’une comète pour connaître la solitude - Éditions 10 pages au carré

A comet is about to streak across the sky, and we’re supposed to follow it. Named Lady Lazarus, it draws near, promising to free us from the routine— from the subway, from the supermarket. The comet passes, yet we stay behind. From now on we must continue living…

Poetry magazines (as Selma Kovich)

Residencies

Paul Erdős, mathématicien errant

Transistor Média and the French Embassy in Canada

Podcast residency – Paul Erdős wandering mathematician is a podcast about the strange destiny of Paul Erdős, one of the most profilic mathematician of the XXth century. Who never had a home, since the attack on Budapest during the 2nd worldwar. He wandered during 60 years, from friends home to hotel, always doing mathemathics.

Press

Performances & workshops

Readings

Workshops