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 - 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).
- Laureat Pod’casting (2023)
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)
Books
Il faut tomber d’une comète pour connaître la solitude - Éditions 10 pages au carré
Writer of a short story / long poem.
- 10 pages au carré (2023)
Poetry magazines (as Selma Kovich)
- Bakwa magazine, 2023 [When love is a scream]
- Polysème magazine, 2023 [Ecologie, Handicap]
- Débridé, 2022 [La fièvre]
- Rompre sans casser, 2022
- Sœurs, 2021 [Douces ?]
Residencies
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.
- Transistor média (2024)
Press
- Vogue - 5 podcasts qui aident à mieux comprendre les troubles psychiques by Marthe Mabille (Aug 24, 2024)
- Radio Canada - Discussion féminine autour de la production de balados present as a guest (Apr 27, 2024)
- Binge/encore heureux - Sommes-nous toustes en dépression ? present as a guest (Nov 23, 2023)
- Paris podcast festival - Libérer la parole et l’écoute autour de la santé mentale present as a guest (Oct 14, 2023)
- La Croix - Il faut tomber d’une comète pour connaître la solitude by Stéphane Bataillon (Jun 23, 2023)
Performances & workshops
Readings
- Jardin 21, Paris, September 4 2024, lectures de rentrée avec 10 pages au carré
- Péniche-librairie, 19th arrondissement Paris, June 5 2024, 10 pages au carré
- Médiathèque de Plaisir, March 12 2024, 10 pages au carré
- Kébab littéraire, Marseille, March 2 2024
- Poètes en résonnance, Paris, November 24 2023, with musician Hélène Arntzen
Workshops
- Palais de la Femme – Organized and facilitated a podcast creation workshop for children aged 6 to 13 residing in an emergency shelter. The project resulted in the production of two podcasts. (July 2023)
- Mairie de Gruissan – Led a podcast writing workshop. (October 2023)
- La Clameur – Conducted a podcast creation workshop with eight podcasters. (August 2024)