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What in God’s name is happening in Spain? Simon Hunter, editor of the English Edition of Spanish newspaper EL PAÍS, tries to explain it all to his beloved English-speaking audience

EL PAÍS


    • Jul 22, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    We are on a (summer) break

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 1:11


    Season 5 of the ¿Qué? podcast is coming to an end a little earlier than we expected. Thanks to you all for listening and we'll be back in September!

    S05E08: New spike in coronavirus infections and the fallout from Cuba protests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 34:13


    This week, we discuss the ongoing rise in Covid-19 cases, in particular among young people, and we also examine how protests by Cuban citizens have been putting the central government in a tight spot 

    S05E07: Delta strain in Spain and the debate over bilingual education programs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 40:12


    This week on our Spanish news podcast, we discuss the rise of the delta coronavirus strain in Spain, the spike in infections among young people and what regions are doing to curb contagions.

    S05E06: Coronavirus update and interview with Bremain in Spain chair

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 45:36


    This week, we discuss the spread of the delta variant and the progress of the Covid-19 vaccination drive, and speak to the MBE recipient, Sue Wilson, about the work her organization does to protect the rights of UK citizens living in the country.

    S05E05: A tragedy in Tenerife and Sánchez's hallway chat with Biden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 34:28


    This week on our Spanish news podcast, we look at the tragic case of Anna and Olivia, two little girls who are thought to have been murdered by their father in Spain's Canary Islands, and discuss the broader problem of gender violence in Spain. We also explain how an announced “bilateral meeting” between Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and US President Joe Biden turned into a hallway chat that lasted less than a minute.

    S05E04: How Spain's autonomous regions have handled the pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 37:57


    We discuss how complicated the coronavirus crisis has been in the country due to the powers of the regional governments

    S05E03: Spain's Covid vaccine campaign, and Brexit advice for Britons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 35:45


    This week we take a look at Spain's ongoing Covid-19 vaccine campaign, and also consider some of the changing rules and regulations for UK nationals  traveling to or living in the country

    S05E02: Travel after Brexit and Catalan politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 37:29


    This week we discuss the changes to the coronavirus restrictions on travelers from the UK, and look at the new Catalan government, which has made securing clemency for the jailed leaders of the 2017 breakaway bid a priority

    S05E01: Picking up where we left off

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 40:19


    After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Simon Hunter and Melissa Kitson are back with a brand new series

    We are on a break

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 2:58


    Things are a little complicated for everyone right now, so we will have to take a little break with our podcast. But fret not, we'll be back with you as soon as possible! Stay safe and thanks for listening.

    S04E10: UK ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott discusses the coronavirus crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 37:23


    We also catch up with Chris Dottie, the president of the British Chamber of Commerce, and Martin Makepeace, the president of the British Association of San Antonio, Ibiza

    S04E09: Coronavirus lockdown in Spain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 46:19


    This week we talk about the state of alarm aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19, and interview some of our podcast heroes about how they are managing under the new restrictions

    ¿Qué? S04E08: The coronavirus in Spain and an alleged assault in the Big Brother house

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 25:37


    This week we talk about how Covid-19 is affecting Spaniards, and discuss a court investigation into the alleged abuse of a ‘Gran Hermano’ contestant

    S04E07: EL PAÍS SEMANAL’s feature article on ‘Why I vote for Vox’

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 26:52


    This week we talk to Guillermo Abril, the journalist who wrote a recent feature based on interviews with supporters of the far-right party, and which left no one indifferent

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    S04E06: The trial of Willy Toledo and a plan to crack down on Franco apologists

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 25:11


    This week we examine how a Spanish actor and activist ended up in court for a Facebook post, and consider the limits of free speech in Spain

    S04E05: Poverty in Spain and the 33-year pension scam

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 23:10


    This week, we discuss a UN expert’s findings on the serious levels of inequality in the country, and discover how a social worker managed to collect a deceased man’s Social Security payments for more than three decades

    S04E4: The coronavirus quarantine in Madrid and drama at Barajas airport

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 34:33


    This week we speak to EL PAÍS correspondent Jaime Santirso, who was evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan last week, and recount the drone sightings and emergency landing in the Spanish capital on Monday

    S04E3: Brexit and rock-bottom rents in Madrid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 20:41


    This week, we discuss how Brexit will affect Britons living in Spain, and why some tenants are able to pay as little as €7 a month for an apartment in the capital

    S04E2: A new Catalan trial and Vox’s idea for a parental veto

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 24:16


    This week we discuss the latest trial covering the 2017 events in Catalonia, and examine far-right Vox’s plan for a so-called “parental pin.”

    S04E1: New government in Spain, and failed heist at French palace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 25:29


    This week we talk about Pedro Sánchez being voted back in as prime minister, and the unlikely story of an infamous spanish ram-raider who was hired by the Chinese mafia to steal precious artworks.

    S03E12: The effects of the UK general election, and Spain’s dwindling bars

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 38:21


    This week we talk to Britons in Spain whose lives will be affected by the reelection of the Tories at the recent polls, and examine the initiatives aimed at keeping local watering holes open in deserted parts of the country

    S03E11: ‘El Pequeño Nicolás’ and a grisly cocaine crime

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 22:35


    This week we discuss Spain’s most notorious alleged fraudster, and examine the death of Marta Calvo, whose body was dismembered and disposed of by a man she met online

    S03E10: Scuffles in Congress and Spain’s ‘narco-submarine’

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 23:06


    This week we discuss the antics that happened inside Spanish Congress when newly elected lawmakers were sworn into their roles, and talk about the first “narco-submarine” caught in European waters off the coast of Galicia

    SO3E9: Vox controversies and Mar Menor disaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 25:26


    This week we discuss the far-right party's denial of gender violence, and why thousands of fish washed up dead in Europe's largest saltwater lagoon.

    S03E8: Spain's general election and the PSOE-Podemos deal

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 20:11


    This week we discuss -what else?- the results of Sunday's repeat poll and the surprise agreement between Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias that paves the way for a coalition

    S03E7: Pre-election debate and the #MeToo movement in Spain

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 24:42


    This week we discuss the jousting of Spain’s five prime-ministerial candidates on Monday night, and examine the Spanish feminism movement.

    S03E6: Spain’s ‘stolen babies’ network and R&D challenges

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 25:35


    This week we discuss the death of Doctor Vela, the first person to go to trial in relation with irregular adoptions during the Franco era, and ask why the Spanish science sector is lagging behind those of other countries

    S03E5: Catalan street protests and the exhumation of Franco

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2019 25:49


    This week we discuss last week’s disturbances in Catalonia after the Supreme Court ruling, and the long-awaited exhumation of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen

    S03E4: Supreme Court ruling on jailed Catalan secession leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 25:12


    This week we discuss the verdict from one of the most politically relevant trials that Spain has seen in recent years, and the protests it has sparked across Catalonia

    S03E3: The Spanish company that spied on Julian Assange

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 27:14


    This week we discuss the exclusive reporting from EL PAÍS about the security firm that was monitoring the WikiLeaks founder, and also examine the journalistic issues thrown up by a grisly crime in the north of Spain

    S03E2: The Catalan independence drive and exhuming Franco

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 31:54


    This week we discuss events surrounding the second anniversary of the referendum in Catalonia, and the latest in the ongoing tug of war over the remains of the Spanish dictator

    S03E1: New elections and Brexit

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 25:07


    This week we discuss why Spain is heading back to the polls for the fourth time in four years, and look at the Spanish government’s demand for reciprocity in the conditions for migrants after the UK leaves the EU

    2x12: Farewell interview with ambassador Simon Manley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2019 24:47


    The outgoing British ambassador to Spain covers Brexit, digital diplomacy and just how Spanish he is after six years in the role

    2x11: Spain’s political stalemate deepens

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019 21:47


    In the season finale we discuss the ongoing efforts by the Socialists and Podemos to hammer out a governing deal, and also look at the U-turn Madrid City Hall has been forced to make on the Madrid Central low-emissions zone

    2x10: Madrid suspends fines in low-emissions zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 21:30


    This week we discuss the controversial move by the new right-wing council in the capital, as well as examining a bungled assassination attempt by two Spanish women

    2x09: New ruling in the Running of the Bulls rape case

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2019 20:34


    This week we discuss the Supreme Court’s decision on Spain’s most infamous sexual assault trial, and also examine the ongoing stalemate on the Spanish political scene

    2x08: The end of Madrid’s low-emissions zone?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 19:49


    This week we discuss plans by the new mayor of the capital to ditch a scheme aimed at reducing pollution, and also examine an app that was used to spy on Spanish bars

    2x07: Why does Franco remain in the Valley of the Fallen?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2019 18:19


    This week we discuss the Supreme Court ruling that temporarily suspended the exhumation of the Spanish dictator, and talk about how much guests are expected to give at weddings in Spain

    2x06: Catalan independence trial comes to a close

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 20:45


    This week we discuss the public prosecutor’s closing arguments in the 'procés' case, and also examine the possible ramifications of a tragic suicide in Madrid

    2x05: Fallout of the May 26 election results

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2019 18:28


    This week we discuss the winners and losers of the local, regional and European polls on Sunday, and how the outcome could affect future governing deals in Spain

    2x04: Chaos in Congress and vibrator prizes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 20:23


    This week we discuss the antics that took place during the inaugural session of the lower house, and talk about the outrageous award pack given to a women’s squash team in Spain

    2x03: New clocking-in system and Pedro Sánchez’s hero moment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 17:53


    This week we discuss a new law that makes it mandatory for all businesses in Spain to keep track of worker schedules and how Pedro Sánchez handled a protester who appeared at the mortuary chapel for Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

    2x02: Election fallout and controversy in Mauthausen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2019 19:21


    This week we discuss the early talks between Spain’s political parties as they seek to form a government, and examine a memorial service at a Nazi camp that took an unexpected turn

    2x01: Results of the Spanish election

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 19:13


    This week we discuss the outcome of Sunday’s vote and how it has changed the political landscape of Spain

    Ep.12: What’s going to happen at the Spanish elections?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 22:11


    This week we discuss the upcoming date that Spaniards have at the polling booths, and also, in the last episode of our first season, mention a few stories we didn’t have time for...

    Ep. 11: British migrants protest Brexit in Madrid

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 21:44


    We discuss the demonstration against the UK’s withdrawal from the EU in Madrid and look at why an expert ham cutter caused a scandal on social media.

    Ep. 10: Who broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 22:10


    This week we discuss a curious incident involving a diplomatic mission in Spain, which may or may not have involved the CIA, and also remember the tragic killing of Carlos Palomino. More info at elpais.com.

    Ep. 9: Feminists on the march

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2019 26:01


    This week we discuss the success of the Spanish demonstrations for Women’s Day, and we pose the question, is Spain politically incorrect?

    Ep. 8: What the rise of far-right party Vox means for Spain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 22:36


    Journalists from the EL PAÍS English Edition discuss the emergence of the group, and also examine a controversial bus that is denouncing “Feminazis” in Spain

    Ep. 7: Supreme Court trial of Catalan separatist leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 19:30


    Journalists from the English Edition explain the charges facing 12 pro-independence defendants and why this case is the most important in Spanish history

    Ep. 6: Will Franco be removed from the Valley of the Fallen?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 17:30


    We look at the government’s plans to exhume the remains of the Spanish dictator from the controversial monument north of Madrid.

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