Podcasts about Catalonia

"Aquella frase con que describía la circulación de la pelota adquiere aquí otro sentido: ya no se refiere al balón, sino a una historia personal que Mimica entrega a quienes siguieron su voz durante décadas."Conversamos en el #TraficantesDeCultura con el periodista y relator deportivo magallánico Vladimiro Mimica, autor de Tuya, mía, para ti y para mí. Una vida compartida, sus memorias editadas por CATALONIA.Conduce: Humberto Fuentes

The 2026-27 season is upon us and the boys are back to preview what this year has in store. Who will go up, who will drop into the third tier of Spanish football and who will be the dark horses to look out for.  In this season preview Alex and Liam will talk about all 22 clubs in detail across parts 1-3, and then in part 4 will give you their predictions. What a season we have in store! We have been joined by giants Real Mallorca and Real Oviedo, that means of course the Asturian Derbi is back, as is the Canarian derbi with Tenerife promoted. We have representation in Catalonia once again with the promotion of Sabadell and relegation of Girona. We are as diverse as ever with not one, not two, but three island teams, an enclave and a team playing outside of Spain, Pique's Andorra FC. Even the B team cloud has a silver lining, Celta B maintains our Galician representation and means that we have double the chance of seeing the future stars of Spanish football.  With the departure of some big boys, it means that Segunda is once more a league where anyone can beat anyone, and WE ARE HERE FOR IT. Roll on the 2026-27 season.  We want to hear your predictions -  Let us know what you think, @ us in a tweet, send us a message on Instagram, email spanishsegundashow@gmail.com , leave a comment on Spotfiy or reply to the post on Patreon!  ===== Hear all four of the season previews at once PLUS 45 minutes extra content every week. Join us on Patreon. www.patreon.com/spanishsegundashow  Have a month free on us, use this link to get your first month free!  https://www.patreon.com/SpanishSegundaShow/redeem/2FB06  ===== Join our FREE prediction league - Ballkie - click on the link below! Pick the results of all 11 games every week to score points, win prizes and see how you compare to other listeners of the show!  https://www.ballkie.com/leagues?join=d3589541d1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2026-27 season is upon us and the boys are back to preview what this year has in store. Who will go up, who will drop into the third tier of Spanish football and who will be the dark horses to look out for.  In this season preview Alex and Liam will talk about all 22 clubs in detail across parts 1-3, and then in part 4 will give you their predictions. What a season we have in store! We have been joined by giants Real Mallorca and Real Oviedo, that means of course the Asturian Derbi is back, as is the Canarian derbi with Tenerife promoted. We have representation in Catalonia once again with the promotion of Sabadell and relegation of Girona. We are as diverse as ever with not one, not two, but three island teams, an enclave and a team playing outside of Spain, Pique's Andorra FC. Even the B team cloud has a silver lining, Celta B maintains our Galician representation and means that we have double the chance of seeing the future stars of Spanish football.  With the departure of some big boys, it means that Segunda is once more a league where anyone can beat anyone, and WE ARE HERE FOR IT. Roll on the 2026-27 season.  We want to hear your predictions -  Let us know what you think, @ us in a tweet, send us a message on Instagram, email spanishsegundashow@gmail.com , leave a comment on Spotfiy or reply to the post on Patreon!  ===== Hear all four of the season previews at once PLUS 45 minutes extra content every week. Join us on Patreon. www.patreon.com/spanishsegundashow  Have a month free on us, use this link to get your first month free!  https://www.patreon.com/SpanishSegundaShow/redeem/2FB06  ===== Join our FREE prediction league - Ballkie - click on the link below! Pick the results of all 11 games every week to score points, win prizes and see how you compare to other listeners of the show!  https://www.ballkie.com/leagues?join=d3589541d1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2026-27 season is upon us and the boys are back to preview what this year has in store. Who will go up, who will drop into the third tier of Spanish football and who will be the dark horses to look out for.  In this season preview Alex and Liam will talk about all 22 clubs in detail across parts 1-3, and then in part 4 will give you their predictions. What a season we have in store! We have been joined by giants Real Mallorca and Real Oviedo, that means of course the Asturian Derbi is back, as is the Canarian derbi with Tenerife promoted. We have representation in Catalonia once again with the promotion of Sabadell and relegation of Girona. We are as diverse as ever with not one, not two, but three island teams, an enclave and a team playing outside of Spain, Pique's Andorra FC. Even the B team cloud has a silver lining, Celta B maintains our Galician representation and means that we have double the chance of seeing the future stars of Spanish football.  With the departure of some big boys, it means that Segunda is once more a league where anyone can beat anyone, and WE ARE HERE FOR IT. Roll on the 2026-27 season.  We want to hear your predictions -  Let us know what you think, @ us in a tweet, send us a message on Instagram, email spanishsegundashow@gmail.com , leave a comment on Spotfiy or reply to the post on Patreon!  ===== Hear all four of the season previews at once PLUS 45 minutes extra content every week. Join us on Patreon. www.patreon.com/spanishsegundashow  Have a month free on us, use this link to get your first month free!  https://www.patreon.com/SpanishSegundaShow/redeem/2FB06  ===== Join our FREE prediction league - Ballkie - click on the link below! Pick the results of all 11 games every week to score points, win prizes and see how you compare to other listeners of the show!  https://www.ballkie.com/leagues?join=d3589541d1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us Fan MailMost poets write under their given names – Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Denise Riley, Elizabeth Bishop. Some on the other hand use pseudonyms; there is no such person as Biddy Jenkinson, except in her poems; Pablo Neruda was born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto in order not to offend his family. And of course there is Fernando Pessoa who wrote under a series of heteronymns – Alvaro de Campos, Alberto Caeiro the keeper of sheep, the artistocratic monarchist Ricardo Reis, and so on. Billy Ramsell's new book Render from Banshee Press follows in this tradition, plunging us into Barcelona in the middle of the 20th century. The book purports to be the selected poems off one Alberto Cenas, lonely scion of a wealthy Catalan familyMy verses stretch and hesitate,scale their rickety trellises.My fruit comes rust-red, grudging.Billy came to Books Upstairs in Dublin earlier this summer to read from his work and talk to poet and critic Adam Wyeth about his complex portrait of a strange and sympathetic figure, a sort of Irish export to the poetry industry of Catalonia ….  This episode is supported by a Project Award from the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Intro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, 'Thou Shalt Not Carry' from The Hare's Corner, 2008, with thanks to Colm for permission to use it. Logo designed by Freya Sirr.Support the show

The 2026-27 season is upon us and the boys are back to preview what this year has in store. Who will go up, who will drop into the third tier of Spanish football and who will be the dark horses to look out for.  In this season preview Alex and Liam will talk about all 22 clubs in detail across parts 1-3, and then in part 4 will give you their predictions. What a season we have in store! We have been joined by giants Real Mallorca and Real Oviedo, that means of course the Asturian Derbi is back, as is the Canarian derbi with Tenerife promoted. We have representation in Catalonia once again with the promotion of Sabadell and relegation of Girona. We are as diverse as ever with not one, not two, but three island teams, an enclave and a team playing outside of Spain, Pique's Andorra FC. Even the B team cloud has a silver lining, Celta B maintains our Galician representation and means that we have double the chance of seeing the future stars of Spanish football.  With the departure of some big boys, it means that Segunda is once more a league where anyone can beat anyone, and WE ARE HERE FOR IT. Roll on the 2026-27 season.  We want to hear your predictions -  Let us know what you think, @ us in a tweet, send us a message on Instagram, email spanishsegundashow@gmail.com , leave a comment on Spotfiy or reply to the post on Patreon!  ===== Hear all four of the season previews at once PLUS 45 minutes extra content every week. Join us on Patreon. www.patreon.com/spanishsegundashow  Have a month free on us, use this link to get your first month free!  https://www.patreon.com/SpanishSegundaShow/redeem/2FB06  ===== Join our FREE prediction league - Ballkie - click on the link below! Pick the results of all 11 games every week to score points, win prizes and see how you compare to other listeners of the show!  https://www.ballkie.com/leagues?join=d3589541d1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes, Tyler McBrien, Anastasiia Lapatina, and Kevin Frazier to talk through a couple of the week's big national security news stories, including:“Kyiv Peace a Chance.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in the Oval Office on Tuesday for closed-door talks with President Trump, roughly 17 months after their first Oval Office meeting collapsed into a televised shouting match. But this meeting went rather differently. Zelensky said the two discussed licensing Ukrainian production of Patriot interceptors, and pressed the case for reinvigorating diplomacy—and hours later, after both men attended the funeral of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, the Senate voted 86-12 to advance a Russia and Iran sanctions bill now bearing Graham's name. Behind the scenes, Washington and Kyiv have been quietly assembling a new package of proposals for Moscow built around a partial ceasefire. Is there anything real behind this renewed diplomatic push? And what, if anything, has changed that might make the Kremlin say yes?“Thinking Outside the Box.” Last week, Open AI and the AI hosting platform Hugging Face confirmed that, while being run through an offensive cyber benchmark with their safety refusals switched off, GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable unreleased OpenAI model escaped their supposedly isolated sandbox through a zero-day in a package installer, reached the open internet, and hacked Hugging Face's production database to steal the answer key to a test they were taking. It is the first publicly confirmed case of an AI system executing a sophisticated, multi-stage cyberattack against a third party on its own initiative. What does the incident tell us about how well anyone can control frontier models? And who should be on the hook when a model goes rogue?We were going to cover a third topic but simply ran out of time! In object lessons, Tyler is revisiting a renewed classic with the 4k restoration of the 1986 documentary, “Sherman's March: A Meditation on the Possibility of Romantic Love in the South During an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation.” Nastya returns to George Orwell's “Homage to Catalonia,” as a reminder that both physical and information warfare are not unique to our time. Ben enlists an old friend—Claude—to investigate one of American law's enduring mysteries: how many federal crimes actually exist. Kevin is celebrating student-led conversations on how AI should be governed. And Scott revisits Max Weber on the nature of science while also celebrating emojis other than the hugging face.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes, Tyler McBrien, Anastasiia Lapatina, and Kevin Frazier to talk through a couple of the week's big national security news stories, including:“Kyiv Peace a Chance.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in the Oval Office on Tuesday for closed-door talks with President Trump, roughly 17 months after their first Oval Office meeting collapsed into a televised shouting match. But this meeting went rather differently. Zelensky said the two discussed licensing Ukrainian production of Patriot interceptors, and pressed the case for reinvigorating diplomacy—and hours later, after both men attended the funeral of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, the Senate voted 86-12 to advance a Russia and Iran sanctions bill now bearing Graham's name. Behind the scenes, Washington and Kyiv have been quietly assembling a new package of proposals for Moscow built around a partial ceasefire. Is there anything real behind this renewed diplomatic push? And what, if anything, has changed that might make the Kremlin say yes?“Thinking Outside the Box.” Last week, Open AI and the AI hosting platform Hugging Face confirmed that, while being run through an offensive cyber benchmark with their safety refusals switched off, GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable unreleased OpenAI model escaped their supposedly isolated sandbox through a zero-day in a package installer, reached the open internet, and hacked Hugging Face's production database to steal the answer key to a test they were taking. It is the first publicly confirmed case of an AI system executing a sophisticated, multi-stage cyberattack against a third party on its own initiative. What does the incident tell us about how well anyone can control frontier models? And who should be on the hook when a model goes rogue?We were going to cover a third topic but simply ran out of time! In object lessons, Tyler is revisiting a renewed classic with the 4k restoration of the 1986 documentary, “Sherman's March: A Meditation on the Possibility of Romantic Love in the South During an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation.” Nastya returns to George Orwell's “Homage to Catalonia,” as a reminder that both physical and information warfare are not unique to our time. Ben enlists an old friend—Claude—to investigate one of American law's enduring mysteries: how many federal crimes actually exist. Kevin is celebrating student-led conversations on how AI should be governed. And Scott revisits Max Weber on the nature of science while also celebrating emojis other than the hugging face.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

POWW Episode 348: in Spain for one this time, specifically Catalonia. This episode features a variety of street punk, Oi, hardcore, and punk music.

El infinito está aquí Infinity is here De entre la infinidad de expresiones de raíz popular del planeta que visitan nuestras Mundofonías, traemos una serie de novedades discográficas que nos llevan por Canadá, Gascuña, Italia, Macedonia del Norte, Cataluña, Armenia, Inglaterra, Japón y otros lugares sonoros soñados o sugeridos. From among the infinity of popular-rooted expressions from around the planet that visit our Mundofonías, we bring a series of new releases that take us through Canada, Gascony, Italy, North Macedonia, Catalonia, Armenia, England, Japan and other dreamed or evoked sound worlds. – The McDades - Honoloco - Thread the light – Feiz Noz Moc'h - Nag ur vuhez / Vila de Castelnau - Pagans: 2011 > 2012 [V.A.] – Ficufresche - Ballarella - Voci dalle Toraglie – Perperúna - Karanfilče devojče - Kentoï – Punt de Malura - Tocata de flabiol i Ball de Vich - Punt de malura – Trio Tico - Nostàlgia - Pensaments – Tigran Hamasyan - Ultradance - Manifeste – Ancient Infinity Orchestra - Akshay - It's always about liberation – Kiyoshi Nagata - From here to elsewhere - Ghosts in the forest – (Tigran Hamasyan - Window from one heart to another (for Rumi) - Manifeste)  Perperúna ( Jana Kiesser)

Expanding career opportunities, helping children with their homework, building friendships and relationships, and feeling at home in Catalonia – these are just some of the reasons Catalan learners give for learning the language. This episode of Filling the Sink explores what it's like to learn Catalan, and the challenges and opportunities facing the language today. Lorcan Doherty is joined by Jordi Ballart from the CPNL (Consorci per a la Normalització Lingüística) and Catalan learner Grace Ferris to discuss the current state of the language, the growing demand for Catalan classes, and the transition from the classroom to real-life conversation. Cillian Shields speaks with CPNL teacher Mafalda Palà and one of her students, Alejandro Merayo, who moved to Barcelona from Argentina and has embraced learning Catalan as part of settling into life in Catalonia. We also drop in on a Speak Catalan meetup, organised by Eloi Rodrígues and Arnau Torner, where learners and native speakers gather in cafés and other venues to practise Catalan through conversation in a fun, informal setting.

Jonathan Wilson and Rob Draper are joined by special guest Jordi Cruyff for the first episode in a new series on Total Football: its origins, its legacy, and one of its key architects, Johan Cruyff.Who better than Jordi to reflect on his father's footballing influences and legacy? Beginning with his upbringing in Amsterdam, the hardship that shaped his ambition, and the profound influence of Rinus Michels on his development, Jordi also shares personal insight into Johan's personality: stubborn, curious, challenging and, of course, never afraid to go against the grain.The conversation explores Cruyff's football philosophy in detail - his attacking mindset, positional ideas, emphasis on angles and intelligence, and refusal to compromise on style. Jordi also retells the story of being named Jordi in Franco-era Spain, a moment that captured his father's defiant spirit and deep connection with Catalonia.Rob, Jonathan and Jordi look at Johan's transformational impact on Barcelona, the 1992 European Cup, his influence on Pep Guardiola, and how Cruyff's ideas continue to shape elite football - from La Masia to the modern Premier League.Rob and Jonathan will be back next week for a dive into the origins of Total Football itself; the first in a new four-part series. Sign up to our Patreon to get early-access to every episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Amateur Traveler, host Chris Christensen talks about his press trip through Aragon, Spain, joined by fellow travelers Kevin Revolinski and Cathy Bennett Kopf. Aragon sits in northeastern Spain, west of Catalonia, and stretches from Zaragoza north to the Pyrenees and the French border. Why Visit Aragon? Aragon offers Roman ruins, Mudéjar architecture, cathedrals, castles, abbeys, Garnacha wine, medieval villages, mountain scenery, and outdoor adventure, without the crowds of Spain's better-known cities.  ... https://amateurtraveler.com/zaragoza-and-aragon-spain/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Jessie from Grand County Public Library, and Nat and David from Back of Beyond Books are joined by special guest Amelia to discuss this summer's blockbuster novel and share thoughts on other various books we've been reading. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Fierce Country by Heather Hansman (publication date 7/14/2026) The Python's Kiss: Stories by Louise Erdrich The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Typing Lady and Other Fictions by Ruth Ozeki Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell Wakara's America by Max Perry Mueller Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins Whidbey by T. Kira Madden Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel (publication date 9/15/2026)

Featured Guest: Michael MirollaAbout our guest:  MICHAEL MIROLLA's awards for novella, short fiction, novels, and poetry include the 2020 Hamilton Literary Award for fiction, as well as three Bressani Prizes. He has been awarded writers' residencies at Vancouver's Historic Joy Kogawa House, in Olot, Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, and most recently, the Regina Public Library from 2025-2026 and a virtual Writer in Residence session with the Saskatoon Writers' Guild. When not busy writing, Michael helps run Guernica Editions, a Canadian independent literary publishing house. Born in Italy and raised in Montreal, Michael now makes his home outside the town of Gananoque in the Thousand Islands area of Ontario. His latest work, How About This …? was published by At Bay Press in late 2025. https://atbaypress.com/books/detail/how-about-thishttps://guernicaeditions.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqG-_ldL_ZnY1P7JSwUjcjPkD_cfMOqi5mZHeN055AKE6anEJwPhttps://www.michaelmirolla.com/

A wildfire has scorched at least 2,300 hectares of land in Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia. Nearly 10,000 residents in Girona province have either evacuated or taken shelter due to the blaze.

This month on Magus, for our penultimate episode of the series, we're exploring the life and work of the father of Western esotericism, Cornelius Agrippa!Born into a Europe wracked by wars, he attends university in Cologne at thirteen, earns his MA by sixteen, and then he abandons the Holy Roman Empire for France.There, under the noses of the House of Valois, he begins to establish a hidden brotherhood of occult learning stretching from England to Catalonia to Italy and Switzerland. Influenced by Erasmus and Martin Luther, and mentored by the court necromancer of Emperor Maximilian I, Agrippa then pioneers a new, coherent, rational model of the universe which bridges the gap between Medieval and Renaissance thinking, combining esoteric learning from the ancient world with cutting edge humanist philosophy.Was he really accompanied everywhere he went by a demonic magical hound that aided him in his research?Were his writings cursed such that if an unwitting person read from them alive they risked being strangled by demonic spirits?Also, how did Agrippa not realise that embarassing the Inquisition, and then insulting your patrons in print, might be hazardous to the health?We'll be answering these questions and many others - but fair warning going in: these are knotty concepts that Agrippa himself would argue should not really be known to common people like thee and we...Speak with you again on Wednesday for our monthly Update Episode all about the folkloric fun of July, if not our Patreon Exclusive Flim Club episode about Black Narcissus, all before a new double bill of Lang fairy tales and chats about them on Thursday!Three Ravens is an English myth and folklore podcast hosted by Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux.Released on Mondays, each weekly episode focuses on one of England's 39 historic counties, exploring the history, folklore and traditions of the area, from ghosts and mermaids to mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends, and much, much more. Then, and most importantly, the pair take turns to tell a new version of an ancient story from that county - all before discussing what that tale might mean, where it might have come from, and the truths it reveals about England's hidden past...Bonus Episodes are released on Thursdays plus Local Legends episodes on Saturdays - interviews with acclaimed authors, folklorists, podcasters and historians with unique perspectives on that week's county.With a range of exclusive content on Patreon, too, including audio ghost tours, the Three Ravens Newsletter, and monthly Three Ravens Film Club episodes about folk horror films from across the decades, why not join us around the campfire and listen in?REGISTER FOR THE TALES OF SOUTHERN ENGLAND TOURVisit our website Join our Patreon Social media channels and sponsors Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can the rest of the world learn from one of Europe's most impressive digital health ecosystems? This week on Pulse: Amplify, Louise and George sit down with Inma Rodríguez, Market Intelligence Manager at ACCIÓ (Catalonia Trade & Investment), who led the Digital Health in Catalonia Report 2026 — a rare regional analysis that benchmarks Catalonia against the US, Asia and the rest of Europe.Inma unpacks where Europe really sits in the global market (and whether it's keeping pace or falling behind), why digital health growth is settling into a more mature ~5% a year, and whether Europe's focus on regulation, interoperability and data governance is a brake or a long-term advantage. She explains how Catalonia became the 4th region in the world for foreign health-innovation investment, the role anchor investors like AstraZeneca play, and why 65% of the region's digital health companies are building with AI. The conversation also turns to the honest gap revealed in Catalonia's hospital survey — strong ambition, moderate maturity — and the cultural, budget and patient-habit barriers slowing real-world implementation. Inma closes with the seven trends shaping 2026, why AI, personalised medicine and health data spaces top her list, and the 2030 headline she most wants to see.A data-rich conversation for anyone who wants evidence, not hype, about where digital health is heading.Stryker Vocera's Initial Delays Diagnosis Quiz LinkCheck out the ACCIO Report hereConnect with Inma on LinkedInVisit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news.Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+ITFollow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+ITSend us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.newsProduction by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric

Solar, wind, fossil fuels, nuclear. Energy makes the world go round. But, on an ever-warming planet, the question of where it comes from is increasingly urgent. As well as the green energy transition and the climate crisis, geopolitical tensions and energy sovereignty are also shaping the debate. On this episode of Filling the Sink we're looking at the state of play in Catalonia, just over a year on from the blackout that hit the Iberian Peninsula. Catalonia is still heavily reliant on nuclear power and lags behind Spain and the EU on renewable energy, with only around 20% of electricity coming from green sources. From a low base, solar capacity is now expanding and energy communities are growing rapidly in Catalonia. Batteries are emerging as a key solution to balancing supply and demand, although progress remains limited. Lorcan Doherty is joined by Cillian Shields with additional reporting from Telma Altes Safont.

Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Lost Trails & Found Friendships at Montserrat Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ca/episode/2026-05-25-22-34-01-ca Story Transcript:Ca: El dia començava amb un cel blau clar al Monestir de Montserrat.En: The day began with a clear blue sky at the Monestir de Montserrat.Ca: Les muntanyes dentades es perfilaven a l'horitzó, oferint un escenari formidable per a Núria, Jordi i Pau, que estaven en una excursió escolar.En: The jagged mountains outlined the horizon, offering a formidable scene for Núria, Jordi, and Pau, who were on a school trip.Ca: La primavera havia arribat, i tot estava cobert de verdor i flors silvestres.En: Spring had arrived, and everything was covered in greenery and wildflowers.Ca: Núria se sentia emocionada, però també una mica inquieta.En: Núria felt excited but also a bit uneasy.Ca: Volia que aquest dia fos especial, volia trobar alguna cosa que la fes destacar entre els altres.En: She wanted this day to be special, to find something that made her stand out among the others.Ca: Jordi, amb la seva confiança habitual, ja s'havia convertit en el centre de la majoria de les activitats del grup.En: Jordi, with his usual confidence, had already become the center of most group activities.Ca: Pau, per la seva banda, observava detalls històrics, perdut en els seus propis pensaments.En: Pau, on the other hand, was observing historical details, lost in his own thoughts.Ca: El monestir estava ple de turistes i estudiants.En: The monastery was full of tourists and students.Ca: Núria, amb ganes de trobar alguna cosa única, es perdia entre la multitud.En: Núria, eager to find something unique, got lost in the crowd.Ca: Sentia la pressió de no haver trobat encara res impressionant.En: She felt pressured by not yet having found anything impressive.Ca: Va decidir allunyar-se del camí principal.En: She decided to stray from the main path.Ca: Va veure un petit sender que semblava prometedor.En: She saw a small trail that seemed promising.Ca: Sense dubtar-ho, el va seguir.En: Without hesitation, she followed it.Ca: El sender va pujar per la muntanya, allunyant-se del soroll i del bullici.En: The trail climbed the mountain, moving away from noise and hustle.Ca: Núria caminava amb el cor a mil per hora.En: Núria walked with her heart racing.Ca: De sobte, va arribar a un mirador amagat.En: Suddenly, she reached a hidden viewpoint.Ca: La vista la va deixar sense alè.En: The view took her breath away.Ca: Davant seu, el paisatge català s'estenia, verd i tranquil, sota el cel blau de l'abril.En: Before her, the Catalan landscape stretched out, green and tranquil, under the blue April sky.Ca: Era una escena de pau i bellesa incomparables.En: It was a scene of incomparable peace and beauty.Ca: Després d'uns moments de contemplació, Núria va decidir tornar al seu grup per compartir el que havia descobert.En: After a few moments of contemplation, Núria decided to return to her group to share what she had discovered.Ca: Jordi i Pau escoltaven amb atenció la seva emocionada narració.En: Jordi and Pau listened intently to her excited narration.Ca: Van decidir acompanyar-la per veure el mirador per ells mateixos.En: They decided to accompany her to see the viewpoint for themselves.Ca: Quan van arribar, tant Jordi com Pau van quedar impressionats.En: When they arrived, both Jordi and Pau were impressed.Ca: Jordi, qui sempre tenia una paraula per tot, ara estava en silenci, contemplant el paisatge.En: Jordi, who always had a word for everything, was now silent, contemplating the landscape.Ca: Fins i tot Pau, que sovint estava més centrat en el passat, se sentia captivat pel moment present.En: Even Pau, who often focused more on the past, felt captivated by the present moment.Ca: A la tornada, Núria sentia una calidesa diferent.En: On the way back, Núria felt a different warmth.Ca: Jordi i Pau escoltaven les seves observacions amb interès genuí.En: Jordi and Pau listened to her observations with genuine interest.Ca: Núria va comprendre que la seva curiositat i valentia havien portat a una experiència especial, i va guanyar confiança en la seva pròpia manera de veure el món.En: Núria realized that her curiosity and bravery had led to a special experience, and she gained confidence in her own way of seeing the world.Ca: L'excursió a Montserrat havia canviat per sempre la seva relació amb els seus companys.En: The trip to Montserrat had forever changed her relationship with her companions.Ca: Núria va tornar a casa amb la certesa que havia trobat una amistat i una apreciació que mai abans havia sentit.En: Núria returned home with the certainty that she had found a friendship and an appreciation she had never felt before.Ca: Ara sabia que el seu esperit aventurer podia crear veritables connexions.En: Now she knew that her adventurous spirit could create true connections. Vocabulary Words:the horizon: l'horitzóthe wildflowers: les flors silvestresuneasy: inquietato stand out: destacarthe confidence: la confiançathe crowd: la multitudthe noise: el sorollthe hustle: el bullicithe viewpoint: el miradorto breathe: respirarthe tranquility: la tranquil·litatthe beauty: la bellesathe contemplation: la contemplacióthe narration: la narracióthe silence: el silencithe warmth: la calidesathe curiosity: la curiositatthe bravery: la valentiato gain: guanyarthe appreciation: l'apreciacióthe adventurous spirit: l'esperit aventurerthe connection: la connexióto hesitate: dubtarthe landscape: el paisatgethe group: el grupthe observation: l'observaciógenuine: genuíthe past: el passatthe present moment: el moment presentthe certainty: la certesa

Robert Lewandowski's departure from FC Barcelona marks the end of a masterclass in elite center-forward play. In this episode, we look back at the Polish striker's monumental four seasons in Catalonia, where he racked up 119 goals and three La Liga titles. We analyze the scientific intelligence of his movement, his crucial role as a leader for Barça's younger generation, and how he turned a transitional era into a dominant, trophy-laden success story. Robert Lewandowski, Barcelona, La Liga, football tactics, striker analysis

Some piano music resists memory, even for accomplished performers. For more than a century, post-tonal works have challenged musicians without offering clear strategies for learning and recall. This lecture-recital introduces Conceptual Simplification, a new approach developed through recent doctoral research that rethinks how complex music can be understood and memorised. Drawing on ideas from mathematics and computer science, the method offers fresh perspectives on musical structure and memory. Live piano performances accompany the talk, bringing these ideas vividly to life. Speaker Laura Farré Rozada, Award winning pianist “American Classical Young Musician Award"; Associate Professor, Polytechnic University of Catalonia; Visiting Professor, Catalonia College of Music

Martin Duplantier fell into architecture as a child. Armed with this DNA, he took three courses of study: HEC, architecture and urban planning, including experience in Catalonia. Then, during his first years with David Chipperfield, his vision as an architect took shape. A competition for HEC launched him as a freelancer. In this English-language issue of Com d'Archi, we take a closer look at Ukraine, of course, where Martin practises. His "insider" view, unique here in France, deserves to be widely known and relayed. Image teaser DR © Martin Duplantier ArchitectesSound engineering : Bastien Michel___If you like the podcast do not hesitate:. to subscribe so you don't miss the next episodes,. to leave us stars and a comment :-),. to follow us on Instagram @comdarchipodcast to find beautiful images, always chosen with care, so as to enrich your view on the subject.Nice week to all of you ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Send us Fan MailIn this review episode, we test your Catalan skills with a translation quiz based on the last four lessons. You'll practise vocabulary and structures related to household chores, the environment, and everyday actions. We also revisit key grammar points, including the imperative for giving commands and demonstrative adjectives like “this” and “that.” Listen, translate, and see how much you can remember!Support the showCatalan for Beginners Course: Catalan for Beginners CourseDetails of group Lessons: Group ProgrammesPatreon (Bonus content for Season 2): The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcatalan  Facebook: The Lazy Linguist Podcast

There are lots of reasons why well-intentioned work, trying to do things differently and shift the way that systems currently operate, often struggle and fail. But one of the reasons that I find most interesting is to look at the "dark matter" or deep codes that are built into our current ways of working. These might be things like the way we do contracts, the way insurance functions, and legal precedents. Or the way that value is defined and accounted for, and the way money functions and flows. Most of the time these things are simply constraints that we are told we just have to deal with in our work. But as you might have heard in a previous episode with Indy Johar and Adam Purvis (https://www.goodimpactlabs.com/podcast/indy-johar-and-adam-purvis), organisations like Dark Matter Labs are not accepting this status quo and, in fact, are actively trying to work towards redesigning these deep codes. But then you might say: “Well that's fine for those kinds of organisations who get to do that work, but that's not something that I can get involved with.” My guests this week are  colleagues of Adam and Indy at Dark Matter Labs, but they are taking it one stage further and asking the question, what does it mean to educate for building the capabilities and sensibilities for this kind of work. They are calling it “societal design” and in this conversation you'll hear them reflecting on the Masters programme that they are launching this September, in collaboration with Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering. Applications are open until July 15th 2026. For further information about this and Emily and Martin's other work, check out the links below.Martin and Emily's ‘Anti-Brief' website: https://anti-brief.org/Further links about the Societal Design Master Degree Programme at Elisava, Barcelona at UVic: University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia.https://www.elisava.net/en/masters/master-in-societal-design/ https://anti-brief.org/about/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/societal-design-master-at-elisava/posts/ Martin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmartinlorenz/ Emily on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-harris-fca-3b381565/ Dark Matter Labs: https://darkmatterlabs.org/Life-Enobling Economics microsite: https://lee.darkmatterlabs.org/Cornerstone Indicators report (2023): https://drive.google.com/file/d/176CNiZYM1v2xcEzDVO4SHuEfRQoosCVL/view Cornerstone Indicators microsite: https://cornerstoneindicators.com/

From the shadows of Old Trafford to the spotlight of Catalonia, Marcus Rashford's loan move to FC Barcelona has redefined his career. In this episode, we analyze the "Flick Effect" and how Hansi Flick's high-intensity system unlocked a more direct, clinical version of the English forward. We break down the stats behind his 24 goal involvements, his tactical evolution into a pressing machine, and the off-pitch maturity that has won over the Blaugrana faithful. Join us as we discuss whether Barça will make his stay permanent and if this is the best version of Rashford we've ever seen.Marcus Rashford Barcelona, Hansi Flick tactics, Rashford transfer news, La Liga top scorers, Barcelona player ratings

Albert Franch Sunyer is the chef and co-owner of Restaurant Nolla in Helsinki, Finland. Born in a small mining town in Catalonia in Spain, as a young student he left his biology studies behind, to explore his passion for cooking at Michelin-starred restaurants in Barcelona. As a pastry and dessert chef, he worked in Thailand and then moved to work at Helsinki's top restaurants. He and his two colleagues then opened Nolla, a pioneering restaurant in sustainable gastronomy, and the first zero-waste restaurant in the Nordics. In the podcast, we will hear about Albert Franch Sunyer's desire to serve great food without compromising zero-waste values and about his vision of the progressive changes that are needed in the restaurant industry. At the end of the podcast he will reveal his favourite restaurants in Helsinki, Barcelona and the rest of the world. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fall of Catalonia wasn't much of a fight, and its loss set off a scramble to try and set the terms for the winding down of the war.    Bibliography for this episode:    Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965 Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006 Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001 Beevor, Antony The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Penguin Books 2006  Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020   Questions? Comments? Email me at peaceintheirtime@gmail.com

What if the most exciting white grape in the world has been hiding in plain sight, just south of Barcelona? Meet Xarel·lo. Mineral, textural, age-worthy, and criminally underrated. And meet Joan Cusiné, co-owner of Parés Baltà, a biodynamic estate in the Penedès with roots going back to 1790, where wine is never complicated and never a punishment. In this episode, Pierre sits down with Joan to explore one of Catalonia's most compelling wineries. We talk terroir, altitude, and why the Mediterranean makes all the difference. We dig into biodynamic farming, minimal intervention winemaking, and the radical idea that great wine starts in the soil, not the cellar. We unpack the three pillars of the Parés Baltà range, from everyday drinking to rare single-vineyard Microcuvées. And we make the case, loudly, that premium Cava deserves a seat at the world's best tables. Penedès. Xarel·lo. Biodynamic wine. Cava. Spanish wine. Organic winemaking. Catalonia. Want more? A bonus episode with Joan is available exclusively at readbetweenthewines.com. Deeper questions, more specific territory. The cellar door conversation. For more information about our Podcast, visit us on the web: https://readbetweenthewines.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betweenthewinesmedia Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/read-between-the-wines  

Standing at the crossroadsSinn Féin, but especially, the party in Belfast pulled out all of the stops at the weekend to ensure that the Ard Fheis was a huge success. The ICC Waterfront Hall was buzzing with republican voices from across our island and beyond talking about the big issues confronting all of us nationally and internationally. The number of young people attending and taking part in the debates was particularly encouraging.There were 167 Motions on the clár for discussion. They ranged across the cost of living crisis, housing, Irish unity, education, health, the climate crisis and our environment, rural Ireland, justice and human rights, and the fraught international situation.International SolidaritySinn Féin believes in international solidarity. Consequently, an important element of our annual Ard Fheis is the many international guests who travel to be with us. This year there were around 60 guests from the ANC in South Africa, EH Bildu in the Basque country, the ERC in Catalonia, from Australia, Kurdistan, France and other comrades.I was especially pleased to meet again with Arab Barghouti, from Ramallah in the west Bank and son of Marwan Barghouti who has been imprisoned for 24 years by Israel. The situation is Gaza continues to be appalling with scores of Palestinians being killed on an almost daily basis, and towns and villages in the west Bank regularly targeted by criminal Israeli gangs of settlers.Honouring Rita O'HareThe next time you go into Áras Uí Chonghaile on Bóthar na bhFál in Belfast go up to the first floor where there is a plaque dedicated to the work of Rita O'Hare, who played a huge part in securing the support of American Trade Unions for the Áras. Last Friday a bunch of us, her family and friends, got together to remember Rita and to unveil a James Connolly bust in her memory. It's a striking piece of art. It was created by the talented sculptor Steve Finney and Barry O'Neill of Lough Neagh Bronze. The bust was originally donated to the Moore St. Preservation Trust that is campaigning to save the 1916 Battlefield site in Dublin.Remembering Bobby SandsFinally, next Tuesday, 5 May, will be the anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Bobby Sands. He was the first of ten men to die during the six-month hunger strike in 1981.This weekend there will be a number of events to remember Bobby and his comrades and their contribution to the struggle for freedom.·      At 9.30 am on Sunday the Annual Bobby Sands Walk will take place on Divis Mountain.·      At the same time there will be a 12k freedom run meeting at the Bobby statue in Twinbrook.·      At 2pm on Sunday there will be a commemoration and wreath laying at the Bobby Sands statue in Twinbrook.·    And later that evening at 8pm the Annual Bobby Sands Lecture will take place in Andersonstown Social Club. 

April 23 is the Feast day of Saint George, the anniversary of his death in 303 AD (some regions & traditions observe St. George’s Day on May 6). While most famous as a heroic Dragon slayer, the patron saint of England, St. George, is also traditionally honored as a patron of Canada, Georgia, Ethiopia, Portugal, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Greece, Egypt, and Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Venerated by both Christians and Muslims, he is also widely celebrated in Germany, Palestine, Lebanon (Beirut), Russia (Moscow), and honored in the regions of Catalonia & Aragon in Spain. Saint George has specific military and civic patronages in the United States where he is recognized as the patron saint of the U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Branch, as well as, the Boy Scouts of America, who consider him a patron saint of Scouting, with specialized awards offered by Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Anglican networks. St. George and the Dragon books available at https://amzn.to/4cIA5ay Saint George and the Dragon items at https://amzn.to/4cEfS5B ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Mark's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast: https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus Mark's History of North America podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA & https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Audio credits: The Saint of the Day podcast (St. George, 23apr2024) Good Catholic and The Catholic Company; Saint George, Saint Of The Day podcast with Mike Roberts by Covenant Network (ourcatholicradio.org); Saint of the Day podcast: Holy Glorious Great-martyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George (23apr2025), Greek Orthodox Deacon Jerome Atherholt and Ancient Faith Radio; Once Upon A Meow, Aesop’s Fables from Every Land, Saint George and the dragon, A Heroic Folktale from Iberia (July 31, 2025). Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Full Text of Readings Thursday of the Third Week of Easter Lectionary: 276 The Saint of the day is Saint George Saint George's Story Saint George is the object of a vast amount of imagination. There is every reason to believe that he was a real martyr who suffered at Lydda in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine. The Church adheres to his memory, but not to the legends surrounding his life. That he was willing to pay the supreme price to follow Christ is what the Church believes. And it is enough. The story of Saint George's slaying the dragon, rescuing the king's daughter, and converting Libya is a 12th-century Italian fable. George was a favorite patron saint of crusaders, as well as of Eastern soldiers in earlier times. He is a patron saint of England, Portugal, Germany, Aragon, Catalonia, Genoa, Milan and Bologna. Reflection Human nature seems to crave more than cold historical data. Americans have Washington and Lincoln, but we somehow need Paul Bunyan, too. The life of Saint Francis of Assisi is inspiring enough, but for centuries the Italians have found his spirit in the legends of the Fioretti, too. Santa Claus is the popular extension of the spirit of Saint Nicholas. The legends about Saint George are part of this yearning. Both fact and legend are human ways of illumining the mysterious truth about the One who alone is holy.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Weathering the Storm: A Vineyard's Festival of Resilience Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ca/episode/2026-04-22-07-38-19-ca Story Transcript:Ca: Les suaus onades de les vinyes s'estenien pel camp català com un tapís verd ple de vida.En: The gentle waves of the vineyards stretched across the Catalan countryside like a green tapestry full of life.Ca: Martí, amb un somriure ple de somnis, contemplava les vinyes que havien florejat tan bé després d'un hivern llarg.En: Martí, with a smile full of dreams, gazed at the vineyards that had bloomed so well after a long winter.Ca: Era primavera, i això volia dir dos coses: plantar nous conreus i la festa de Sant Jordi.En: It was spring, and that meant two things: planting new crops and the Sant Jordi festival.Ca: Laia, la seva parella pragmàtica i imaginativa, ja estava al seu costat, revisant una llista amb les preparacions per la petita celebració prevista al celler.En: Laia, his pragmatic and imaginative partner, was already by his side, going over a checklist for the small celebration planned at the cellar.Ca: "Martí, necessitem assegurar-nos que els llocs són a punt. La gent de la vila ja està il·lusionada!", va dir Laia, amb els ulls brillants.En: "Martí, we need to make sure the places are ready. The people from the village are already excited!" said Laia, her eyes sparkling.Ca: Però aquell any, la primavera prometia pluja.En: But that year, spring promised rain.Ca: Els núvols es congregaven al cel, i el pronòstic no era favorable.En: Clouds gathered in the sky, and the forecast was not favorable.Ca: Martí estava preocupat; els nous planters necessitaven ser al sòl abans que la terra s'embussés.En: Martí was worried; the new seedlings needed to be in the ground before the earth became waterlogged.Ca: Havia de prendre una decisió: concentrar-se en protegir els camps o preparar la festa.En: He had to make a decision: focus on protecting the fields or preparing for the festival.Ca: Finalment, Martí va optar per dedicar-se als dos desenllaços.En: Finally, Martí chose to dedicate himself to both outcomes.Ca: Amb esforç, ell i Laia van començar a cobrir els planters amb teles protectores mentre organitzaven la vila per la celebració.En: With effort, he and Laia began to cover the seedlings with protective sheets while organizing the village for the celebration.Ca: Desgraciadament, el dia de Sant Jordi, com si la decisió ja no fos prou difícil, una tempesta inesperada va caure mentre els convidats arribaven al celler.En: Unfortunately, on the day of Sant Jordi, as if the decision wasn't already difficult enough, an unexpected storm hit as the guests were arriving at the cellar.Ca: Laia, amb la seva rapidesa d'esperit, va guiar tothom a dins del celler rústic.En: Laia, with her quick spirit, guided everyone inside the rustic cellar.Ca: Martí i Laia van encendre espelmes, col·locades entre les botes de vi, il·luminant l'espai amb una llum calenta que amainava tant el fred com les preocupacions.En: Martí and Laia lit candles placed among the wine barrels, illuminating the space with a warm light that softened both the cold and the worries.Ca: La comunitat, propera i càlida, va començar a compartir històries i poemes, tal com diu la tradició de Sant Jordi.En: The community, close-knit and warm, began to share stories and poems, as is the tradition of Sant Jordi.Ca: Aquella nit, Martí va adonar-se que, fins i tot en la tempesta més inesperada, hi pot haver bellesa i comunitat.En: That night, Martí realized that even in the most unexpected storm, there can be beauty and community.Ca: Les rialles dels seus veïns eren com una melodia, un recordatori que no sempre es necessiten vinyes sota el sol per crear un moment inoblidable.En: The laughter of his neighbors was like a melody, a reminder that you don't always need vineyards under the sun to create an unforgettable moment.Ca: Quan la pluja va amainar i els núvols van començar a dissipar-se, Martí es va prometre ser més flexible amb els imprevists.En: When the rain subsided and the clouds began to dissipate, Martí promised to be more flexible with the unforeseen.Ca: Veia ara que els obstacles poden transformar-se en oportunitats per enfortir els llaços amb la comunitat.En: He now saw that obstacles can transform into opportunities to strengthen community ties.Ca: Al final de la nit, mentre Laia i Martí recollien, van saber que no només el vi pot unir la gent, sinó que, sobretot, ho fa l'esperit de compartir.En: At the end of the night, while Laia and Martí were tidying up, they knew that not only wine can bring people together, but more importantly, the spirit of sharing does.Ca: Aquest Sant Jordi havia estat molt especial, no gràcies al vi, sinó gràcies a les persones que havien omplert la seva bodega de calor i companyia.En: This Sant Jordi had been very special, not thanks to the wine, but thanks to the people who had filled their cellar with warmth and companionship.Ca: I així, Martí va aprendre que el més important no és sempre el perfecte, sinó el que es comparteix.En: And so, Martí learned that the most important thing is not always perfection, but what is shared. Vocabulary Words:vineyards: les vinyescountryside: el campseedlings: els plantersforecast: el pronòsticwaterlogged: embussadachecklist: la llistaoutcomes: els desenllaçosstorm: la tempestacellar: el cellerbarrels: les botescommunity: la comunitattapestry: el tapíswinter: l'hivernstake: el paldissipate: dissipar-serustic: rústictradition: la tradiciócandles: les espelmesunforeseen: els imprevistsopportunities: les oportunitatscompanion: la companyiapragmatic: pragmàticavillage: la vilaprotective sheets: teles protectoresmelody: la melodiaobstacles: els obstaclesties: els llaçosperfection: el perfectewarm light: una llum calentatidying up: recollien

Bona diada de Sant Jordi a tothom! April 23 is Saint George's Day, the patron saint of Catalonia, and it is a magical day here. Full of love, romance, roses, dragons, and books. It's like Valentine's Day but better.  Today, we'll be exploring the world of Catalan literature, together with a special guest, Izaskun Arretxe, Director of the Literature Department at the Ramon Llull Institute, who we were delighted to welcome in studio to discuss how Catalan literature is spreading across the globe. In this episode, we pose the question: Sant Jordi is obviously a huge literary celebration within Catalonia, but does it help give Catalan literature visibility outside Catalonia? And with major international success in recent years with Eva Baltasar's Boulder, which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize through its English translation by Julia Sanches, as well as Irene Solà's When I Sing, Mountains Dance (Canto jo i la muntanya balla), we examine if international readers are more likely to discover Catalan literature through the classics or through these more contemporary voices. Plus, we hear from Oriol Escudé who clears up some common myths and misconceptions about the literary day, and Cillian Shields visits Backstory and Come In, two English-language bookshops in Barcelona, to learn about how they're fostering community among international readers in Catalonia.

Hola Chicos! Welcome back to Spanish Loops! Today we talk about one of the most beautiful and honestly, unique traditions in Spain: Sant Jordi in Catalonia.So… who is Saint George? Picture this: a brave knight, a terrifying dragon, and a princessabout to meet her fate. According to the Catalan version of the legend, Saint George slays the dragon and from the dragon's blood, a red rose blooms, which he gives to the princess. And just like that… a symbol of love is born.Fast forward a few centuries, and that legend transforms into something magical.Every April 23rd, Catalonia celebrates Sant Jordi, its patron saint, with streets filled with books and roses everywhere. Think of it as a mix between Valentine's Day and World Book Day, but with way more soul. Traditionally, men gave women roses, and women gave men books, but today, everyone gives bothto everyone. It's about love, culture, and connection.Now here's where it gets even more interesting: the book tradition didn't come from the legend, it was added much later. In 1929, a literary initiative in Barcelona promoted reading, eventually aligning with April 23rd, the symbolic date linkedto literary giants like Cervantes and Shakespeare.So, what you have today is a perfect fusion: Love from the legend and Culture from literature.And trust us, if you've ever walked through Barcelona on that day, it's unforgettable.By the way, Jorge has already captured this magic in a special video on his YouTube channel during a Sant Jordi celebration; the name of his channel is Traveling with Jorge in YouTube. Don't miss it… it brings everything we're talking about to life.Because Sant Jordi isn't just a tradition… it's a feeling.For Jorge: Small Group Tours in Spain & PortugalWebsite: https://travelingwithjorge.com/Small group tours Spain, cultural tours Spain and Portugal, authentic travel experiences, guided tours for mature travelers, food and wine tours Iberian Peninsula.If you're dreaming about discovering Spain and Portugal beyond the typical tourist routes, Jorge designs small group cultural tours that combine history, local gastronomy, wine experiences, and meaningful human connections. His journeys are crafted for curious travelers who value authenticity, comfort, and depth over rushed itineraries. Explore upcoming departures, detailed itineraries, and insider travel insights at TravelingWithJorge.com Your trusted source for unforgettable small group tours in Spain and Portugal.For Fran: Cultural & Gastronomic Tours in Spain & PortugalWebsite: https://travelingsteps.es/Spain cultural tours, Portugal walking tours, food and wine travel Spain, Camino experiences, senior-friendly tours Spain, immersive Iberian travel.Looking for a deeper way to experience Spain and Portugal? Fran at Traveling Steps curates immersive cultural tours that blend history, gastronomy, local traditions, and relaxed walking experiences designed especially for thoughtful, experience-driven travelers. From Mediterranean islands to the Portuguese Camino, each itinerary is built around authentic encounters and meaningful storytelling. Discover upcoming tours, travel guides, and insider advice at TravelingSteps.es and start planning your next unforgettable journey through Spain and Portugal.For Pamplona Fiesta – San Fermín Balcony RentalsWebsite: https://www.pamplonafiesta.com/San Fermín balcony rental, best balcony Running of the Bulls, Pamplona bull run views, VIP balcony San Fermín 2026, safe viewing Encierro Pamplona.Planning to experience the legendary Running of the Bulls in Pamplona? Secure one of the best balcony views in the city with PamplonaFiesta.com Our premium San Fermín balcony rentals offer safe, exclusive, and unforgettable vantage points overlooking the famous Encierro route.Explore availability and book early at PamplonaFiesta.com to guarantee your place above the action.

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we're diving into demonstratives in Catalan — how to say this, that, these, and those with confidence and understand the difference between things that are near you and further away.We'll also combine this with real-life vocabulary and commands, so you can say things like “Recycle this plastic” or “Throw those bottles in the bin” naturally and accurately.Perfect for building confidence and sounding more natural in everyday situations!If you're enjoying the podcast, we'd really appreciate a rating or review on your platform - it helps us reach more learners and spread the knowledge of Catalan!Support the showCatalan for Beginners Course: Catalan for Beginners CourseDetails of group Lessons: Group ProgrammesPatreon (Bonus content for Season 2): The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcatalan  Facebook: The Lazy Linguist Podcast

This episode takes you into the world of Di Ví Wine Shop Barcelona , where host Payal speaks with Jordi Avellaneda about the culture and craft of wine. From the vineyards of Catalonia to the nuances of grape farming, Jordi shares insights into how wine is grown, selected,and experienced. The conversation also explores the art of wine tasting from understanding flavors and aromas to creating meaningful, shared experiences. With a focus on discovery and storytelling, this episode offers a deeper appreciation of the journey behind every glass, and the passion that brings people together through wine.Episode streaming on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Wine tasting, Catalonia wines, Vineyard culture, Grape farming, Wine tastings, Barcelona wine bar, Di-Ví wine shop, Podcast, Melting Pot, Payal Nayar #WineTasting #CataloniaWines #Barcelona #WineLovers #Vineyards #WineCulture#Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Unveiling Montserrat: Catalonia's Hidden Treasures Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ca/episode/2026-04-14-22-34-02-ca Story Transcript:Ca: A Montserrat, sota el cel canviant de colors, Jordi trobà un mapa vell dins una llibreta.En: In Montserrat, under the changing colors of the sky, Jordi found an old map inside a notebook.Ca: Els seus ulls brillaven amb entusiasme.En: His eyes sparkled with excitement.Ca: "Marta!En: "Marta!Ca: ", va cridar, "mira això!En: ", he shouted, "look at this!"Ca: " Marta, sempre prudenta, s'acostà amb escepticisme.En: Marta, always cautious, approached with skepticism.Ca: "Un altre dels teus misteris?En: "Another one of your mysteries?"Ca: ", preguntà.En: she asked.Ca: Jordi assenyalà els símbols antics.En: Jordi pointed to the ancient symbols.Ca: "Hi ha missatges amagats.En: "There are hidden messages.Ca: Podria ser un tresor".En: It could be a treasure."Ca: Era la primavera, i tota la muntanya feia olor de ginesta.En: It was spring, and the entire mountain smelled of broom flowers.Ca: Les veus dels pelegrins ressonaven entre les agulles majestuoses de Montserrat.En: The voices of the pilgrims echoed among the majestic peaks of Montserrat.Ca: El Dia de Sant Jordi era a tocar, i Jordi tenia una missió: desxifrar el mapa abans de la festa.En: The Dia de Sant Jordi was near, and Jordi had a mission: to decipher the map before the festival.Ca: Jordi necessitava temps i ajuda per resoldre els enigmes.En: Jordi needed time and help to solve the riddles.Ca: Les pistes eren complicades, i la muntanya, difícil.En: The clues were complicated, and the mountain, challenging.Ca: Marta, tot i dubtar, va acceptar.En: Though doubtful, Marta agreed.Ca: "Som-hi, però amb cura", va dir.En: "Let's go, but carefully," she said.Ca: Els dos amics començaren a explorar els senders tortuosos plagats de misteri.En: The two friends began to explore the winding paths filled with mystery.Ca: Mentre caminaven, el temps canviava ràpidament.En: As they walked, the weather changed rapidly.Ca: Del sol amarat de primavera, van passar a un cel ennuvolat que amenaçava tempesta.En: From the sun-soaked spring, they moved to a cloudy sky threatening a storm.Ca: Però la determinació de Jordi no flaquejava.En: But Jordi's determination did not waver.Ca: "Ho podem fer!En: "We can do it!"Ca: ", deia animat.En: he said enthusiastically.Ca: Prop del que creien que era la ubicació del tresor, un tro espantós trencà el silenci.En: Near what they believed was the treasure's location, a frightening thunderclap broke the silence.Ca: Plovia a bots i barrals.En: It was raining cats and dogs.Ca: Marta mirà Jordi amb preocupació.En: Marta looked at Jordi with concern.Ca: "Ens hem de retirar", suggerí.En: "We need to retreat," she suggested.Ca: Jordi, amb el cor dividit, va dubtar.En: Jordi, with a divided heart, hesitated.Ca: "Ara o mai", respongué decidit.En: "Now or never," he replied decisively.Ca: Amb valentia, van continuar.En: Bravely, they continued.Ca: Les gotes de pluja es mesclaven amb el seu somni de descobrir allò desconegut.En: The raindrops mixed with their dream of discovering the unknown.Ca: Van trobar un camí ocult que els portà a una cova amagada.En: They found a hidden path that led them to a concealed cave.Ca: Allà, no hi havia or ni plata.En: There, there was no gold or silver.Ca: Però els esperava alguna cosa encara més valuosa.En: But something even more valuable awaited them.Ca: Objectes antics, restes d'una altra època, omplien la cova.En: Ancient objects, remnants from another era, filled the cave.Ca: Jordi, enlluernat, va comprendre.En: Jordi, dazzled, understood.Ca: "Això és història viva!En: "This is living history!"Ca: ", va exclamar amb emoció.En: he exclaimed with emotion.Ca: Marta, observant les peces amb renovat respecte, admitia: "Potser aquest cop valia la pena arriscar".En: Marta, observing the pieces with renewed respect, admitted: "Maybe this time it was worth the risk."Ca: Els amics, mullats però satisfets, tornaren al poble.En: Soaked but satisfied, the friends returned to the village.Ca: Havien trobat quelcom que arribava més enllà de l'or: una part perduda de la història catalana.En: They had found something extending beyond gold: a lost part of Catalan history.Ca: Jordi, ara ple de confiança, somiava amb altres aventures.En: Jordi, now full of confidence, dreamed of other adventures.Ca: Marta, amb un somriure, reconeixia el valor de la curiositat.En: Marta, with a smile, acknowledged the value of curiosity.Ca: Montserrat els havia ensenyat que, sovint, la veritable recompensa no era material, sinó un món de descobriments i experiències.En: Montserrat had taught them that often, the true reward wasn't material, but rather a world of discoveries and experiences.Ca: El Dia de Sant Jordi seria especial aquell any, amb una nova història per explicar sobre la màgica muntanya.En: The Dia de Sant Jordi would be special that year, with a new story to tell about the magical mountain. Vocabulary Words:the notebook: la llibretathe skepticism: l'escepticismethe excitement: l'entusiasmethe pilgrim: el pelegrí/la pelegrinato decipher: desxifrarcomplicated: complicadesthe mountain: la muntanyathe treasure: el tresorthe riddle: l'enigmacautious: prudentthe broom flower: la ginestato waver: flaquejarfrightening: espantósto retreat: retirar-sethe thunderclap: el trothe cave: la covaancient: antic/antigathe remnant: la restadazzled: enlluernat/enlluernadavaluable: valuós/valuosato threaten: amenaçarthe mission: la missiódivided: dividit/divididathe curiosity: la curiositatthe determination: la determinacióthe reward: la recompensathe discovery: el descobrimentthe storm: la tempestato hesitate: dubtarconcealed: amagat/amagada

Get ready for an inspiring and one-of-a-kind conversation on the Oklahoma Today Show as we welcome our first-ever international guest, Enric Casacuberta of Catalonia, Spain. Enric is taking on an extraordinary challenge—running the entire length of historic Route 66 over five months—not just for the adventure, but to honor a friend he lost to ALS and to raise awareness and funds for a devastating disease. Recently named an Official Route 66 Centennial Project, “Running for ALS” blends personal purpose with a deep love for one of America's most iconic highways, all while supporting local communities along the route. In this interview, Enric shares the emotional story behind his journey, what Route 66 means to him, and how this ambitious run aims to make a real difference. Also on this week's episode, the editors ponder on what other aspects of Oklahoma culture they hope we are still celebrating 100 years from now, and podvents gets us partying like it's 1889. You won't want to miss it!

FDR had to take some bold swings to transform America for the better. He had his pearl-clutching critics who thought he was going too far. But that's what was needed to usher in the New Deal and strengthen democracy and improve people's lives. The "good guys" must not be passive. We must fight back. Virginia, the world's eyes are on you to vote YES on redistricting -- vote now through April 21. You will help restore balance to Republican authoritarian gerrymandering. Your YES vote in Virginia is an emergency stop-gap meant to save our national ship from sinking and take back the gavel from Kremlin MAGA Mike Johnson in the House. Thank you to all who spread the word about this important, urgent vote, and get out the vote. If you still have questions, here's an overview from Arlington Democrats: https://www.arlingtondemocrats.org/redistricting If you're in NYC or nearby, join us April 13 at 7pm at Powerhouse Arts Arena in DUMBO, Brooklyn, one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in all of NYC. We're going to celebrate Mrs. Orwell, Andrea's new graphic novel with the genius illustrator Brahm Revel, about an unsung heroine of literature, Eileen O'Shaughnessy Blair, the wife, muse, and unsung creative partner of Eric Blair, aka George Orwell. There would have been no Homage to Catalonia, Animal Farm, 1984 without Eileen O'Shaughnessy Blair. Patreon supporters get in for free and get a Mrs. Orwell tote bag. Message us on Patreon.com/Gaslit to get on the guest list. See you Monday night for an unforgettable evening dedicated to a defiant heroine of the power of the pen.  Thank you to Razom for Ukraine and the Media and Democracy Project for being co-sponsors of this event.  Details here: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/powerhousebookstores/book-launch-mrs-orwell-by-andrea-chalupa

Send us Fan MailWant to talk about the planet in Catalan? In this episode, we cover essential vocabulary and verbs to describe everyday habits that help the environment. Learn how to say things like I recycle paper, don't waste water, or cars pollute the air, and practice talking about your own eco-friendly routines. Perfect for building practical vocabulary and speaking confidently about real-life topics!If you're enjoying the podcasts, we would really appreciate a rating or review on whichever platform you're listening on. Help us spread the knowledge of Catalan to as many people as possible!Support the showCatalan for Beginners Course: Catalan for Beginners CourseDetails of group Lessons: Group ProgrammesPatreon (Bonus content for Season 2): The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcatalan  Facebook: The Lazy Linguist Podcast

The Grand Tour was a rite of passage for the aristocracy, and the adventuresome spirit behind it lives on in modern European itineraries. A longtime travel publisher traces the evolution of this fantastic voyage. Then Rick Steves' Europe guidebook researcher Cameron Hewitt takes a look back on the ways travel has evolved over the past quarter century. And as the Sagrada Família stretches ever closer toward completion, one of the project's architects helps us understand what Gaudí's ambitious creation means to Barcelona and Catalonia. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

In this week's special Easter episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts Prof. Albert Cheng of the University of Arkansas and Center for Strong Public Schools' Alisha Searcy speak with Dutch art historian Gijs van Hensbergen, author of Gaudí: A Biography and The Sagrada Familia: Gaudí's Heaven on Earth. They discuss the life, faith, and enduring legacy of Antoni Gaudí and his masterpiece, the Sagrada Família. Mr. van Hensbergen reflects on Gaudí's upbringing in Catalonia, where deep Catholic devotion, modern artistic dynamism, and the natural landscape shaped his unique architectural philosophy. He explores how Barcelona's Modernisme movement, alongside avant-garde artists like Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró, fostered Gaudí's distinctive blend of Neo-Gothic, Art Nouveau, and organic design. He highlights Gaudí's vision of the Sagrada Família as a “stone Bible,” uniting theology, geometry, and nature-inspired engineering. Mr. van Hensbergen also discusses the Nativity, Passion, and Glory façades, each representing key moments in the life of Jesus Christ, and the challenges of continuing construction after the destruction of Gaudí's plans and models during the Spanish Civil War. In closing, Mr. van Hensberger reflects on Gaudí's lasting influence and the spiritual and artistic significance of his work, by reading a passage from Gaudí: A Biography.

AI hype is everywhere, and the CEOs of many tech firms are promising that the tech will soon eclipse human intelligence. The trillions in investment towards this goal and the massive deployment of capital and the human and natural resources it purchases both requires this kind of hype and causes it to compound. Today's guests are studying this phenomenon from a variety of perspectives, building out a line of inquiry they call "Hype Studies." It's the subject of an occasional series of contributions to Tech Policy Press. Guests include:Jascha Bareis, a postdoctoral political scientist at the University of Fribourg;Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves, a sociologist of design and technology pursuing a PhD at the Tecnopolítica unit of the Open University of Catalonia;Marché Arends, a South African independent investigative journalist.

Yousaf Nishat-Botero on the Ecologies of Planning and Metabolic Municipalism. Shownotes Yousaf Nishat-Botero Dr. Yousaf Nishat-Botero at the University of Birmingham:  https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/persons/yousaf-nishat-botero/ Nishat-Botero, Y. (2023). Planning's ecologies: Democratic planning in the age of planetary crises. Organization. Special Issue: Public Value, 1-23. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13505084231186749 Nishat-Botero, Y. & Thompson, M. (2025). Planning in Nature's Metropolis: Metabolic Municipalism and Ecological Planning in Barcelona. Environment and Planning D. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02637758251364061 Nishat-Botero, Y. & Thompson, M. The land question and postcapitalist countrysides: towards a town-country synthesis. In Postcapitalist Countrysides (N. Gallent, M.Gkartzios, M. Scott, A. Purves (Eds.). UCL Press. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379514594_The_land_question_and_postcapitalist_countrysides_towards_a_town-country_synthesis on ‘metabolism' in Liebig and Marx: Clark, B. & Foster, J. B. (2018). The Robbery of Nature: Capitalism and the Metabolic Rift. Monthly Review 70(3). https://monthlyreview.org/articles/the-robbery-of-nature/ Marx, K. ([1867] 2004). Capital: Volume I. Penguin U https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/35192/capital-by-karl-marx-intro-ernest-mandel-trans-ben-fowkes/9780140445688 Sorg, C. (2023). Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: Toward an Expanded Notion of Democratically Planned Postcapitalism. Critical Sociology 49(3), 475-493. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08969205221081058 Salleh, A. (2010). From Metabolic Rift to “Metabolic Value”: Reflections on Environmental Sociology and the Alternative Globalization Movement. Organization & Environment 23(2), 205-219. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27068655 on ‘capitalism as socioecological totality': Fraser, N. (2022). Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and what we can do about it. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2685-cannibal-capitalism Moore, J. (2015). Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/74-capitalism-in-the-web-of-life Planning for Entropy. (2022). Democratic Economic Planning, Social Metabolism and the Environment. Science and Society Journal. Vol 82, Nr 2. New York: Guilford Publications https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/siso.2022.86.2.291 Latour, B. & Weibel, P. (2020). Critical Zones. The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth. MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262044455/critical-zones/ on the Oskar-Lange-Model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lange_model Barca, S. (2021) Forces of Reproduction: Notes for a Counter-hegemonic Anthropocene. Elements in Environmental Humanities. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/forces-of-reproduction/BE9B0DBDC89593F3284FE3F51D3B0418 on Donna Harraway's ‘response-ability': Harraway, D. (2016). Staying with the Trouble. Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/staying-with-the-trouble Braudel, F. (1979 [1992]). Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century, Vol I-III. University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/books/civilization-and-capitalism-15th-18th-century-vol-i/paper Nunes, R. (2021). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontal?srsltid=AfmBOoqNKlXZJs9HrqEBU4BlAF7hbaxEzAOWD1oQCV6M_Kwtg5n9xOcO on Otto Neurath's political economy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neurath/political-economy.html on the quote by Otto Neurath: Otto Neurath in O'Neill, J. (2003) ‘Socialism, Associations and the Market', Economy and Society 32(2): 184–206 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249006144_Socialism_associations_and_the_market on Friedrich Hayek's argument against centralized planning: Hayek, F. A. (1945). The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review 35(4), 519-530. https://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/hykKnw.html https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/hayek-opposes-centralized-economic-planning Morozov, E. (2019). Digital Socialism? New Left Review 116/117. https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialism Rochowicz, N. (2025). Planning progress: Incorporating innovation and structural change into models of economic planning. Competition & Change, 29(1), 64-82. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10245294231220690? Jameson, F. (1991). Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Duke University Press. https://web.education.wisc.edu/halverson/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2012/12/jameson.pdf Toscano, A. & Kinkle, J. (2015). Cartographies of the Absolute. Zero Books. https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/cartographies-of-the-absolute Anderson, P. (1961). Sweden: Mr. Crosland's Dreamland. New Left Review 1/7. https://newleftreview.org/issues/i7/articles/perry-anderson-sweden-mr-crosland-s-dreamland-part-1 Mandel, E. (1986). In Defence of Socialist Planning. New Left Review 1/159. https://newleftreview.org/issues/i159/articles/ernest-mandel-in-defence-of-socialist-planning Thompson, M., & Nishat-Botero, Y. (2025). Postcapitalist Planning and Urban Revolution. Competition & Change, 29(1), 101-120. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10245294231210980 Durand, C., Hofferberth, E. & Schmelzer, M. (2023). Planning beyond growth. The case for economic democracy within limits. Political Economy Working Papers. University of Geneva.  https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:166429 on Barcelona En Comú: https://barcelonaencomu.cat/ on Grupo AGBAR and the anti-privatisation movement:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Agbar https://ejatlas.org/conflict/remunicipalisation-and-anti-privatization-movement-in-barcelona1 on the Socialist party of Catalonia:  https://www.socialistes.cat/ on the airport expansion in Barcelona: https://ejatlas.org/conflict/prat-airport-expansion-catalonia-spain on the paper by Union Populaire:  https://programme.lafranceinsoumise.fr/livrets/planification-ecologique/ on the quote from Mike Davis: Davis, M. (1990). City of Quartz. Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. Verso.  https://www.versobooks.com/products/1320-city-of-quartz?srsltid=AfmBOor1VtvQMJu_87qS8EDz0EcwP9KABUrajgH5LX2pdFNXWVC5Su6B Future Histories Folgen S03E59 | Cédric Durand on Ecological Planning  https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e59-cedric-durand-on-ecological-planning/ S03E50 Aaron Benanav - Beyond Capitalism II https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e51-aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-ii/ S03E49 Aaron Benanav - Beyond Capitalism I https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e50-aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-i/ S03E21 | Christoph Sorg zu Finanzwirtschaft als Planung https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e21-christoph-sorg-zu-finanzwirtschaft-als-planung/ S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planning https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/ S02E44 | Evgeny Morozov on Discovery Beyond Competition  https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e44-evgeny-morozov-on-discovery-beyond-competition/ — If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help: Democratic planning – an information website: https://www.democratic-planning.com/ Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1 Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. 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At a time when immigration is a political flashpoint across much of Europe and beyond, Spain appears to be taking a different approach. Around half a million undocumented migrants, including up to 150,000 in Catalonia, are set to benefit from the extraordinary regularisation announced by the Spanish government. But why now? And how will it actually work? Blanca Garcés, senior researcher at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), explains how the plan is expected to benefit domestic care and hospitality workers in Catalonia and enable irregular residents to obtain permits without a job offer. Alicia Andersson reports on informal work in Catalonia, featuring insights from Oscar Riu (UGT), Fany Raquel Galesas Sánchez (CCOO), and Nuria Soto (Riders X Derechos) on the challenges faced by undocumented workers. Cillian Shields joins Lorcan Doherty to give a breakdown of who is eligible for regularisation, how the process works, and what sets Spain apart on the European stage when it comes to migration policy. 

Send us Fan MailWe're getting bossy in this episode!Com va? Esperem que estiguis bé! In this episode, we're focusing on one of the most useful parts of everyday Catalan: the imperative – how to give commands, instructions, and suggestions.Using the theme of chores and daily tasks, you'll learn how to tell someone to clean, tidy, organise, and help around the house – all in natural, real-life Catalan.We'll cover:How to form the informal imperative (for friends, family, people you know well)A quick introduction to the formal imperativeHow to use negative commandsPractical, everyday phrases you can start using immediatelyBy the end of the episode, you'll be able to say things like:Clean the kitchen!Take out the rubbish!Don't leave your clothes on the floor!Perfect for learners who want to sound more natural and confident in everyday situations.We hope you enjoy the episode! Please give us a follow and a rating if you are finding the Podcast useful to help us keep making more for you.Support the showCatalan for Beginners Course: Catalan for Beginners CourseDetails of group Lessons: Group ProgrammesPatreon (Bonus content for Season 2): The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcatalan  Facebook: The Lazy Linguist Podcast

Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Blooming Connections: Finding Friendship in Barcelona Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ca/episode/2026-03-22-22-34-01-ca Story Transcript:Ca: El so de la primavera omplia l'ambient.En: The sound of spring filled the air.Ca: Les branques dels arbres dansaven amb el vent suau.En: The branches of the trees danced in the gentle wind.Ca: Les flors del barri residencial a Barcelona eren un festival de colors.En: The flowers in the residential neighborhood in Barcelona were a festival of colors.Ca: A l'hort comunitari d'un bloc d'apartaments, els veïns es reunien per cuidar el jardí.En: In the community garden of an apartment block, the neighbors gathered to tend to the garden.Ca: Laia, una recent veïna, encara seia sola.En: Laia, a recent neighbor, still sat alone.Ca: Era botànica i havia arribat a Barcelona per una nova feina.En: She was a botanist and had arrived in Barcelona for a new job.Ca: Amb tot just unes setmanes a la ciutat, es sentia perduda.En: With only a few weeks in the city, she felt lost.Ca: Mirava els altres veïns mentre parlaven alegrement, desitjant fer amics però sense saber per on començar.En: She watched the other neighbors as they chatted happily, wishing to make friends but not knowing where to start.Ca: Un fulletó a la seva bústia havia anunciat l'esdeveniment de jardineria comunitària.En: A flyer in her mailbox had announced the community gardening event.Ca: Li va semblar una bona idea per integrar-se.En: It seemed like a good idea to get involved.Ca: Amb una mica de nervis, va decidir participar-hi.En: A bit nervous, she decided to participate.Ca: Laia es va posar a treballar en un llit de flors.En: Laia started working on a flowerbed.Ca: Intentava plantar un petit arbust, però el sòl estava sec i dur.En: She was trying to plant a small shrub, but the soil was dry and hard.Ca: Frustrada, va fer una pausa i es va passar la mà pel front.En: Frustrated, she paused and wiped her forehead with her hand.Ca: "Vols ajuda amb això?En: "Do you want some help with that?"Ca: " va preguntar una veu amable al seu darrere.En: a kind voice asked from behind her.Ca: Va girar-se i va trobar-se amb Oriol, un jove amb un somriure càlid i terra a les mans.En: She turned around and found Oriol, a young man with a warm smile and soil on his hands.Ca: Era dissenyador gràfic i passava temps treballant al jardí.En: He was a graphic designer and spent time working in the garden.Ca: Laia li va somriure tímidament i va acceptar l'ajuda.En: Laia smiled shyly and accepted the help.Ca: Junts, van aconseguir plantar l'arbust.En: Together, they managed to plant the shrub.Ca: A poc a poc, van començar a parlar.En: Gradually, they began to talk.Ca: Laia li va explicar la seva feina com a botànica, i Oriol va compartir les seves experiències com a voluntari al jardí.En: Laia explained her work as a botanist, and Oriol shared his experiences as a volunteer in the garden.Ca: Van descobrir que compartien molts interessos i somnis.En: They discovered that they shared many interests and dreams.Ca: Amb els ulls brillants, Oriol va dir: "Saps, Sant Jordi s'acosta.En: With bright eyes, Oriol said, "You know, Sant Jordi is coming up.Ca: És una festa molt bonica aquí.En: It's a beautiful festival here.Ca: T'agradaria venir amb mi?En: Would you like to come with me?Ca: Fem una passejada i vivim la tradició junts.En: We can take a walk and experience the tradition together."Ca: " Sant Jordi, la festa dels llibres i les roses, era un festival important a Catalunya.En: Sant Jordi, the festival of books and roses, was an important festival in Catalonia.Ca: Laia havia sentit parlar-ne a Marta, la seva amiga de la universitat, que estava emocionada per la celebració.En: Laia had heard about it from Marta, her university friend, who was excited about the celebration.Ca: Laia li va donar les gràcies i va acceptar la invitació amb entusiasme.En: Laia thanked him and accepted the invitation enthusiastically.Ca: Finalment, va sentir-se part d'alguna cosa més gran, no només un nou lloc per treballar, sinó una nova llar.En: Finally, she felt part of something bigger, not just a new place to work, but a new home.Ca: En marxar del jardí, Oriol i Laia van intercanviar números de telèfon, somrient amb complicitat.En: As they left the garden, Oriol and Laia exchanged phone numbers, smiling with complicity.Ca: Havien trobat un nou començament, i potser, el començament d'alguna cosa especial.En: They had found a new beginning, and perhaps, the beginning of something special.Ca: Laia caminava cap a casa amb el cor lleuger.En: Laia walked home with a light heart.Ca: Havia fet un pas important.En: She had taken an important step.Ca: Va entendre que, per estar a gust, cal obrir el cor als altres.En: She understood that to feel at ease, one must open their heart to others.Ca: Al seu voltant, la primavera seguia florint, plena de promeses i noves amistats.En: Around her, spring continued to bloom, full of promises and new friendships. Vocabulary Words:the sound: el sothe branches: les branquesthe garden: el jardíthe flyer: el fulletóto gather: reunir-sethe apartment block: el bloc d'apartamentsfrustrated: frustradarecent: recenta botanist: una botànicathe shrub: l'arbustthe community garden: l'hort comunitarito tend: cuidarto announce: anunciarthe mailbox: la bústiato plant: plantarthe soil: el sòlthe forehead: el fronta voice: una veushyly: tímidamentto accept: acceptarthe volunteer: el voluntarito share: compartirthe beginning: el començamentto discover: descobrirthe tradition: la tradicióan invitation: una invitacióthe festival: la festaenthusiastically: amb entusiasmethe heart: el corcomplicity: complicitat

The Republican zone behind the frontlines of the civil war was a hot mess, and nowhere was it hotter or messier than Catalonia. As it turns out the Leftist joke "Anarchists and Communists can be friends until the Revolution" isn't actually a joke.    Bibliography for this episode:    Jackson, Gabriel The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39 Princeton University Press 1965 Preston, Paul The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge Harper Perennial 2006 Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War Modern Library 2001 Beevor, Antony The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Penguin Books 2006  Preston, Paul A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 William Collins 2020   Questions? Comments? Email me at peaceintheirtime@gmail.com

Holiday Oddities: Stolen Santa Bones, Pooping Logs, and the Strangest Christmas Traditions on Earth This holiday bonus episode of The Box of Oddities unwraps the weirdest, darkest, and most unexpectedly heartwarming Christmas stories from history. Kat and Jethro explore the true fate of Saint Nicholas's bones, including the medieval relic theft that scattered Santa's remains across Europe—and the unsettling legend of “Santa juice” still collected from his tomb. From there, the episode sleighs straight into bizarre holiday traditions from around the world: Catalonia's infamous pooping nativity figure, the gift-pooping Christmas log that children beat with sticks, Iceland's child-eating troll Grýla and her terrifying Yule Cat, and the unsettling folklore behind Santa once writing threatening letters to children instead of the other way around. Balancing the strange with the sincere, the episode also highlights true stories of compassion and humanity during wartime, including the Christmas Truce of 1914, enemies sheltering together on Christmas Eve during World War II, George Washington returning an enemy general's dog, and a Japanese pilot gifting his ancestral samurai sword to an American town decades after bombing it. It's a holiday episode filled with macabre history, unsettling folklore, absurd traditions, and genuine hope—a reminder that even in the darkest seasons, people can still surprise us. Listener discretion advised… and Merry Weird Christmas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices