Podcasts about franco's spain

Everyone's favourite hapless time travelling duo have arrived in France in 1974. It's fair to say that things don't exactly go to plan, and an unexpected run in with the Tour de France causes Jack and James to flee to Franco's Spain. The world population's booming, everyone's transfixed by the Rubik's Cube and TV is still pretty racist and homophobic. It's 1974. Please consider supporting the podcast, it makes a big difference to us and is massively appreciated >> https://www.patreon.com/lostintimepodcast =============== If you fancy immersing yourself in the music of 1968, here's a link to a Spotify playlist of all the music featured in this episode >> https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4IG06lQyriXRGcDclatTH2 =============== All copyrighted material included in this Podcast is covered by Fair dealing for criticism or review.

Ever so often both of us crave for fae creatures and fantastical worlds. The recent Pan's Labyrinth book The Labyrinth of the Faun based on the 2006 movie by Del Toro had us frothing at the bit. His imagination paired with Cornelia Funke's elegant prose was a real treat. Not just a retelling, you can say that it's a deepening of the story, an exploration of the many creatures and tales within the world where monsters wear human faces and lost princesses have to find magic in a time where there's very little to spare. All with the backdrop of Franco's Spain. This book is worth exploring, even if you've seen the movie several times...

When the Nazis occupied Hungary in 1944 and began mass deportations to Auschwitz, two unlikely saviours, a diplomat from Franco's Spain and a businessman from Mussolini's Italy, worked to save over 5,000 Jews from the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross accomplices.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explaining History Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=763386 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Montserrat Roser-i-Puig is Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Kent and, in the third of my Nostalgia Interviews series, gives a fascinating slice-of-life about growing up in Franco's Spain. Montserrat talks about the important role that memory plays in her family, including the very vivid initial memory she has from when she was just 2-3 months old, and she talks about the way that she and her siblings will often share different recollections of the same events. Montserrat relates the desperate urge she had to leave the village where she grew up and the way she was a trailblazer for her family in seeking an education, against the instincts of her father, and how she moved to London and ended up studying for her doctorate. She also reflects on the important role that cinema played in her childhood (especially 'The Life of Brian'), where she would often see three films in an afternoon, and how she felt about American films being dubbed and spliced. The interview concludes with some very personal insights about the influence of religion in Montserrat's native Catalan as well as important reflections on the nature of belonging - where and how we belong, whether our understanding of identity changes over time, if we can ever truly escape our pasts, and the concomitant danger of looking back. Please note: Opinions expressed are solely those of Chris Deacy and Montserrat Roser-i-Puig and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of Kent.

Ben and Marina discuss why Spain still has such a crazy timetable for shops, office work, meals, the roots of this problem in Franco's Spain, and if it can change. See notesinspanish.com for the worksheet/transcript for all episodes.

Poverty porn, Franco's Spain... and Craig David? Never a dull moment when we take on the video nasties, and The Cannibal Man is no exception. Homoerotic Spanish horror never felt this sweaty or grimy, but did it deserve to be a video nasty and does it live up to that title? Spoilers ahead. Get a history lesson and have a laugh at the same time!

Economic development and political dissent in Franco's Spain. The first lecture in this series focuses on economic development and political dissent in Franco’s Spain. It demonstrates the use of White House meeting minutes in historical research and discusses Juan Marsé’s 1966 novel, Últimas tardes con Teresa.

Author Tom Christensen has translated José Ángel Valente's "Landscape with Yellow Birds." Valente (1929-2000) produced more than 20 volumes of poetry and many important essays. He lived in Switzerland from 1958 to 1982, and some of his work was not allowed to be published in Franco's Spain. Valente expressed that poetry is a "revelation of an aspect of reality to which there is no means of access other than through poetic knowledge." Sep. 26, 2013. Speaker Biography: Thomas Christensen is the author of "1616: The World in Motion" and "New World/New Words: Recent Writing from the Americas." He has translated, often in collaboration with his wife, Carol Christensen, works by Carlos Fuentes, Julio Cortázar, Alejo Carpentier, and Louis-Ferdinand Céline, among others. For transcript, captions and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6173

"The Most Dangerous Man in Europe" was how Eisenhower described Otto Skorzeny, Nazi Germany's most famous commando and special operations leader.  Before he became the leader of Jagdverbande 502 (a special operations unit), Skorzeny fought on the Eastern Front and even won an Iron Cross for bravery. His most famous mission was Operation Oak, the search and rescue of Benito Mussolini, who had been captured and imprisoned by his rivals in the Italy.  Skorzeny led a glider assault on Gran Sasso Mountain, where Mussolini was being held, and captured him without having to fire a single shot.  Skorzeny brought Mussolini back to Hitler.  Hitler was overjoyed.  Skorzeny was tasked to lead many other commando missions including: Operation Rosselsprung: Kidnap Josip Tito (the future leader of communist Yugoslavia)Operation Panzerfaust: Kidnap the son of Miklos Horthy (king of Hungary) to persuade him to stay in the AxisOperation Greif: Infiltrate behind allied lines at the battle of the bulge and spread chaos and confusion After the war, Skorzeny was imprisoned in Darmstadt prison.  From the prison, he operated the ODESSA network to smuggle Nazis (out of Germany) to safety.  He was put before a war crimes tribunal at one point, but he was acquitted.  On July 27th, 1948, he escaped from the prison thanks to the help of several SS colleagues (disguised in American uniforms).  He then fled to Franco's Spain, Nasser's Egypt, and Peron's Argentina.  In Argentina, he fell in love with Eva Peron.  At the same time, he managed to secure large portions of the Bormann treasure, named after Martin Bormann (Hitler's secretary) who smuggled Nazi wealth out of Germany just before the Third Reich's collapse.  He died in 1975 of cancer. For more information, read: Armchair General Magazine (October 2007): The Devil’s Commando Skorzeny’s Special Missions by Otto Skorzeny http://greyfalcon.us/Otto%20Skorzeny.htm http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=133 Battle Fleet.com http://www.2worldwar2.com/otto-skorzeny.htm http://homepages.ius.edu/RVEST/SkorzenyDr2.htm Military History Podcast is sponsored by Armchair General Magazine