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¿Qué? – The Spanish News Podcast

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

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2x01: Results of the Spanish election

2x01: Results of the Spanish election

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

2 May 2019

19mins

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

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

This week we discuss -what else?- the results of Sunday's repeat poll and the surprise agreement between Pedro Sánchez a... Read more

14 Nov 2019

20mins

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

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

This week we talk to Britons in Spain whose lives will be affected by the reelection of the Tories at the recent polls, ... Read more

19 Dec 2019

38mins

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

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

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

7 Nov 2019

24mins

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S03E2: The Catalan independence drive and exhuming Franco

S03E2: The Catalan independence drive and exhuming Franco

This week we discuss events surrounding the second anniversary of the referendum in Catalonia, and the latest in the ong... Read more

3 Oct 2019

31mins

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2x11: Spain’s political stalemate deepens

2x11: Spain’s political stalemate deepens

In the season finale we discuss the ongoing efforts by the Socialists and Podemos to hammer out a governing deal, and al... Read more

12 Jul 2019

21mins

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

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

This week we discuss a curious incident involving a diplomatic mission in Spain, which may or may not have involved the ... Read more

21 Mar 2019

22mins

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Ep. 7: Supreme Court trial of Catalan separatist leaders

Ep. 7: Supreme Court trial of Catalan separatist leaders

Journalists from the English Edition explain the charges facing 12 pro-independence defendants and why this case is the ... Read more

28 Feb 2019

19mins

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S03E5: Catalan street protests and the exhumation of Franco

S03E5: Catalan street protests and the exhumation of Franco

This week we discuss last week’s disturbances in Catalonia after the Supreme Court ruling, and the long-awaited exhumati... Read more

25 Oct 2019

25mins

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

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

This week we discuss the antics that happened inside Spanish Congress when newly elected lawmakers were sworn into their... Read more

6 Dec 2019

23mins

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S03E4: Supreme Court ruling on jailed Catalan secession leaders

S03E4: Supreme Court ruling on jailed Catalan secession leaders

This week we discuss the verdict from one of the most politically relevant trials that Spain has seen in recent years, a... Read more

17 Oct 2019

25mins

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

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

This week we discuss Spain’s most notorious alleged fraudster, and examine the death of Marta Calvo, whose body was dism... Read more

13 Dec 2019

22mins

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Ep. 9: Feminists on the march

Ep. 9: Feminists on the march

This week we discuss the success of the Spanish demonstrations for Women’s Day, and we pose the question, is Spain polit... Read more

15 Mar 2019

26mins

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

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

This week we discuss a new law that makes it mandatory for all businesses in Spain to keep track of worker schedules and... Read more

16 May 2019

17mins

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S03E1: New elections and Brexit

S03E1: New elections and Brexit

This week we discuss why Spain is heading back to the polls for the fourth time in four years, and look at the Spanish g... Read more

26 Sep 2019

25mins

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2x02: Election fallout and controversy in Mauthausen

2x02: Election fallout and controversy in Mauthausen

This week we discuss the early talks between Spain’s political parties as they seek to form a government, and examine a ... Read more

9 May 2019

19mins

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Ep. 3: The Julen Roselló tragedy

Ep. 3: The Julen Roselló tragedy

Journalists from the English Edition of EL PAÍS go over the facts of the rescue mission in Málaga that began when a two-... Read more

31 Jan 2019

19mins

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

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

This week we speak to EL PAÍS correspondent Jaime Santirso, who was evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan last week, ... Read more

6 Feb 2020

34mins

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SO3E9: Vox controversies and Mar Menor disaster

SO3E9: Vox controversies and Mar Menor disaster

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

29 Nov 2019

25mins

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

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

This week we discuss the upcoming date that Spaniards have at the polling booths, and also, in the last episode of our f... Read more

4 Apr 2019

22mins

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