¿Qué? – The Spanish News Podcast
EL PAÍS
¿Qué? – The Spanish News Podcast
EL PAÍS
Thursday 17 June 2021 : This week on our Spanish news podcast, we look at the tragic case of Anna and Olivia, two little girls who are thought to have been murdered...
Thursday 10 June 2021 : We discuss how complicated the coronavirus crisis has been in the country due to the powers of the regional governments
Thursday 03 June 2021 : This week we take a look at Spain's ongoing Covid-19 vaccine campaign, and also consider some of the changing rules and regulations for UK...
Thursday 27 May 2021 : This week we discuss the changes to the coronavirus restrictions on travelers from the UK, and look at the new Catalan government, which has...
Thursday 20 May 2021 : After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Simon Hunter and Melissa Kitson are back with a brand new series
Friday 03 April 2020 : Things are a little complicated for everyone right now, so we will have to take a little break with our podcast. But fret not, we'll be back...
Friday 27 March 2020 : We also catch up with Chris Dottie, the president of the British Chamber of Commerce, and Martin Makepeace, the president of the British...
Thursday 19 March 2020 : This week we talk about the state of alarm aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19, and interview some of our podcast heroes about how they...
Wednesday 11 March 2020 : This week we talk about how Covid-19 is affecting Spaniards, and discuss a court investigation into the alleged abuse of a ‘Gran...
Wednesday 26 February 2020 : This week we talk to Guillermo Abril, the journalist who wrote a recent feature based on interviews with supporters of the far-right party,...
Wednesday 19 February 2020 : This week we examine how a Spanish actor and activist ended up in court for a Facebook post, and consider the limits of free speech in Spain
Thursday 13 February 2020 : This week, we discuss a UN expert’s findings on the serious levels of inequality in the country, and discover how a social worker managed...
Thursday 06 February 2020 : This week we speak to EL PAÍS correspondent Jaime Santirso, who was evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan last week, and recount the...
Wednesday 29 January 2020 : This week, we discuss how Brexit will affect Britons living in Spain, and why some tenants are able to pay as little as €7 a month for an...
Wednesday 22 January 2020 : This week we discuss the latest trial covering the 2017 events in Catalonia, and examine far-right Vox’s plan for a so-called “parental...
Thursday 16 January 2020 : This week we talk about Pedro Sánchez being voted back in as prime minister, and the unlikely story of an infamous spanish ram-raider who...
Thursday 19 December 2019 : This week we talk to Britons in Spain whose lives will be affected by the reelection of the Tories at the recent polls, and examine the...
Friday 13 December 2019 : This week we discuss Spain’s most notorious alleged fraudster, and examine the death of Marta Calvo, whose body was dismembered and...
Friday 06 December 2019 : This week we discuss the antics that happened inside Spanish Congress when newly elected lawmakers were sworn into their roles, and talk...
Friday 29 November 2019 : This week we discuss the far-right party's denial of gender violence, and why thousands of fish washed up dead in Europe's largest saltwater...
Thursday 14 November 2019 : This week we discuss -what else?- the results of Sunday's repeat poll and the surprise agreement between Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias...
Thursday 07 November 2019 : This week we discuss the jousting of Spain’s five prime-ministerial candidates on Monday night, and examine the Spanish feminism movement.
Thursday 31 October 2019 : This week we discuss the death of Doctor Vela, the first person to go to trial in relation with irregular adoptions during the Franco era,...
Friday 25 October 2019 : This week we discuss last week’s disturbances in Catalonia after the Supreme Court ruling, and the long-awaited exhumation of Spanish...
Thursday 17 October 2019 : This week we discuss the verdict from one of the most politically relevant trials that Spain has seen in recent years, and the protests it...
¿Qué? – The Spanish News Podcast
EL PAÍS
S05E05: A tragedy in Tenerife and Sánchez's hallway chat with Biden
This week on our Spanish news podcast, we look at the tragic case of Anna and Olivia, two little girls who are thought to have been murdered...
S05E04: How Spain’s autonomous regions have handled the pandemic
We discuss how complicated the coronavirus crisis has been in the country due to the powers of the regional governments
S05E03: Spain's Covid vaccine campaign, and Brexit advice for Britons
This week we take a look at Spain's ongoing Covid-19 vaccine campaign, and also consider some of the changing rules and regulations for UK...
S05E02: Travel after Brexit and Catalan politics
This week we discuss the changes to the coronavirus restrictions on travelers from the UK, and look at the new Catalan government, which has...
S05E01: Picking up where we left off
After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Simon Hunter and Melissa Kitson are back with a brand new series
We are on a break
Things are a little complicated for everyone right now, so we will have to take a little break with our podcast. But fret not, we'll be back...
S04E10: UK ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott discusses the coronavirus crisis
We also catch up with Chris Dottie, the president of the British Chamber of Commerce, and Martin Makepeace, the president of the British...
S04E09: Coronavirus lockdown in Spain
This week we talk about the state of alarm aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19, and interview some of our podcast heroes about how they...
¿Qué? S04E08: The coronavirus in Spain and an alleged assault in the Big Brother house
This week we talk about how Covid-19 is affecting Spaniards, and discuss a court investigation into the alleged abuse of a ‘Gran...
S04E07: EL PAÍS SEMANAL’s feature article on ‘Why I vote for Vox’
This week we talk to Guillermo Abril, the journalist who wrote a recent feature based on interviews with supporters of the far-right party,...
S04E06: The trial of Willy Toledo and a plan to crack down on Franco apologists
This week we examine how a Spanish actor and activist ended up in court for a Facebook post, and consider the limits of free speech in Spain
S04E05: Poverty in Spain and the 33-year pension scam
This week, we discuss a UN expert’s findings on the serious levels of inequality in the country, and discover how a social worker managed...
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, and recount the...
S04E3: Brexit and rock-bottom rents in Madrid
This week, we discuss how Brexit will affect Britons living in Spain, and why some tenants are able to pay as little as €7 a month for an...
S04E2: A new Catalan trial and Vox’s idea for a parental veto
This week we discuss the latest trial covering the 2017 events in Catalonia, and examine far-right Vox’s plan for a so-called “parental...
S04E1: New government in Spain, and failed heist at French palace
This week we talk about Pedro Sánchez being voted back in as prime minister, and the unlikely story of an infamous spanish ram-raider who...
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, and examine the...
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 dismembered and...
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 roles, and talk...
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's largest saltwater...
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 and Pablo Iglesias...
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 feminism movement.
S03E6: Spain’s ‘stolen babies’ network and R&D challenges
This week we discuss the death of Doctor Vela, the first person to go to trial in relation with irregular adoptions during the Franco era,...
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 exhumation of Spanish...
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, and the protests it...
