Mark Nolan's Podcast

The week of 15 to 21 December is packed with major events affecting many people, from Spain’s role in landmark EU trade and financial decisions to intense political and legal scrutiny in the UK. With central banks...

TikTok enters mid‑December with a surge of festive micro‑vlogs, nostalgic audio trends and emotionally honest storytelling. Highly produced adverts continue to fade as users opt for authenticity during the holiday...

Rescued wildlife and restored habitats in the UK to a heartening pension boost in Spain and global animal‑welfare efforts reaching farther than ever. The post A Little Bit of Welcome Good News first appeared on Mad...

UK regulators banned misleading health‑related social ads while debates over privacy‑intrusive digital billboards intensified. Global ad spend forecasts have been revised upwards, and Spain has emerged as Europe’s...

From instant coffee to café culture, price is never the real story — value is. Coffee shows how perception, experience, and emotion shape what people are willing to pay. Businesses that focus on value, not price, win...

Major fines hit Meta in Spain while UK marketers shift focus toward compliance and timing. In both markets advertisers must balance data, regulation and strategic creativity. The post Regulation and Compliance Must...

Explore the latest TikTok creative shifts across UK, Spain and Europe – from soft‑spoken video styles to creative audio remixes – and discover what this means for brands and educators in November 2025. The post TikTok...

The team behind the award-winning N332 road safety project will officially launch N332 for Kids this weekend at Expo Torrevieja, The post Mad Black Cat Helps Bring N332 for Kids to Life at Expo Torrevieja first appeared...

This week we bring you five uplifting stories of people and animals stepping up in thoughtful, human‑centred ways. You’ll meet a seaside lifeboat volunteer in the UK, a Spanish village planting hope, a cross‑continent...

The week of 3 to 9 November brings major events affecting many people, from Spain’s policy planning to the UK’s economic decisions and Europe’s environmental diplomacy. With COP30 in Brazil, Remembrance services in...

This week on the N332 Driving in Spain podcast, we dive into major developments impacting drivers across Spain and the UK. Mark Nolan covers the DGT's significant revamp of the Spanish driving theory test, which now...

This week, the N332 Driving in Spain Podcast delivers essential updates affecting drivers across Europe. We begin in Spain, where the DGT has formally revamped the driving theory test, introducing new questions based on...

This week, the DGT is targeting every form of driver distraction—from holding a mobile phone (a 6-point, €200 offence) to subtle habits like smoking or talking to passengers. We detail why this campaign is crucial...

Jane Mansfield’s untimely death in 1967 was one of Hollywood’s darkest moments. Yet her legacy endures in a surprising way: through a life-saving feature on lorries and trucks seen every day across the UK and Spain. The...

How many ZX Spectrums would it take to draw a cat? Millions. A ZX81? Forget it, you’d still be waiting. This episode puts AI image generation into context, comparing today’s technology with the computers many of us grew...

An AI image of two cats took 30 seconds to generate. On a ZX Spectrum it would have taken millions of machines working together, and on a ZX81… well, you’d still be waiting. A light-hearted look at how far computers...

A lively social media planner for October, prioritising Spain, the UK and Europe. Creative Instagram-first ideas include Halloween fun, cosy autumn themes, and a nod to World Food Day, with a featured ODC and Lanson...

A light-hearted look at why you can swear at ChatGPT all you want — and why it never swears back. We explore how AI interprets swearing as playful, emphatic, or hostile, and what that says about human frustration with...

From Spain’s legislative push to Labour’s final conference speeches, and from the European Political Community Summit to global cultural launches, the week of 29 September to 5 October is rich with major events...

This week on the N332 Driving in Spain Podcast, Mark Nolan delivers urgent safety information and traffic alerts as Spain heads into autumn. We dissect the DGT’s latest, worrying statistics showing that vulnerable road...

This week we bring you urgent lessons from tragedies and policy changes across Europe, combined with fresh initiatives here in Spain. Our September focus continues: school run safety, cycling protection, and safer...

The week of 22 to 28 September delivers major events affecting many people: Spain’s political return, the UK’s conferences and inquiries, and Europe’s policy signals, all set against a crowded UN General Assembly. From...

This week on TikTok Trends: a quirky new Paloma Blanca dance takes off with stiff synchronised moves, while nostalgia re-emerges through Trainspotting’s Born Slippy and the Choose Life monologue. AutumnCozy routines...

From 12 September 2025, the EU Data Act became law across all EU countries, including Spain. It is a big new framework for how companies handle data from connected products and cloud services. For large tech firms it...

In this episode, we bust the myth of Facebook’s organic reach for small businesses in Spain. Many cafés, bars, and local services believe that posting on their Page will reach all their followers. In reality, organic...