The Breakfast Podcast

This episode isn't comfortable. It doesn't intend to be. Today I'm opening pages that many would like to close: dictatorships that crushed voices, crimes hidden under flags, silences that still scream. You'll listen fragments of memory and analysis that make you uncomfortable. Because to remember is to resist. Because forgetting is also violence. And returning to the topic of religion, since it's Christmas, there's a subject that interests me greatly: the exclusion of other peoples who share the same ethnic origin.

In this episode, I delve into the lives of those who defy distance, language, and fear. Migrants who left behind the familiar to embrace the unknown. You'll hear stories of everyday courage, of human beings reinventing their world, of young people transforming rejection into strength. Because migrating isn't just about moving: it's about rebuilding. As much as I want to distance myself from my professional past, it always comes back to me at just the right time to remind me not to abandon raising awareness. I find it hard to understand why people assume that all migrants from Latin America are Catholic, especially since evangelical Christianity is currently experiencing significant growth in Spain.

First of all, happy holidays! Just a year ago, I started this podcast with the sole intention of practicing my pronunciation, because it had been years since I'd spoken English. Remember that I had resumed my English Studies degree.

Today I'm opening a book that isn't on any bookshelf: the one that is written with each page that transforms us. We travel the world in search of new stories, because reading is crossing borders without a passport. And every story is a cultural compass. The story of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, originally titled The Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale, though often shortened to Rasselas, is a fable about happiness and ignorance, written by Samuel Johnson.

This episode isn't comfortable. It doesn't intend to be. Today I open pages that many would like to close: dictatorships that crushed voices, crimes hidden under flags, silences that still scream. You will hear fragments of memory and analysis that are unsettling. Because to remember is to resist. Because forgetting is also violence. Indoctrination in classrooms refers to ideological influence in education, where certain beliefs or ideologies are imposed on students, which can affect their critical thinking and freedom of thought.

In this episode, I delve into the lives that defy distance, language, and fear. Migrants who left behind the familiar to embrace the unknown. You'll hear stories of everyday courage, of human beings reinventing their world, of young people transforming rejection into strength. Because migrating isn't just about moving: it's about rebuilding. One of the most common mantras is that Canarians who migrated to Venezuela or Cuba did so with "papers."

Today I'm opening a book that isn't on any bookshelf: the one that's written with every page that transforms us. We travel the world in search of new stories, because reading is crossing borders without a passport. And every story is a cultural compass. I know it's not Halloween, but I felt like talking about this unique author: Thomas Gray. What's so original about him?

This episode isn't comfortable. It doesn't intend to be. Today I open pages that many would like to close: dictatorships that crushed voices, crimes hidden under flags, silences that still scream. You will hear fragments of memory and analysis that are unsettling. Because to remember is to resist. Because forgetting is also violence. Australians don't much like to be reminded of it, but history must always be remembered, and we must confront our darkest past: being a penal colony.

In this episode, I delve into the lives that defy distance, language, and fear. Migrants who left behind the familiar to embrace the unknown. You'll listen stories of everyday courage, of human beings reinventing their world, of young people transforming rejection into strength. Because migrating isn't just about moving: it's about rebuilding.AIDS does not knows borders, but the way it's addressed certainly does. Many migrants arrive in new countries carrying the weight of a double challenge: the struggle for integration and the struggle for dignified access to treatment and prevention.

This series is a journey through literature without borders. In each episode, I dive into a book, an author, or a literary movement from different parts of the world. Because books are passports too, and every story carries us closer to new cultures, languages, and ways of seeing life. After reading and analyzing several works of English literature, specifically those written in the 19th and early 20th centuries, coinciding with the expansion of the British Empire, it could be said that there are authors whose works, on the surface, seem to denounce imperialist actions, but are quite the opposite. Today I'm talking about Rudyard Kipling and Roald Dahl.

This episode isn't comfortable. It doesn't intend to be. Today I open pages that many would like to close: dictatorships that crushed voices, crimes hidden under flags, silences that still scream. You will listen fragments of memory and analysis that make you uncomfortable. Because to remember is to resist. Because forgetting is also violence. When we see the arrival of migrant boats (if they arrive by plane, there isn't so much complaint), xenophobes always say to send them back to their countries. Today I'm going to talk about what a deportation can mean.

In this episode, I delve into the lives of those who defy distance, language, and fear. Migrants who left behind the familiar to embrace the unknown. You'll hear stories of everyday courage, of human beings reinventing their world, of young people transforming rejection into strength. Because migrating isn't just about moving: it's about rebuilding. Foreigners who do not hold Spanish nationality but are nationals of one of the countries that make up the European Union have the right to participate in both European Parliament elections and municipal and local elections, as outlined in Article 210 of the LOREG (Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime).

Today I'm opening a book that isn't on any shelf: the one that's written with every page that transforms us. We travel the world in search of new stories, because reading is crossing borders without a passport. And every story is a cultural compass. A question: When you were in high school, how was literature taught to you? Have you been reading since childhood? Perhaps the reason why reading is so difficult now stems from the way we're taught, because the blame doesn't always lie with the student.

This episode isn't comfortable. It doesn't intend to be. Today I open pages that many would like to close: dictatorships that crushed voices, crimes hidden under flags, silences that still scream. You will hear fragments of memory and analysis that make you uncomfortable. Because to remember is to resist. Because forgetting is also violence. For today's episode, I bring you one of the greatest ignominies in history: the "Dreyfus Affair," surrounding the French military officer and Jewish man Alfred Dreyfus.

In this episode, I talk about lives that defy distance, language, and fear. Migrants who left behind the familiar to embrace the unknown. You'll hear stories of everyday courage, of human beings reinventing their world, of young people transforming rejection into strength. Because migrating isn't just about moving: it's about rebuilding. One of the most frequently used mantras by the far right is that of remigration. They believe that this will solve all our problems.

Today I'm opening a book that isn't on any bookshelf: the one that is written with each page that transforms us. We travel the world in search of new stories, because reading is crossing borders without a passport. And each story is a cultural compass. I don't know if you like science fiction. I don't. Perhaps because it makes us reflect on a future that seems worse than it is now.

This episode isn't comfortable. It doesn't intend to be. Today I open pages that many would like to close: dictatorships that crushed voices, crimes hidden under flags, silences that still scream. You will listen fragments of memory, and analyses that make you uncomfortable. Because to remember is to resist. Because forgetting is also violence. What leads a minor today to join the far right?

In this episode, I talk about lives or experiences that defy distance, language, and fear. Migrants who left behind the familiar to embrace the unknown. You will listen stories of everyday courage, of human beings reinventing their world, of young people transforming rejection into strength. Because migrating isn't just about moving: it's about rebuilding. Trying to influence the beliefs of the audience, watching a discussion or debate we participate in, is exhausting, but there's a foolproof trick to silence hate speech.

Today I open a book that isn't on any shelf: the one that is written with each page that transforms us. I will travel the world in search of new stories, because reading is crossing borders without a passport. And every story is a cultural compass. Inspired by Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1818), this syndrome has been used to describe both an individual psychological phenomenon and a widespread social concern about the unchecked development of science and technology.

This episode is not comfortable. It doesn't intend to be. Today I open pages that many would like to close: dictatorships that crushed voices, crimes hidden under flags, silences that still scream. You will hear testimonies, fragments of memory, and analyses that make you uncomfortable. Because to remember is to resist. Because forgetting is also violence. I’ve already mentioned in recent episodes that Spain had several concentration camps. Today I want to focus on one that was located in my neighborhood

In this episode, I delve into the lives that defy distance, language, and fear. Migrants who left behind the familiar to embrace the unknown. You'll hear stories of everyday courage, migrant people reinventing their world, of young people transforming rejection into strength. Because migrating isn't just about moving: it's about rebuilding. Seeing how the far right is gaining ground at the expense of rights, it's easy to understand why we wonder if our politicians are prepared to address diversity, especially cultural diversity.

Today I open a book that isn't on any shelf: the one that is written with each page that transforms us. I will travel the world in search of new stories, because reading is crossing borders without a passport. And every story is a cultural compass.The far right, both now and in the past, only copies policies that restrict rights, but they don't contribute anything new. One of their first measures is to tell you what you should read: this is already happening in the US, and in Spain, they've banned plays and removed books from the libraries.

This episode is not comfortable. It doesn't intend to be. Today I open pages that many would like to close: dictatorships that crushed voices, crimes hidden under flags, silences that still scream. You will hear testimonies, fragments of memory, and analyses that make you uncomfortable. Because to remember is to resist. Because forgetting is also violence. Today I'm talking about something that doesn't happen suddenly, but silently, by decree, by omission: the dismantling of civil rights. What happens when the guarantees that sustain a democracy begin to erode? And why do some historians see disturbing echoes of 1930s Germany?

Stories of struggle, resilience, and hope from migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges in new horizons. Despite his professional success, the growing persecution of Jews under the Tsarist regime put him in danger. The anti-Semitic policies of Tsar Nicholas II included labor restrictions, violence, and pogroms.

Today I want to do a bonus episode about the Democratic victories in both New York and Virginia. While Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of the city of skyscrapers, is labeled a socialist and a Muslim in the headlines, and you have to dig up his political past, the governor-elect of Virginia, from the same party, is labeled a Democrat.