¿Qué? – The Spanish News Podcast

¿Qué? – The Spanish News Podcast


Latest Episodes

S04E10: UK ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott discusses the coronavirus crisis
March 27, 2020

We also catch up with Chris Dottie, the president of the British Chamber of Commerce, and Martin Makepeace, the president of the British Association of San Antonio, Ibiza

S04E09: Coronavirus lockdown in Spain
March 19, 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 are managing under the new restrictions

¿Qué? S04E08: The coronavirus in Spain and an alleged assault in the Big Brother house
March 11, 2020

This week we talk about how Covid-19 is affecting Spaniards, and discuss a court investigation into the alleged abuse of a ‘Gran Hermano’ contestant

S04E07: EL PAÍS SEMANAL’s feature article on ‘Why I vote for Vox’
February 26, 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, and which left no one indifferent

S04E06: The trial of Willy Toledo and a plan to crack down on Franco apologists
February 19, 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

S04E05: Poverty in Spain and the 33-year pension scam
February 13, 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 to collect a deceased man’s Social Security payments for more than three decades

S04E4: The coronavirus quarantine in Madrid and drama at Barajas airport
February 06, 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 drone sightings and emergency landing in the Spanish capital on Monday

S04E3: Brexit and rock-bottom rents in Madrid
January 29, 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 apartment in the capital

S04E2: A new Catalan trial and Vox’s idea for a parental veto
January 22, 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 pin.”

S04E1: New government in Spain, and failed heist at French palace
January 16, 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 was hired by the Chinese mafia to steal precious artworks.