In this week's broadcast, we talk about the African swine fever outbreak, an issue which the Spanish pork industry is monitoring with concern. We speak with Arno Wimpffen, general director of the Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation about how administrations and farmers can face this challenge.

We also dive into animated cinema. We introduce you to Animario, Madrid International Contemporary Animation Festival, held in Matadero Madrid from Thursday the 11th to Sunday the14th of December. In order to know more about the festival, we speak with its curator, Carolina López.

One of the movies that will be part of Animario is 'Olivia and the invisible earthquake', an international coproduction that has been nominated for Best Animated Feature Film in the European Cinema Awards that Berlin will host in January. We interviewed director Irene Iborra to talk about her film shortly after its premiere.

In today's broadcast, we celebrate a very special anniversary! British writer, Jane Austen, was born 250 years ago. Publishing house Alma organized an event to honour her legacy and global influence in the emblematic Palace of Santoña, here in Madrid. Director of the Jane Austen's House Museum, Lizzie Dunford, was present in the event and was kind enough to join us!

Also in today's broadcast, we speak with translator Isabel Rivero Healy about "The Shimmers" a thriller written by Spaniard J.F. Goulding and which has been published first in English.

And after that, we dive into "Speak un English de cine" a method to learn English by watching movies and TV-shows. Author Claire Prada joined us to tell us about this project.

In today's broadcast we hear from former Canadian Prime Minister, Kim Campbell. She visited our country for a meeting of El Club de Madrid, the world's largest forum of democratic former presidents and prime ministers. We speak with her about the current state of democracy.

And speaking of democracy, this was also one of the themes discussed at the first edition of the Congreso Futuro Iberoamericano, held in Madrid. Psychologist and professor at the Yale University, Norka Malberg, participated in a panel about Artificial Intelligence and Education and was kind enough to join us!

Also in today's broadcast, we look into the recognition of foreign degrees in Spain. A process which should take a few months, but which, sometimes, ends up taking years. Rami Ahmadi from the association Homologación Justa Ya tells us more.

And after that, we celebrate the 85th anniversary of the arrival of the British Council in Spain with head of Arts, Cristina Ward.

We commemorate one year since the devastating DANA that affected the East of the country, with catastrophic consequences especially in the region of Valencia. More than 200 people lost their lives. Christian Lesaec, president of the Association of DANA Victims Horta Sud, told us about the current situation in the affected areas.

One of the conclussions of the report, "Disinformation during the 2024 DANA crisis in Spain", published in Revista Mediterránea de Comunicación, shows that disinformation and hoaxes were an obstacle to proper emergency management. In the week in which we also celebrate the "Media and Information Literacy Week", we attended the "Conference against disinformation" organized by media association, CLABE. Our colleague, Borja Díaz-Merry, from Verifica RTVE, was kind enough to join us.

And after that, we travel to Dublin in 1915. The classic Irish play "The Plough and the Stars" has been translated to Spanish for the first time. Translator Marta Callava, told us more.

In today's broadcast we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the European Space Agency, ESA. We visited their headquarters here in Madrid and spoke with Simonetta Cheli, director of the Earth Observation program, about their new projects and the future of the agency.

And after that, we learn about the oldest document in Spain's National Library: Ezequiel's Papyrus is being showcased in an exhibition in the Library. Curators, Raquel Marín and Sofía Torallas-Tovar tell us more:

Women Writers' Day was established as an official celebration in Spain back in 2016. It aims to bring visibility for women in literature and we join this mission and celebration with our colleague, María Dillon.

Maria was awarded the Young Novel Award "Leer Suma" given out by the José Manuel Lara Foundation. And the award entails the publication of her first book, "Cuello de botella". This futuristic dystopia inmmerses us in a world in which bodies are mere containers and consciences jump from one to another. A world with three main principles: order, well-being and stability. But, Alma, the protagonist soon discovers that not everything is what it seems and that the world is much bigger than she thought...

In today's broadcast we speak with Raquel Pérez Benazco, vicepresident of the Federation of Young Women. We analyze the current state of the right to abortion in Spain, the latest controversy surrounding it and the government's response: a proposal to include it in the constitution.

And after that, we speak with chefs María José San Román and Barbara Sibley about succeeding as a woman in gastronomy. The topic of the 13th Colloquium about Women organized by the International Institute of Madrid.

Also in today's broadcast, we hear from our correspondant in Lebanon, Elsa Yaskek Charabati, and we celebrate Women Writer's Day with our colleague María Dillon.

Two years after Hamas' October 7th attacks, which led to an intense offensive by Israel. An offensive that has already killed more than 67 thousand Palestinians. We analyze the current situation, the recognition of Palestine as a state and the implications of using the word "genocide" with international law professor and member of the Jurists for Palestine asssociation, Montserrat Abad Castelos.

And after that, we travel to the far west, which is actually not that far. In fact, it's located here in Spain! Many classic Westerns were filmed in the province of Almería, in the south of Spain. The Almeria Western Film Festival was created to keep this legacy alive, and it is already celebrating its 15th edition! Volunteer Fran Domínguez tells us more!

In this, we learn about "Travesías" an initiative launched by the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographich Challenge, in collaboration with Madrid's Cinema School (ECAM) and cultural agency Las Espigadoras. A series of conferences that aim to set out the path towards cinema literacy in Spain. Pablo López and Timanfaya Custodio, from Las Espigadoras, tell us more.

And after that, we learn about the Semana Cervatina, the Cervantine Week in the Madrilian city of Alcalá de Henares. A celebration that aims to keep Miguel de Cervantes' legacy alive. Javier Lerma, tourism officer at the Alcalá de Henares Town Hall, visited us in Casa de la Radio to tell us all about it.

In today's broadcast we learn about Barbara Probst Solomon, an American journalist that became a bridge between Spain and the United States with her writing. The Cervantes Institute of New York held a homage to her legacy and her connection with our country. Spanish journalist, Andrea Aguilar, told us more.

Also in this broadcast, we hear from Afaf Abounouadar, excutive director of the Make Mothers Matter organization. Their 2024 survey on the State of Motherhood in Europe showed that 67% of European mothers feel overloaded. We analyzed the causes behind this number.

And after that, we learn about the newly-discovered species of giraffes with researcher Michael Brown.