Post Truth be told

La nueva estrategia de la UE consagra el principio de integridad informativa. Podemos pensar que implica un reconocimiento de que la información de calidad es un bien público a proteger. Pero todavía no estamos ahí.

Presentador: Luis Bouza García (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Moderador: Lucas Proto (El Confidencial / Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Invitados:

• Daniel Iriarte (El Confidencial),
• Raquel Ruiz Incertis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid),
• Manuela Sánchez Gómez (LLYC),
• Celia Zafra (Political Watch)

Producción: Franco Delle Donne (Rombo Podcasts)

Desde 2020 la UE ha adoptado varias normas para regular las plataformas. Pero desde la victoria de Trump en 2024, dichas empresas están colaborando mucho menos con la UE. ¿Qué puede aportar la nueva estrategia?

Presentador: Luis Bouza García (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Moderador: Lucas Proto (El Confidencial / Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Invitados:

• Daniel Iriarte (El Confidencial),
• Raquel Ruiz Incertis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid),
• Manuela Sánchez Gómez (LLYC),
• Celia Zafra (Political Watch)

Producción: Franco Delle Donne (Rombo Podcasts)

La UE ha adoptado una nueva estrategia paraproteger la democracia: la defensa del debate público de calidad y promover laparticipación de la sociedad civil. En el primer episodio de "Post Truth be told" en español discutimos el contexto y contenido de la estrategia.

Presentador: Luis Bouza García (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Moderador: Lucas Proto (El Confidencial / Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Invitados:

• Daniel Iriarte (El Confidencial),
• Raquel Ruiz Incertis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid),
• Manuela Sánchez Gómez (LLYC),
• Celia Zafra (Political Watch)

Producción: Franco Delle Donne (Rombo Podcasts)

As the EU seeks to defend democracy from foreign interference, it is reframing information as a potential security threat. This is reshaping how Europe understands speech, power, and security.

This episode explores what FIMI changes and what it risks breaking in the EU’s own tools of global influence.

Host: Luis Bouza García (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Guests: Lucas Proto (El Confidencial / Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Ruth Ferrero Turrión (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Sophier Veriter (Institute of Security and Global Affairs Leiden University).

Producción: Franco Delle Donne (Rombo Podcasts)

European federalists have long wished for the EU to be taught in schools, but the real chance for Europeanised education may lie in fostering critical thinking skills in school. 

In this episode, we explore whether citizenship education should be a subject in European curricula, and how EU-level coordination can support teachers and students.

Hosts: Luis Bouza García (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Álvaro Oleart (Université libre de Bruxelles)

Guests: Alessia Chiriatti (Istituto Affari Internazionali) and Federico Castiglioni (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

Production: Franco Delle Donne (Rombo Podcasts)

In this episode, we unpack three proposals on democratic responses to disinformation, from social media regulation and algorithmic transparency to strengthening public service media. We also explore calls for a holistic EU-wide strategy on information integrity.

Hosts: Luis Bouza, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Álvaro Oleart, Université libre de Bruxelles.

Guest: Julia Rone, Assistant Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam researching social movements, politics and the utopias and dystopias of digital media.

Production: Franco Delle Donne, Rombo Podcasts

Today’s episode is a bit special, as it was recorded in the context of the RECLAIM Final Conference, and it was a panel entitled  “Beyond the clickbait: Information flows and EU policy-making” which basically dealt with the EU media ecosystem, the relationship between EU media and EU institutions, the business model of EU media both established such as the FT and new initiatives such as James Kanter EU Scream, or the relationship between media and tech/AI.

Host: Álvaro Oleart, FNRS Postdoctoral Researcher, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Guests: Ciara Bottomley (Amnesty International), Paola Tamma (Financial Times), James Kanter (EU Scream. 

Production: Franco Delle Donne, Rombo Podcasts

Today, we explore how the EU's emerging FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) framework shifts the focus from truthfulness to intent in combating foreign influence, raising critical questions about transparency, bias, and the limits of democratic defense.

Host: Lucas Proto, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Guest Editor: Jan Daniel, Senior Researcher, Institute of International Relations Prague Prague.

Guests: Charlotte Wagnsson is Professor in political science at the Swedish Defence University; Domenico Valenza, foreign policy practitioner and Associate Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies. 

Production: Franco Delle Donne, Rombo Podcasts

Migration touches on deeply emotional, symbolic, and identity-driven issues. That makes it uniquely vulnerable to post-truth tactics, where fear and misperception override facts and evidence. This episode of Post-Truth Be Told unpacks how disinformation hijacks the migration debate—and who gains from it. 

Guest editor: Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Assistant Professor Jagellonian University in Kraków

Guests: Viviana Ougou, Member of the Spanish Parliament and Olha Menko, President of the Management Board of the Poland-Ukraine Institute Foundation

Host: Lucas Proto, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Production: Franco Delle Donne, Rombo Podcasts.

Algorithms decide what we see, what we miss, and influence what we believe. In this episode, we examine how digital technologies reflect and amplify social bias, distort public debate, and reshape our understanding of truth. What happens when platforms reward outrage over accuracy, and when AI becomes a tool for manufacturing alternative realities? The challenge isn’t just technical—it’s political, and it’s personal.

Host: Lucas Proto, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Guest editors: Nikola Schmidt, Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations in Prague

Guests: Myojung Chung, Assistant Professor of journalism and media innovation at Northeastern University and Rebooting Social Media visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center & Manuel Alcántara Plá, Associate Professor of Linguistics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM).

Production: Franco Delle Donne, Rombo Podcasts