The Breakfast Podcast

Sometimes we forget that books do not only serve to learn how to read, but to learn how to feel, to understand others, and to imagine worlds where everything is possible.

Children's literature is not a minor genre; in many ways, it is the first refuge where we discover who we are.

I don't think there is a more manipulated book than the Bible, a book riddled with violent images, which suddenly shifts to love for one's neighbor, but with parables that, even for me, are hard to understand. 

It is enough to remember how much suffering the indiscriminate use of God's name has caused, from the persecution of alleged witches, to justifying slavery or wars.

Although people still say that only birds migrate, today we often see human migration as a phenomenon that is difficult to explain.

However, the deep history of humanity tells exactly the opposite story. By biological and cultural definition, the human being is a species in motion. 

Ever since the first hominins left Africa, the survival of our species has depended on our ability to adapt to new territories.

Today I’m not going to recommend any book, but I do want to make a statement—and I say this as an English Studies student preparing to become a teacher. Perhaps out of curiosity, or perhaps as an occupational hazard, I feel that being a teacher isn't just about passing on knowledge, which itself needs to be taught properly.

Being a teacher requires research. It means picking up books that aren't on the curriculum and searching for information.

The Francoist repression in the Canary Islands has a key distinction: there was no war front in the archipelago. Following the July 1936 coup d'état, the islands quickly fell under the control of the rebels, meaning violence was exercised systematically and unilaterally against the civilian population defending the Second Republic.

The socio-formative roots status (formerly known as roots through training) is a temporary residence permit due to exceptional circumstances in Spain that allows foreign nationals to regularize their status while undertaking regulated training or formative employment.

In August 1914, the First World War had just broken out. In Dalkeith, a small town near Edinburgh (Scotland), James Marchbank, a boy of just 14 who worked as a delivery boy, lied about his age and enlisted in the army.

His testimony was rescued by the writer Gillian Arbuthnott in the work "A Secret Diary of the First World War", transforming the cold facts of history books into a human and unforgettable lesson

Everyone has the right to their own ideas and to freedom of labor association. However, when we talk about the institutions that safeguard security and hold the legitimate use of force, political neutrality is not a secondary option: it is a fundamental democratic guarantee.

In recent years, we have observed with concern how certain discourses and representative platforms within the security forces explicitly align themselves with polarized ideological frameworks

What I am going to talk about in today's episode has already happened in Germany and Ireland: indiscriminate attacks against migrants. I haven't seen anything like this since the first migrant people arrived in Spain via the Canary Islands. I feel that something against human rights has been brewing since 2016, but migrants are taking the brunt of it due to the unprecedented violence.

"Abilities Within Me" is a wonderful children's book series and foundation created by Gemma Keir, inspired by her son with 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome.

This book helps raise awareness about disabilities, celebrate diversity, and foster empathy and inclusion from childhood (for children aged 3 to 8).

Its illustrated stories sensitively address conditions such as Autism, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, Type 1 Diabetes, Dyslexia, and Epilepsy.

And that is not all: in addition to the books, they offer free educational resources for schools, donate books to hospitals, and organize interactive workshops.