We return with a chat about Bollywood, an Oscar contender, the art of an Iraqi refugee and badgers.

Here is the video with the Bollywood performances.

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We discuss Gabriel Garcia Marquez, an Irish woman who saved Jews during WWII, Lenin and a French photographer who chronicled Madrid in the 1850s. 

Here is our blog article on the Irish woman.

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Music by Lobo Loco and eddy.

We're back! Welcome to the first episode of the year, where we delve into castles, emotional geography, Heaney, and losing at the lottery.

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Check out our video on Joyce.

Our 101st episode and our final one before the Christmas break. 

In this edition, we talk about a new film, Roma, and the art of applying colour to historical photos. There will also be references to Heidi, Toblerone and to a man with a shopping bag on his face.

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We'll be back in the first week of January. Enjoy!

Yay, and indeed, wooooh.

The 100th Episode.

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This week, at the request of a follower and dear friend, we talk about La Movida, a cultural phenomenon born in Madrid at the end of the 1970s which challenged the rules of the Establishment.

We bring you another Story/Time, this time about the inner struggles we all face sometimes.

This week we visit an art exhibition about the rediscovery of the Mediterranean at Fundación Mapfre (Madrid), explore the intricacies of DNA and discuss Jack Kerouac's 'Satori in Paris'.

And the paintings Meri refers to are George Seurat's 'Bathers at Asnières' and 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte'.

Music by Broke for Free.

We pick a few photographs from Mariví Ibarrola’s book ‘De Lavapies a la Cabeza’, which we bought last week at the book fair in Plaza Mayor, Madrid, and tell a few stories. Expect goats, drums and dad-walking.

You can read more Lavapies stories in our blog The Irish Slice of Madrid.

Music by Broke for Free.

This week we talk at length about aspects linked to the "Pharaoh: King of Egypt" exhibition at CaixaForum Madrid, as well as discussing a podcast about a writing project involving refugees in Ireland, a videogame set in the Iranian Revolution, a book on joy and more.

Disclaimer: We made a mistake when we described the pharaoh's crowns; the white crown, of course, represents Upper Egypt, and the red crown Lower Egypt, rather than the other way around!

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