The Breakfast Podcast

This is a literary journey without borders. Each episode explores a work, an author, or a literary movement from different corners of the planet. Because books are also passports, and each story brings us closer to different cultures, languages, and realities. I suppose you know who Snoopy is. Good. This wonderful dog is one of the characters in a comic strip called "Peanuts."

This is a raw, unfiltered look at the darkest chapters in history. In each episode, I explore dictatorships, hate crimes, and regimes of terror that left indelible scars on humanity. Silenced voices, forgotten memories, and uncomfortable truths that need to be told. I know what I'm about to share will upset many, but there are episodes of racism in British history, especially toward the Aboriginal...

In this episode , I share stories of resilience, courage, and hope—tales of people who leave everything behind in search of a better future, while facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges along the way. Their journeys remind us that behind every migration is not just a statistic, but a human story. Today I 'll talk about the paths many people find to sustain themselves, adapt, and thrive in...

This series is a journey through literature without borders. In each episode, we dive into a book, an author, or a literary movement from different parts of the world. Because books are passports too, and every story carries us closer to new cultures, languages, and ways of seeing life. Well, I want to announce that I passed my exams! I never thought I'd get to experience the moment of being in my...

This series is a raw and unfiltered look at the darkest chapters of our history. In each episode, I explore dictatorships, hate crimes, and regimes of terror that left scars humanity cannot forget. I give space to silenced voices, forgotten memories, and uncomfortable truths—because some stories must be told if we are to build a better tomorrow. Natural borders are dividing lines established by ph...

In this episode , we share stories of resilience, courage, and hope—tales of people who leave everything behind in search of a better future, while facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges along the way. Their journeys remind us that behind every migration is not just a statistic, but a human story. Voluntary return refers to a person's decision to return to their country of origin voluntar...

Stories of struggle, resilience, and hope from migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges in new horizons. Today I'm going to show you that there are no first-class or second-class victims. Suffering is universal. You can watch the drawings by clicking on the link of my blog. https://conviviendoentreculturas.blogspot.com/2025/09/books-of-world-drawings-showin...

We travel to a dark and silent place in the history of the Canary Islands, an abyss that for decades has kept painful secrets. Today I will tell you the story of the Sima de Jinámar, that volcanic hole more than 70 meters deep in Gran Canaria

Stories of struggle, resilience, and hope from migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges in new horizons. What happens to the brain that triggers so much hatred? Until recently, you might have thought it was boredom, weariness, and frustration.

This series is a journey through literature without borders. In each episode, I dive into a book, an author, or a literary movement from different parts of the world. Because books are passports too, and every story carries us closer to new cultures, languages, and ways of seeing life.  Today I travel to Victorian England at the end of the 19th century, to dive into one of the most provocative nov...

This is a raw and unfiltered look into the darkest chapters of history. In each episode, I explore dictatorships, hate crimes, and regimes of terror that left deep and lasting scars on humanity. Silenced voices, forgotten memories, and uncomfortable truths that need to be told. Let’s take a moment for introspection:imagine that you suddenly have to flee their home for a specific reason, and can on...

Stories of struggle, resilience, and hope from migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges in new horizons. Today I want to invite you to put yourself in the shoes of someone who, from one day to the next, loses everything. A home, a life, a country. This episode is called "Spain: Land of Asylum (If You're Patient)," and is dedicated to those who search our bo...

This is a literary journey without borders. Each episode I explore a work, an author or a literary movement from different corners of the planet. Because books are also passports, and each story brings us closer to different cultures, languages and realities. Today I am telling you about a wonderful project whose goal is to collect thousands of picture books from the African continent. This projec...

This is a raw, unfiltered look at the darkest chapters in history. In each episode, I explore dictatorships, hate crimes, and regimes of terror that left indelible scars on humanity. Silenced voices, forgotten memories, and uncomfortable truths that need to be told. When we hear about concentration camps, we think of the Nazis, but there may be one in your city or neighborhood, like mine. The firs...

Stories of struggle, resilience and hope of migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal and personal challenges in new horizons.  Imagine the situation: you decide to migrate, cross two deserts, and, if you survive, you end up in the limbo of Tunisia or the hell of Libya.

This is a literary journey without borders. In each episode, I explore a work, an author, or a literary movement from different corners of the planet. Because books are also passports, and each story brings us closer to different cultures, languages, and realities. In 1933, the Nazis carried out public book burnings as part of a campaign of censorship and cultural repression.  It's worth rememberi...

This is a raw and unfiltered look at the darkest chapters of history. In each episode I explore dictatorships, hate crimes and terror regimes that left indelible scars on humanity. Silenced voices, forgotten memories and uncomfortable truths that need to be told.  Recently, a wave of attacks has been unleashed against all types of minorities, whether migrants or members of diverse groups.

Stories of struggle, resilience and hope of migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal and personal challenges in new horizons.  Do you remeber when you open your social media for the very first time? Do you why? Social media has strayed from its original purpose — a space for connection and entertainment — and become a breeding ground for misinformation and political manipulation, e...

Hi there. Welcome to this podcast, from the Canary Islands to the world. This is a literary journey without borders. Each episode I explore a work, an author or a literary movement from different corners of the planet. Because books are also passports, and each story brings us closer to different cultures, languages and realities. If I've discovered anything while studying English literature, it's...

This is a raw and unfiltered look at the darkest chapters of history. In each episode I explore dictatorships, hate crimes and terror regimes that left indelible scars on humanity. Silenced voices, forgotten memories and uncomfortable truths that need to be told.  Gorée Island is a place in Senegal. It covers an area of 17 hectares and is located off the coast, three kilometers from Dakar, the cap...

Stories of struggle, resilience, and hope from migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges in a new world. This is a short story, but it used to be real

This is a literary journey without borders. Each episode I explore a work, an author or a literary movement from different corners of the planet. Because books are also passports, and each story brings us closer to different cultures, languages and realities. "Moll Flanders" is a picaresque novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1722. The story tells the life of Moll, a woman born in Newgate Prison, whi...

This is a raw and unfiltered look at the darkest chapters of history. In each episode I explore dictatorships, hate crimes and terror regimes that left indelible scars on humanity. Silenced voices, forgotten memories and uncomfortable truths that need to be told.  Incredible as it may seem, some cities in the US were "sundown towns," the name given to the many places in the United States that used...

I want to talk about social exclusion. As a Social Integrator I am, I voluntareed in a social food centre and I know how the intervention is. There are a lot of reasons, internal and external, to end living in the street. Trump's new policy is very danger, because the govenment is moving the problem, not solving it.

Stories of struggle, resilience and hope of migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal and personal challenges in new horizons. After fleeing the horrors of the 1994 genocide, a growing number are ready to return to Rwanda, despite many concerns about how they will face the decades away from home.