The Breakfast Podcast

Hi there. Welcome to this podcast, from the Canary Islands to the world. It's no secret that the civil and human rights of migrants are under attack from all sides: autonomous communities that refuse to welcome them because fear, often fueled by xenophobic parties,

The case of violence against a girl, who was burnt in my city, has unleashed a wave of reactions, but what some aren't saying is that certain people are using this event to fuel hate speech and xenophobia.  I have decided to denounce these posters and the message they are conveying. Violence has no place in our society, much less hatred and discrimination. Let us not allow them to manipulate us. I...

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.  Although these places were not originally designed to be war refuges, their structure and strategic location have made them points wher...

Stories of struggle, resilience, and hope from migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges in new horizons. Inclusion and integration are concepts related to the reception of migrants, but they have different nuances.

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. #ReadingIsTraveling   The same thing happens with African literature; if we don't see the books, it seems they have no culture. They f...

Hey everyone, just a heads-up — in this episode, I felt a bit nervous and got stuck a couple of times. I'm still learning and trying to get better with every episode. Thanks for bearing with me! 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, forgott...

Stories of struggle, resilience, and hope from migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges in new horizons. In this episode, I talk about deportation: what is it? When and how does it happen?

Why should you listen? Because every episode is genuine, easy to listen to, and made with lots of love (and coffee ). I ’ve already hit a lot of listening, but I want to reach even more people and continue growing with all of you. Your support truly makes a difference, and each new listenings helps me keep creating content just for you!

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. The book was published in Koren in 2016 by Minumsa and has sold over one million copies as of November 27, 2018, becoming the first Korean n...

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.  The most common cause of hatred is the response to aggression. Sometimes we feel harmed by other people, aggressions that don't necessa...

Stories of struggle, resilience, and hope from migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges in new horizons. I had thought about another topic, but with recent events regarding immigration, I feel compelled to talk about it. I'm going to dedicate this episode and tomorrow's to trying to explain it, again. Migration is an act as old as humanity itself, and the f...

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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.   There are voices the world never heard, not because they had nothing to say, but because they were silenced. 

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. Today, I'm talking about that past we haven't left behind. Because even though decades, even centuries, have passed, there are wounds th...

When a boat or canoe arrives, xenophobes always say they are not refugees, a status that is not granted to all migrants because there are no wars in their countries. For a migrant to apply for asylum and become part of the international protection system and the national reception network, a series of conditions outlined in the Geneva Convention must be met: you must have a well-founded fear of be...

This is a literary journey without borders. Each episode we 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. Mafalda is this spunky 6-year-old girl who, despite her age, has an understanding of the world that most adults could only dream of. She's...

This is a raw and unfiltered look at the darkest chapters of history. In each episode we 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.  It’s hard to imagine what life was like for Japanese-Americans who, after facing one of the darkest chapters in American history—inter...

Stories of struggle, resilience and hope of migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal and personal challenges in new horizons.  Refugees and migrants have the right to health, and countries have an obligation to provide health care services sensitive to this population. They have different physical and mental health needs, influenced by their experiences in their country of origin,...

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 bring you the story of Stefan Zweig, who was an Austrian writer, biographer and social activist, later naturalized British, in the f...

This  new poem is dedicated to the Gazan childhood and youth.

Stories of struggle, resilience and hope of migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal and personal challenges in new horizons.  Reports of sexual violence against migrants in Darien, in South America. Just so you don't know, Darien is a fairly dense jungle located in  the border between Colombia and Panama.

Hi , everybody! Welcome to this podcast, from the Canary Islands to the world, when it's the ...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. What if reading weren't an obligation, but a...

Here you have a new poem. It calls "Nightmare in Paradise"

Hey , awesome community! I need your help with a fun challenge. I’m only 41 plays away from hitting 100 total listens on this podcast—and unlocking a little milestone I would like to have. So here’s the deal: if each of you shares one  episode with just one person you think might enjoy it, we can totally smash that 100-play mark in no time. Let’s make it happen together! And hey—if we do hit it, I...

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.  When we analyze the Nazi era, one of the questions we might ask is how they could have had such a capacity for mobilization.