English Language Broadcast

By: Radio Exterior
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  • The English Language Broadcast of Radio Exterior de España has been on the air since 1944. Our broadcasts seek to inform listeners around the world about goings-on in Spain, as well as offer a Spanish perspective on world events.
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Episodes
  • English Language Broadcast - Unveiling the story of Colonia Dignidad - 03/09/24
    Sep 2 2024

    Ilse was only 11 years old when her family packed their bags and left from Germany to Chile, where they settled in a colony that looked idyllic from the outside, but in reality it was nothing of the sorts.

    Ilse is a fictional character, but her memoirs are based on real stories that happened in Colonia Dignidad, a religious cult under the leadership of Nazi preacher Paul Shäfer. Emma Sepúlveda, the author of this novel, describes this place as a "concentration camp", she joined us in this broadcast to tell us about "Cuando mi cuerpo dejó de ser tu casa" (When my body stopped being your home).


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    31 mins
  • English Language Broadcast - Rockers and Mods: 60 years since the Brighton Brawl - 31/08/24
    Aug 30 2024

    A decade after the Second World War, the pessimism and hopelessness gave way to a new era in which young people became immersed in the new found phenomenon of "teenage life" and dove head first into the new cultural movements that developed during the 60s.

    Mods and Rockers peacefully coexisted together in the UK, sharing the streets and the roads. That is, until 1964, when a massive fight broke out between the two groups. Chaos and wreckage filled the streets of the coastal city of Brigton and media were quick to dub these movements as "dangerous" and "decadent". And precisely because of that, their popularity increased exponentially among young people in the UK and all over the world.

    Now, an exhibition here in Spain takes us back to the 60s to relive this battle and follow these movements throughout the years. To learn more about "Mods and rockers", we visited the National Anthropology Museum and spoke with director, Fernando Sáez Lara and curators, María Molinero and Susana Álvarez.


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    31 mins
  • English Language Broadcast - Spanish expressions that don't exist in English - 29/08/24
    Aug 28 2024

    If any of you are trying to learn Spanish or any other language you might have encountered some words or some expressions that cannot be translated, And no matter how hard you try, the only way to convey these concepts is by offering a rough explanation.

    Spanish is no exception and we have a few words that are particularly difficult to translate to English. Now, the British Council has compiled some of these, to help both, Spanish speakers trying to learn English and English speakers trying to learn Spanish. We learnt about them with Elsa O'Brian, teacher and coordinator of Education Inclusion at the British council.


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    32 mins

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