The Breakfast Podcast
by Patricia López Muñoz
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The Migrant's Paradox: Pitted Against Each Other
The Migrant's Paradox: Pitted Against Each Other
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Enjoy breakfast every weekend with a calm perspective. An oasis amidst the chaos.
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- The Migrant's Paradox: Pitted Against Each Other · 1 minDue to professional habit, my autism, or whatever the case may be, I tend to analyze what I read or see more deeply. One of those things is the fact that migrants arriving in…
- Intellectuals vs. Barbarism · 2 minWhen the Nazi regime took power in Germany in 1933, it did not only persecute politicians and minorities; it also unleashed an open war against critical thinking. The public…
- Repeating Past Mistakes? · 1 minThis month there are elections in Spain, and it brought to mind the dark 1930s in Germany (and here too). The difference is that now in Spain the economy, despite everything, is…
- With or Without Rights · 1 minAlthough it sounds like the typical phrase they drop on you when you order a Spanish omelette, the reality is that a migrant person's life literally hangs in the hands of the…
- Children's Literature and Why We Need iI · 4 minSometimes 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…
- Bible: Power and Fear · 1 minI 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…
- Nomads by Nature · 1 minAlthough 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…
- Being a Teacher Is More Than Just Teaching a Lesson · 1 minToday 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…
- Repression in the Canary Islands · 2 minThe 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…
- The Socio-formative Roots Status · 2 minThe socio-formative roots status (formerly known as roots through training) is a temporary residence permit due to exceptional circumstances in Spain that allows foreign…
- "A Secret Diary of the First World War" by Gillian Arbuthnott · 2 minIn 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…
- The Far-Right Infiltrates · 1 minEveryone 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…
- Attacking Migrants in Spain · 1 minWhat 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…
- "Abilities Within Me" by Gemma Keir · 1 min"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…
- Repression in La Isleta · 1 minTalking about La Isleta is talking about worker struggle, dignity, and the sea. But it is also remembering the harsh footprint of Francoist repression that struck hard at the…
- Racist Migrants · 1 minLet's not throw our hands up in horror: being a migrant doesn't strip you of your prejudices. We already see how they look down on other migrants, people of another ethnicity…
- "The Diary of Piete Kuhr" , Elfriede Alice "Piete" Kuhr · 2 min"The Diary of Piete Kuhr" aka " Diaries of the Great War "is the autobiographical testimony written by Elfriede Alice "Piete" Kuhr (1902–1989). Due to her political activism, her…
- The Responsibility of the Population · 1 minEven 94 years after the rise of the Nazis, we continue to wonder why a people as cultured as the Germans ended up falling into the clutches of hatred. Well. Not all of them. Was…
- Concentration Camps for Japaneses in the USA · 1 minThere are always people who, being completely innocent, pay the consequences. It already happened to the Japanese population, but what about the Japanese born in the USA? Yes…
- Hoda Thamir Jehad, Iraqi Writer · 1 minHoda Thamir Jehad, a young Iraqi woman who was 18 years old at the time of the US-led invasion of her country in March 2003, belonging to a cultured and moderate family of…
- What We Learnt about Nagasaki and Hiroshima · 1 minRemembering the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Causes: the context of World War II in the Pacific and the United States' decision to force Japan's…
- What Stadistics Tell Us · 2 minIn Spain, the population of migrant origin is divided as follows, according to official records and the most recent analyses: -Foreign population with legal residency: Exceeds…
- "Stolen Voices: Young People's War Diaries, From World War I to Iraq" by Zlata Filipović & Melanie Challenger · 2 minStolen Voices: Young People's War Diaries, From World War I to Iraq is a critically acclaimed book co-edited by Zlata Filipović (best known for Zlata's Diary, written during the…
- The Battle of Cable Street · 2 minThe historical significance of the street lies in the Battle of Cable Street in October 1936, a landmark confrontation in which local residents, trade unionists, and anti-fascist…
- When a Migrant Minor Arrives at a Center · 1 minUnaccompanied migrant minor centers are specialized facilities dedicated to the protection, basic care, and social integration of foreign children and adolescents who arrive in a…
- "Zlata's Diary " by Zlata Filipović · 2 min"Zlata's Diary" was written by Zlata Filipović, a young girl who documented her daily life during the Bosnian War and the Siege of Sarajevo between 1991 and 1993. She began the…
- 1944 Is Not Just a Song · 3 minThis date might mean nothing to you or sound like a Eurovision song, but for many Ukrainians, it was their "annus horribilis". But no. I am not referring to the song, but to the…
- If They Score Goals, They're Foreigners. If They Arrive in Small Boats, They're Migrants · 2 minSixteen years ago—time flies—I ran a workshop in which I asked why a football player was considered a foreigner, whereas people arriving on wooden boats were labeled immigrants…
- I Am a Rookie Writer · 1 minYes. I like writing. And this year I decided to go all out and sign up for every literary contest I saw. Needless to say, I lost them all, but it gave me an idea: to create a…
- Giving One's Life For Others · 1 minIs it possible to give one’s life for others? In times of deep polarization and harsh dichotomies of "us versus them," those who cling to an ideal break this barrier, acting not…
- Italians Are the New Africans · 1 minIt is fascinating how the perception of migrants works. Until not long ago, it was accepted that Germans, Britons, or Norwegians, well settled for years in the south of Gran…
- Dylan Thomas, The Thundering Voice of Welsh Poetry · 2 minHis poetry explores life, the passage of time, childhood, and mortality through energy-filled imagery. Thomas's narrative voice was not meant merely to be read; it was built to…
- How Could We Fall into Hell? · 1 minSo how does a civilization lose its moral compass? It doesn’t happen overnight, and it doesn't mean people suddenly lose their minds. It just takes someone clever enough to…
- When a Migrant Is Sent to a Third Country · 2 minSending migrants to a third country—known as border outsourcing—has become one of the most debated proposals in current migration policy. What does it consist of? A country…
- Forbidden Books: From the Third Reich to Today's Cancellations · 2 minDuring the Nazi regime (1933-1945), literature was subjected to a violent ideological purge. Under the concept of degenerate art, the Third Reich not only persecuted creators…
- Otti Berger 's Story · 1 minToday I bring you one of the most tragic stories from 1930s Germany. Otti Berger's story. Otti Berger was a key figure in the Bauhaus weaving workshop, where she stood out not…
- When Your Community Expels You · 1 minIf there is one thing that is not well understood, it is why descendants of migrants, or migrants themselves, are capable of expelling other people who decided to make the exact…
- From Ovid to Modernity · 1 minPerhaps ancient works may not seem like things of the past, but you will be surprised by things that sound familiar to you in the present. He did not speak of heroic wars, but of…
- Forced Repatriation · 2 minImagining the situation: in your country there are no opportunities, due to diverse crises, part of the population must migrate. You cross seas, oceans, or deserts and find out…
- Not Even the Integrated Ones Accept Them · 2 minI read an article featuring an interview with a Sudanese guy who arrived in Ceuta. Imagine the situation: to reach Ceuta, they have to cross several territories that are right in…
- When Writing Is an Act of Resistance · 2 minWhen a person is torn from their homeland, the written word often becomes the only possible home. Writing from a distance is not only an act of memory, but a form of resistance…
- When My Life Began to Change Two Years Ago · 1 minI dropped out of in-person university in 2001, out of lack of motivation and boredom, and got into volunteering. I don't regret it, but I always missed university. But my soul…
- My Teacher or Doctor Is a Migrant Person · 2 minToday's episode is dedicated to migrant professionals who have fought and suffered just like Spaniards, of course, for a position. But what they don't tell you is what lies…
- The Treasure You Have at Home · 1 minThere may be some moment in life when we need information, no matter how analog it may seem, or a book may serve us to escape from a bad time. You cannot imagine the treasure you…
- On the Edge of the Abyss · 2 minThere are moments when darkness ceases to be a distant shadow and becomes the very ground we walk on. We peer into the abyss—that breaking point where fear paralyzes and…
- The Silk Road · 2 minOver the centuries, thousands of civilizations have been born, disappeared, or mutated. The latter has happened because people decided to come together to create something new…
- "Temperance Rhymes" by William Gaskell · 2 minDiscover the fascinating life and legacy of William Gaskell, the influential Unitarian minister, tireless social reformer, and literary partner of his famous wife, Elizabeth…
- Bullying, Beauty Standards, and Self-Concept in South Korea · 1 minLike many South Korean dramas show, South Korea is a beautiful country with a rich history, but it also faces a severe bullying issue. From a social integration perspective, this…
- Accusing Them of Keeping Everything · 1 minIt often amazes me how imaginative people can be when accusing migrants of taking all the resources. By this I mean that opportunities are there for everyone, and it's up to us…
- "North and South" by Elizabeth Gaskell · 3 minPublished in 1854, Elizabeth Gaskell's novel is one of the most iconic works of the Victorian era. Through the eyes of its protagonist, Margaret Hale, the author portrays the…
