Alan McGuire

Masculinities and Aging with Jose Armengol – The Sobremesa Podcast

Jose Armengol, Professor of English at Castilla La Mancha University, joins Alan to discuss how masculinity and aging have changed in their form of representation in Spanish literature and film. Eoghan and Alan also discuss a closely related polemic that includes the Ministry of Equality and Minister Irene Montero. 

1. Masculinities and Aging with Jose Armengol 56:38
2. Spanish Cinema 2022 53:19
3. The Political Uses of the Prado 48:11
4. Javier Marías: An Uneasy Spaniard 40:59
5. A New History of Catalonia with Andrew Dowling 35:16

Here I got to interview author and former Financial Times Spain correspondent Tobias Buck.

After The Fall: Crisis, Recovery and the Making of a New Spain is Tobias’ book documenting the country’s political, societal and economic response to the 2008 financial crisis and the territorial crisis that followed.

You can get a copy here and in all good bookshops.

We also talk about corruption, austerity, Rajoy, Podemos and Catalonia. He goes into how it was writing the book and expands on various elements included in it.

At the end of the episode, I also talk about my plans for the podcast in 2021.

Merry Christmas from all at The Sobremesa Podcast!

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