Alan McGuire

Episode 44: The Symbolic State with Karlo Basta – The Sobremesa Podcast

Welcome back to the Sobremesa Podcast in 2022!Karlo Basta is a politics lecturer at Edinburgh University and his book the Symbolic State is out now. Here we discuss multi nation states and the four examples he has analysed in his book of course with an emphasis on Spain and Catalonia. Hope you enjoy it and Feliz Año a todos!

1. Episode 44: The Symbolic State with Karlo Basta 33:49
2. Episode 43: Why doesn't Spain have a Green Party with Xan Lopez from Contra el Diluvio 57:10
3. Episode 42: Riders Law with Ben Wray from Brave New Europe’s Gig Economy Project 40:16
4. Episode 41: Exhuming Franco with Sebastiaan Faber 47:11
5. Episode 40: The Future of Unidas Podemos 44:00

In this one-off special episode, I discuss brexit with two Brits that live in Spain. One voted leave and the other voted remain. Here is why.

Richard Thompson lives in Sant Joan in Mallorca. He is a business owner and local town councillor with Assemblea per Sant Joan. We talk about voting remain and the stereotypes of Brits in Spain.

Timothy Appleton has lived in Madrid for 15 years. He is a lecturer in the Camilo José Cela University, editor of the magazine #lacanemancipa and author of the book “Escupir en la iglesia: un sí de izquierdas al Brexit”, (“Spitting in church: a left-wing yes to Brexit”) Here we talk about his book and why he would still vote leave. You can buy it here

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