PODCAST: Catalan in schools – reasons behind language immersion and why it's in jeopardy
Longstanding education policy designed to ensure bilingualism and protect Catalan could be threatened by court ruling
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Listen to our podcast Filling the Sink, with weekly news and stories from Catalonia
PODCAST: Changed lives – four stories to mark two years of Covid
How the pandemic has affected a Michelin star chef, a senior medic, a patient with long Covid and another with a rare disease
PODCAST: Ukraine war impact in Catalonia – protests, donations, refugees
Stories from the daily demonstrations, a church doubling as an aid logistics hub and Ukrainians and Catalans fleeing the war
PODCAST: Cannabis clubs and weed farms – Catalonia, Europe's marijuana hotbed
Members-only associations exploit legal loopholes while police report big increase in illegal factories
PODCAST: Digital Nomads – the remote workers making Catalonia home (for a while)
Stories from Barcelona tech scene and coliving spaces plus tax and residency tips
PODCAST: Calçots and calçotades – Catalonia's onion craze
A trip to Valls to find out how to grow, cook and eat calçots
PODCAST: Pyrenees-Barcelona Winter Olympics 2030 – to bid or not to bid?
Catalonia divided on whether hosting games would be beneficial or harmful in the long term
PODCAST: Bofill, Bohigas and more – the architects who sculpted contemporary Catalonia
We visit Bofill's workshop, discuss the legacy of Barcelona '92 and take a tour of 22@
PODCAST: Going underground – exploring the hidden world of subterranean Barcelona
Ghost metro stations, air raid shelters, abandoned shopping centers and huge water storage facilities lie beneath the city streets
PODCAST: Saturation point? – Development versus conservation on the Catalan coast
From the Costa Brava to the Ebre Delta, how are environmental concerns shaping urban planning?
PODCAST: The NIE nightmare – foreigners forced towards dodgy dealings to get ID cards
Broken system leaves internationals paying over the odds for residency appointments
PODCAST: 20 years of the euro
The transition from pesetas was no small change but has the euro been good for Catalonia?
PODCAST: Catalonia's flourishing craft beer scene
Filling the Sink visits the Cervesa del Montseny brewery and Barcelona Beer Festival
PODCAST: Sagrada Família – one step closer towards its (tricky) completion
New star shines bright atop Gaudí's basilica but some residents take dim view of expansion plans
PODCAST: Sixth wave – Covid certificate FAQs, travel rules, Omicron and Xmas forecast
Catalonia's Scientific Advisory Committee chair Dr. Magda Campins on future restrictions and booster jabs
Listen to our podcast, Filling the Sink, for a new story every week taking a look at a different subject, always related to Catalonia in some way. On the Catalan News podcast, we cover stories on politics, current affairs, culture and much more. Listen here, or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.