PODCAST: Primavera, Sónar and more! Summer festivals 2023
Guide to festivals around Catalonia plus music and chat from up-and-coming artist Ven'nus
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Listen to our podcast Filling the Sink, with weekly news and stories from Catalonia
PODCAST: Catalonia's local election results – Trias takes BCN and Socialists surge
Results and analysis of the election in Barcelona, other major cities, and some choice council areas around Catalonia
PODCAST: Cruising for a bruising? – Barcelona's cruise ship debate rumbles on
A look at the economic impact of the cruise industry in Catalonia, as well as concerns around tourism levels and the environment
PODCAST: Local elections 2023 – tight races throughout Catalonia
All to play for on May 28 as voters in cities, towns and villages choose their new councilors and mayors
PODCAST: Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA, adored in BCN
'The Boss' kicks off his European tour in Barcelona, the latest chapter in a love story going back to 1981
PODCAST: The Negreira affair – FC Barcelona and the referee payments scandal
Club president Joan Laporta claims Barça is victim of smear campaign as courts and UEFA open investigations
PODCAST: Libraries of Catalonia – architectural wonders and hidden gems
Filling the Sink explores the treasures within Catalonia's 'Library of Alexandria' and Barcelona’s oldest public library
PODCAST: From sketch to screen – the Catalan artists designing Hollywood's favorite animated movie characters
Barcelona's award-winning Grangel Studio has helped bring films like Corpse Bride and Madagascar to life
PODCAST: Picasso – How should the artist be remembered 50 years on?
A giant of 20th-century culture, Pablo Picasso's artistic legacy is secure but his toxic relationship with women casts a shadow over his memory
PODCAST: Barcelona's Civil War bomb shelters, 85 years on
Photographer Ana Sánchez on her new exhibition of underground bunkers and 90-year-old Manel Bachs recounts his vivid memories of the war
PODCAST: One of a kind – Cerdanya Hospital, Europe's first cross-border health center
Managing director Xavier Conill on the Pyrenean hospital's unique challenges
PODCAST: Major cyberattacks in Catalonia – how, why, and what happens next
Cybersecurity experts on ransomware attacks that crippled Hospital Clínic and Autonomous University of Barcelona
PODCAST: Maria Branyas – the oldest person in the world
To mark her 116th birthday, Filling the Sink revisits a 2019 interview with the self-proclaimed Catalan Super Granny
PODCAST: Gender-based violence – a survivor's story in a changing society
Equality minister Tània Verge explains how government is addressing violence against women
PODCAST: Stories of Ukrainian refugees and Russian dissidents in Catalonia – one year on
A fashion designer tries to keep her brand going plus work in one Costa Brava hotel provides a lifeline for three Ukrainian women
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.