Met In Madrid

On Saturday, thousands of Venezuelans flooded into Sol to hear political leader and democracy activist Maria Machado in the flesh. Despite placing herself inside a Spanish political battle, her only words were for Venzuela´s political future. Photo property of Met in Madrid

At El Español´s "Wake Up Spain" event, many were speaking on the need for Spain to embrace digitalisation and AI but British speakers had come to deliver a more blunt message. Putting aside Westminster party politics , Conservative MP Sir Bernard and Labour´s Graeme Downie came together to tell Madrid just how serious the new military reality really is. Photo taken by David Morales and used with permission of LLYC

We look back on the Women´s team triumph over Belgium and Portugal in the REC2026 , Spanish U18 toppling Wales in Vichy and an interview with Liceo Frances´ Adriano Talemaisuva on climbing the leagues. Interview Starts 17:45Copa Del Rey Tickets : https://ferugby.es/entradas/Photo taken by Javier Alonso Mesonero, used with permission of FERugby

With events in the middle east moving rapidly, Fundación Alternativas event "España y Turquía: juntos por Gaza, Palestina y la paz regional" offered space to think. Mehmet Güllüoğlu (Co-ordinator for Humanitarian Aid to Palestine of behalf of The Republic of Türkiye ) was able to offer his immediate thoughts on how Spain and Türkiye ´s strengthing cooperation is redrawing traditional political boundries.

A new deal for Spanish International Rugby at Leganes , División de Honor reaches the split and a moan about the devaluation of the Rugby Europe Championship.

So near yet so far for Spain. We round up the November internationals versus England A and Fiji (on and off the field), ask how long the Six Nations´ cartel can stay sportingly legitimate and look ahead to Spain´s Rugby World Cup draw.

Sprinklers , sunshine and a Spanish performance with at least a few positives in their 61-24 loss to Ireland ARNE Match Report Player interviews - 20:40

Cuba´s long struggle for Democracy seems to have fallen out of the news cycle and has become a forgotten struggle. We sat down with Evelyn Calderó of Acciones por la Democracia to talk about Cuba today, why you shouldn´t be going there on holiday and ask Evelyn: Would you ever go back?Acciones por la Democracia

Movistar in, Generali out and internationals confirmed as El Salvador escape by the skin of their teeth in División de Honor Round 2.Spain vs England A Tickets Player Interviews - 7:30Bonus Spanish Interviews:Felinas Quad Rugby - 22:30Barcelona Rugby - 30:20Fermín de la Calle on Generali out and wave of resignations:RUGBY | Oleada de dimisiones en el rugby español de directivos, entrenadores, patrocinadores... ¿Acabará 'Hansen' su mandato?Photo taken by Jorge Fernandez and used with permission of El Salvador Rugby Club.

In an exclusive English interview, we sat down with Vox´s National Spokeman José Antonio Fúster to discuss Vox´s current situation, was it a mistake to join with PP in the past and whether Spain´s generational transfer of money and property from young to Old is morally defensible.Interview Starts: 2:30Describing Vox: 10:00Was joining in PP in local Gov a mistake? 11:45Immigration 20:00Housing and AirBnb: 31:00Is Spain´s generation divide moral? 50:50

After a dominant victory for El Salvador in the Spanish Women´s SuperCopa, we sat down with Head Coach Michael Walker Fitton and Spanish Women´s Rugby Player Amaia Erbina for their thoughts on the game, World Rugby´s decision to put Spain outside the magic circle and the future of Spanish Women´s Rugby. Photo used with permission of El Salvador and taken by Jorge Gris, not to be copied without their express permission.

Interview with ´⁠La Era Santos´⁠ author ⁠Alavro de Benito⁠ covering reaction to Spain´s Women Rugby World Cup, World Rugby SVNS back in Spain and Spain´s lost rugby decade. Interview begins at 9:30

Spanish Thinktank Fundación Alternativas recently launched their new report at CESEDEN on Spains´ defence spending and I sat down with Director of Geopolitical Think Tank Inteligencia Geopolitica Mario Fernando for his analysis.Full Report: El aumento del gasto en defensa español – Fundación AlternativasInteligencia Geopolitica Website: Inicio | Inteligencia Geopolíticax.com/IntelGeopolitic

Spanish Rugby President Juan Carlos (AKA Hansen) sat down to give us an exclusive English interview on the promising present and exciting future for Spanish Rugby. New stadiums, new opportunities and potential Rugby World Cup hosting all discussed alongside much more in this hour long interview.

Are Vox planning on deporting 8 million people from Spain? This is the claim made by El Pais after a recent Vox Press Conference. What can´ be denied however is Vox´ resurgence in the latest 40DB poll for El Pais.El Pais story:Vox defiende abiertamente deportar a ocho millones de inmigrantes y a sus hijos | España | EL PAÍS40DB/El Pais Opinion Poll July 2025:Consulte todos los datos internos de la encuesta de EL PAÍS: cuestionarios, cruces y respuestas individuales | España | EL PAÍS

Our trailer for our new podcast- Met in Madrid

There´s often alot of talk about mythical Rugby Values but in the melting heat of El Central, Cisneros General Manager Tobías Cagigal talks to us about putting those values into action via Spanish Prison Rugby

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