Galicia
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Nov 9, 2026
speaker_4NARRATOR
The confines of Grenada and Andalusia correspond with those of ancient Baetica.
speaker_4NARRATOR
The remainder of Spain, Galicia, and the Asturias, Biscay, and Navarre, Leon, and the two Castiles, Mercia, Valencia, Catalonia, and Aragon, all contributed to form the third and most considerable of the Roman governments, which, from the name of its capital, was styled the province of Tarragona.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Of the native barbarians— The Celtiberians were the most powerful, as the Cantabrians and Asturians proved the most obstinate.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Confident in the strength of their mountains, they were the last who submitted to the arms of Rome, and the first who threw off the yoke of the Arabs.
John TowellHOST
That's it, isn't it? One of my colleagues is actually in A Coruña today.
John TowellHOST
A Coruña, if you have a look at the map of Spain and you look at the very top left-hand corner, it's up there in Galicia.
John TowellHOST
I don't even know what they're doing up there.
John TowellHOST
Nothing that I'm worried about.
Alex AzarHOST
Yeah.
John TowellHOST
And the point I'm trying to make is...
John TowellHOST
That's one place in Galicia.
John TowellHOST
I've been to Galicia.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Under these difficult circumstances, and with no overall plan agreed with his Spanish allies, Moore began his march from Lisbon on the 26th of October, 1808.
speaker_4GUEST
The government ordered him to put his troops on ships, to sail them up the coast to La Coruña, to the province of Galicia in the northwest of Spain, to concentrate his forces and wait to see what happened.
speaker_4GUEST
Moore, however, would have none of this.
speaker_4GUEST
He was itching for glory.
speaker_2GUEST
There were really only two lines of retreat.
speaker_2GUEST
One was to the southwest, towards Lisbon, but he had a very good idea that the French were already athwart that line of retreat, and that he probably wouldn't make it.
speaker_2GUEST
The other was safer, but much more perilous, because it would take him over the Galician mountains in the depths of winter, and this was to retreat to the northwest, out towards Corona.
speaker_3GUEST
The only option really was to march north back to Vigo and to Corona, where he'd already deposited vaults of supplies along the route and hoped for the best.
EnriqueHOST
Medicación contra la gripe.
EnriqueHOST
Galicia convoca este fin de semana a más de treinta y tres mil menores, dos mil cien en Pontevedra.
EnriqueHOST
Galicia activa una medicación extraordinaria para más de treinta y tres mil niños este viernes y el sábado ante el avance de la gripe.
EnriqueHOST
Galicia convoca a más de treinta y tres mil menores para una medicación extraordinaria.
EnriqueHOST
La Xunta convoca a treinta y tres mil niños, entre seis meses y once años, concretamente.
EnriqueHOST
Y luego la Xunta convoca a más de treinta y tres mil niños entre seis meses y once años.
EnriqueHOST
Y hacían la contraria.
EnriqueHOST
Esto es en la misma época.
David OvertonGUEST
So it was a good, honest, damp, British, freezing fog type day.
David OvertonGUEST
And then the second part, which we've just completed, is from Ferrol in the north part of Galicia in Spain.
David OvertonGUEST
absolutely stunning part of the country down to Santiago itself.
David OvertonGUEST
It's one of the shorter caminos you can do.
DanHOST
Spain and Portugal.
DanHOST
In Spain, it's the star of the Rias Baixas in Galicia, the rainy northwest corner of the country.
DanHOST
While just across the Mino River in Portugal, it goes by the name Alvarinho and is grown in the Vinho Verde region, especially around Moncao and Melgato.
DanHOST
I know I butchered those pronunciations.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
After their thighs had been broken with hammers, they were hanged on a tree, and their bodies used as targets by the brutal soldiery.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
Fitzmaurice, with his friends, having survived shipwreck on the coast of Galicia, entered the same harbor, Dingle, on the 17th of July.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
But no tidings had yet reached Munster of Stuccoli and Pisano, and his cousin, the Earl, sent him neither sign of friendship nor promise of cooperation.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
He therefore brought his vessels round to the small harbour of Smerrick, and commenced fortifying the almost isolated rock of Olin Anor, or Golden Island, so called from the shipwreck at that point of one of Martin Forbisher's vessels, laden with golden quartz some years before.
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Sabella DentonNARRATOR
He is said to have died of a broken heart occasioned by these indignities.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
O'Donnell sailed from Castle Haven in a Spanish ship on the 6th of January, three days after the battle, and arrived at Coruna on the 14th.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
He was received, with all honors due to a crown prince, by the Conde de Garithena, governor of Galicia.
Sabella DentonNARRATOR
Among other objects he visited the remains of the tower of Berenzos, from which, according to Bardic legends, the son of Melisias had sailed to seek for the Isle of Destiny among the waves of the West.
speaker_0HOST
Meanwhile, at sea, environmental law organization Client Earth announced on Wednesday the 4th that it would be taking the central government to court over its failure to adequately monitor and prevent the accidental deaths of dolphins, porpoises, and whales in commercial fishing nets.
speaker_0HOST
Research suggests at least 2,000 animals are accidentally caught each year in Galician waters alone.
speaker_0HOST
Client Earth says the country is failing to meet EU conservation requirements despite repeated scientific warnings and previous pressure from the European Commission.
speaker_0HOST
According to a 2025 report, Spain monitored just 0.46% of its fishing days, compared with 1.32% in France and 0.98% in Portugal.
SunnyHOST
And we see the same resource greed in Spain.
SunnyHOST
Tourists visiting Galicia were caught hiding up to 15 kilograms of local clams inside their swimsuits.
JoeHOST
15 kilos.
JoeHOST
And what makes my blood boil about the Spain incidents is the socioeconomic damage.
Llewellyn KingHOST
Our guest today to take us through the wonders of artificial intelligence, the joys and the fears, and particularly to add a humanitarian dimension to it is Noelia Amoedo, founder of MediaSmart and managing partner of Nodium.
Llewellyn KingHOST
She is joining us from Galicia, Spain.
Llewellyn KingHOST
Welcome to the broadcast, Noelia.
Llewellyn KingHOST
How are you working to put a humanitarian face on the numbers that represent AI?
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