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Welcome to today's episode of "Places People Purpose". Today, our destination is Cordoba, but before we delve into its rich history and culture, let's explore the fascinating region of Andalusia. Understanding its history is essential to appreciating the unique architecture and heritage of this area, so get ready for an enlightening journey.

🌍 Episode Highlights:

- Andalusia's Historical Tapestry: Andalusia's history is a blend of cultures and civilizations, with the earliest inhabitants being the Iberians. Following Carthaginians, Phoenicians, Celts, and Greeks had an impact on the area. Roman rule led to prosperity by exporting olive oil and wine. After the Roman Empire, Andalusia faced invasions from barbarian tribes and the Visigoths. The Moors, North African Muslims, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar in 711 CE, bringing a flourishing period known as al-Andalus.

- The Legacy of the Moors: The Moors left an indelible mark on Andalusia during their eight-century rule. Their influence is still visible today in iconic monuments like the Mosque of Cordoba and the Alhambra Palace in Granada. The Reconquista, a gradual Christian advance, culminated in 1492 when the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, captured Granada and marked the end of Muslim rule in Andalusia.

- Exploring the Alhambra: The Alhambra, also known as "The Red Fortress," is a symbol of the opulence and cultural fusion of the Nasrid Dynasty. Its history dates back to the mid-13th century and evolved under different rulers. After the Reconquista, Ferdinand and Isabella preserved the Alhambra as a Moorish architectural masterpiece. The complex includes the Generalife, Alcazaba, and Court of the Lions, representing Morocco's tribes.

- Andalusia Today: Andalusia, covering 17% of Spain, is the second most popular tourist destination in the country, attracting 30 million visitors annually. Its membership in the European Union has reduced rural poverty, improved healthcare, and boosted cultural growth. The region's main attractions are the Costa del Sol and Sierra Nevada.

- Unveiling Cordoba: Cordoba, founded by the Romans in the 2nd century BCE, was a Roman colony known for agriculture, mining, and olive oil production. Christianity emerged under Visigothic rule, but political instability arose. In 711 CE, Cordoba fell to Muslims, leading to cultural, scientific, and architectural advancements. The Mezquita, now the Great Mosque, showcases Islamic architecture. Despite the Reconquista, Cordoba continued to prosper under Christian rule.

- Cordoba's Resilience and Rich History Cordoba's history is a story of resilience, cultural exchange, and the enduring influence of its Roman, Islamic, and Christian past. Its UNESCO World Heritage Site, the historic center with the Mezquita at its heart, attracts visitors from all over the world. Cordoba is a city where history comes alive, and its influence on the world can be witnessed through its architecture and culture.

That's a wrap for today's episode of "Places People Purpose." We hope you've enjoyed this exploration of Andalusia and Cordoba's history, culture, and architecture. Join us in our next episode as we travel to the picturesque seaside town of Tarifa, promising another enriching journey. Thank you for connecting with our world through "Places People Purpose".

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To say Ernest Hemingway was a complex individual would be like proclaiming that water is wet, dogs are great, and going to concerts stoned is fantastic. It's a bit of an understatement. Hemingway's life was somehow more interesting than any of the fiction he wrote. And the guy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction along with a Noble in Literature. He seemed to believe he was in a story in which he was the man character, and no matter where he went, everyone else were just side characters. A Journalist, Soldier, Award Winning Writer, Fisherman, Possible Spy, Journalist/Soldier Again, Multiple Times Divorced, Best Selling Author. He literally was, for all the good and the bad, The Most Interesting Man in the World. Let's get to it. 

A podcast where we talk about films and stuff! Continuing their public service by watching shows you've probably never heard of, Ethan and Pete watch two recent tv shows, neither of which they would normally watch! Listen as Ethan and Pete do quick fire analyses/first impressions of Amazon's Dead Ringers and Netflix's The Patients of Dr Garcia!

As a bonus, the boys go through their predictions for the series finale of Succession! 

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A discussion on the rise of fascism and the far-right in Italy and Spain, resulting in the brutal regimes of Franco and Mussolini.

 This episode explores the conditions that led to their rise and the left struggles in both country during and after the establishment of both fascist regimes - John McDonnell speaks to three expert historians: Jessica Thorne; David Broder and Professor Paul Preston. 

• Jessica Thorne is a Doctoral candidate in History at Royal Holloway, London, researching transnational resistance to Franco's Spain (1950-1975); she is also currently working with Autonomy, an independent, progressive research organisation that focuses on the future of work and economic planning. 
• David Broder is a historian who writes about Italian politics for a number of publications. He is Europe editor at Jacobin magazine and author of Mussolini's Grandchildren: Fascism In Contemporary Italy.
• Paul Preston is the School Professor for the Department of International History in the London School of Economics. Teaching in British and Spanish Universities, Paul has also published books including: The Spanish Civil War, Reaction, Revolution and Revenge; Franco: A Biography; The Spanish Holocaust. Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth Century Spain; A People Betrayed. A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874–2018

This film ties together themes of the real, historical power of food and stories via fantastical threads. Anney and Lauren explore the semi-fictional foods of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’.

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Many marvel at several stunning new murals created by a famous painter for the opening of a grand hotel with an old familiar name.

Famous Spanish painter Sert finishes 15 murals for the new Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Park Avenue. Sert’s in-laws Prince Alexis Mdivani and new wife Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani visit in Paris, while Princess Mae Murray Mdivani visits the Sert Room. Heading towards bankruptcy, Conrad Hilton aspires to own the new hotel.

Other people and subjects include: Misia Sert, Princess Roussie Mdivani Sert, Playa Riente, Anna Dodge Dillman, President Herbert Hoover, Leonard Schultze, Caroline Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Colonel “Jack” John Jacob Astor IV, Vincent Astor, Princess “Ava” Alice Astor Obolensky, “Jakey” John Jacob Astor VI, Prince Serge Obolensky, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Francisco Franco, Spanish Civil War, Vic Cathedral, grisaille, underpainting, Spanish banks, cancel culture

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It's disappointing to think some people will never see Parallel Mothers  because they just won't read subtitles. Penelope Cruz gives a stirring performance, working with long-time collaborator, Pedro Almodóvar. 

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In this episode, Libertad discusses her PhD research project, ‘Echoes of War: A creative Exploration in Fiction of Traumatic Memories in the Aftermath of the Spanish Civil War’. It focuses on Spanish literature in the context of Francoist Spain from a gender perspective. The research moves from women’s fiction in the 50s towards more contemporary female writers, illuminating the points of connection between generations. Among other topics, it touches upon transgenerational transmission of trauma, memory, and commemoration. The creative component of the project takes the form of short story narratives, Libertad’s personal contribution to memory and remembering as a member of the Spanish community.  

Libertad also discusses some of the short stories from Libertad’s MLitt thesis in the exhibition titled ‘What is Normal’. ‘What is Normal’ is a very special project that started off in 2020 in the showroom Sala Ruas, Laredo. It is a dialogue between a father and a daughter, Vicente Ansola and Libertad Ansola. In other words, a dialogue between photography and writing where suggestiveness plays a key role. The project, which combines photography and text, aims to explore the creative power of the combined arts and the ambiguity inherent in text and image. This combination invites the viewer to take part in the work and rediscover it. The narrative technique of the stories is based on the theory of showing, not telling and the power of omissions and empty spaces. The stories investigate the workings of the subconscious, and interpersonal relations. 

In this episode, Erika continues to tell the story of George Orwell’s life to her friends Ben and John. We discuss Orwell’s time fighting fascists in the Spanish Civil War, during which he is shot in the neck while fighting alongside trade union members, Marxists, and anarchists. He is amazed by the anarcho-communes that crop up in Catalonia. When the leftist anti-fascist militia he’s joined is attacked and defeated by the Soviet-backed party in control of the Spanish government, his criticisms of Stalinism only deepen. 

Tune in to hear about Orwell’s experience of the Blitz back in England and his efforts to resist fascism during WWII.

Cocktail: The George Orwell

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1 oz tea

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Episode written by C&C host,  Erika

Edited by C&C producer, John

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Huge thanks to Mike Fiore for doing an incredible job with the George Orwell voiceover work. This role was crucial since no recordings exist of Orwell’s voice. Mike absolutely nailed the accent and raspy tone, knowing that Orwell was a heavy drinker and smoker. 
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Join us as we welcome Janet Somerville, author of Yours, for Probably Always, for a fascinating discussion about Martha Gellhorn.

Gellhorn is most often remembered and depicted as Ernest Hemingway's third wife, but she was also a novelist, war correspondent, activist, and iconoclast. Somerville guides us through the life of this trailblazer: her childhood in St. Louis, a close relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, that notorious first encounter with Hemingway in a Key West bar, her tumultuous life during and after her marriage to Hemingway, and her formidable writing career. 

Listen for clips from the audio book of Yours, for Probably Always, with readings performed by Emmy and Tony-winning actress Ellen Barkin.  

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George Orwell offered so much political insight, but his writings and views are widely misinterpreted by conservatives and leftists alike. We begin season 2 of Cocktails & Capitalism by telling the story of George Orwell’s evolution into an anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist democratic socialists who would risk his life to fight fascism. 

The first chapter in this Orwell trilogy explores the author’s childhood and the time he spends serving in the British imperial police force in Burma. This experience teaches him to despise the oppressive violence of the British Empire. Leaving his position, he lives on the street until a publisher offers him a writing assignment to report on the misery of the working class.

With fascism on the rise in Italy, Germany, and Spain, Orwell volunteers to fight in the Spanish Civil War. 

Tune in the next two weeks to hear the rest of Orwell’s story.


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Episode written by C&C host,  Erika

Edited by C&C producer, John

Special thanks to Ben for coming on the show and making us laugh uncontrollably


Huge thanks to Mike Fiore for doing an incredible job with the George Orwell voiceover work. This role was crucial since no recordings exist of Orwell’s voice. Mike absolutely nailed the accent and raspy tone, knowing that Orwell was a heavy drinker and smoker.
Mike Fiore can be reached at fiore.mw@gmail.com

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WORKS CITED

-BBC video on Youtube: George Orwell: A Life in Pictures Full Documentary https://youtu.be/s6txpumkY5I

-Newsinger, John. “Life After Death: The Relevance of George Orwell.” Journal of Contemporary History, 2013.

-Roback, Jennifer. “The Economic Thought of George Orwell.” American Economic Review, 2001.

-White, Richard. “George Orwell: Socialism and Utopia.” Utopian Studies. 2008. 

-Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, “Blair, Eric Arthur [pseud. George Orwell]” 

-The Guardian, 1/24/17 “Sales of George Orwell's 1984 surge after Kellyanne Conway's 'alternative facts'”

-“There Dystopian World of 1984 Explained” https://youtu.be/GQxOKXEff4I

-“How Soviet spies targeted George Orwell during Spanish civ

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מלחמת האזרחים הספרדית, שפרצה ב-1936, לא היתה סכסוך מקומי. היו מעורבים בה מתנדבים מכל העולם - בין אם בצד הלאומני או הרפובליקני. אחד מאותם לוחמים היה פנחס חפץ, יהודי שחי בארץ ישראל וכמו רבים מעמיתיו לתנועה הקומוניסטית הגיע לספרד כדי לסייע לרפובליקנים. ישבנו עם פרופ' רענן ריין לדבר על קורותיו של פנחס, מי הוא היה, איך הוא מצא עצמו בצד השני של הים התיכון - ולאן הוא התגלגל לאחר מכן.

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Daniel Gray tells the incredible tale of the Basque refugee children exiled to Britain during the Spanish Civil War who became professional footballers. Theirs is a compelling, life-affirming story of heartbreak, horror and heroism, and a journey from blitzkrieg to the Bernabeu via Ibrox, Guernica, Alf Ramsey and László Kubala. 

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How did individualism create our postmodern culture? What is conservatism and who is a conservative and does that depend on where you are? Why did thousands of people, including around 80 Australians, join the International Brigades and fight in the Spanish Civil War? How did we learn to breathe for each other, the moving history of the ventilator.

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In this episode, David talks about researching the formative years of his father, Elliott Maraniss, whose ordeal before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and time in the crucible of the Red Scare are the subject of his latest book, A Good American Family. In Elliott’s old Boy Scout newsletter, high school yearbooks and articles in the University of Michigan student paper, David found the paper trail that revealed the shaping of his father’s life and political beliefs during the great depression and run-up to World War II.  In the New York Public Library and the digital archive of the Michigan Daily, David came upon influential moments and people: the brilliant Jewish teachers at Abraham Lincoln High, kept from university jobs by quotas, who told Elliott’s class ‘they could not afford to be another lost generation,” as well as  Elliott’s cohort at the Michigan Daily that included a young Arthur Miller and the poet John Malcom Brinnin. The newspaper  was first-class, cultivating, as all good student newspaper do, a generation of writers and space for questioning authority. But the biggest revelation was the article he found confirming a family tale about how his parents met:  A banquet on campus for Bob Cummins, home from the Spanish Civil War; his younger sister, Mary Cummins in attendance. And covering the event for The Michigan Daily was Elliott Maraniss.