Cara a cara

Cara a cara is a PontevedraViva Radio interview series with the habits of literary programming and the curiosity of a local cultural desk. It does not rush straight to the question. Recent episodes often open with a sustained passage, a narrated scene, or a careful framing of the subject, so that a book, an author, or a public issue has shape before the interview begins. That rhythm gives the show its character. It can move from a plant in a notary waiting room to the foundations of a young character’s life, from a bar as emotional refuge to the comedy of dating, or from Aeneas and Rome to a broader account of culture, identity, and inheritance. The range is wider than a simple book show. Alice Kellen speaks around youth, memory, family position, and finding a way to be in the world. Sibila Freijo brings humor to sex, romance, bars, monogamy, and the awkwardness of modern desire. Defreds frames writing through loss, self-esteem, home, paternity, mental health, and the courage to ask for help. Emilio del Río turns ancient Rome into a living inheritance, connecting myth, politics, teaching, and everyday culture. Pablo Álvarez’s episode follows formation, freedom, beauty, desire, and the fear of returning with broken dreams. Marta Dahlgren’s conversation is rooted in house, valley, language, writing, and expectation. Manuel Artime’s appearance widens the lens to Trump, MAGA, multilateralism, democracy, autocracy, China, and the instability of the current geopolitical order. Across these subjects, the show keeps a formal warmth. Questions are contextual rather than abrupt, and guests are allowed to carry the substance. Cara a cara is for listeners who want conversation with texture, not merely promotion: interviews that treat novels, memory, politics, and public life as material worth reading closely.