
Grave left analysis from Radio Clara.
The gist
Es lo que hay - Lliure directe treats the day’s headlines as symptoms of deeper political conflict. Its conversations move patiently through courts, parliamentary arithmetic, war economies, Cuba, inequality, and the recurring weakness of parties that claim to govern from the left.
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About Es lo que hay - Lliure directe
Es lo que hay - Lliure directe is a Radio Clara current-affairs program shaped by political analysis rather than broadcast gloss. It opens in the register of community radio, greeting partner stations, app listeners, and the audience that sustains an independent station through small donations. Then it turns quickly to the matter at hand. The show’s working method is patient and argumentative. A court ruling becomes a discussion about judicial independence, party strategy, lawfare claims, and the risks of governing by permanent grievance. A proposal for left electoral coordination becomes a longer history of Izquierda Unida, Podemos, Sumar, abstentionist instincts, and the difficulty of unity among parliamentary left formations. A government anti-crisis plan becomes evidence of coalition weakness, tax concessions, blocked housing measures, and dependence on votes that may not arrive. International subjects are handled in the same register. Cuba is discussed through blockade, scarcity, family remittances, exile economies, and respect for the Cuban people. War is treated as an economy of beneficiaries, with attention to military spending, Spanish bases, Iran, NATO pressures, and the political leaders who defend or oppose those arrangements. The program is openly skeptical of official framing. It often contrasts public slogans with institutional mechanics, polling averages, party interests, and structural incentives. Its left politics are clear, but not sentimental. The conversations can be severe about the Socialist Party, Podemos, the parliamentary left, and the habit of fighting nearby allies harder than declared opponents. The pace is unhurried. Arguments are repeated, qualified, and rebuilt until the position is unmistakable. Named conversation partners such as Rafa Cid, Rafa Rius, and Félix García Morillón give the program a recurring dialogic shape, while Manolo is addressed on air. Music sometimes closes or interrupts the political density, but the prevailing mood remains grave, explanatory, and resistant to easy consensus.
Made for: For listeners who want Spanish and international politics treated as power, structure, and consequence, not as quick partisan sport. Best suited to those comfortable with long-form left analysis and a skeptical view of institutions.
What sets it apart: The show combines community-radio directness with dense political argument, moving from daily events to wider diagnoses of courts, parties, war, inequality, and imperial power. It is less a debate table than a sustained editorial conversation.
In their own words
Espacio de LLIURE DIRECTE para el análisis de la actualidad con Manolo Gallego. Escuchalo en directo de lunes a viernes de 9 a 10, en reposición desde las 13 horas y en las madrugadas a partir de la 1.
Why you'd press play
Spanish politics arrives at Manolo's table for scrutiny, not a polite press-release recital.
Press play if you want
- Spanish coalition arithmetic examined down to the awkward votes and ideological compromises
- war and economic policy discussed from an openly anti-imperialist, anarchist-adjacent perspective
Episodes
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Es lo que hay 01/04/26
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Es lo que hay 31/03/26
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Es lo que hay 31/03/26
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Es lo que hay 30/03/26
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Es lo que hay 24/03/26
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Es lo que hay 26/03/26
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Es lo que hay 25/03/26
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Es lo que hay 30/03/26
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Es lo que hay 27/03/26
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Es lo que hay 06/02/26
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Es lo que hay 05/02/26
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Es lo que hay 04/02/26
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Es lo que hay 03/02/26
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Es lo que hay 02/02/26
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Es lo que hay 02/02/26
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Es lo que hay 30/01/26
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Es lo que hay 29/01/26
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Es lo que hay 28/01/26
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Es lo que hay 17/03/26
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Es lo que hay 17/03/26
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Es lo que hay 16/03/26
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Es lo que hay 13/03/26
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Es lo que hay 13/03/26
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Es lo que hay 12/03/26
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Es lo que hay 12/03/26
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Es lo que hay 11/03/26
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Es lo que hay 10/03/26
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Es lo que hay 09/03/26
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Es lo que hay 06/03/26
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Es lo que hay 06/03/26
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Es lo que hay 05/03/26
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Es lo que hay 05/03/26
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Es lo que hay 04/03/26
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Es lo que hay 03/03/26
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Es lo que hay 03/03/26
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Es lo que hay 02/03/26
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Es lo que hay 02/03/26
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Es lo que hay 27/02/26
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Es lo que hay 26/02/26
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Es lo que hay 25/02/26
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Es lo que hay 24/02/26
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Es lo que hay 19/02/26
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Es lo que hay 18/02/26
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Es lo que hay 17/02/26
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Es lo que hay 16/02/26
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Es lo que hay 16/02/26
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Es lo que hay 13/02/26
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Es lo que hay 12/02/26
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Repàs a les xarxes socials i oients 11/02/26
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Es lo que hay 11/02/26
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Es lo que hay 11/02/26
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Es lo que hay 10/02/26
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Es lo que hay 09/02/26
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Es lo que hay 06/02/25
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Es lo que hay 11/12/25
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Es lo que hay 27/01/26
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Es lo que hay 26/01/26
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Es lo que hay 23/01/26
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Es lo que hay 22/01/26
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Es lo que hay 21/01/26
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Es lo que hay 20/01/26
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Es lo que hay 19/01/26
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Es lo que hay 16/01/26
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Es lo que hay 15/01/26
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Es lo que hay 14/01/26
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Es lo que hay 13/01/26
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Es lo que hay 12/01/26
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Es lo que hay 09/01/26
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Es lo que hay 08/01/26
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Es lo que hay 06/01/26
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Es lo que hay 05/01/26
·1h 2m - 72
Es lo que hay 31/12/25
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Es lo que hay 30/12/25
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Es lo que hay 29/12/25
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Es lo que hay 24/12/25
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Es lo que hay 23/12/25
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Es lo que hay 22/12/25
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Es lo que hay 19/12/25
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Es lo que hay 18/12/25
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Es lo que hay 17/12/25
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Es lo que hay 16/12/25
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Es lo que hay 15/12/25
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Es lo que hay 10/12/25
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Es lo que hay 09/12/25
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Es lo que hay 05/12/25
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Es lo que hay 04/12/25
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Es lo que hay 03/12/25
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Es lo que hay 02/12/25
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Es lo que hay 01/12/25
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Es lo que hay 28/11/25
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Es lo que hay 27/11/25
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Es lo que hay 26/11/25
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Es lo que hay 25/11/25
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Es lo que hay 20/02/26
“Es lo que hay 20/02/26” reúne a Manolo y Rafa Rius para analizar la escasez de combustible en Cuba y un nuevo intento de coordinación entre izquierdas parlamentarias en España.
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Es lo que hay 01/04/26
Hidden gemEs lo que hay - Lliure directe features Manolo and Félix García Morillón discussing the claim that lies cause wars, using Carthage, Gengis Khan, and current conflicts as examples.
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Es lo que hay 23/02/26
On Es lo que hay (Radio Clara), host and guest Rafa Cid analyze two separate Spanish left-wing gatherings held in Madrid the same week: one led by ERC spokesman Gabriel Rufián with journalist Alicia Santolalla, and another led by Sumar, Podemos, and Izquierda Unida figures around Yolanda Díaz's Mónica García.
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Es lo que hay 20/02/26
On Es lo que hay (Radio Clara), hosts discuss Cuba's deepening fuel and economic crisis with guest Rafa Rius, citing estimates of only 10 days of fuel remaining, dollar-only gas purchases capped at 20 liters, and China's $80 million aid package alongside 90,000 tons of rice.
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Es lo que hay 12/12/25
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