Spanish current affairs with a dry edge.
The gist
La Brújula treats the day’s agenda as a live argument, not a tidy briefing. It moves from Middle East diplomacy and Catalan language policy to Artemis, Banksy, football banter, and corruption cases with dry speed.
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About La Brújula
La Brújula is current-affairs radio with elbows on the table. It is fast, argumentative, and comfortable letting a serious subject arrive through a joke. The show’s center of gravity is Spanish political interpretation, but its range is wider than a single news lane. Recent episodes move through the fragile Iran ceasefire, J.D. Vance, Netanyahu, Viktor Orbán, Pedro Sánchez, NATO spending, European defense, and the China trip. Then the frame shifts. Artemis becomes a way to talk about spaceflight risk, lunar conspiracy claims, AI-generated misinformation, and the misplaced authority people give to chatbots. A Catalonia education segment turns on court orders, vehicular languages, immersion policy, and complaints about the use of Spanish in classrooms. The mask-case and Kitchen references bring the show back to corruption, receipts, party accounts, testimony, and the strange mechanics of public scandal. It likes procedure. It also likes mockery. That combination is the point. La Brújula can explain a legal wrinkle and then immediately puncture the room with a football aside, a dig about official travel, or a running joke about “a nanosecond in the metaverse.” Its culture segments are not soft breaks so much as another form of skepticism. Banksy is treated through anonymity, auction prices, Reuters reporting, and the art market’s ability to absorb rebellion. The economy table opens with Bernabéu banter before oil, war effects, and Starlink enter the room. The pacing is crowded rather than polished. Named voices overlap, challenge one another, and return to the matter at hand after detours that sound accidental but often sharpen the tone. The show is dry without being detached. It is informed without behaving like a lecture. Its best moments come when political consequence, institutional memory, and table banter all pull in different directions at once. La Brújula suits listeners who want Spanish news analysis that keeps its intelligence close to the street: procedural, skeptical, colloquial, and impatient with official theater.
Made for: For Spanish-language listeners who follow politics, courts, diplomacy, science, and media culture closely enough to enjoy a fast panel argument. It especially fits people who like analysis with banter, not sanitized briefing notes.
What sets it apart: La Brújula’s strength is the collision of hard-news density and loose table energy. It can move from NATO commitments to lunar conspiracies or Banksy without losing its skeptical, procedural grip.
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Episodes
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La Brújula 10/04/2026
·4h 29m - 2
El Braserillo: El caso mascarillas, la trama de la Kitchen y la débil tregua de Irán (10/04/2026)
El Braserillo, the weekly roundtable segment of La Brújula on Onda Cero, brings together Graciano Palomo, Berta González, Paco Maruenda, José Ignacio Bert, and host Rafael la Torre to review the first week of former minister José Luis Ábalos's masks trial at Spain's Supreme Court, where testimony from Carmen Pano's daughter placed a 500,000-euro cash commission in connection with the Plus Ultra European rescue.
·1h 15m·6 clips - 3
La Brújula 10/04/2026
Apr 10, 2026·4h 29m - 4
La Brújula de la Economía: La subida del petróleo, los efectos de la guerra y Starlink (10/04/2026)
This episode of La Brújula de la Economía features a lighthearted, off-topic conversation about football, including banter about teams, mascots, and fan culture, with minimal discussion of the promised economic topics like oil prices, war effects, and Starlink.
Apr 10, 2026·46m - 5
Un nanosegundo en el metaverso: La misión Artemis II, las élites tecnológicas y el ajedrez como espectáculo (10/04/2026)
Este episodio analiza temas de actualidad como el metaverso, la misión Artemis II, las élites tecnológicas y el ajedrez como espectáculo en un formato conversacional.
Apr 10, 2026·30m - 6
Esto es ciencia: Misión Artemis II, conspiranoia lunar reloaded
Rafa Latorre hosts a segment on the Artemis II mission, comparing its crewed efficiency to robotic alternatives.
Apr 10, 2026·10m·1 clip - 7
"Estados Unidos no creía en esta guerra e Israel nunca ha creído en este alto el fuego"
The episode opens with the return of the Artemis II astronauts from a record-breaking space mission.
Apr 10, 2026·12m·1 clip - 8
El Braserillo: El caso mascarillas, la trama de la Kitchen y la débil tregua de Irán (10/04/2026)
This episode humorously discusses various topics including Frank Sinatra, Iranian leaders compared to Futurama characters, and Graciano Palomo's flamboyant style and controversial fashion choices.
Apr 10, 2026·1h 15m - 9
El problema del bilingüismo en la educación en Cataluña: "Se han abierto expedientes por utilizar el castellano"
This episode discusses the ongoing controversy in Catalonia's education system where teachers face disciplinary actions for using Spanish instead of Catalan, highlighting legal battles over bilingual policies and government responses.
Apr 10, 2026·11m - 10
Pasemos un buen dato: Banksy
Apr 9, 2026·10m - 11
La Brújula de la Economía: La nueva subida del petróleo, el precio del combustible y la OCD (09/04/2026)
This episode analyzes the recent surge in oil prices, its impact on fuel costs and the economy, with discussions on Middle East conflicts and market distortions.
Apr 9, 2026·56m - 12
La investigación que revela la clave del accidente de Adamuz: "El problema no es solo la rotura, es que no hubo la labor preventiva de mante
Apr 9, 2026·10m - 13
La brújula 09/04/2026
Apr 9, 2026·3h 45m - 14
Rafa Latorre, sobre Carmen Pano: "Nos decían que era una invención y ahora ratifica que llevó a Ferraz bolsas con dinero contante y sonante"
Apr 9, 2026·11m - 15
Tertulia: Carmen Pano en el caso mascarillas, la verdad sobre Adamuz y la débil tregua de Irán (09/04/2026)
Hidden gemLa tertulia de La Brújula del 9/04/2026 gira sobre Carmen Pano, el caso mascarillas y las dudas sobre una entrega de 45.000 euros en Ferraz.
Apr 9, 2026·1h 21m·5 clips - 16
La guerra civil que asola Sudán desde hace tres años: "Estamos viendo un nuevo genocidio en Darfur y a nadie parece importarle"
Apr 8, 2026·8m - 17
Nuestro siglo: El auge del Estado Islámico
Apr 8, 2026·11m - 18
Tertulia: Las dos trabajadoras de Ábalos, el informe sobre Adamuz y el frágil alto el fuego en Irán (08/04/2026)
This episode discusses the fragile ceasefire in Iran, focusing on Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz, its impact on oil markets and investor profits, and questions about the purpose of the war.
Apr 8, 2026·1h 1m - 19
La Brújula de la Economía: La subida del petróleo, las declaraciones de la renta y el fallo de Digi (08/04/2026)
This episode of La Brújula de la Economía discusses economic topics including oil price increases, tax declarations, and a Digi ruling, while also touching on historical economic stories from ancient Rome.
Apr 8, 2026·55m - 20
Entrevista a Emilio del Río
Apr 8, 2026·24m - 21
La Brújula 08/04/2026
Apr 8, 2026·4h 30m - 22
Rafa Latorre, sobre Ábalos y el caso mascarillas: "Dos días de juicio y ambas han confirmado que recibían un sueldo y no iban a trabajar"
Apr 8, 2026·12m - 23
Alguien tenía que decirlo: Nat King Cole era el número uno de los crooners
Apr 7, 2026·11m - 24
La Brújula 07/04/2026
Apr 7, 2026·4h 29m - 25
Esto es ciencia: La estafa piramidal de las criptomonedas
Apr 7, 2026·14m - 26
Tertulia: El juicio de las mascarillas, las palabras de Jésica y las risas de Ábalos (07/04/2026)
This episode is a political discussion show (Tertulia) on Onda Cero's La Brújula, hosted by Rafa La Torre, focusing on a mask trial, comments by Jésica, and reactions from Ábalos, with guests including Antonio Bolaño and José Antonio Vera.
Apr 7, 2026·1h 5m - 27
La Brújula de la Economía: Los efectos económicos de la guerra de Irán, los inversores y las protestas de UGT por los recortes (07/04/2026)
This episode of La Brújula de la Economía discusses the economic effects of the Iran war, investor reactions, and UGT protests over budget cuts, while also touching on moon landing controversies and personal anecdotes.
Apr 7, 2026·48m - 28
Rafa Latorre, sobre Jésica y Ábalos: "Se le pagó un sueldo público sin trabajar, y únicamente en atención al afecto del ministro por ella"
Apr 7, 2026·13m - 29
Félix Ovejero: "El problema de España no es territorial, es el nacionalismo y lo hemos normalizado"
This episode reports on the first death in Spain linked to nitaceno, a dangerous synthetic opioid more potent than heroin and fentanyl, involving a 21-year-old student in Navarra.
Apr 7, 2026·22m - 30
La Brújula de la Economía: El paro, el número de afiliados a la SS y la subida del petróleo (06/04/2026)
La Brújula de la Economía on Onda Cero brings together Carlos Rodríguez Brown, John Muller, Bea Triguero, and Ignacio Rodríguez Burgos to analyse Spain's labour market data and the Iran war's energy implications.
Apr 6, 2026·56m·4 clips - 31
"Artemis II no es solo ir y volver: es aprender a vivir fuera de la Tierra", el mensaje de Aparici sobre la nueva era lunar
Apr 6, 2026·7m - 32
Tertulia: El avance de Artemis II, las amenazas de Trump y la vista del caso Kitchen (06/04/2026)
La Brújula on Onda Cero opens with coverage of Artemis II achieving the farthest point ever reached by a human crew — breaking a record previously held by the stricken Apollo 13 — while science correspondent Alberto Aparici explains the 40-minute communications blackout on the Moon's far side and the mission's role as a certification test for the Orion capsule's life support systems.
Apr 6, 2026·1h 22m·7 clips