History with evidence, nerve, and bite.
The gist
Todo Concostrina is a history show with a combative, comic edge and a taste for puncturing official myths. Episodes move from Mesopotamia and biblical narratives to Iwo Jima, Vietnam, British royalty, and Spanish monarchy with brisk historical argument.
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About Todo Concostrina
Todo Concostrina is built around the pleasure of making old history feel freshly incriminating. It is quick. It is barbed. It treats dates, dynasties, battles, and inherited phrases as live material rather than classroom furniture. One episode can use a royal wedding in England to expose decades of dynastic chaos, infidelity, appearance-management, and succession absurdity. Another can follow the British crown backward through George IV, George III, George II, and George I with the patience of a prosecutor and the timing of a comic storyteller. The show is especially alert to how institutions protect themselves with pageantry. Monarchy, in these excerpts, is rarely majestic; it is a machine for turning private mess into public ceremony. The same energy carries into Spanish history, where Fernando VII’s arrival in Madrid is framed through confusion, spectacle, and a public that does not fully know what it is celebrating. The show also reaches much farther back. Babylon and Mesopotamia become vivid not because they are exotic, but because writing, law, mathematics, archaeology, and religious storytelling all converge there. Biblical narratives are treated as claims to be tested against evidence. That evidence-first posture gives the program its bite. It does not hide its politics. Episodes on Vietnam, Iwo Jima, Gaza, imperial power, and war photography connect past violence to the present without sanding down the argument. The result is not detached antiquarianism. It is editorial history with a raised eyebrow and a file of documents. The conversational frame keeps the pace loose, with named radio interlocutors setting up the topic and reacting as the story turns. The center of gravity remains Nieves Concostrina’s historical narration. She favors plain speech, mocking precision, and sudden shifts from anecdote to indictment. Todo Concostrina suits listeners who enjoy history that corrects myths, names power, and refuses solemnity as a substitute for truth. It can be caustic, and that is part of the design.
Made for: For listeners who like history delivered with pace, opinion, humor, and a willingness to challenge monarchies, empires, religious myths, and official language.
What sets it apart: It combines archival-minded correction with radio-comic timing, making Mesopotamia, royal scandal, war photography, and political slogans feel connected to present power.
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Programa de historia con la peculiar mirada y estilo de Nieves Concostrina.
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Episodes
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Acontece que no es poco | 8 de abril de 1795: Boda real en Inglaterra: 26 años de escándalos en la corte británica
Nieves Concostrina recounts the scandalous 1795 marriage between Prince George (later George IV) and Caroline of Brunswick.
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Acontece que no es poco | Cinco siglos de escándalos en la corte británica
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Acontece que no es poco | Cinco siglos de escándalos en la corte británica
Nieves Concostrina explores five centuries of scandals in the British royal court, from illegitimate successions to violent affairs.
Apr 9, 2026·16m·1 clip - 4
Acontece que no es poco | 8 de abril de 1795: Boda real en Inglaterra: 26 años de escándalos en la corte británica
Nieves Concostrina explores the scandalous 1795 marriage between Prince George (later George IV) and Caroline of Brunswick.
Apr 8, 2026·17m·1 clip - 5
Acontece que no es poco | Claves para no ser una república bananera
This episode explores the historical origins and evolving meaning of the term 'República Bananera' in response to its recent political usage in Spain.
Apr 7, 2026·16m - 6
Acontece que no es poco | La historia inventada de los judíos en Babilonia: ni esclavos ni maltratados
Este episodio desmiente la narrativa tradicional sobre los judíos en Babilonia, utilizando evidencia arqueológica para argumentar que fueron manipulaciones históricas por parte de Israel, conectándolo con críticas al estado moderno y el holocausto.
Apr 6, 2026·15m - 7
Acontece que no es poco | 26 de marzo de 1899: Gracias y desgracias de las Murallas de Babilonia
This episode explores the legendary city of Babylon and its walls, connecting to a significant archaeological discovery on March 26, 1899, while reflecting on Mesopotamia's historical importance.
Mar 26, 2026·16m - 8
Acontece que no es poco | 25 de marzo de 1945: Iwo Jima, fin de la más sangrienta batalla del Pacífico
Este episodio relata la batalla de Iwo Jima, la más sangrienta del Pacífico en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que terminó el 25 de marzo de 1945, conectándola con temas históricos recientes como Vietnam.
Mar 25, 2026·16m - 9
Acontece que no es poco | Fotografiar la guerra de Vietnam sin censura
This episode explores the role of uncensored photography in exposing the realities of the Vietnam War and connects it to contemporary conflicts where journalists face restrictions.
Mar 24, 2026·18m - 10
Acontece que no es poco | 24 de marzo de 1808: Verbenera entrada en Madrid del rey mastuerzo
This episode recounts the historical events of March 24, 1808, when Fernando VII entered Madrid as the new king of Spain following the coup d'etat against his father Carlos IV, exploring the public's confusion and lack of awareness about the political upheaval.
Mar 23, 2026·14m - 11
Acontece que no es poco | Recuperar a los desaparecidos en Vietnan, objetivo sin fecha de caducidad
This episode discusses the ongoing 40-year effort to recover and identify the remains of soldiers who disappeared during the Vietnam War, highlighting how this collaboration has become a foundation for diplomatic relations between the US and Vietnam.
Mar 17, 2026·17m - 12
Acontece que no es poco | 16 de marzo de 1968: Matanza en My Lai
This episode examines the My Lai massacre of March 16, 1968, where American soldiers committed one of the most terrible atrocities in U.S.
Mar 16, 2026·19m - 13
Acontece que no es poco | Puerto Rico no quiere ser Hawái (y 4)
Mar 12, 2026·16m - 14
Acontece que no es poco | Puerto Rico, el espejismo estadounidense (3)
Mar 11, 2026·16m - 15
Acontece que no es poco | Cuba y Puerto Rico unieron sus destinos, y EEUU los separó (2)
Mar 10, 2026·14m - 16
Acontece que no es poco | Y Bad Bunny dio el nuevo Grito de Lares (1)
Mar 9, 2026·17m - 17
Cualquier tiempo pasado fue anterior | Príncipe Don Carlos, el furioso juvenil
Host Nieves Concostrina narrates the life of Prince Carlos, son of Felipe II, who died at 23 in the Alcázar de Madrid after a self-imposed hunger strike, six months after his father locked him in his room on the night of January 18, 1568.
Mar 1, 2026·59m·4 clips - 18
Acontece que no es poco | “Excuse my dust”, historia de un epitafio
Feb 26, 2026·17m - 19
Acontece que no es poco | Dorothy Parker, la guionista mordaz del epitafio irónico: “Excuse my dust”
Feb 25, 2026·20m - 20
Acontece que no es poco | 23 de febrero de 1917 (calendario juliano): La Revolución Rusa asoma la patita
Este episodio explora la coincidencia histórica del 23 de febrero, vinculando el intento de golpe de estado en España en 1981 con el inicio de la Revolución Rusa en 1917, analizando cómo eventos aparentemente menores pueden desencadenar grandes cambios sociales.
Feb 23, 2026·18m - 21
Acontece que no es poco | 18 de febrero de 1915: Muere Giner de los Ríos, un alma pura en constante lucha por la educación libre y laica
Feb 19, 2026·15m - 22
Acontece que no es poco | Muere Josefina Manresa, la defensora del legado de Miguel Hernández
Nieves Concostrina recounts how Josefina Manresa, widow of poet Miguel Hernández, defied Francoist priests to preserve his manuscripts after his death in 1942.
Feb 18, 2026·20m·2 clips - 23
Acontece que no es poco | Memoria democrática (y escolar): 85 años del asesinato del gran científico Juan Peset Aleixandre
Feb 17, 2026·15m - 24
Acontece que no es poco | 16 de febrero de 1936: El triunfo democrático del Frente Popular en las urnas que la derecha no quiso permitir
This episode discusses the 1936 Spanish general elections where the Frente Popular won decisively, leading to Franco's coup five months later, drawing parallels to contemporary politics.
Feb 16, 2026·19m - 25
Acontece que no es poco | Irlanda: Morir de hambre o emigrar (3)
Feb 11, 2026·14m - 26
Acontece que no es poco | Irlanda: La hambruna de la patata (2)
Feb 10, 2026·14m - 27
Acontece que no es poco | Irlanda: Los colonos que se volvieron "Más irlandeses que los propios irlandeses" (1)
Feb 9, 2026·15m - 28
Acontece que no es poco | Irlanda: ¿La guerra que todos perdieron o la que perdieron los irlandeses? (y 4)
Feb 6, 2026·15m - 29
Acontece que no es poco | El heroico farero de Torre del Mar… que nunca existió
Feb 5, 2026·18m - 30
Acontece que no es poco | El nacimiento de los cementerios británicos
Feb 4, 2026·18m - 31
Acontece que no es poco | Los 500 años del Consejo de Estado, ese gran desconocido
Feb 3, 2026·15m - 32
Acontece que no es poco | 2 de febrero de 1565: Iván El Terrible regresa a Moscú
Feb 2, 2026·14m