What is the Alhambra? An Arab castle, a great book, a mathematical operation? In this chapter we will discover the most unknown and least visible side of one of the best-known monuments in the world, and we will do it with the help of a professor specialized in Andalusian architecture. Because the Alhambra was a miniature city, with all the administrations, guilds and complexes that a city needed. Men, women and children lived within its walls from the 13th century until almost the 20th century.
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What is Ultraviolet Catastrophe?
Ultraviolet Catastrophe is a podcast by Antonio Martínez Ron, Javier Peláez and Javi Álvarez that tries to bring the world of science closer together through the most diverse areas of knowledge. Each episode is a sound experience that offers an approach to reality from unexpected perspectives and a good dose of humor.
From a technical point of view, each installment is also a small artistic composition, since it has original settings and music for each episode, sometimes staged in the old spirit of radio theater and sound shows. Everything to embark on a mental and sensory journey that transmits the love of science and the feeling that the world is yet to be discovered.
Released in early 2014 and winner of an Ondas award, Catastrofe Ultravioleta is a pioneering podcast in Spanish, with a huge community of followers. An innovative project that explores the sound format to tell stories, whose return arouses great expectations.
The fourth season of Ultraviolet Catastrophe can be heard on elDiario.es in early 2026.
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