{"podcast":{"title":"Spain To Go","slug":"spain-to-go-1855923","podcast_index_feed_id":1855923,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://expatmadrid.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/8060554/8060554-1729525389813-492bbd60a38fb.jpg","author":"Daniel Welsch","episode_count":149,"summary":"All about life in Spain, from a longtime expat and travel writer living in Barcelona. This podcast talks about Spanish culture, travel, language, history, politics, food and much more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T18:20:31.208001+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923"},"episode":{"title":"131 - Spanish ham & the culture wars - the \"dark history\" of jamón","slug":"131-spanish-ham-the-culture-wars-the-dark-history-of-jam-n","published_at":"2026-02-07T17:40:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/131-spanish-ham-the-culture-wars-the-dark-history-of-jam-n","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spain/episodes/131---Spanish-ham--the-culture-wars---the-dark-history-of-jamn-e3ep8ov","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/play/115171551/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-7%2F4cac5245-5772-6d17-c56e-5668d51f0d41.mp3","summary":"The Guardian up in the UK has recently published an article about the "dark history" of Spanish ham. So today's episode is about jamón (and pork more generally) as a piece of the culture wars. Is the Spanish inquisition affecting your dietary choices? Is jamón a tool of social exclusion? All valid questions we'll be answering. Donate to this podcast right here: https://expatmadrid.com/donate/ If you'd prefer to read this article, swing by the blog – it's called The Chorizo Chronicles and it's often pork themed as well: https://expatmadrid.com/","meta_description":"The Guardian up in the UK has recently published an article about the \"dark history\" of Spanish ham. So today's episode is about jamón (and pork…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":966,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spain-to-go-1855923/episodes/131-spanish-ham-the-culture-wars-the-dark-history-of-jam-n/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/131-spanish-ham-the-culture-wars-the-dark-history-of-jam-n.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}