“Hechos Reales” es un lugar para las historias. Nuestras favoritas tienen unos protagonistas fascinantes a los que les han pasado cosas que parecen sacadas de l...
On January 6th, 2021, Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, originally from the Dominican Republic, reported to his post at the Capitol. He was prepared for a tense day, but what he encountered was a violent mob storming the building that represented all the values he had sworn to uphold when he took his oath to the Constitution and became an American citizen. The sergeant confronted the mob but was beaten, insulted, and overpowered. "This is how I am going to die," he thought.
Gonell's testimony played a crucial role in the Congressional Investigation into the Capitol Assault, but it did not help him heal from the physical and psychological aftermath he has suffered since that day. In December 2022, he stepped down from his position to distance himself from everything that reminded him of that fateful day.
Aquilino's story combines the narrative of the intense events of one of the darkest days in American democracy with the personal journey of an immigrant defending the symbols of American democracy while the nation’s own citizens sought to destroy them.
"Hechos Reales" is a podcast in Spanish. What you are about to hear is an English version, featuring the AI-synthesized voice of the narrator, Álvaro de Cózar.
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Episode 2. The Tower (TRANSLATION)
La Torre Glòries (formerly known as Torre Agbar) in Barcelona is one of the city's most iconic buildings, a symbol of its economic power. Almost no one knows that within its offices, an army of men and women face the worst horrors humanity is capable of on a daily basis. These are the content moderators, employees tasked with viewing what we don't want to see: suicides, murders, rapes, abuse... Some have attempted suicide, others suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and paranoia. Many have needed psychiatric help, and most end up resigning from the job. For almost all of them, the time spent as moderators remains the hardest experience they've ever endured. That’s why they are joining in a legal battle against the company. "The Tower" is the story of one of those moderators, a young model named Kyra Sennen, who was hired at La Torre and discovered there the limits of the atrocities she could withstand. Now, she speaks for the first time about what happened in that place where, every night, the moderators decided which human horrors could be seen by the public and which could not.
"Hechos Reales" is a podcast in Spanish. What you are about to hear is an English version, featuring the AI-synthesized voice of the narrator, Álvaro de Cózar.
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Épisode 8. Le voisin (TRADUCTION)
Un nouveau voisin s'installe dans un petit village de Normandie. Cela fait des années qu'il mène une vie totalement nomade, sans parvenir à trouver un endroit où vivre. Il fuit le bruit, la grande ville, mais aussi l'image que les autres se font de lui. Car, pour beaucoup, il incarne le mal. Comment ses nouveaux voisins réagiront-ils en découvrant qui il est vraiment ?
"Hechos Reales" est un podcast en espagnol. Ce que tu vas entendre est une version en français avec la voix synthétisée par intelligence artificielle du narrateur, Álvaro de Cózar.
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Episodio 10. Menéndez
Francisco Menéndez es un abogado de oficio que no pasa por muy buena racha. Un día defiende a un joven en un juicio rápido y consigue convencer al juez de que le dé otra oportunidad. Sorprendida de su pericia como abogado, una mujer que parece la protectora del joven, se interesa por Menéndez. Cuando se entera de que este se crió en Guinea Ecuatorial le hace la promesa de ponerle en contacto con la mismísima familia de Teodoro Obiang, el dictador que gobierna en el país africano. Casi sin quererlo, Menéndez se convierte en un hombre indispensable para los Obiang, un tipo que pagaba a funcionarios para cumplir los deseos de los Obiang y un testigo esencial en uno de los mayores casos de corrupción policial en España.
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Episodio 9. El Topo
A principios del año 2000 Roberto Flórez, un espía del Centro Nacional de Inteligencia que ha estado en los peores años del terrorismo de ETA en el País Vasco y ha trabajado en resolución de conflictos en el extranjero, decide enviar una carta a Rusia ofreciendo sus servicios de doble agente. Este es el inicio de una historia en la que el CNI tuvo que enfrentarse con uno de los peores problemas que puede tener un servicio secreto: un topo.
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“Hechos Reales” es un lugar para las historias. Nuestras favoritas tienen unos protagonistas fascinantes a los que les han pasado cosas que parecen sacadas de la ficción pero que son reales, películas que te contaremos al oído: universales, emocionantes y en español. En “Hechos Reales” trabajan periodistas, diseñadores de sonido, músicos y grafistas, liderados por Álvaro de Cózar, ganador de tres Premios Ondas. Este podcast lo produce TrueStory, responsable de títulos como “Misterio en la Moraleja”, “Los Papeles de Bárcenas” o “El país de los Demonios”.
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