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Pan y Circo - Episode Guide

Season 1

Chronicles of the Pandemic: COVID-19 and its Consequences

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2020 (50 min)

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Chronicles of a pandemic. A conversation on Covid-19 and its repercussions, on how Mexico is coping with "Staying Home" and the strategies needed to emerge from the crisis. Diego Luna puts on his chef's hat and invites five guests to discuss how the pandemic is an opportunity to ground ourselves in a today that will enable us to build a tomorrow. 

#NiUnaMás: Gender-Based Violence

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2020 (40 min)

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The series Pan y Circo presents this episode where Diego Luna and Chef Alexánder Suástegui lay the table so that our guests can discuss the cultural and social factors that encourage the normalization of violence. They will also discuss transformative actions in feminist revolutions and share how it's possible to conceive of and imagine different ways to relate to one another.

The Failure of Prohibition: Drug Legalization

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2020 (35 min)

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The series Pan y Circo presents this episode where Diego Luna and Chef Enrique Olvera engage in conversation with their guests about the effects of prohibitionist policies, the so-called "war on drugs," as well as about possible paths towards marijuana legalization and alternative approaches to prohibition.

The Future is Now: Climate Change

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2020 (37 min)

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The series Pan y Circo presents this episode where Diego Luna and Chef Elena Reygadas lay the table so that our guests can discuss climate change and the environmental crisis. Voices that from the Earth and all the way to space have worked to change and save the world from the environmental crisis facing us today. Is it possible to save the Earth?

My Body is Mine: Termination of Pregnancy

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2020 (34 min)

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The series Pan y Circo presents this episode where Diego Luna and Chef Alejandra Barbabosa lay the table so that our guests can discuss the importance of recognizing women's rights on the subject of pregnancy termination. Opinions differ, but the prevailing question is why would anyone get a say over a woman's body, other than the woman herself?

No One is Illegal: The Migrant Crisis

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2020 (42 min)

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The series Pan y Circo presents this episode where Diego Luna and Chef Javier Plascencia set the table so that our guests can discuss migration, related social and political conflicts, as well as the dangers associated with this phenomenon. Why do people leave their countries and what do they find at their destination?

Looking Ourselves in the Mirror: Identity and Racism

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2020 (41 min)

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The series Pan y Circo presents this episode where Diego Luna and Chef Jahir Téllez set the table so that our guests can discuss racism, colonialism, and identity. Three words that separately can cause disagreement, but that once voiced, may just pave the way for dialogue. Integration or autonomy? A table where diversity abounds.

Season 2

Access to healthcare

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2021 (53 min)

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In this edition of Bread and Circus, Diego Luna sets the table in person and remotely for common people, experts, scientists and scholars, to listen to criticism, reach agreements, understand what has happened to health systems before and after the pandemics, and what we can hope for in this first special about "Access to healthcare".

Democracy in crisis

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2021 (53 min)

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Democracy is in crisis. We see an emphasis on populism, a constant denial of basic human rights, skepticism for science, blame journalists, and a strong role of charismatic leaders. In this second special of Bread and Circus, Diego Luna serves "Democracy in crisis".

Discrimination in Spanish

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jun 23, 2022 (71 min)

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Bread and Circus travels to Madrid to try to find an answer to a question equally uncomfortable for both Latin America and Spain: Why is the Spanish conquest hailed as a symbol of glory by some and condemned as socially inappropriate by others? "Discrimination in Spanish," the third special of the second season, turns to a group of Hispanic voices to discuss the controversial topic.

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