This summer I arrived in Spain for the solar eclipse and ran into a national state of alarm, the first in Spanish history triggered by a forest fire. Not a war, not an earthquake. Fire. In this episode I talk about something I feel every time I return to Spain from Sweden: the weight of a country where everything seems forbidden, controlled, or regulated. Police checkpoints, iron grilles on every window, neighbours reporting each other. And the strange paradox of a place I love that somehow no longer lets me unwind.
Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.
