César Vidal: 'Despegamos' hiatus fuels fresh controversy in Spain
César Vidal's radio show vanishes in August: a three-month break that contradicts his own rhetoric and reopens questions about his work and finances.
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César Vidal and the summer break of 'Despegamos'
Coherence is not what defines the latest Spanish radio mystery. 'Despegamos', César Vidal's flagship program, has disappeared from the free-to-air schedule, and the most repeated explanation has the name of a month: August.
The broadcaster, known for mocking Spaniards' holidays and vacations, takes a break every summer that some put at three months. A hiatus that clashes with his own rhetoric about productivity and hard work.
An August of reruns
It is nothing new: every year the show is replaced by recycled or themed pre-recorded programs. What has stirred the most anger this time is the silence on free-to-air and the suspicion that Friday broadcasts are incomplete unless you pay. Meanwhile, accusations of debts to Hacienda (Spain's tax agency) circulate that no one has officially denied.
Books, languages and credibility
Those who have trinc Vidal's intellectual career recall that he boasts of mastering Sanskrit and Ancient Greek, yet used an automatic translator for his English posts. And on his literary output, readers of his history of Sarracin point out that he repeats theological sources without historiographical critique. Even so, the legend that he writes five books over the summer lives on.
If the pattern repeats, 'Despegamos' will return in September. But with the shadow of Hacienda and doubts about his methods, the comeback could be noisier than usual.
Coherence is not what defines the latest Spanish radio mystery. 'Despegamos', César Vidal's flagship program, has disappeared from the free-to-air schedule, and the most repeated explanation has the name of a month: August.
The broadcaster, known for mocking Spaniards' holidays and vacations, takes a break every summer that some put at three months. A hiatus that clashes with his own rhetoric about productivity and hard work.
An August of reruns
It is nothing new: every year the show is replaced by recycled or themed pre-recorded programs. What has stirred the most anger this time is the silence on free-to-air and the suspicion that Friday broadcasts are incomplete unless you pay. Meanwhile, accusations of debts to Hacienda (Spain's tax agency) circulate that no one has officially denied.
Books, languages and credibility
Those who have trinc Vidal's intellectual career recall that he boasts of mastering Sanskrit and Ancient Greek, yet used an automatic translator for his English posts. And on his literary output, readers of his history of Sarracin point out that he repeats theological sources without historiographical critique. Even so, the legend that he writes five books over the summer lives on.
If the pattern repeats, 'Despegamos' will return in September. But with the shadow of Hacienda and doubts about his methods, the comeback could be noisier than usual.
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