Radio La Colifata

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

How is a radio station in an Argentinian psychiatric hospital changing the way people view mental illness? Radio La Colifata - slang for loon, or crazy person - airs from Hospital Jose Borda in Buenos Aires every Saturday afternoon. In-patients produce and present the shows, discussing everything from Argentinean politics and the economy to their own mental health and treatment. Millions of Argentinians tune in and interact with the show as it goes out live, encouraging a dialogue between the La Colifata team and the outside world which otherwise might not happen.

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0:00.0	Creo que a la locura...
0:02.0	Y no cuyo crecimiento con la normalidad,
0:05.0	cuyo crecimiento con la espalda de la locura.
0:16.0	¿Qué quieres hacer si quieres compartir vuestras cosas?
0:19.0	Pero no hay una pregunta para escuchar.
0:21.0	Si tu residente de El Borda Psychiatric Hospital en Buenos Aires,
0:25.0	hay una buena chance que te pico en el micrófono
0:28.0	y confide en listeners all over Argentina.
0:46.0	Under the trees,
0:47.0	outside the hospital,
0:48.0	you find the world's most remarkable radio station.
0:52.0	Radio La Colifata,
0:54.0	o Looney Radio,
0:55.0	es broadcast live every Saturday afternoon
0:58.0	to the entire nation.
1:00.0	The presenters are patients past and present.
1:03.0	Forming a bridge between the world inside El Borda
1:06.0	and the world outside.
1:14.0	La Colifata is a box of surprises.
1:16.0	It has this magical quality
1:18.0	in that every Saturday,
1:20.0	unexpected events are created
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