Mamen Mendizábal's recommendations: 'Infinity in a junk', 'RGB', 'Veneno' and Anderson Paak

Mamen Mendizabal began her career as a journalist on the radio, on Cadena SER, along with Iñaki Gabilondo, but reached fame with

, the TVE program in which citizens and politicians debated.

Since 2006 he has been part of the information team of La Sexta, the channel on which this year he presents

.

In addition, she is the co-author of

(Aguilar), a book written in the form of a dialogue between scientists and communicators that addresses the great global uncertainties that have arisen from the coronavirus pandemic.

A book: 'Infinity in a reed', by Irene Vallejo

For all lovers of literature, for all those who continue to fall in love with books, for those who love words, there is a fascinating book for all of them that I enthusiastically recommend:

, by Irene Vallejo (edited by Siruela).

What interested me most about the book was discovering the connection between ancient oral culture and the world of texts, but there are so many topics that you can learn a lot about.

I am the daughter of a language and literature teacher in an instinctual way.

Literature was more important in my childhood than television and that marks a bit.

In adolescence and early adult life, I mostly fed on realistic 19th century novels: French and Russian, above all.

Now my table is full of non-fiction books that come to me for professional reasons and also black novels.

History is a subject I've been interested in lately, including historical fiction.

The books on Rome by Santiago Posteguillo are always waiting for you with impatience.

And there is one more book that I want to recommend:

(edited by Aguilar), the book in which I dialogue with José María Gay de Liébana, César Carballo, Yayo Herrero and Ainara Zubillaga about the way in which the pandemic can condition our lives in the future.

A movie: RGB, by betsy west and julie cohen

Mamen Mendizábal.

I am going to choose a film that is current but that I think will be important for many years:

, directed and produced by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, is the documentary that tells the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Bader Ginsburg was the American magistrate who acted as one of the most important advocates of her generation for equality, the fight against discrimination against women, and social justice.

I saw the movie before Bader Ginsburg's death, on September 18, which was the moment when her figure became an almost pop figure, an icon in current political discussion.

Of course, fame is very secondary compared to her legacy, but I don't care at all that this phenomenon has occurred.

I think it is good for everyone that your work on the Supreme Court of the United States has as much relevance as possible, in your country and in the rest of the world.

You can find

in Filmin ... Well: I know that I have chosen a film that is very journalistic, that is very close to current affairs and the debates that we discuss every day, but the cinema I am looking for is not always like that.

My nights are like anyone's, they require disconnection.

I watch frivolous affairs movies, escape movies, science fiction stories ... My nights need a little detox too.

An album: 'Malibu', by Anderson Paak

I played and studied piano for a few years.

I reached fourth grade at the Conservatory, but then I sensed that talent did not give me to achieve great things and I thought that the effort that the piano forced me to do was too great at a time when I had to carry out high school.

Anyway, it was an important experience in my training.

Today, I am a music listener who is influenced by her friends, just like many of the books I read are recommended from ear to ear.

The producer Javier Limón, for example, took me to Anderson Paak and, above all, to

his 2016 album. Paak is a drummer and singer who synthesizes in his music the entire heritage of black American culture.

There is a lot of soul, a lot of club and a lot of instrumental music in

.

And there is his personality.

I like musicians who turn to the music they play like Paak does.

Another recommendation that has been important in my life is that of another friend, the poet Benjamín Prado.

He was the one who insisted that I spend some time on Bob Dylan's latest albums:

... At Dylan I like the way music expresses poetry, the way orality is expressed. Make music.

There is no other like him to achieve that effect.

A series: 'Veneno', by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo

I'm going to stay with a Spanish miniseries that, in addition, is made with a lot of material taken from television and that talks about my environment and that for that very reason interests me especially.

, the story of Cristina Ortiz, La Veneno (currently on Atresplayer Premium), moved me, first, because there is a lot of talent in every minute of its eight episodes.

The narrative of Los Javis, Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, is different from everything.

There is a way of telling things, of talking about dignity, the fight for equality, pain, marginalization ... And, in the second, laughter comes.

The history of La Veneno may seem distant to us, take it from an ancient world, but it is told in a very modern way that touches us very closely.

The series about journalists?

I usually look at them out of curiosity and usually leave them after a few chapters.

I saw the

, of course, but the others tend to make me nervous because of how they falsify reality, because of how they accumulate clichés upon clichés ... In any case, I am interested in series about politics, the way they portray the interaction between politicians and journalists .

I liked

for that and I liked

Aaron Sorkin's

.

With the French, with

did not connect so well, but maybe the problem was that I had a bad day.

And of course, I am always attentive to take an idea and take it to work.

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