The Valencian right, whether due to ignorance or cynicism, practices linguistic denialism and seeks to confine Valencian to a folkloric niche. This situation is debated in the episode of the Animals Polítics podcast, presented by Aurora Mora and Ignacio Blanco, which is published every Thursday at 7 AM.
A recent example of this issue was a video from À Punt where a reporter asked in Spanish Quim Gutiérrez and Clara Lago, who were filming a movie in Altea, how they had learned Valencian. The Madrid-born actress naturally replied that the accent had been a bit harder for her because she had lived for a year and a half in Barcelona, adding that her colleague was Catalan.
In 2026, it is ridiculous to defend that Catalan and Valencian are different languages; in fact, secessionism has lost a lot of social support and is absolutely residual. However, it occupies privileged spaces: on public television, in public administration, and in public budgets.
In this episode, the invited political animal is Ricard Chulià Peris, born in Torrent in 1983. A graduate in Catalan Philology from the Universitat de València and holding a master's degree in political analysis from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Chulià has worked in political communication, editing, and teaching.
Ricard Chulià writes about current affairs in various cultural magazines and media outlets. In 2024, he published País Valencià: Eixida d'emergència and Pla Sud with the Afers publishing house. His most recent book, En defensa de València. Toponímia i dominació nacional, was published by Rebel, a publishing house he co-founded in the spring of 2025 with Pau Alabajos, also from Torrent.
