Last season, in the Sequence diagram of La 2 Cat, Jordi Basté interviewed Salvador Illa just after he returned from his sick leave. This time, the journalist opened the season by visiting Carles Puigdemont in Waterloo just before returning to Catalonia. Without a doubt, he has the gift of timing. “Should I address you as ‘tu’ or ‘vostè’?”, the presenter asked him as soon as he opened the door. He had no choice but to answer “tu”. Answering “vostè” would seem like a symptom of haughtiness. But in journalistic contexts, both with presidents and official positions, the you should be an unquestionable formula. No matter how personal you want the interview to be, what brings the journalist there is the institutional figure. Puigdemont opened the door wearing a tailored suit, tie, stiff-collared shirt, and the lapel pin. And he made it very clear that that attire had become an important symbolic element for him, to maintain the solemnity of the institution he represented, despite being in exile. Even anticipating a possible arrest, that clothing preserved the dignity of his office. No matter how personal or informal the interview was, and even if they were talking in the kitchen, losing the you is one more symptom of how values are distorted: decorum is also a way of recognizing the importance of what is being done. Using the informal 'tú' does not in any case imply a loss of respect, but the formal 'usted' respects that institutional awareness that Puigdemont seemed not to want to lose even on that occasion. Although Basté always prioritizes showing the audience the level of trust with the guest, the use of you should not affect the closeness in the relationship.

The management of TV3 will open an internal investigation to find out why a mention of RAC1 was censored during Monday's broadcast of the play Dones de ràdio after Jordi Basté reported the case on El món a RAC1. During the Davantal segment, the journalist explained that in the play, the character played by Àngels Gonyanols makes a mention of RAC1: she is a journalist who works at a successful station and specifies that it is RAC1. Instead, when TV3 broadcast the play, the mention of RAC1 disappeared.

Jordi Basté, the leading radio personality in Catalonia, has found time to embark on another television adventure, this time on La 2 Cat, with the interview program Sequence planWe took advantage of it to talk, in an introspective conversation, about the difference between the public self and the private self, about the relationships with the Corporation and about the speculations about the end of his career presenting the morning show on RAC1.

This Thursday night, Jordi Basté premiered his Sequence plan On La 2 Cat, with a guest who undoubtedly served as a draw: Iñaki Urdangarin. From a strictly formal point of view, with a single continuous shot, never stopping the camera, the program is technically ambitious. And a risk that many professionals wouldn't take, because editing can improve the interviews and also improve them as interviewees. On the other hand, the long take requires a lot of rehearsal for the technique to work. And all rehearsal involves a certain theatricality. For example: Basté, at the end of the conversation, regrets having left a book in the car. He even puts his head on the table to express how upsetting it is to have to stop the interview to go and get it. Then, in the subsequent broadcast about the making-ofWe discovered that this supposed "oversight" was planned and rehearsed. In other words, the interview contained a fictional element. Basté claims he was allowed to do so, but that's not true. And this raises doubts about the veracity of everything that happens. Even the guest had choreographed his walk through the dining room to react to the pause. That is to say, the single-shot sequence isn't always a guarantee of transparency. It's also artificial.

Jordi Basté's new program on La 2 Cat, Sequence planThe new program doesn't yet have a premiere date, but it does have its first guest: Iñaki Urdangarin. The former husband of Princess Cristina and former FC Barcelona handball player gives the interview after being released from prison, where he served time for the Nóos case. This is the first time Urdangarin has given a personal interview, away from the sports or institutional spotlight. Over 50 minutes, host Basté will attempt to create an unfiltered portrait of the former son-in-law of the King Emeritus. The goal is to capture real, spontaneous, and natural moments that allow viewers to get to know the guest as he is in his daily life. The program also features appearances by friends, family, and associates who will help to build broader and more human accounts of the interviewees.