In just two years, Carlos Peguer and Marián Maturana They transformed their podcasts, La Pija and La Quinqui, in one of the most successful of the audiovisual scene. From humble beginnings, the format has grown to become a benchmark in its genre, thanks to its casual and sarcastic style, and has received visits from high-profile figures such as. Rosalia And Pedro Sánchez, and now they have been invited by Ron Barceló to the third edition of the winter music festival Nevalia, held in Aramón Formigal.
They took advantage of the event to talk about the second anniversary of their digital space with Ricky García for YOTELE, the television portal of El Periódico de Catalunya from the Prensa Ibérica group. Our growth rate is astounding.. In the first month we were already in the Top 5 on Spotify,” says Marián.
“With Rosalía, we took a big step into the media, which was very painful because we did it in my house, with a cheap computer and no on-camera footage. And with Pedro Sánchez, we made a generational leap, and people who watched TV were able to get to know us.” They even highlighted us in the news“, he assures.
After the success of the first seasons of ‘La Pija y la Quinqui’, its heroes received a surprising offer: to participate in the discussions of ‘El conquistador’ on TVE, collecting viewers’ opinions on social networks about what they did not do. They have very fond memories: “It was a shitty thing.”
Marían Maturana assures that “They treated us very well and we felt very comfortable.But we realized that this was not the format and time. We were starting our sixth season of the podcast. “We are now learning to see what suits us and what doesn’t, and also to say no.”
Carlos Peguer adds: “The approach that was presented to us at the beginning changed a lot in terms of how everything turned out. It suited us when it was suggested to us, but as we developed we found ourselves a little bit different, more stuck and At one point we thought it wasn’t our job.“.
“The program was not our thing. We came from a self-managed program like La Pija y la Quinqui; at first it was an ordinary program, a small team, where you make decisions and implement them in a short period of time AND continue working with tele equipment“With the age of television, the world has also come down on us a little bit,” concludes Marián, who despite this experience is not closed off to returning to television in the future: “We are not closed to anything, but we are not looking for anything in this moment”.