Spain’s rural population is decreasing at an alarming rate and as the government and locals scramble to stop the exodus, can a busload of single ladies breathe new life into dying Spanish towns?

This episode first aired in 2019.

00:00 Intro
02:02 What is the caravan of women?
05:05 "Empty Spain" trend, explained
06:06 A party without men
08:36 Isabel met her husband through 'Tinder on wheels'
10:45 Being single in a town of 50
14:06 The woman who became the voice for rural Spain
19:47 Why members of this collective faced jail for moving into an abandoned village
24:43 Can the caravans of love solve Spain's depopulation problem?

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