Difficulty: Advanced
Spain
Manuel speaks to us about Maragata, an old-time Spanish dance that originated among rural people and represented a way in which men and women could couple up both in the dance and in life.
Difficulty: Advanced
Spain
Isabel and Paula continue to tell us more interesting things about the fine arts department at the renowned Complutense University of Madrid, including the fact that art has even pervaded the bathrooms!
Difficulty: Advanced
Spain
Paula and Isabel describe the Fine Arts Department at the Complutense University of Madrid, which has its own characteristic energy and traditions. Let's find out more!
Difficulty: Advanced
Spain
Ferrán, an employee at Casa del Libro, one of Barcelona's most important bookstores, takes us inside as well as explaining to us about his passion for writing, reading and books.
Difficulty: Advanced
Argentina
Rabbi Shloime offers us some insight into the origins and significance of the Hanukkah tradition.
Difficulty: Advanced
Ecuador
Manuel Quispe, owner of the indigenous clothing shop, Colors, in Saraguro, Ecuador, explains to us about some of the items they sell, particularly their handcrafted traditional necklaces.
Difficulty: Advanced
Mexico
The more we know, the bigger the dark abyss of our ignorance seems to become. Don’t worry: We can’t understand all of what this guy is saying either. That’s why the name of the show is Lo que no sabías. Follow this fast-talker to learn a bit more about electronic art, audiorhythmic shock boxes, the first computers and more…
Difficulty: Advanced
Mexico
Want to know what you didn’t know before? Here’s the first in our series of what you didn’t know about… electronic art. We talk to a veteran electronic artist who’s been playing around with computers since the old Commodore and Amiga machines connected to TV sets. He’s linking and looping, moving from one networked idea to the next. See if you can follow his rapid-fire monologue about his digital works.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Victor tells us more about the life of young García Márquez, his beginnings as a writer and the origin of one of his most famous novels: One Hundred Years of Solicitude.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
This time, Joan Martínez Manent speaks to us from one of the most important buildings in the ancient city of Tarragona: the Roman circus.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
From one of Europe's most innovative libraries in Barcelona, Spain, Víctor tells us about the great Colombian writer after which the library is named.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Luis Lozano, organizer of the Jornadas Gastronómicas de Casabermeja (Casabermeja's Gastrononomic Days), tells us both about the charming locale in Málaga where the festival is held and what products and activities we can expect to find there.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Paula and Isabel explain more of the idiosyncrasies of their unique college fine arts department, where there is a "pool" area, a dilapidated cafeteria, some very interesting characters and more.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Guatemala, Spain
According to Adriana, reading is one of the most entertaining and educational hobbies that one can acquire, and essential for learning languages. Let's hear about the most recent book she has read and recommends.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
From San Felipe Neri Plaza in Barcelona, Spain, Víctor Díaz offers us some insight into this site's historical importance and why it serves as a monument to world peace.
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