Difficulty:
Beginner
Mexico, Spain
Karla and Isabel tell us about their favorite words in Spanish as well as telling us which are, in their opinion, the longest, prettiest, ugliest and most easily confused words in Spanish.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain, Venezuela
Meet Mariano Martinez, boat driver and tour guide of Port Lligat. He’ll tell you about how he got here, what the boat trip is like, but don’t ask him too many questions!!
Difficulty:
Beginner
Mexico
To hear La Gusana Ciega play live we trekked to a club called Babel located in a giant mall / theme park called Mundo E, located just north of Mexico City. Come backstage with us for an exclusive interview you’ll find only here!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Mexico
We skip backstage once again to get some final thoughts from La Gusana Ciega, learning a bit more about their career and personnel changes. Like many of Mexico’s popular bands today, they got their start at a Mexico City club called Cocotitlán, which is also the name of a municipality well known for its corn festival.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
The feisty Sevillian María La Mala Rodriquez talks about her career as a Spanish hip-hop artist. True to her “southern” roots, she often drops her “s” sounds, the way Carolina mentions in her clip on the various accents of Spain.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
Following a twelve-hour flight, the Spanish group, La Oreja de Van Gogh, arrives in Mexico City to kick off their tour.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Cuba, Mexico
The owner of "Huesos" [Bones] the dog takes him to meet a new veterinarian and find out about his general health.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Cuba, Mexico
After a thorough examination of the dog, Huesos, the veterinarian recommends to his owner to seek out specialists for some of the issues particular to him.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Is an architect born or made? Must an architect draw by hand or can he simply use computers to generate blueprints? Leif, a Spanish architect who relocated to London during the onset of Spain's recession, gives us his take on these and other architecture-related questions.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
Leif continues to discuss architecture, elaborating on his creative process, preferences and the architects he admires.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Colombia
Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori, an artist from Bogota, Colombia, takes us to his workshop, offering us some insight into the work he creates.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Colombia
Artist Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori speaks about his latest project, a series of portraits that celebrate the nuances of black skin.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Colombia
Artist Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori talks about how his mixed heritage helped shape his identity early on as well as how he gravitated towards African music, culture and individuals as a young artist living in Portugal.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Colombia
Despite having been inspired by a multitude of diverse subjects throughout his artistic career, Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori's gallery owner asks him to compile an exhibition focusing on his dark-skinned portraits.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Colombia
Artist Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori explains how, with some notable exceptions, the representation of European figures and history have often been prevalent in art. It is his hope that art throughout the world will increasingly reflect figures of African descent, particularly through the eyes of artists of African descent themselves.
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