Difficulty: Beginner
Guatemala
Our friend, Rafael, returns this week to talk to us about his homeland and its culture. As he explains, the Mayan culture continues to thrive in Guatemala via its language, clothing, and customs.
Difficulty: Beginner
Guatemala
Marriage and children bring with them needs and responsiblities that a soltero doesn’t have. Rafael hopes to grow his small pharmacy into a cadena of drug stores that he can use to benefit his wife and kids. To raise the necessary capital, Rafael is working abroad for a few years.
Difficulty: Beginner
Dominican Republic
Si*Sé brings together musical languages such as hip-hop, funk, rock, jazz and even classical violin. Singer Carol C, who grew up in a Spanish language household within an English language city, adds bilingual vocals that pull together the group’s electrifying sound.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Recently the song "Mesa Que Más Aplauda" from the Mexican group Climax had reached coastal Venezuela and was blasting from every bootleg music kiosk and bus stereo. Its catchy, inane, meaningless refrain za za za, yakuza, yakuza was on the lips of every impressionable child from 5 to 50. Taimur was no exception (nor were we!)
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Young Taimur’s Spanish is not quite as easy for the non-native as that of his neighborhood pal Zulbani, but he does have a lot of interesting things to say! Listen up, because our young friend presents an opportunity to hear some expressions and turns of phase you may have not heard before.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Zoraida is a big fan of one of Spain’s newest exports, La Oreja de Van Gogh. Besides listening to “Van Gogh’s Ear”, let’s find out what else she likes to do for fun in her spare time… apart from giving interviews!
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Zoraida is a spunky young woman from coastal Venezuela who talks about her recent past and her hopes for the coming year.
Difficulty: Beginner
Venezuela
Sometimes it’s nearly impossible to understand younger folks speaking in a language that’s not native to you, and other times it’s extremely easy. Luckily, Zulbany falls into the latter category! Let’s listen while she tells us about her trip to Mérida, up in the Andes.
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
In English “forever” is a really long time, it’s also, you’ll notice, written as a single word. In Spanish “for ever” is expressed as “for always,” also a long time, and is written as two distinct words, para siempre. Zurdok has been infecting Mexico, and the world, with its catchy tunes since 1994.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
In part one of this video, a kundalini yoga instructor tells us what kundalini yoga entails as well as demonstrating several exercises for us.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
While Duque seems to have found the secret to true happiness, Cuentagotas remains obsessed with capturing him, and Margarita receives some stellar news.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
In this video, Wilmer, the manager of Chayka Cocktails, will teach us to make the "tayta Imbabura," one of his tantalizing signature drinks.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
Let's learn five tips that can help us to manage our anxiety, a widespread problem in modern society.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Alejandra Carrero from Labofdreams, a psychological experimentation lab, talks to us about a memory exploration tool that seeks to heal personal or collective trauma.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Argentina, Spain
Let's watch the intriguing music video for "Así Es La Vida" [That's Life], a 2023 duet by Spanish crooner Enrique Iglesias and Argentinian singer María Becerra, which was released as the first single from Iglesias's album Final (Vol. 2), slated to be the final album of his career.
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