Karla Paredes, a nursing graduate, explains to us what blood pressure is, what the risk factors for hypertension are, and what recommendations we should keep in mind to properly take a person's blood pressure.

Dolores Noemí Cabrera Sandoval, a massage therapist at Thani Spa Medina del Lago, explains to us the types of services that they offer at this relaxing and rejuvenating locale.

Priscilla Rivera introduces us to the community of San Rafael, a hundred kilometers from Quito, where locals engage in an ancestral activity based on the totora plant. Let's hear more details about it.

Artisans from San Rafael de la Laguna, Ecuador, who specialize in crafts made with cattails, show us some of the many products they produce while telling us about some nuances of working with this material.

Commonly known as "emoliente," Peruvian aloe vera juice has gained popularity globally due to its many health benefits. Let's hear a vendor from Otavalo talk more in detail about it.

Two good friends speak about the subject of marriage and what getting married would mean to them. Let's listen in!

Are you familiar with established study methods like Cornell and Pomodoro? Let's listen in as one friend counsels her frustrated colleague about how they might help her frustrated attempts to retain information.

In this conversation, two friends confide in one another about the saddest moments they have lived through as well as some of the ways in which they cope with sadness.

Let's listen in as one friend helps the other to prepare for her upcoming interview to determine whether she will be accepted to a foreign exchange program.

Miriam Fernandez from Guayaquil, Ecuador, gives us a tour of its oldest park, Seminario Park, which, due to the creatures which inhabit it, is also known as Iguana Park.

With the help of a tour guide, Pipo shows us the wonders of Atacames Beach in Ecuador.

Surrounded by stunning scenery, Pipo recites "Poema 15" from the renowned book Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Canción Desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair) by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

One day out at a park in Zacatecas, Pipo introduces us to his beloved mom. Let's hear her share what she enjoys about Mexico.

While visiting Zacatecas, our Ecuadorian friend Pipo chats with locals to learn some of the most interesting and commonly used Mexican colloquial words and expressions.

Let's learn several more Mexican colloquial words and expressions through Pipo's conversations with some locals in Zacatecas.