Is it by chance that Diego Maradona IS Maradona and you are not? “Life is a raffle, lottery or game of chance,” claims the refrain of this catchy song by Manu Chao. But if you were Maradona, what would you do? Would you live like him? Listen in and ponder the question.

Manu Chao is French, but he has Spanish roots. He sings in six or seven different languages, from Spanish to English to Arabic, and his music has even more diverse influences. “Clandestino,” the title track from Manu’s first album, deals with the issue of immigration: “I wrote it about the border between Europe and those coming from poorer nations. Look around – maybe thirty percent of the people in this street are clandestino (illegal).”

Mari Carmen, a handball player in her youth, tells us how she initially got involved with sports.

Mari Carmen continues to tell us more details about her early days on the Guipúzcoa handball team and how she came to leave her administrative job to devote herself to athletics.

Mari Carmen tells us how commitment, camaraderie, and quality players led her team to twice take the Spanish Championship

This time, Mari Carmen tells us about the international women's handball championships in which she played in Stockholm, Sweden, and Vienna, Austria, and how impressed she was with these unique experiences abroad.

Through her experience as a champion handball player, Mari Carmen established an incredible bond with a group of women, who continue to meet to this day. In this video, she speaks to us about what their friendship means to her and how it has influenced her life.

According to Mari Carmen, her choice to attend a very regimented boarding school in the small village of Polanco to obtain her physical education degree could not have been a better one. Let's hear about her time there as well as her subsequent, rewarding experiences as an educator.

María Marí, a Spanish painter living in London, talks to us a bit about her education and inspirations.

Spanish artist Maria Mari continues to share with us her views on art and artists in general as well as about herself, her influences and her home country of Spain.

Our tour guide, Marisa, takes us to the famous Retiro Park- the Central Park of Madrid, Spain.

Marisa gives us a tour of Madrid, Spain's most historic and touristic monuments.

Learn birthday-themed vocabulary with Marta.

Marta from Spain teaches us Spanish vocabulary pertaining to modes of transportation.

Marta, an elementary school teacher from Guadalajara, Spain, tells us a bit about herself and her favorite foods, pastimes, etc.