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.

Natalia from Ecuador explains to us those adverbs that describe the order in which a sequence of events take place.

Natalia from Ecuador gives us some tips regarding some simple words and expressions we might use to communicate when visiting our favorite Spanish-speaking country.

Natalia teaches us the names of many different women's garments.

Recognizing that it often seems more difficult to make new friends as adults, rather than in our younger days, Natalia offers us some tips to do so.

Natalia explains to us about the four types of temperaments and how understanding your own can help you to best utilize your personal characteristics and interact with others.

According to Natalia, there's nothing better than a good breakfast to start the day with energy, and she'll give us some tips to do just that!

Natalia teaches us several useful phrases for ordering at a restaurant.

Michael shares with us his knowledge about the tarka, an Andean musical instrument played often at traditional celebrations in Bolivia and Peru.

Michael shows us yet another enchanting Andean instrument called the hualaycho, which is typically played in January and February during the Carnival celebrations in Potosi, Bolivia.

South America's Andean cultural legacy is one of the most interesting and beautiful on the continent and includes music from countries like Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Michael delights us by playing a variety of different rhythms from these countries and more.

Accompanied by his impressive violin playing, Michael shares with us the use of this instrument during various Andean festivities as well as its origin and evolution since the times of the Spanish conquest.