Carolina teaches us various contrasting adjectives to help us to describe people's physical appearances.

Did you hear the one about the fat lady, the chicken and the drunk old man? Is it ok to say the word “drunk”? Let’s find out!!!

Zoraida tells us a little more about her plans, both in the coming months but also coming years. She’s interested in learning languages and traveling.

From Coro, Venezuela, our friend, Zony, introduces us to her family.

In the final part of this series, Luis advises Monica to do exercises to control her own anger before advising others how to control theirs.

Luis explains to Monica how, in order to write for others, one must first write for him or herself.

Monica seeks her friend, Luis', advice about whether or not she is ready to write a book on spirituality.

Carolina teaches us some contrasting Spanish adjectives to describe people's moods and personalities.

Zoraida from Venezuela takes us on a tour of some of Karlsruhe, Germany's most dazzling sites, including the Karlsruhe Palace.

Carlos is a fine artist and an athlete who, when not painting a canvas, can be found sailing windsurfers and kites from his little guest house on the breezy south beach in Adícora, Venezuela. We asked him if he would give us a little presentation from atop his roof. You can hear for yourself that this spot is all about one thing, el viento!

Emiro used to live in oil-rich Maracaibo, where his father was headmaster of the school system Shell oil ran for the children of employees. (Did you know: Venezuela is the only country in the Americas that’s a member of OPEC? And a founding member at that!)

Emiro spent years crewing an oil tanker, and many more as a fisherman commanding his own lancha, so it’s no surprse to find him at the helm of his own seaside kitchen, the Pimienta Café in Adícora. Join us as we drop in to check out the menu!

José Rodriguez, the caretaker of a beautiful finca, or farm, is kind enough to show us around and tell us a bit about the area and himself. You will probably realize that pues, as José employs it, is a common muletilla (“filler” word), used to add a bit of emphasis or just as a matter of speech style, and doesn’t really always have to be translated (though it can often be thought of as akin to “well”).

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!)

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.

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!

Zoraida is a spunky young woman from coastal Venezuela who talks about her recent past and her hopes for the coming year.

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.

From Labofdreams, a laboratory in Barcelona that offers psychological care, Alejandra Carrero gives us some advice regarding our mental health and what should be done in the case of a mental health crisis.

Learn the names of the four most popular swimming strokes in Spanish with Valeria, who will explain to us some characteristics of each of these challenging styles.

Transcriber Antonio continues to try to convince Judge Sofi not to make more grammatical errors since they generate a lot of extra work for transcribers! Let's see if he succeeds.

Maoli, the ophthalmologist, and even the judge herself all seem to be making some pretty serious mistakes, grammatical and otherwise, in part two of this entertaining series on grammatical errors in Spanish.

You have surely noticed the use of the word "sic" in some of Yabla's transcriptions. In this new episode of Cases of Yabla, you'll find out the meaning of this term as well as hearing some entertaining examples of cases in which you might find it.

From Caracas, Venezuela, a longtime portrayer of Santa Claus at Christmastime shares with us how he originally fell into the job and what it means to him.