Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Guatemala, Spain
Adriana, who was born in Guatemala but now lives in Spain, tells us about the trajectory of her life and how she ended up in the coffee business.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Guatemala, Spain
Adriana edifies us about the different varieties of coffee, explaining their origins as well as identifying the one that is most highly-rated and another that might negatively affect our health.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Guatemala, Spain
This time, Adriana talks to us about the coffee roasting process and division of tasks in the coffee roastery as well as the various types of coffee makers there are for making coffee at home.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Mexico
Foreign students who have gone to Monterrey, Mexico to study at Monterrey Technological Institute tell us about their experience there and the plethora of opportunities that the university has to offer.
Difficulty: Newbie
Ecuador
In this episode, Ana Carolina shows us how to set the table so that our guests can enjoy any meal!
Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
Ana Carolina gives us seven useful tips for improving our pronunciation in Spanish.
Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
Ana Carolina takes us to a clothing store to teach us some useful vocabulary and phrases for shopping.
Difficulty: Newbie
Ecuador
Ana Carolina invites us to learn the Spanish words for a multitude of objects in her favorite room in the house, her bedroom.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
Ana Carolina enlightens us about meditation, beyond the cliches regarding positions and having to completely clear our minds. Let's meditate with her!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
Have you ever thought about how to reduce the ecological impact of having a child? Ana Carolina gives us some excellent advice about how to do so.
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
Arriving in December of ‘71, a young Arturo Vega decides that it is New York where he is going to clavar, or stay put. His journey began in Mexico, where he began his artistic life as an actor and participant in experimental theater or “happenings”—an art form which was not well received by the powers that be in that country.
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
A little research tells us that the musical comedy Arturo did with Héctor Suárez at the Teatro de los Insurgentes was Sigue tu onda (Follow Your Wave), a Spanish language adaptation of a Broadway show known to American theater-goers as Your Own Thing. Soon Arturo himself would be heading to New York on a tip from Paul McCartney’s agent that he could land a spot in Hair...
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
As it turns out the young Arturo Vega, Mexican emigré actor and artist in New York, lived below a girl who was seeing a young man named Douglas Glenn Colvin (who would come to be known as “Dee Dee Ramone”). The two visionaries got to talking…
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
Some people could see Arturo Vega as just a guy who happened to design the Ramones logo, but the truth is that he had to get his hands dirty with hard work, and that meant loading tons of equipment, manning the lights and basically doing whatever was needed by the band. The reward was great: thousands, maybe millions, wearing an image that he created.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Pablo Echarri, Argentine heartthrob and television star, describes his earliest years in Buenos Aires. Also we hear from Pablo’s father about his experiences as a new parent for the very first time.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Echarri and his sister grew up without excess wealth, and even a hint of poverty, but they were happy. Circumstances only served to pull the family together and make them stronger.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Pablo’s sister, Roxa, came on the scene when he was seven. Like millions of little children before him, faced with the arrival of a rival, he was none too pleased. Today they are inseparable.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Uruguay
As a young student, Pablo was smart enough to use his charm and good lucks to get the girls to do his work for him. But when it came to opportunities to perform, this he did himself whenever he got the chance.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Muñeca Brava’s Natalia Oreiro came into the world on the 19th of March, 1977, in Montevideo, Uruguay. She showed early signs of being extraordinary, but was also quite a handful for her young parents. Her love of art and showmanship quickly manifested itself, and as a young child she spent hours singing into a tape recorder and along with the radio!!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Uruguay
Though Natalia Oreiro may seem to have it all—talent, beauty, brains, personality and success—she wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her family suffered economically, and moved many times trying to better their situation. This was a bit unsettling for little Natalia, and perhaps contributed to her being a handful for her primary school teachers.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Natalia reflects on her first real experiences with acting and modeling. As a young girl she was drawn to the stage, performing in many of her high school’s chorus and theatrical productions. Her mature stage presence and passion for the art soon landed her a number of roles in paid advertisements. She was well on her way to becoming a star.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Natalia was quickly growing up. Like most teens, she was anxious to explore the world. At thirteen she began to go out dancing with her best friend, Rosa. Ivan, the high school hunk, was to become her first love.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Winning the Xuxa Paquita contest convinced her to move to Buenos Aires. Unfortunately for Natalia, it wasn’t easy to be sixteen and out on her own. She was lonely, and she struggled, but pride and her fierce ambition kept her from quitting.
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