One of the really neat things about SpanishPod is that you are learning the language from a host of native speakers from different parts of the Spanish-speaking world, including Peru, Costa Rica and Mexico. This helps you to learn about the way the language is spoken in different regions you may be traveling to or are interested in. The episodes are upbeat and enjoyable with the language spoken at normal speed. The dialogues are repeated several times and a wealth of supporting material is provided.
SpanishPod has lessons for beginners all the way up to advanced Spanish language speakers. Sign up for free! Spanish Obsessed offers excellent language-learning programs by a real-life couple who are Spanish speakers. Rob is from London and Liz hails from Colombia, and they have put a lot of thought and charm into their work. Both sound like they are really enjoying the lessons.
The podcasts are for beginners, intermediates and advanced speakers and use conversational Spanish, the type you will hear on the street and in the shops and bars, not in the classroom. Your hosts are Johnny Spanish and Christina, who both have colorful, engaging and infectious personalities. The podcasts breeze along at a good pace, but not so fast that you get lost. Throughout the podcasts the listener is invited and encouraged to repeat words and phrases out loud.
The lessons typically last for about ten minutes and each one is divided into bite-sized chunks. Covered topics include: saying what you do for a living, asking and saying what language you speak, and expressing how you are doing. The first thing that grabs you when you listen to these comprehensive Spanish podcasts is the lively music.
The lessons are quite formal in structure and there are helpful explanations of the many different grammar rules. If you listen online there is a treasure chest of supporting educational material, including mini-quizzes and oral exercises.
Just about everything is covered in the entire series. It starts with low intermediate B1 topics and gradually progresses to advanced C2. Level: Intermediate. Accents: Colombian, Peruvian, and Mexican. Excellent for experiencing a diversity of Latin American accents. Transcripts: Transcripts, explanations, and exercises available to premium members.
Fans of Hoy Hablamos will be pleased to hear there is a Latin American sister show. The format is similar, with a new episode every weekday. They take turns presenting a variety of episodes on vocab, expressions, grammar, culture, news, and Latin American history. Transcripts: Transcripts, mexicanismo vocabulary worksheets, and bonus episodes available to podcast patrons on Patreon.
You can also bundle these with online iTalki Spanish lessons with the show hosts. One transcript a month is available free to newsletter subscribers subscribe at the bottom of their homepage. Just two guys disparando la mierda. This is real Mexican Spanish at normal native speaker speed. A great opportunity to hear how natives speak in casual conversation. If you struggle with the audio, try watching on YouTube instead. Seeing the body language and facial expressions can help a lot with speech comprehension.
Levels: Low intermediate to advanced. Transcripts: Free Spanish transcripts available on the website. This addictive and humorous podcast is completely in Spanish. Juan teaches grammar and vocabulary naturally in the context of unscripted, entertaining commentaries. His monologues are delightfully quirky and confessional.
Juan explains any difficult vocabulary in Spanish as he goes. He frequently repeats phrases to aid listening comprehension. Juan recommends listening to each show twice: once without the transcript and a second time while reading along. He suggests printing the transcript and underlining any new words or grammatical structures as you listen.
Personally, I like to read along on my laptop or tablet as I listen, copying any interesting new expressions into my Anki flashcards. Transcripts: Patreon supporters get time-coded transcripts starting from episode 54 and a useful PDF with vocab lists, grammar explanations, and listening comprehension questions for a nominal monthly fee. This superb weekly podcast covers Mexican culture and language in a creative and fun way.
Episodes run minutes. The hosts are Spanish teachers David and Ana. Ana and David speak clearly but at a nice natural pace. Also available on YouTube. Transcripts: Extensive bonus materials such as transcripts, study guides, and extended audio available for purchase. Follow the Baxters from California on their travels in Mexico as they encounter a wide range of situations.
Each episode opens with a real-life Spanish dialogue. However, the detailed explanations of common Mexican and Latin colloquialisms are incredibly useful. Spanish-speaking visitors to Mexico will hear these expressions constantly, yet they are unlikely to be found in any textbook.
Even advanced learners proficient in Mexican Spanish will find this podcast enlightening. Transcripts: Available free on the website with registration. His commentaries explore intriguing topics in an accessible way. Subjects include psychology, philosophy, language learning, and Spanish culture and history.
Episodes are an easy listen at minutes. He recommends listening to each episode at least twice: once with no transcript and then a second time reading along to clarify unfamiliar words or grammatical structures.
Levels: Beginner to low intermediate. Accents: Neutral — designed to be used by both European and Latin Spanish learners. In linguistics, language transfer is the tendency to apply knowledge of your native language to the acquisition of the second language. This unique audio course accelerates your Spanish learning by using areas of similarity between Spanish and English.
Language Transfer provides an excellent introduction to beginners or a refresher for lower intermediate students. The personable creator, Mihalis, uses an innovative analytic technique called the Thinking Method that breaks language concepts down into logical building blocks. There are 90 lessons that run about 10 minutes each.
You begin speaking and understanding right away. Like Michel Thomas, you learn along with a real student in the lessons. Episodes are available for free from the website , YouTube , or SoundCloud. If you find the course helpful, consider a donation to this non-profit passion project. Enjoyable and quirky program hosted by a peruano from the Amazon Basin living in Quebec, Canada. The only drawback is that they release episodes infrequently, so there are only about 25 of them to enjoy!
Transcripts: Free transcripts available on each episode page on the website. He speaks clearly and at a pace accessible for intermediate learners. He also provides gentle reflections on his life in the US.
I especially liked the powerful integration of music and poetry into the episodes. Unfortunately, this podcast is no longer being updated. Take your Spanish to the next level with the full immersion experience of top Spanish podcasts for native speakers. New podcasts are constantly arriving. Transcripts: Available on the website along with extra materials such as news photos from the case.
Also available on YouTube with subtitles. Suspenseful true crime series set in Argentina. In January , a group of thieves enter a Buenos Aires bank in what appears to be a routine robbery. But it soon becomes clear that this is unlike any crime Argentina has ever seen.
Coproduced by Duolingo, who presumably contributed the learner-friendly transcripts on the website. Levels: High intermediate to advanced. On April 11, , the most powerful solar flare ever recorded renders all satellites and most electrical systems unusable. Short and suspenseful tominute episodes. This behind-the-scenes look offers critical analysis of each episode as well as making-of and bonus material from the director and screenwriter.
L evels: Intermediate to advanced. Transcripts: None, but there is an associated book. Fascinating and touching interviews with Hispanic immigrants in LA. Interviewees share their experiences growing up and struggles for a better life in the US. He elicits these intense and intimate stories with sensitivity and compassion.
If you love La Mesa and want to practice your reading, try the book. It features 50 of the most poignant accounts of immigrant experiences in the US. Estar en la brega is a state of being — somewhere between fighting, working, and surviving.
And bregar — a hard mix of trabajar and luchar — is a pretty good summary of what Puerto Ricans have been doing over the past years under colonial rule.
Using investigative journalism and narrative storytelling, the audio documentary paints a picture of Puerto Rican life on the island and the US mainland.
The narrators are largely Nuyoricans and speak exceptionally clearly and slowly. Each of its 7 episodes is released in two versions: an English one and a Spanish one. You can listen to the Spanish one first, see what you understand, and then follow up with the English to fully understand the history. Review by Marissa of Relearn a Language.
Warning: Contains scenes of violence and torture, including the opening scene of the first episode. Some sexual content. Despite its intense nature, the podcast includes many funny moments. Accents: Hosts speak Colombian and European Spanish; interviewees from various countries.
This brand-new twice-weekly show features the high-quality reporting you expect from the Post. Each minute episode explores three to four global news stories from a multicultural perspective. Accents: Mexican host; interviewees from various Latin American countries and Spain. Global headlines plus in-depth analysis focused on the US and Latin America. If you're looking for a daring podcast that doesn't hesitate to feature difficult conversations, try In the Thick, hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela.
They don't hold back when discussing race, identity, and politics with episodes that feature topics such as domestic terrorism, the cycles of trauma, and census suppression. If you're looking for a podcast to improve your Spanish, this one discusses current topics in a very slow and deliberate manner so non-native speakers can better understand. If your Spanish is a little so-so, take a listen to the latest episodes. Hosted by Alicia Menendez, this podcast is an interview series that talks to remarkable Latinas about making it, faking it, and everything in between.
Each episode is almost always hilarious, but, beneath it all, revealing—Menendez also talks to her guests about the challenges of being women of color, and how they have managed to thrive in the end. What's itching you? And there's even a hilarious improv session at the end. From code switching to Latino movies, they're adept at tackling any topic with humor. This award-winning Spanish-language podcast from the folks at NPR uses long-form audio journalism to tell under-reported stories across Latin America.
But prepare to get in your feels, because each episode is moving and heartfelt. Pam Covarrubias is the namesake and host of this podcast, which features weekly interviews with fearless Latinos and people of color who break barriers, change lives, and make the world a better place.
She tackles all of the sex questions you've ever wanted answered, as well as empowering unrelated topics like finding courage. Diana Limongi's podcast looks at parenting through a political lens. Although still fairly new to the pod-verse, recent episodes on the power of Black moms, activist fatigue, and reuniting families at the border are all powerful.
Carolina Quiroga-Stultz hosts this bilingual storytelling podcast that's dedicated to the traditional narratives of Latin America. It explores the myths, legends, and folktales that are told in the Hispanic, Indigenous, and Afro-Latin American world.
It's a truly beautiful podcast, and lit lovers will enjoy their series interviewing Latino authors across different countries and cultures. If you're a mom and need new mom friends, look no further than this hysterical and insightful podcast, hosted by moms and sisters Paulina and Bricia Lopez.
You will surely laugh and cry as you hear the insightful stories on the benefits and frustrations of being bilingual, postpartum struggles, and working mom guilt. Although fairly new, this podcast is definitely worth mentioning thanks to the host's frank conversations surrounding race, gender, sexuality, and reproductive justice.
In other words? Radio Ambulante is an award-winning Spanish language podcast that uses long-form audio journalism. It is a pioneer podcast in Spanish that features Latin American audio chronicles.
The level is pretty high, and the podcast is not necessarily aimed at language learners. If there are any podcasts that you think I should add to the list, you can also let me know in the comments. PS: Spanish podcasts work best in conjunction with a structured Spanish course that also teaches you foundational Spanish vocabulary and grammar. This book outlines the exact Effortless Conversations Method we're using in the in Challenge.
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Brilliant post. Well done. It is like News in Slow Spanish, but it is completely free and we have new podcasts every single day with the latest news. The daily article is sometimes the biggest headline of the day, and it is sometimes a more minor article we found interesting. However, it is always completely updated with the newest news! We do podcasts, and we also provide Spanish conversation partners.
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