Duolingo Spanish Podcast
172 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 12.5K ratingsTrue stories for English speakers learning Spanish. From the makers of Duolingo, the most popular language-learning app, comes a new podcast that delivers fascinating real-life stories in easy-to-understand Spanish with English narration. These are not language lessons; they’re life lessons through language. Hosted by Martina Castro, co-founder of NPR’s Radio Ambulante.
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Episodes
La nana (The Nanny)
December 06, 2018 04:00 - 22 minutes - 31.9 MBWhen she was growing up in Santiago, Chile, Yasna Mussa says it was common for her friend’s families to employ nannies. Even though these workers, mostly women, spent most of their days caring for these families, Yasna remembers them being somewhat invisible. She didn’t take notice of this until she became a nanny herself in a foreign country. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/35F0jfe.
Antártida (Antarctica)
November 28, 2018 19:53 - 20 minutes - 29.3 MBFederico Bianchini had always dreamt of traveling to Antarctica from his native Argentina. But little did he know that the great white continent had a plan of its own for him once he got there. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3GiS6df.
Flamenco
November 20, 2018 05:45 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBFlamenco is famous for the emotional intensity of its songs and dances. Argentinian Samanta Gamarra discovered that this ancient art from southern Spain has another quality that is less known for, the ability to heal wounds, the deepest ones. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3GgY8uP.
La testigo (The witness)
November 15, 2018 04:00 - 20 minutes - 29.3 MBWhen Andrea Krichmar was a girl, she spent an afternoon at her friend’s dad’s house. This was during the dictatorship in Argentina, and that afternoon, without knowing it, Andrea witnessed a scene that would change her life and make her key to the country’s historic return to democracy. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3AKOvDI.
Trailer Season 3
November 09, 2018 18:50 - 1 minute - 2.67 MBThe Duolingo Spanish Podcast is back with new episodes starting Thursday, November 15th. Listen to the trailer now!
Aventuras con mi padre
August 23, 2018 03:00 - 21 minutes - 30.3 MBWhen Sonia González was a child, her father was the center of her universe, always leading the family on adventures to different parts of Venezuela. But one day, all of that changed and Sonia and her siblings became the leaders of the most challenging adventure the family had faced yet. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3rppF9v.
Shakespeare en la montaña
August 16, 2018 02:42 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBWhen Nicolás Barreto went up the mountains of Venezuela for the first time, he was chasing after a girl. There he worked alongside her for a month putting together a play that would inaugurate the highest theater in the country. He came down from that mountain transformed, filled with a love he wasn’t expecting. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3ugHV6M.
Nuestro Naranjito
August 09, 2018 03:02 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MBClassifying for the World Cup is an emotional roller coaster for most soccer fans, but in 2018, that was especially true for Peruvians, who hadn’t seen their country compete on the world stage in over three decades. What did it take for Peru to qualify for the biggest event in world soccer? Peruvian fan and writer Toño Angulo Daneri believes it might have all boiled down to an unlikely good luck charm: his 4-year-old son’s favorite toy. A transcript of this episode is available at https://...
Piji y yo
August 02, 2018 05:10 - 20 minutes - 35.4 MBIn Perú, writer Marco Avilés and his dog Piji were inseparable. But when Marco decided they should pursue better lives in the United States, and Marco found himself working for a top chef, their bond and sense of adventure would be tested in ways he had never imagined. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/34ngMEj.
Refugiados
July 26, 2018 02:00 - 19 minutes - 27.8 MBStella Forner will never forget her first wedding anniversary. It was March of 1976 and she spent the day at the Mexican consulate in Montevideo, Uruguay, which was in the midst of a military dictatorship. She, her husband and their baby weren’t there for a romantic celebration but to ask for political asylum. They had no idea how long it would be until they again felt at home in their own country. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3IP9Nmo.
Sin vergüenza
July 19, 2018 02:00 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MBMaria Murriel used to struggle with living between languages and cultures, and for many years tried to hide that she was an immigrant in the United States. Eventually, she realized that what she had been treating as a challenge was actually a key part of her identity. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3oAezg3.
La voz de la calle
July 12, 2018 02:00 - 19 minutes - 28.5 MBFabio Manuppella used to walk by homeless people on the streets of Buenos Aires thinking they must have done something to deserve their fate. Until he had to learn first-hand what it means to lose everything you have. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3unvEgy.
Los guerrilleros
July 05, 2018 03:05 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBMaría Clara Calle grew up hearing about the atrocities committed by the FARC rebels in Colombia. She never imagined that one day she would not only meet them, but eat and sleep among them, deep in their territory, as they thought about their role in the future of peace in their country. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3AJFyul.
La maleta azul
June 28, 2018 01:13 - 15 minutes - 22.4 MBA mother and her young daughter leave Mexico, escaping violence in search of a better life. It’s a trip with a few unexpected turns that ends up taking longer than planned. But their constant companion was there for them whenever they needed to escape: an old blue suitcase. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3ITv8ew.
El secuestro
February 01, 2018 04:02 - 22 minutes - 31.7 MBIn 1996, Luis von Ahn left Guatemala to study in the United States and never moved back. That's partly because of something that happened just before his departure, something that changed his life forever: the kidnapping of his aunt. Study materials and a transcript of this episode are available at https://bit.ly/3HoXtZW.
Las cartas de papá
January 25, 2018 03:31 - 18 minutes - 27.3 MBGrowing up in Ecuador, Carolina Loza-León didn’t feel particularly close to her father. He was withdrawn and not very affectionate; a military man who loved reading American books. But while Carolina felt distant from her dad, he in turn was close with an American couple who hosted him when he was an exchange student to the U.S. She never quite understood that period in his life, until she took her own trip to Cincinnati, Ohio. Study materials and a transcript of this episode is available ...
En el camino
January 18, 2018 04:29 - 15 minutes - 23.4 MBFabián Mauricio Martínez discovered his love for travel through his other passion – literature. So when he first read Jack Kerouac’s novel, "On the Road," he dreamed of crossing the United States from coast to coast as the main characters in the book had. One day, he decided it was time to make the trip his own. Study materials and a transcript of this episode are available at https://bit.ly/3APaOZ2.
Helen Brown
January 11, 2018 04:59 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBActress Trinidad Piriz traveled to Berlin to study theater, hoping to fall in love and improve her quality of life. But six months later, she returned home having only accomplished one thing: to get scammed by a woman whose name would forever be etched in her memory — Helen Brown. Study materials and a transcript of this episode are available at https://bit.ly/3gevkZu.
Una chilena en China
January 04, 2018 03:53 - 13 minutes - 19.7 MBMaría Elizabeth Soto had never traveled to Asia before her office sent her on a three-week business trip to China. She wasn't prepared for the culture shock she'd face there. But the real surprise wouldn't come until she returned home to Chile. Study materials and a transcript of this episode are available at https://bit.ly/3LaRZnV.
Memorias y milanesas
December 20, 2017 23:21 - 15 minutes - 22.7 MBRoberto Herrscher was one of the many Argentinians who fought against Great Britain in the Falklands War in the 1980s. Decades later, Herrscher returns to the islands to confront his memories and ends up making an unlikely friend. Study materials and a transcript of this episode are available at https://bit.ly/3uh4KqO.
Sin miedo
December 14, 2017 00:45 - 16 minutes - 24.1 MBWhen Belén Fernández Llanos turned 28, she decided to move from Chile to Argentina with her boyfriend of ten years to start a new life together. Belén was ready for an adventure, but the one that awaited her in Buenos Aires would turn out very differently than what she had imagined... Study materials and a transcript of this episode are available at https://bit.ly/3rdEBHy.
Mi héroe, mi amigo
December 06, 2017 21:08 - 14 minutes - 20.9 MBThe Duolingo Spanish Podcast brings you true stories in English and Spanish about what can happen when we are far from home. In this first episode, we head to Veracruz, México to hear how Rodrigo Soberanes managed to meet his childhood hero. You can find study materials and a transcript of this episode at https://bit.ly/34q9OOQ.