True 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.
https://podcast.duolingo.com/spanish
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 4 hours 1 minute
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Trailer Season 12
The Duolingo Spanish Podcast is back with a very special season on August 5. Listen to the trailer now!
episode 1: The Missing Gabriel García Marquez: Art Mysteries, Episode 1
When a first edition of Gabriel García Márquez’s famous book, One Hundred Years of Solitude, disappears from a book fair in Bogotá, Colombia, a devoted bookseller vows to get it back. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
episode 2: The Picasso in Exile - Art Mysteries, Episode 2
Pablo Picasso’s most famous work, the anti-war mural called Guernica, is returned to Spain under a veil of secrecy after 44 years outside the country during the Franco dictatorship. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
episode 3: The Fake Matisse - Art Mysteries, Episode 3
After a famous Matisse painting from a Venezuelan museum mysteriously shows up in a Miami art gallery, a journalist investigates and discovers the unthinkable: for years, the so-called masterpiece on display at the museum was a fake. A transcript of...
episode 4: Frida Kahlo’s Secret Room - Art Mysteries, Episode 4
For 47 years after her death, a room in Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s house remained sealed to the outside world. When it was finally opened in 2004, it revealed amazing insights into the painter and her life. A transcript of this episode is...
episode 5: The Secret Life of María Lejárraga - Art Mysteries, Episode 5
When two literature professors discover that a woman named María Lejárraga was behind some of the greatest Spanish literary works of the 20th century, they set out to learn why her name was omitted from history, and do everything in their power to...
episode 6: The Rodin Thief - Art Mysteries, Episode 6
After a famous sculpture by Auguste Rodin goes missing, and then dramatically reappears, a Chilean filmmaker sets out to uncover the motives of the mysterious art student responsible for the theft. A transcript of this episode is available at...
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