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 13
The Duolingo Spanish Podcast is back with new episodes on October 28. Listen to the trailer now!
episode 1: Un viaje en ruedas (A Wheeled Journey)
In 2011, Mónica Mera survived an accident that left her paraplegic and emotionally devastated. She thought her days of adventure were over, until she received an invitation to join a special journey on the famous Camino de Santiago trail in Spain. A...
episode 2: El héroe de libros (The Book Hero)
In 2013, a Peruvian photographer visits his parents’ village and unexpectedly becomes dedicated to improving literacy in rural Peru. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
episode 3: El ciclista nómada (The Bike Nomad)
Ever since he was a kid, Rafa Millan-Garcia got through tough times by getting on his bike and pedaling alone for miles. But after one very long bike ride took him 1,700 miles from his home in Mexico City to Colorado, this nomad found a community that...
episode 4: Hilos de cambio (Threads of Change)
For years, Jane Terrazas lived in fear of violence in her hometown of Juárez. But later, she used her skills as a designer and artist to empower women to gain economic freedom and personal safety. A transcript of this episode is available at...
episode 5: Los gemelos bailarines (The Dancing Twins)
Growing up in Venezuela, identical twin brothers Emilio and Orlando Tovar Gil had to lean on each other to survive. After working hard to pursue an international dance career, will a series of setbacks cause them to break up? A transcript of this...
episode 6: Barbacoa sin fronteras (Barbacoa Beyond Borders)
After fleeing her hometown of Capulhuac, México, Cristina Martínez starts all over in Philadelphia, where she rises to fame as a barbacoa chef. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
episode 7: Operación Pedro Pan (Operation Pedro Pan)
At eight years old, Margarita Lora Prats left Cuba in a plane full of children, thinking she was headed on a vacation. But she was actually one of thousands of children airlifted to the United States during the Cuban Revolution, in a covert program...
episode 8: El don del lenguaje (The Gift of Language)
For almost a decade, Leydis Lopez put her career in education on hold. Until one day, she finally decided to lean into her native Spanish language to give children the gift of bilingualism. A transcript of this episode is available at...
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