Historyas

Luis Poza Garcia
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Historyas is a podcast for anyone who uses English to communicate or to learn, and wants to practice Spanish through storytelling, the way language has traveled through tales for thousands of years. Each episode is one story, a legend or an intriguing scene from history, with you at the center of it, whispered in your ear. Expect a supernatural, macabre edge: witches on trial in the Basque mountains, a werewolf standing trial in Galicia, ghosts, hauntings, and the things nobody could fully explain. Some stories turn genuinely scary, especially for young kids. Plenty of other listeners, of all ages, love exactly that part. Listen at your own discretion. Great listening for Halloween, Día de los Muertos, or Noche de Difuntos, though honestly, any night works. If your Spanish is not quite there yet, no problema. Each episode sets the scene in English, then turns to Spanish: the legend still told across the country, and the historical facts beneath it. Listen once, as if it were music. You will understand more than you think. Then listen again with the transcript, which comes with every episode, along with the translation and a key vocabulary list at historyas.com. Los hispanohablantes también lo pasarán de miedo. Prefer to watch? The live recordings of the trailers are on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Historyas.podcast/videos. Written, narrated and scored by Luis Poza García.

Episodes

  1. 6d ago

    The Mount of Souls

    This special episode for Halloween, El Día de los Muertos and La Noche de Difuntos is a double bill: a legend within a legend. We travel to the old city of Soria, a city with more legends than roads, and to the ruins of a monastery that once belonged to the Knights Templar. There, on the Night of the Dead, La Noche de Difuntos, in that empty ruined chapel, the bell tolls... and there's nobody there to ring it. No one alive, that is. The episode opens in English, then turns to Spanish to tell the legend Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer wrote down in 1861: Beatriz, Alonso, and a blue ribbon lost on a haunted mountain. Read along with the full transcript, English translation and key vocabulary at historyas.com: https://historyas.com/episodes/#book-episode-2 Soria, Noche de Difuntos. En la capilla en ruinas de los Templarios, la campana dobla sola. Beatriz ha perdido una cinta azul en el Monte de las Ánimas, y Alonso sale a buscarla. A note: this is a ghost story, and it is genuinely scary in places. Listen at your own discretion, especially with young kids. Written, narrated and scored by Luis Poza Garcia.

    The Mount of Souls

  2. Oct 24

    El Cid's Last Ride

    The full is episode is out now... Summary Valencia, 1099. The gates open and El Cid rides out to battle, three days dead. That's the legend. But what really happened? Description Valencia, 1099. El Cid is dead. Three days later, the gates of the city open, and there he is, mounted on his horse Babieca, banner raised, eyes open, riding out to face the enemy one last time. The episode opens in English, then turns to Spanish to tell the legend Hollywood made famous in 1961, and to go looking in history for what really happened. Read along with the full transcript, English translation and key vocabulary at historyas.com: https://historyas.com/episodes/#book-episode-1 Valencia, 1099. El Cid ha muerto. Tres días después, las puertas de la ciudad se abren y ahí está, a lomos de Babieca, con su estandarte en alto y los ojos abiertos. Esa es la leyenda. ¿Qué pasó de verdad? Written, narrated and scored by Luis Poza Garcia.

    El Cid's Last Ride

  3. Episode 1

    Trailer 2: El Cid (Spanish)

    El Cid was dead. We all saw him die. Three days later, the gates of Valencia open, and he rides out again. This is the Spanish-language trailer for HISTORYAS, a new bilingual podcast telling the strangest, most unforgettable stories from Spanish history, half in English, half in Spanish, made for English speakers who want to learn Spanish through storytelling (and for native speakers who just love a good story). Episode 1, the full story of El Cid and the impossible choice his wife Jimena had to make, is coming October 23. Subscribe now so you don't miss it.

    Trailer 2: El Cid (Spanish)

  4. Episode 1

    Trailer 1: El Cid (English)

    El Cid was dead. We all saw him die. Three days later, the gates of Valencia open, and he rides out again. This is the trailer for HISTORYAS, a new bilingual podcast telling the strangest, most unforgettable stories from Spanish history, half in English, half in Spanish, made for English speakers who want to learn Spanish through storytelling (and for native speakers who just love a good story). Episode 1, the full story of El Cid and the impossible choice his wife Jimena had to make, is coming soon. Subscribe now so you don't miss it.

    Trailer 1: El Cid (English)
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About

Historyas is a podcast for anyone who uses English to communicate or to learn, and wants to practice Spanish through storytelling, the way language has traveled through tales for thousands of years. Each episode is one story, a legend or an intriguing scene from history, with you at the center of it, whispered in your ear. Expect a supernatural, macabre edge: witches on trial in the Basque mountains, a werewolf standing trial in Galicia, ghosts, hauntings, and the things nobody could fully explain. Some stories turn genuinely scary, especially for young kids. Plenty of other listeners, of all ages, love exactly that part. Listen at your own discretion. Great listening for Halloween, Día de los Muertos, or Noche de Difuntos, though honestly, any night works. If your Spanish is not quite there yet, no problema. Each episode sets the scene in English, then turns to Spanish: the legend still told across the country, and the historical facts beneath it. Listen once, as if it were music. You will understand more than you think. Then listen again with the transcript, which comes with every episode, along with the translation and a key vocabulary list at historyas.com. Los hispanohablantes también lo pasarán de miedo. Prefer to watch? The live recordings of the trailers are on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Historyas.podcast/videos. Written, narrated and scored by Luis Poza García.

Information

  • Creator
    Luis Poza Garcia
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Luis Poza Garcia · Historyas. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Historyas