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Duolingo Spanish Podcast Duolingo
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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.
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Mi abuela la curandera (My Grandmother the Healer) - Revisited
As a child, Dr. Linda Valencia was fascinated by her grandmother, a traditional healer in Guatemala. But after choosing a different path and becoming a medical doctor, Linda realized that she could integrate the best parts of her grandmother's practices into modern medicine, in order to transform healthcare across Guatemala.
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Tejiendo un legado (Weaving a Legacy)
In El Salvador, waist loom weaving is a revered craft, historically undertaken by women — until Ronald Vega had to take over the job from his sick mother, becoming the first man in his family, and his country, to practice this ancestral technique.
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Una victoria en la cancha (A Victory on the Soccer Field) - Revisited
In May 2019, twenty Paraguayan soccer players traveled from their hometown to Asunción, the nation’s capital, to play the most important game of their lives. Led by their captain, José Elías Argaña, they were the first indigenous team to qualify to Paraguay’s national soccer league.
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Las mamás del río Amazonas (Mothers of the Amazon River) - Revisited
Dr. Magaly Blas trades the security of a city hospital job for a post in the Amazon, where she serves pregnant women who don't have access to modern healthcare. But when Magaly discovers that she, too, is pregnant, her work takes on a whole new level of meaning.
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Las cholitas de hoy (Cholitas of Today)
A group of indigenous women from Bolivia go to great heights to show the world that mountaineering is for everyone — including cholitas who wear their traditional skirts and shawls with pride.
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Rap originario (Indigenous Rap)
A young Mexican man discovers that he can use rap as a tool to help save his native language. But can he convince a new generation to love this new form of rap, too?
A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3Al1v3e.
Customer Reviews
I don’t know Spanish
I thank this so I can kinda learn Spanish
Duolingo Podcasts are AWESOME!
I LOVE the Duolingo Podcast stories. They teach about culture in different parts of the world. Stories that we never hear about in the United States. I love how people are making a difference helping others and the environment. They give minorities a voice. By hearing these stories and situations, hopefully students will learn about these roll models and will be inspired to go on with their dreams and to fill needs in their communities. We need more creative thinkers and problem solvers. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and genders. Like the transgender person who changed driver’s licenses, the sisters who created ways collect water on the mountains for farmers to continue to grow crops despite global warming, the boy with autism in Spain that creates wonderful animal art that his mom put on backpacks and T-Shirts(he should put the art on baby clothing), the lady who introduced bee keeping to farmers who could no longer grow crops due to global warming and saved the bears, and the teacher in Puerto Rico who brought solar panels to rural areas still suffering from lack of power due to Hurricane Maria, the man who changed roof tops in order to collect rain water, and so many other stories!
I also love the mystery series of true crimes. Trying to figure out who did the crimes and how they were solved from different perspectives is entertaining and uses higher level thinking skills. The stories make learning a second language so much more fun! I love how the narrator uses both English and Spanish. The explanations of how different words or sounds are pronounced differently in different countries is also helpful. I highly recommend the Duolingo Podcasts!
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It’s hard for me to learn Spanish just by hearing it but this I actually understand
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