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Publisher: voicesenespanol.com
Genre: Language Courses
Language: Spanish
Voices en Español is a conversational Spanish podcast for intermediate to advanced students of Spanish. Most episodes feature an interview in Spanish with a native Spanish speaker from Spain, Latin America or the United States. Visit voicesenespanol.com for more details.
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Lyrics for ?La mujer?
A few of you emailed me asking for the lyrics to “La mujer,” the closing music at the end of podcast #53. The song was written and is sung by Kharisma Montes de la Oca.
I’m usually a stickler about promoting grammatically correct Sp... (more)
VEE #053 ? La muerta
What do you guys think this story means? Do you agree with the author that people, women in particular, are spiritually/emotionally dead when they lead a sheltered life? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
La muerta
de Juan José Mill... (more)
VEE #052 ? La corrección en el lenguaje
La corrección en el lenguaje
de Juan José Millás ( Cuerpo y prótesis)
Un chico y una chica muy jóvenes, de instituto, discutían acaloradamente en el metro. Me acerqué disimuladamente a ellos en el momento en el que la chica decía:
-¿Y por qué las ... (more)
VEE #051 ? Spanish is dangerous
This podcast contains three excerpts from the excellent program Race Bridges for Schools, (http://www.racebridgesforschools.com/) an online resource of audio and written materials designed to increase teenagers' understanding of different races and c... (more)
VEE #050 ? El curioso caso de Benjamin Button
One of the best ways to keep your Spanish skills sharp is to read in Spanish. And what better way to do that than to pick a story that you're already familiar with the plot and the characters.
This podcast is a reading, in Spanish, of the first chap... (more)
VEE #049 ? Mr. Taylor, Part 2
Listen to Part 1 (http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/06/05/mister-taylor-augusto-monterroso/)
Mr. Taylor, Part 2
By Augusto Monterroso
Contados meses más tarde, en el país de Mr. Taylor las cabezas alcanzaron aquella popularidad que todos recordamos.... (more)
VEE #048 ? Mr. Taylor, Part I
?Mister Taylor?
Escrito por Augusto Monterroso
-Menos rara, aunque sin duda más ejemplar -dijo entonces el otro-, es la historia de Mr. Percy Taylor, cazador de cabezas en la selva amazónica.
Se sabe que en 1937 salió de Boston, Massachusetts, en d... (more)
VEE #047 ? Un hispano en USA, Part 2
This is the second part of an interview with Luis Rojas of Rojas Spanish (http://www.rojasspanish.com). In this chat Luis shares his opinion of Pres. Barack Obama and we also talk a little about U.S. foreign policy as it relates to Cuba. My thanks to... (more)
VEE #046 ? Introducing ReVerb Spanish
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This podcast is an introduction to my latest web project: ReVerb Spanish (http://www.reverbspanish.com). If I do it right, it is going to help you review, relearn and re... (more)
VEE #045 ? ¡Piratas!
(Almost) everything you ever wanted to know about Somalian pirates but were too afraid to ask.
* Why are young Somalian men turning to piracy?
* How much money does a Somalian pirate make?
* What exactly does a pirate spend his cut of the ransom ... (more)
VEE #044 ? La Última Cena
Another history podcast, this time about Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, The Last Supper.
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Prof. John Varriano, whose research is what prompted me to do this podcast, is an a... (more)
VEE #043 ? El miedo al mono
Una charla con Luis, (uno de los lectores de Cody's Cuentos (http://www.codyscuentos.com)) sobre la historia de Darwinismo en España.
If you look closely at the bottle's label you can see the funny inscription [Es el mejor. La ciencia lo dijo y yo n... (more)
VEE #042 ? El talentoso Sr. Huntington
(http://spanish-podcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/imghuntington.gif)Uno de los mecenas de arte y cultura españoles más importante en la historia no es un español ni un europeo sino un norteamericano filántropo llamado Archer Milton Huntington. N... (more)
VEE #041 ? Las medias de los flamencos
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Un cuento uruguayo, escrito por Horacio Quiroga
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Click here (http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/03/04/... (more)
Glossary for ?Las medias de los flamencos?
Although Horacio Quiroga wrote this story for kids, there are plenty of words in this tale that may be unfamiliar to even advanced Spanish speakers. Here are a few definitions. The words are listed in order of their appearance in the story.
víbora: v... (more)
Glossary for ?Un día de estos?
Here is a list of words and their meanings in English from the podcast “Un día de estos.” The following words are listed in order of their appearance in the story.
dentista sin título: dentist without a degree
madrugador: an early riser... (more)
VEE #040 ? Un día de estos
Listen to the complete podcast. After the reading there is an analysis of the story that does not appear here on the blog. By the way, in this story, the word fresa means dentist's drill not strawberry. :) A glossary of words is here (http://span...
VEE #039 ? Casa tomada
Un cuento de Julio Cortázar
Nos gustaba la casa porque aparte de espaciosa y antigua (hoy que las casas antiguas sucumben a la más ventajosa liquidación de sus materiales) guardaba los recuerdos de nuestros bisabuelos, el abuelo paterno, nuestros pa... (more)
VEE #038 ? Hablando con mi portero
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Photo of Ávila, Spain
Matias, the superintendent of my apartment building, always has a smile and a positive attitude. He genuinely likes his job and helping people. When I initially... (more)
VEE #037 ? Del solomillo a la sopa de ajos
Spanish author Miguel Aranguren looks for the silver lining in the current economic recession. The title Del solomillo a la sopa de ajos refers to the change in economic status of many middle-class Spaniards in recent months where people have gone fr... (more)
VEE #036 ? SpanishPodcast.org
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Part 2 of a conversation with Mercedes León of SpanishPodcast.org (http://www.spanishpodcast.org). In this episode she talks about the development of her podcast for Spanish languag... (more)
VEE #035: La fiebre de la propiedad
(http://spanish-podcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/logo200.jpg)In this interview with Spanish podcaster (http://www.spanishpodcast.org), Mercedes León, we talk about economic hard times in Spain, brought on by rampant real estate speculation. Lat... (more)
VEE #034 ? Cine Prado
A short story by Elena Poniatowska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Poniatowska)
Señorita:
A partir de hoy, debe usted borrar mi nombre de la lista de sus admiradores. Tal vez convendría ocultarte esta deserción, pero callándome, iría en cont... (more)
VEE #033 ? Continuidad de los parques
By Julio Cortázar
Había empezado a leer la novela unos días antes. La abandonó por negocios urgentes, volvió a abrirla cuando regresaba en tren a la finca; se dejaba interesar lentamente por la trama, por el dibujo de los personajes. Esa tarde, desp... (more)
VEE #031 ? Los pollitos dicen
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Cuban-American entreprenuer Carrie Ferguson Weir talks about growing up in two cultures: Anglo and Latino and also about her business, Los Pollitos Dicen (http://www.lospollitosdi... (more)
VEE #030 ? Viva Las Vegas
Yeah, this epi is long, long overdue. Sorry about that folks. This is (was?) part three of the trip to the U.S. with mi amiguete, David. In this episode we talk about seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time and gliding along the SkyWalk (http://ww... (more)
Don Quijote de la Mancha
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha de Miguel de Cervantes
PRIMERA PARTE
CAPI?TULO 1: Que trata de la condicio?n y ejercicio del famoso hidalgo D. Quijote de la Mancha
En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha
mu... (more)
VEE #029 ? Immigration in Spain
Mexican writer Juan Manuel Villalobos tells us about his experience being an immigrant in Spain. In an earlier podcast, episode 19 (http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/03/07/la-vida-fragil-de-annette-blanche/), Juan Manuel talked about his novel La vida ... (more)
Spanish pronunciation 101: Vowels
Martín Ventola's 3 rules to remember about Spanish vowels:
* They are short sounds
* They are pure sounds
* They start and end differently from English vowels.
Visit Martin's blog, Spanish Pronunciation 101 (http://www.spanishpronunciation101.co... (more)
VEE #028 ? Yerba mate
La yerba mate (An Argentine legend)
De noche Yací, la luna, alumbra desde el cielo misionero las copas de los árboles y platea el agua de las cataratas. Eso es todo lo que conocía de la selva: los enormes torrentes y el colchón verde e ininterrumpid... (more)
VEE #027 ? Big Apple visit
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Part 2 of Going 2 America (http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/05/10/going2america-spanish-podcast/)
Above, video of Grand Central Station in Manhattan.
Below, view of Central Park from Top of the Rock (http://www.... (more)
VEE #026 ? La ciudad de Esteco
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La ciudad de Esteco era, según la leyenda, la más rica y poderosa de las ciudades del norte argentino. Se levantaba en medio de un fértil y hermoso paisaje de la provincia de Salta. Su... (more)
VEE #025 ? La noche de los feos
La noche de los feos
por Mario Benedetti (http://www.alumnos.unican.es/~uc1531/mario/bio.html)
1.
Ambos somos feos. Ni siquiera vulgarmente feos. Ella tiene un pómulo hundido. Desde los ocho años, cuando le hicieron la operación. Mi asquerosa marc..... (more)
VEE #024 ? Going 2 America
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David, el Cántabro (http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/09/cantabria/), is back. This time he's going to talk about stereotypes that exist among the Spanish regarding mi pueblo, the United States, and explains what he'... (more)
VEE #023 ? Acciones Plásticas
In this podcast I chat with Maya Escobar, a performance artist from the U.S. Her culturally-diverse family background (Dad is Guatemalan and Mom is Jewish) has inspired her to create a series of photos and satirical videos about stereotypes related ... (more)
VEE #022 ? Working abroad
(http://spanish-podcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/talkyparrot.jpg)Here's Part 2 of my chat with Teresa Córdova (http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/03/28/study-abroad/) from Middlebury College (http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/01/24/middlebury-colleg... (more)
Spanish pronunciation 101: Spanish consonants
Today's episode of Spanish Pronunciation 101 is about Spanish consonant sounds that don't come naturally to English speakers. Martín Ventola, our Spanish instructor from Buenos Aires, has written a detailed post on his blog (http://www.spanishpronunc... (more)
VEE #021 ? Study Abroad
Teresa Cordova, a coordinator for Middlebury College's program in Spain (http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/01/24/middlebury-college-in-spain/), talks about the benefits and challenges of studying abroad. Teresa is from Puerto Rico and a graduate of Tuf... (more)
VEE #020 ? Introducing Cody?s Cuentos
(http://spanish-podcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/redridinghood.jpg)Cody's Cuentos (http://www.codyscuentos.com) is my new podcast featuring children's stories in Spanish. Cody, a mischievous, lovable puppy, serves as the mascot to this new prog... (more)
Spanish pronunciation 101: English consonants
The first step to improving your Spanish pronunciation is to isolate and eliminate the sounds from your native language (in my case, English) that don't exist in Spanish.
In this podcast Martín Ventola talks at length about some of these sounds from... (more)
Excerpt from ?La vida frágil de Annette Blanche?
(http://spanish-podcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/ablanche.jpg)Era un tipo guapo Santonni. Siempre con jeans y zapatillas blancas percudidas. Y siempre con esa mirada ausente, introspectivas, que tienes los ojos que no son verdes, ni azules, ni ... (more)
VEE #019 ? La vida frágil de Annette Blanche
Juan Manuel Villalobos, a writer and journalist from Mexico City, talks about his novel, La vida frágil de Annette Blanche. Click here (http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/03/07/la-vida-fragil-de-annette-blanche/) for more details.
Spanish pronunciation 101
Today's podcast is an introduction to a series of podcasts I plan to do with Martin Ventola, a Spanish teacher from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Martin has studied English phonetics, so that background, combined with his experience teaching Spanish to ex... (more)
Book excerpt from ?El corrido de Dante?
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Remember that we're in the U.S., Dante Celestino is told by his friends and neighbors when his daughter Emmita runs away.
Dante had told ... (more)
VEE #018 ? El corrido de Dante
Interview with Eduardo González Viaña, author of El corrido de Dante. Eduardo is from Peru and in this podcast he talks about the inspiration of this book and the current situation of some Hispanic immigrants in the United States.
VEE #017 ? El mate
Porque el mate no es solamente una bebida
by Javier Luis Guastavino (Read by Dolly from Uruguay)
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El mate no es una bebida. Bueno, sí. Es un líquido y entra por la boca. Pero... (more)
VEE #016 ? Blogs Exchange
(http://spanish-podcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/picture-1.jpg)In this Spanish podcast, Gabriel Guillén tells us all about Blogs Exchange (http://www.blogs-exchange.com/web/about-be), a new web site that helps native Spanish and English speaker... (more)
VEE #015 ? The Mixxer (Language Intercambio)
In today's podcast I introduce you to The Mixxer (http://www.language-exchanges.org), a language exchange web site. If you've never done an intercambio (a language exchange) I highly recommend it. It's an easy way to meet native Spanish speakers eage... (more)
VEE #014 ? Middlebury College in Spain
In today?s podcast, we hear from Kim Griffin, director of Middlebury College?s Spanish school in Spain (http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/sa/spain/). Middlebury is a U.S. college located in the state of Vermont. It offers both undergraduate and gra... (more)
VEE #013 ? Arte Callejero, Part 2
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In the second part of this Voices en Español interview, Javier Barros del Villar talks about the different styles of street art he found in Europe, specifically Austria, Hungar... (more)
