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Last 20 Shows 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 Millás
Cierto día, un compañero de colegio señaló en la calle a una mujer, diciéndome:
-Mírala, está [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #052 – La corrección en el lenguajeLa 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 mujeres tenemos que tomar somníferos en lugar de somníferas? Lo lógico es que [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #051 – Spanish is dangerousThis podcast contains three excerpts from the excellent program “Race Bridges for Schools,” an online resource of audio and written materials designed to increase teenagers’ understanding of different races and cultures. If you are a high school or middle school teacher of language arts or social studies, I highly recommend this web site.
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VEE #029 – Immigration in SpainMexican writer Juan Manuel Villalobos tells us about his experience being an immigrant in Spain. In an earlier podcast, episode 19, Juan Manuel talked about his novel “La vida frágil de Annette Blanche.”
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VEE #030 – Viva Las VegasYeah, 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 and then taking in a flashy, splashy Vegas show and [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #037 – Del solomillo a la sopa de ajosSpanish 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 from being able to afford many things to having to cut back and tighten [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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 donde había pulido su espíritu hasta el extremo de no tener un centavo. En 1944 aparece por [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #048 - Mr. Taylor, Part I", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/06/05/mister-taylor-augusto-monterroso/" }) ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #050 - El curioso caso de Benjamin ButtonOne 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 chapter of the novella “The Curious Case of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #050 - El curioso caso de Benjamin Button", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/07/05/vee-050-el-curioso-caso-de-benjamin-button/" });Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #049 - Mr. Taylor, Part 2Listen to Part 1
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. Al principio eran privilegio de las familias más pudientes; pero la democracia es la democracia y, nadie lo va a negar, en cuestión de semanas pudieron adquirirlas hasta [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #049 - Mr. Taylor, Part 2", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/06/13/mr-taylor-part-2/" });Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #047 - Un hispano en USA, Part 2This is the second part of an interview with Luis Rojas of Rojas Spanish. 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 Luis for spending so much time with me on Skype recording this [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #047 - Un hispano en USA, Part 2", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/05/07/luis-rojas-interview/" });Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Introduction to the Voices en Español podcastWelcome to Voices en Español, a Spanish podcast for advanced students of Spanish. Every week Voices en Español brings you interviews in Spanish with native Spanish speakers from Spain, Latin America and the U.S.
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VEE #001 CantabriaCantabria, a region in northern Spain, is an area that doesn’t generally come to mind when most foreign tourists think of Spain. It is, however, an area filled with beautiful landscapes and a history that goes way back in time. Its most famous historical artifact are the cave paintings of Altamira, which date back to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #001 Cantabria", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/09/cantabria/" });Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #047 - Un hispano en USA, Part 2This is the second part of an interview with Luis Rojas of Rojas Spanish. 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 Luis for spending so much time with me on Skype recording this [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #047 - Un hispano en USA, Part 2", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/05/07/luis-rojas-interview/" });Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #002 - La PolíticaLuis Clemens, a Cuban American and editor of La Política, introduces us to this new publication about Hispanic voters in the U.S. In this podcast, he talks about the reasons why 2007 is a good year to launch such a specialized publication and politlcal blog. He also discusses what he found when he visited the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #002 - La Política", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/12/vee-002-la-politica/" });Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #003 - The Voiceover ArtistGrowing up in Distrito Federal (that’s Mexico City), Zuleika Deciga was crazy about radio. She loved listening to radio programs and when she got to college she choose journalism and communications as her major. After graduation, she spent two-and-a-half years taking voice lessons and acting classes with reknown instructor Tena Curiel in Mexico [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #003 - The Voiceover Artist", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/19/vee-003-the-voiceover-artist/" } ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #004 - The Voiceover Artist, Part 2In the second part of the Voices en Español interview with Zuleika Deciga, she talks about the competition and how she prepares for different roles. Interview also includes the return of “Pongo un circo.” This is the part of the podcast where we talk about slang or funny colloquial expressions in Spanish. In this episode, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #004 - The Voiceover Artist, Part 2", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/21/vee-004-the-voiceover-actress-part-2/" ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #005 - Raising Bilingual Kids, Part 1Paola, a telecom engineer in Seattle and working mom, has a strong desire to raise her daughter bilingually. In this interview, Paola talks about the steps she has taken to make this a reality and she gives some advice to other parents who would like to do the same. Paola is a native Spanish speaker [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #005 - Raising Bilingual Kids, Part 1", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/26/raising-bilingual-kids-part-1/" });Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #006 - Raising Bilingual Kids, Part 2Penny Lara was born in the U.S. but she grew up in Mexico. Today she lives in the U.S. and is the proud mom of two bilingual teenagers. In Part 2 of my special series “Raising Bilingual Kids,” Penny talks about how she did it and how she overcame some of the obstacles that popped [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #006 - Raising Bilingual Kids, Part 2", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/28/vee-006-raising-bilingual-kids-part-2/" });Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #007 - Raising Bilingual Kids, Part 3Alison Mackey, co-author of “The Bilingual Edge: Why, When and How to Teach Your Child a Second Language,” dismantles some of the myths related to raising bilingual children and gives us advice on how to create a bilingual environment for children. This is the third and final interview of the “Raising Bilingual Kids” series. Interview [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #007 - Raising Bilingual Kids, Part 3", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/vee-007-rais ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VEE #008 - Ritmo Latino - Part 1Neil Hohmann, creator and producer of Ritmo Latino talks about the origins of this latino music podcast and the diversity of the music. This is the first part of a two-part interview with Neil. Part 2 will be podcast next week. Interview is in English.
Music featured in this episode:
Manu Chao
“Me Llaman Calle” (mp3)
from “La [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VEE #008 - Ritmo Latino - Part 1", url: "http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/06/vee-008-ritmo-latino-part-1/" });Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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