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I'm looking for Spanish podcasts.

BuddhaInABucket — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:10:41 -0800

Are there any general-interest, Spanish language podcasts similar to Radiolab, All Things Considered, TED, or the Moth?

Encontrando podcasts

bluejayk — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:07:13 -0800

Spanish podcasts for intermediate/advanced speakers? I'm trying to brush up on my Spanish, and am looking for some Spanish language podcasts, probably aimed at learners of Spanish, since things like BBC Mundo are too hard for me to keep up with. Something like that which discusses current events would be fantastic. I checked previous questions on this topic, but they were several years old and the most promising results were dead links. Anything out there that I'm missing out on?

Hola! Donde esta la biblioteca?

santojulieta — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:09:47 -0800

I'd like to teach myself some various languages. Help me find some resources for Spanish and Japanese. I'd like to brush up on four years of Spanish and start teaching myself Japanese. I'd like to do this in several different ways that may not necessarily include classes. (I work a job where I don't know my schedule more than about a month in advance and I travel, so a regularly scheduled class is right out.)

What I have right now:

1. iPod.
2. Nintendo DS (and My Spanish Coach)
3. four or five beginner Japanese grammar books and kana books.
4. high speed internet
5. Spanish textbook left over from college

What I'd like to get:

1. I'd really really really love to get a DS game to learn to write kana. I'm willing to buy from an import site if it's a good product. Also, if you have recommendations for other language learning titles, that'd be helpful too.

2. If you have recommendations for podcasts and how to utilize them, send them over.

3. Websites that I could integrate into my studies.

4. Suggestions for formatting my individual studies. How much should I study and when? Other strategies?

If you have suggestions for shops/classes/bookstores/language schools, I'm in Chicago in Lincoln Park.

mas despacio por favor

youthenrage — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:30:19 -0800

I need to improve my spanish, specifically my listening comprehension. I've done all the Pimsleur and Michel Thomas courses, and I can easily read spanish with very few problems, but I want to get better at understanding native speakers. Anybody have any good resources? I can read the newspaper, web sites, books no problem, I chat over gchat and aim with my spanish friends all the time but my comprehension of the spoken language is still lagging way behind. I listen to the spanish language news podcast from democracynow.org, and can understand that without problems, but I'm 99% sure the announcer is not a a native speaker, and they don't use a whole lot of tenses either. I try to watch Telemundo and listen to podcasts like Radio Caracol, but Telemundo is just waaaaay too fast and insane for me to do anything but pick out more than a couple of words and Radio Caracol is a little better, but the format of the show (think the morning zoo crew type shows here in the USA) and the low quality of the podcast (sounds like it was recorded in a submarine) makes it hard to understand. What I really need is a recording of a couple of people talking back and forth in a civil manner (without the interruptions and cuts of a talk radio type show - like Radio Caracol) I'm thinking something along the lines of This American Life in Spanish.

Anybody got any resources for me? Any tips on how you improved? Should I just keep watching telenovelas and wait for the day when all of a sudden I get it? Basically I feel like I've gotten to the point where my spanish is good, and I'm having trouble getting to the next level.

PS: to preempt everybody who would like to answer this question with any variation of "the best way to learn is to spend a long time in a spanish speaking country", 1. I've done that before, 2. I'm going to do it again, but can't afford it right now.