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Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcasts
Welcome to Spanish on the Go, the podcasts para aprender español. These podcasts are the most effective way to learn Spanish today! This engaging podcast series is powered by Easy Español's unique Audio-Cognitive methodology. The principle: What your brain hears, it can interpret and reproduce. Each week you'll learn about a new, timely theme. Your ear—and your brain--will become familiar with various accents and speaking styles. This will really help you hone your listening and speaking skills…
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Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Language assistance or political intervention? - Easy Español
What happens when language learning has an ulterior political motive? The Summer Institute of Linguistics was founded in the US during the 1930s. Its main goal…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - La Catrina, la calavera más popular de México - Easy Español
Close your eyes and picture a Día de Muertos celebration. The first thing that popped into your mind was probably an elegantly-dressed skeletal lady known as…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The Secret History of Chifa: China's Gift to Peru - Easy Español
Have you ever wondered what happens when 19th-century Cantonese cooking techniques collide with the fiery, sun-drenched ingredients of the Peruvian Andes? You…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The secret language of el abanico español - Easy Español
Can you speak in abanico? On this week's episode of Spanish on the Go we'll reveal all the secrets of the practical, ornamental, and highly expressive…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - El Guernica: Inside the greatest anti-war painting in history - Easy Español
This week on Spanish on the Go, we're traveling back in time to explore one of the most powerful masterpieces in history: Pablo Picasso's El Guernica. On this…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The Panama hat is not from Panama - Easy Español
These popular, brimmed, straw hats are actually from Ecuador. Also known as sombrero de paja toquilla (toquilla straw hat), these hats are hand-crafted using a…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsLos Naranjales: California's Orange Gold Rush
Pour yourself a refreshing glass of orange juice and get ready to hear the fascinating story of California's "Orange Gold Rush". Long before California became…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - A cry for Mexican independence: ¡El Grito de Dolores! - Easy Español
It started with a bell in the dead of night and a powerful cry of ¡Viva México! that sparked a revolution. 🔔✊ On this episode of Spanish on the Go, we're…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Encebollado, the world's most delicious soup - Easy Español
Fish soup for breakfast? Yes, strange as it may sound, el encebollado is one of Ecuador's star dishes and a fool-proof cure for el chuchaqui (hangover). With a…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Nopal, the green heart of Mexico - Easy Español
¿Te gusta la comida mexicana? Then sit back, relax and listen to the story of el nopal, a delicious ancestral ingredient tied back to the very core of Mexican…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The Marvelous Mythological Creatures of Pre-Columbian Mexico - Easy Español
🎧 New episode! Travel back in time and practice your Spanish! Are you fascinated by mystery and ancient legends? On this episode, we dive deep into the heart…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Oswaldo Guayasamín: The Painter of Latin America's Soul - Easy Español
Rage and Tenderness: The Bold World of Oswaldo Guayasamín Take a listen to the legendary Ecuadorian artist, Oswaldo Guayasamín. In this episode, we'll discover…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - California's 'Camino del rey': truth, myth and controversies - Easy Español
Picture this: you're on a road trip with amigos along California's world-famous Route 101 and you start noticing bells with signs that read -in Spanish- "El…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The longevity secret of the Nicoya Peninsula - Easy Español
Costa Rica is one of the world's five Blue Zones, specifically, the Nicoya Peninsula region. Here –on average- people can live over a 100 years. To achieve…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - El aguacate: The exquisite history of the 'Green Gold' - Easy Español
Aguacate, palta, avocado, no matter what we call it, this delicious fruit is present in the meals of millions of people around the world. El aguacate was first…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Mexico's Most Famous Plaza Where The Past Meets The Present - Easy Espanol
La Plaza de las Tres Culturas (Three Cultures square) is a striking symbol of Mexico's rich and complex history. Located in the neighborhood of Tlatelolco in…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The rise and fall of the Honduran mahogany trade - Easy Español
The mahogany (caoba) wood is highly-valued for its deep, reddish-brown color, its durability and its workability. During the 18th and 19th centuries, owning…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - La Catedral de Sevilla, a temple to Spanish civilization - Easy Español
The Cathedral in Seville is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world and a perfect example of Spain's rich and diverse historic and cultural background. Built…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Escamoles, mystical Mexican caviar - Easy Español
Over 500 species of insects form an integral part of Mexican cuisine. Among those species, we have los escamoles, also known as Mexican caviar. The escamoles…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The African Influence In Hispanic Culture - Easy Español
La santería is a perfect example of the religious and cultural syncretism prevalent throughout Latin American communities. This practice originated in Cuba in…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The glorious siesta and its health benefits - Easy Español
For hundreds of years popular wisdom proclaimed the benefits of taking una siesta (nap) during the middle of the day. Now, modern science confirms it. A short…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Laws of Burgos, humanism in the Spanish Empire - Easy Español
When the first Spaniards arrived to the New World, they were faced with the unforeseen challenge of dealing with the native peoples who have lived there for…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Mexico City, the second city with the most amount of museums in the world - Easy Español
Mexico City is the second city in the world with the most amount of museums with a total of 170 museums and 43 specialized galleries. In the Mexican capital…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The influence of Sanskrit in everyday Spanish vocabulary - Easy Español
The Spanish language is the fascinating and always-changing result of hundreds of years of peoples, cultures and languages coming together. Sanskrit, the…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - 'The Blind Marvel' who redefined Afro-Cuban music - Easy Español
Arsenio Rodriguez was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader who revolutionized the Afro-Cuban music scene. Blind from a young age, Arsenio grew up…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Tapioca, The South American starch that changed the world's diet - Easy Español
Have you ever wondered what are those little balls at the bottom of your bubble tea? Those are tapioca pearls. Tapioca is the starch extracted of the yuca…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The captivating voice of the 'Inca Princess' of the Andes - Easy Español
Yma Súmac was a remarkably talented vocalist and actress from Peru. With no formal training but unwavering discipline and prodigious musical skills, she became…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Language & Survival: Interpreting indigenous languages in the US - Easy Español
In a multicultural nation like the United States, finding interpreters for Spanish-speaking immigrants is quite easy. However, not everyone who comes from…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombia's guerrillero priest - Easy Español
Camilo Torres Restrepo was a Colombian priest, political leader, professor and guerrillero. These roles might seem at odds with each other, but Camilo was at…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Café La Habana, A café where a Revolution was planned - Easy Español
La Habana café is not just another coffee shop in Mexico City. Its an epicenter of culture where poets, writers, journalists and revolutionaries from all over…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Juan de Sesa: The slave that became Spain's first Black professor - Easy Español
Better known as Juan Latino, Juan de Sesa was a man ahead of his time. He was raised in slavery as the page to the heir of a noble Spanish family but he grew…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - El jamón ibérico, the true delicatessen every Spaniard loves - Easy Español
El jamón ibérico is more than a delicious Spanish delicatessen; it's a fundamental part of Spain's history and cultural identity. This Iberian ham is a type of…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Rafael Cordero, the Afro-Puerto Rican who brought free education to all Puerto Ricans - Easy Español
Rafael Cordero ('El Cordero negro') was a free Afro-Puerto Rican man with a passion for teaching in a time and place where education was only available for…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, the first European to cross the US from east to west - Easy Español
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who lived countless adventures in the New World. One of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition, for 10…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The black president that was erased from Colombia's history - Easy Español
Juan José Nieto Gil was a Colombian writer, politician, and Army general. Most significantly he was also the country's first (and only) Afro-Colombian…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Larry Harlow, the Brooklyn Jewish boy that became a salsa legend - Easy Español
Larry Harlow was a salsa pianist, composer, performer and producer from a family of Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn. Born and raised in a family full of diverse…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Café con verso: the literary cafes in Madrid - Easy Español
Literary cafés were spaces that sprung all over Europe during the 19th and 20th century where intellectuals, poets and artists gathered to discuss ideas…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Español - New Year Resolutions and Messages for a Happy 2026 - Easy Español
Happy and prosper 2026! We want to share with you the resolutions and well-wishes of amigos from all over the Spanish-speaking world.
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The Spanish Civil War time capsule inside a Mexican suitcase - Easy Español
During the Spanish Civil War, three fearless photographers risked their lives to immortalize the raw and devastating realities of both the battlefields and…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Mole, more than a Mexican sauce - Easy Español
Mole is more than just a sauce; it's a rich, elaborate and harmonious combination of ingredients and flavors that represents the complexity of Mexican culture…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The Spanish-teaching adventures of Dora, la exploradora - Easy Español
25 years ago, a curious and enthusiastic Latina child named Dora made her TV debut in a highly-interactive and educational cartoon show for pre-schoolers…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Acacoyagua, the Mexican town with a Japanese flare - Easy Español
Acacoyagua is a small town in Chiapas, Mexico, although at first glance you might think you took a wrong turn to Japan. This picturesque town is the first…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Day of the Dead in Ecuador, a celebration of life - Easy Español
Every November 1st and 2nd, thousands of Ecuadoreans gather at cemeteries bringing food, flowers, candles, and personal objects of the deceased to celebrate…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Lola Álvarez Bravo, the photographer that captured the heart of Mexican life - Easy Español
Lola Álvarez Bravo was the first Mexican female photographer. She learned the art and trade of photography from her renowned husband Manuel Álvarez Bravo, but…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The Nazca magical lines - Easy Español
The Nazca are an ancestral culture from modern-day Peru. This highly sophisticated culture made great technological advances in ceramics, textiles and…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Isabella, the Spanish Queen that built an empire - Easy Español
Queen Isabella I of Spain is one of the most prominent and controversial figures in the history of Spain. Better known as Isabella the Catholic, she and her…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - From New York to Havana: The Amazing Story of Assata Shakur - Easy Español
Assata Shakur was the first woman to appear on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list. She was a controversial political activist, first within the Black Panther…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - When freedom becomes a prison: The Mexican 'free thinker' who imprisoned his family - Easy Español
Back in the 1950's a family abuse case shocked Mexican society to its core. A man by the name of Rafael Pérez Hernández kept his wife and kids locked in the…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Valdivia, the first pottery-making culture in the American continent - Easy Español
The Valdivia culture originated centuries ago in the north shore of modern-day Ecuador. The Valdivia civilization developed sophisticated agriculture and…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Asado argentino, barbecue and symbol of cultural identity - Easy Español
El asado argentino is more than a delicious barbecued meal: is a ritual passed down from generation to generation that fuses the country's past, present and…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The world's largest pyramid is in Mexico - Easy Español
The Great Pyramid of Cholula in Puebla, Mexico, is not as tall as some of the famous Egyptian pyramids, but its surface is so wide that it is the biggest in…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The 'wolf child' who grew up in the mountains in Spain - Easy Español
Born in extreme poverty in post-Civil War Spain, when he was around 8, Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja was left to survive alone deep in the Andalusian mountains…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Miami, capital of Latin America - Easy Español
Miami is known for its vibrant night life, incredible beaches, and predominantly Latino population that goes back hundreds of years. While the arrival of…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The Mexican Superhero more popular than Superman: El Chapulín Colorado - Easy Español
The Chapulín Colorado is a Mexican fictional superhero very popular all over Latin America. El Chapulín is a beloved character created in the 1970s by Roberto…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - The Spanish priest who died in Bolivia fighting for social justice - Easy Español
Luis Espinal Camps was not an ordinary priest. He was a Spanish Jesuit priest born in Mallorca. Poet, journalist, filmmaker, film critic, and political…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Tango: Music to heal the mind - Easy Español
Tango was born in the impoverished areas of Buenos Aires where local, African and European musical styles merged to create a sound full of longing, love and…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Pablo Neruda's Death: cancer or murder? - Easy Español
The Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda is without a doubt one of the most important and influential writers in Latin American literature and the world at large…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - María Zambrano, the most brilliant mind of the Spanish-speaking world - Easy Español
Maria Zambrano is one of the brightest minds in the Spanish-speaking region. She was an essayist and philosopher, originally from Spain. Her life was marked…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Spirituality or shamanism? How spiritual forces affect health in Latin America - Easy Español
In Latin America the advancements of modern medicine and science coexist with ancient beliefs that blame different physical ailments on 'spiritual forces'…
Spanish On the Go! - Improve your listening comprehension skills with our authentic podcastsEasy Podcast - Pepe Mujica, the Guerilla fighter turned President - Easy Español
Pepe Mujica was not an ordinary politician. As a young man, his pursuit for equality, social justice, and the defense of human rights, led him to join a…