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Spanish Minds Podcast

This podcast is tailored for beginner and intermediate Spanish learners who are eager to enhance their listening comprehension and expand their vocabulary through a wide array of original and creative content.Each episode of the Spanish Minds Podcast is crafted to immerse you in different aspects of Spanish-speaking cultures. Our content is designed not only to educate but also to entertain, helping you learn in a context that is both engaging and culturally rich.Join our community at

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26:28

Septiembre en Latinoamérica...fiestas, sabores e...

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2026/09/23

Send us Fan Mail What does history taste like? In September, it might be a bowl of pozole, an empanada shared with friends, or something sweet from your amigo secreto. Join Spanish Minds for a journey through septiembre en Latinoamérica, where history spills into the streets through food, music and traditions. From Mexico’s El Grito and Central America’s independence celebrations to Chile’s Fiestas Patrias, we explore how the past lives on in the ways people gather, cook and celebrate. Then...

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6:35

Learn Spanish Through Sports, Tennis & Las Leonas

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2026/09/16

Send us Fan Mail ¿Leones o leonas? One small correction opens up a whole conversation. Join Will and Profesora Daniela for Spanish sports vocabulary, stories from the US Open, and a look at Argentina’s hockey culture. In this episode of Sobremesa, we talk about tennis and the Grand Slams, Las Leonas, and sports you can enjoy throughout your life—from running to swimming. Follow a relaxed conversation in Spanish and English, with useful phrases and friendly corrections along the way. WORDS &...

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12:21

Tini & Her Dad...Fame, Money & Family Drama | Learn...

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2026/09/08

Send us Fan Mail Fame, family, and money—¿qué podría salir mal? What could possibly go wrong? Grab your mate and join Daniela and Will for a Sobremesa full of Argentine celebrity chisme, unexpected comparisons, and Spanish you can actually use. We discuss the reports surrounding Tini Stoessel and her father, why the conversation brings up Britney Spears, and how “Free Tini” turns into a lesson on the word lema. Then we dive into Lali, La China Suárez, and the celebrity connections that leave ...

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13:12

Paraguay y Uruguay: mate, farra y rivalidades 🇵🇾🇺🇾 |...

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2026/08/30

Send us Fan Mail What makes Paraguay feel like one big familia? And why are Uruguay and Argentina still arguing over mate, dulce de leche… and even national identity? In this episode of Sobremesa, Daniela and Will explore Paraguay and Uruguay through language, history, travel and plenty of friendly rivalry. Along the way, we unpack jopará, the influence of Guaraní, the legendary Paraguayan farra, regional pronunciation and some of the funniest debates in the Río de la Plata. In this episode...

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15:03

How Much Does Happiness Cost? ¿Cuánto cuesta la...

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2026/08/23

Send us Fan Mail A beer can cost almost the same in two countries—but what if the salaries are completely different? In this episode of Sobremesa, Will and Daniela discuss el precio de la felicidad: the cost of happiness. Their real Spanish conversation explores prices, salaries, essential expenses, and the cultural differences between life in Argentina and the United States. You’ll learn useful Spanish for talking about money and everyday life: • llegar a fin de mes — to make ends meet • can...

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20:46

Ríos, imperios y un idioma secreto - cómo nacieron...

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2026/08/17

Send us Fan Mail Mira un mapa de Sudamérica y hay algo que parece un error en el sistema: dos países pequeños encajados entre Argentina y Brasil. Según toda la lógica geopolítica del siglo XIX, Uruguay y Paraguay debieron ser devorados. No lo fueron. En este episodio desarmamos por qué, y la respuesta tiene menos que ver con el destino que con ríos, aduanas, un diplomático británico impaciente y un idioma que el enemigo no entendía. Look at a map of South America and something looks like a g...

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30:35

Pachamama — la tradición que se escondió a simple...

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2026/08/10

Send us Fan Mail A tradition that outlived empires, hid from the Inquisition inside its persecutors' own paintings, and is now rewriting itself again for an age of ecological collapse. Every primero de agosto — the first of August — much of South America celebrates la Pachamama. In this deep dive we take the festival apart piece by piece, and we start with the name itself, because "Mother Earth" doesn't quite cover it. Mama carries the maternal, yes. But pacha doesn't mean soil in the sense o...

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17:11

De flores amarillas a detectives salvajes - cómo...

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2026/08/03

Send us Fan Mail Un continente atravesado por dictaduras, inestabilidad crónica y una violencia abrumadora conquistó el mundo literario contando historias sobre personas que levitan y lluvias eternas de flores amarillas. ¿Cómo? En este episodio recorremos cuatro décadas de literatura latinoamericana en tres movimientos: el boom, el post-boom y Roberto Bolaño. How did a continent shaped by dictatorships and overwhelming violence go on to conquer world literature — with stories about people wh...

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31:05

Guelaguetza y mezcal - entre tradición y negocio |...

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2026/07/27

Send us Fan Mail Este julio, Oaxaca espera 149.000 visitantes y una derrama de 668 millones de pesos… construida sobre una antigua filosofía zapoteca que, en su esencia, rechaza el dinero. En esta inmersión profunda desempacamos esa paradoja: la Guelaguetza, la Feria Internacional del Mezcal y lo que el boom turístico significa para quienes viven Oaxaca todos los días. This July, Oaxaca expects 149,000 visitors and 668 million pesos in revenue — all built on an ancient Zapotec philosophy tha...

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31:20

El español real - entre crisis y redes (en plan,...

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2026/07/14

Send us Fan Mail La gramática te enseña un sistema perfecto: el sujeto aquí, el verbo allá. Pero el español que respira —el de las calles, los foros y las redes— es otra cosa: caótico, vivo y lleno de historia. En este episodio decodificamos ese caos palabra por palabra. Formal grammar teaches you a tidy system. But the Spanish that actually breathes — on the street, in the group chat, online — is messy, alive, and full of history. In this episode we decode it, word by word. For intermediate...

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26:13

EpisodeEl 4 de julio y la fecha equivocada | La...

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2026/07/06

Send us Fan Mail What if the most famous date in a country's history — the one with fireworks and parades — were actually la fecha equivocada, the wrong date? 🤔 In this new inmersión (deep dive), we go far beyond el mito patriótico — the patriotic myth — to tell the real story of American independence. And la verdad (the truth) is messier than the movie version: a chaotic process full of doubt, politics, and moral contradictions that still echo today. You'll find out how a little pamphlet

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22:28

Cómo Estados Unidos americanizó el fútbol

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2026/06/28

Send us Fan Mail A fútbol match that drags on for almost three hours. Animals loose on the field. A countdown clock ticking down like it's a basketball game. Una completa locura — total madness — and somehow, todo esto es real. This is the wild, caótica, and surprisingly lucrative story of how the United States took el deporte más popular del mundo and made it… American. Vamos a recorrer everything from the absurd marketing stunts of the 1970s — when filling a stadium meant gimmicks, mascots,...

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24:09

El ADN de Cali tras sus fachadas | La salsa, la calle...

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2026/06/22

Send us Fan Mail En este episodio nos adentramos en el ADN de Cali — la "Sucursal del Cielo" — para descubrir qué hace que esta ciudad colombiana tenga un carácter tan único. Más allá de lo que muestran las fachadas, hay historia, identidad y un pulso cultural que define a su gente. Acompáñanos mientras exploramos los códigos, los sonidos y los secretos que hacen de Cali un universo aparte. Vas a escuchar el español caleño tal como suena en la calle, con su musicalidad y su sabor propio — el ...

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20:48

Cómo el vinilo aceleró a Cali

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2026/06/15

Send us Fan Mail ¿Cómo un disco de vinilo —un objeto rígido, fijo, inalterable— terminó transformando la forma en que toda una ciudad mueve el cuerpo? En este episodio nos sumergimos en Santiago de Cali, la capital mundial de la salsa, y seguimos una ruta improbable: de un sello discográfico en Nueva York a los surcos de un acetato que cruzó el mar por el puerto de Buenaventura. En el camino descubrimos por qué los caleños no bailaban como nadie más en el Caribe. Es una historia de tecnología...

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25:50

Monserrate — el cerro sagrado que vigila a Bogotá —...

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2026/06/09

Send us Fan Mail Anyone who's seen Bogotá head-on notices the same contradicción: a chaotic metrópolis of eight million people and, rising right behind it, a green wall of mountains crowned by a white santuario. In this episode we unpack the whole phenomenon of el Cerro de Monserrate, the 3,152-meter giant that watches over the city. We trace its history from long before Catholicism, back when the muiscas called it "el pie de la abuela" (the grandmother's foot) and used it as an astronomical ...

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24:39

Museos de Bogotá

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2026/05/27

Send us Fan Mail ¿Qué guarda mejor el alma de una nación: una bóveda blindada llena de oro precolombino, o la sala íntima de un artista que se ríe del poder? En este episodio de El Debate, caminamos por las calles empedradas de La Candelaria, en pleno centro de Bogotá, donde dos museos administrados por el Banco de la República cuentan historias radicalmente distintas de la identidad colombiana. A solo dos cuadras de distancia conviven el Museo del Oro — con más de 55.000 piezas prehispánicas...

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Filandia, Quindío - bahareque, café y un tesoro Quimbaya

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2026/05/18

Imagina el rugido de un Jeep Willys clásico subiendo curva a curva, dejando atrás el calor de Cali para entrar al verde esmeralda del Eje Cafetero. Ese es el viaje de hoy: una inmersión profunda en Filandia, Quindío — el pueblo de calles empedradas que ha logrado resistir la ola del turismo masivo que arrasa con tantos destinos históricos. In this episode we unpack how a quiet town became the coffee region's best-kept secret. Descubrimos el bahareque, la técnica antisísmica de guadua, cal y b...

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22:30

Guatapé - La piedra, las letras y el silencio bajo el...

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2026/05/11

Visualicemos una postal perfecta: un lago azul profundo, colinas infinitamente verdes, y un coloso de piedra de 65 millones de años alzándose sobre el agua. Esa es la imagen que millones de turistas se llevan de Guatapé, Colombia. Pero esa postal esconde algo. In this episode, we unpack one of Colombia's most photographed landmarks — and the story you won't find on Instagram. The Tahami people who worshipped the rock as the home of the sun god. The man who scaled it in 1954 with nothing but w...

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31:42

Colombia's Coffee Axis, Inside the Eje Cafetero

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2026/05/04

Behind every perfect cup of Colombian coffee is a 45-degree muddy slope, a hand-woven bejuco basket, and twenty patient days of Andean sun. In this deep dive into Colombia's Eje Cafetero — the Coffee Axis spanning Quindío, Caldas, and Risaralda — we move past the postcard and into the survival ecosystem that makes specialty coffee possible. We walk the cobbled streets of Salento and decode why the famously colorful Paisa balconies were built for function, not Instagram. We climb into th...

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25:00

El néctar de los dioses - 5 deliciosas frutas...

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2026/04/16

From the cobbled streets of Cali to the páramos of the Andes, five Colombian fruits tell a story no supermarket can contain. In this episode, we explore el lulo — called el néctar de los dioses since the Inca empire — whose paper-thin skin keeps it anchored to its homeland. We climb to the volcanic soil of the high Andes to meet el agraz, a wild-harvested berry that refuses to be domesticated. We descend into the steaming pots of Cali's street corners to understand el chontaduro, the starchy ...

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