Advanced Spanish Podcasts

Radio Ambulante

12 December 2024 No Comments

This podcast isn’t specifically designed for learners, but is a favourite amongst advanced learners. Created by Peruvian writer Daniel Alarcón, it launched in 2012, and has featured on American radio network NPR since 2016.

The podcast is a combination of storytelling and investigative journalism, and focusses on important themes such as human rights, immigration, political and socioeconomic crises, gender identity and mental health.

Not being designed for learners, it features real Spanish, spoken at a native pace, giving you an extra challenge.

While the podcast didn’t start as a way for learners to practice Spanish, the creators soon realised how popular it was with Spanish learners. They have since developed Jiveworld Español, which allows you to read the full text of their podcast as it plays, with questions and vocabulary drills to add an extra challenge as you listen along.

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No Hay Tos

12 December 2024 No Comments

A podcast by two Mexican Spanish speakers, Roberto and Héctor. Designed for learners, their vast back catalogue of episodes sees them tell personal stories, talk about general interests, Mexican culture, and things going on in Mexico.

New episodes are released once a week, and are also available in video format on YouTube.

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Hoy Hablamos

12 December 2024 No Comments

One of my favourite podcasts, Hoy Hablamos is a Spanish learning podcast for intermediate and advanced listeners.

Roi Bolás publishes daily podcasts focussing on current affairs, news and grammar, every weekday throughout the year. Each podcast is around 15 minutes long,

The “podcast diario para aprender español” also has a weekly Spanish conversation podcast, published every Friday.

In an extended episode usually lasting 25-40 minutes, Roi and Paco discuss a wide variety of topics, with recent ones including ‘Papá Noel y otras historias infantiles’ (Santa Clause and other childish stories), ‘Hablamos de compras’ (We talk about shopping), and ‘El cuñado del bar’.

Hoy Hablamos also has a subscription, which currently costs $9.95 a month or $95 per year, which gives you access to a bonus ‘Premium’ podcast every Friday. This special episode features Roi and girlfriend Rebe in another conversational podcast, discussing topics such as ‘¿Tendrías una secunda vivienda?’ (Would you have a second home?).

Roi, Paco and Rebe are all very fun, friendly and easy to understand, and speak in clear, Castillian Spanish. The grammar podcasts are specifically designed to teach you new grammar and vocab, while the remaining podcasts are just the trio chatting, offering a fantastic way to immerse yourself in the Spanish from Spain.

More recently, they’ve launched a ‘basic’ podcast, designed for students with an A2 level Spanish (advanced beginners level). They discuss stories with grammar and vocabulary relevant for basic learners, and each episode features an explanation of the grammar, along with exercises and solutions.

Hoy Hablamos Podcast
Hoy Hablamos de Gramatica Podcast
Hoy Hablamos Básico
Hoy Hablamos Premium Podcast

Notes in Spanish

12 December 2024 No Comments

Notes in Spanish is one of the most popular and well-known podcasts for Spanish beginners.

Created by Oxford-born Ben Curtis and Spaniard Marina Diez, they claim that they started the “world’s first Spanish-learning podcast”, which has since had over 40 million downloads.

The podcasts feature conversations between Ben and Marina, usually speaking in a combination of English and Spanish. The more advanced podcasts are primarily in Spanish, followed by an English analysis of what they’ve discussed.

Marina was born in Madrid, Spain, while Ben moved to Spain in 1998 after growing up in England, so the podcast is perfect for learners wanting to experience Castillian Spanish from Spain.

They have four separate podcasts for different stages of your Spanish-learning journey:

Inspired Beginners
Intermediate Spanish
Advanced Spanish
Gold Spanish – For upper-intermediate and advanced learners