Duolingo Spanish Podcast
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 56:58:04
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Sinopse
True stories for English speakers learning Spanish. From the makers of Duolingo, the most popular language-learning app, comes a new podcast that delivers fascinating real-life stories in easy-to-understand Spanish with English narration. These are not language lessons; they’re life lessons through language. Hosted by Martina Castro, co-founder of NPR’s Radio Ambulante.
Episódios
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Climate Heroes - Harnessing Solar Energy in Puerto Rico
14/07/2022 Duração: 20minAfter Hurricane Maria knocked out power on Puerto Rico for months, Ada Ramona Miranda Alvarado worked to protect communities on the island against future outages, using solar power. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
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Climate Heroes - Harvesting Rain in Mexico
07/07/2022 Duração: 19minIndustrial designer Enrique Lomnitz wanted to use his creativity for good. When he learned that climate change was making water scarcity even worse for Mexico City’s low income residents, he tried to harness a natural resource: rain. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
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Climate Heroes - Marching for Change in Argentina
30/06/2022 Duração: 20minA young Argentinian is inspired by Greta Thunberg to create one of Argentina’s most influential environmental organizations. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3yxSweY.
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Climate Heroes - Preserving the Forest in Peru
23/06/2022 Duração: 18minWhen Julio Cusurichi saw loggers push deeper and deeper into the Amazon, he realized they threatened both the fragile rainforest and the traditional way of life for Indigenous communities in Peru. So he decided to make it his life's work to protect Indigenous lands and rights. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3tVN7f8.
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Climate Heroes - Biking in Spain
16/06/2022 Duração: 19minWhen primary school teacher Helena Vilardell’s students told her they wanted to ride their bikes to school, she came up with the idea of the “bicibús.” It quickly took off as a movement to take back the streets, helping create a cleaner environment and better future. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3b6AA1N.
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Climate Heroes - Saving Food in Uruguay
09/06/2022 Duração: 18minA college student in Uruguay finds a way to salvage food that would otherwise be thrown away. With the help of friends, he manages to not only provide healthier food options for vulnerable communities, but also fight climate change. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3MJSx3G.
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Trailer Season 15
02/06/2022 Duração: 01minThe Duolingo Spanish Podcast is back for a special season, with new episodes on June 9th. Listen to the trailer now!
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Costumbres - Casitas in the Bronx
21/04/2022 Duração: 20minLeonor Torres finds a sense of community and a way to preserve customs from Puerto Rico at El Flamboyan garden and its casita in the Bronx, but it almost get destroyed. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
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Costumbres - Chapitas in Venezuela
14/04/2022 Duração: 19minGrowing up in Venezuela, Gyorgy Aponte played a makeshift version of baseball, “chapitas,” using bottle caps and a broom. With his family and baseball buddies dispersed around the world, he decides to pass on the custom to his son in Canada.
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Costumbres - La once in Chile
07/04/2022 Duração: 21minJournalist Kalú Downey and her friend worried that Chilean teatime known as “la once” was fading, so they launched a social media project to celebrate it, only to discover deeper meanings behind the custom. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3v3ZIMX.
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Costumbres - Quinceañeras in the U.S.
31/03/2022 Duração: 21minAs the daughter of recent immigrants from Ecuador, Francis Gortaire didn’t get to have a traditional quinceañera when she turned 15. But, for her 30th birthday, she decided to host the quinceañera she never had and shared an important announcement with her community. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
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Costumbres - Piñatas in Mexico
24/03/2022 Duração: 19minJulián Meconetzin Rangel Sosa learned how to craft piñatas when he was a kid. So when he launched his own business, he also taught children in schools how to make them, passing the custom onto the next generation. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
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Costumbres - Asadoras in Argentina
17/03/2022 Duração: 21minAn asadora — a woman grill master — in Argentina breaks into the male-dominated field of barbecuing, creating an entire movement. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/34V2nzO.
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Costumbres - Monigotes in Ecuador
10/03/2022 Duração: 16minIn Quito, entrepreneur Paúl Mendez updates his community’s New Year’s custom — burning effigies, or monigotes — to make it healthier for the environment. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3MELryi.
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Costumbres - Siestas in Spain
03/03/2022 Duração: 20minWhen a Spanish mayor signs a yearly proclamation requesting everyone respect the hours of the siesta, his small town suddenly makes headlines around the world. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3MkEW3B.
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Trailer Season 14
24/02/2022 Duração: 02minThe Duolingo Spanish Podcast is back for a special season, with new episodes on March 3rd. Listen to the trailer now!
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El don del lenguaje (The Gift of Language)
16/12/2021 Duração: 22minFor almost a decade, Leydis Lopez put her career in education on hold. Until one day, she finally decided to lean into her native Spanish language to give children the gift of bilingualism. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
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Operación Pedro Pan (Operation Pedro Pan)
09/12/2021 Duração: 23minAt eight years old, Margarita Lora Prats left Cuba in a plane full of children, thinking she was headed on a vacation. But she was actually one of thousands of children airlifted to the United States during the Cuban Revolution, in a covert program called “Operación Pedro Pan.” A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
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Barbacoa sin fronteras (Barbacoa Beyond Borders)
02/12/2021 Duração: 23minAfter fleeing her hometown of Capulhuac, México, Cristina Martínez starts all over in Philadelphia, where she rises to fame as a barbacoa chef. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.
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Los gemelos bailarines (The Dancing Twins)
25/11/2021 Duração: 23minGrowing up in Venezuela, identical twin brothers Emilio and Orlando Tovar Gil had to lean on each other to survive. After working hard to pursue an international dance career, will a series of setbacks cause them to break up? A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.