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Wow! It’s been a whole year since the team started this podcast journey!
This week we simply take a step back to review the process. Jim and May reflect on the top 5 most popular episodes over the last year.
This week we discuss the life and success of Selena Quintanilla, the Mexican-American singer and probably one of the biggest Latina stars ever!She met a tragic fate in 1995 at the age of 23, but she managed to garner an incredible amount of fame before that. Her path is an interesting one partly because growing up in Texas, being Mexican-American made her occupy a unique space. Learn all about her journey and also the facts of how someone close to her ultimately ended her life.
Get ready to learn 9 of the most common mistakes that students make when they are learning Spanish. Maybe you’re making them too?
As March is Women’s History Month, it’s only right that we highlight some pretty badass women’s achievements, both in the past and in the current moment.
Most of us know about Frida Kahlo, Salma Hayek, and maybe even Kate del Castillo, but Jim and May share their list of 5 Mexican women that you need to know.
Tune in this week as Jared and Diana from Speaking Latino join Jim and May to chat about their Spanish learning resources for Spanish students and teachers alike.
They have published 12 books, each one focusing on a different dialect of Spanish. One of their biggest hits is a work called, “Speaking Boricua,” which is all about Puerto Rican Spanish.
The world has pretty much been shut down for serious traveling for almost a year due to COVID-19, but at last, there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel!
Jim and May catch everyone up with their personal experiences traveling during the pandemic and compare what they have witnessed in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the US.
Learning to have a natural conversation is probably the hardest part of learning a language.
Jim and May share a few funny stories this week about having difficulties understanding each other’s families while learning their target language. And they provide tips on comprehension when it comes to dealing with natives!
We started off this week with Valentine’s Day, or “El Día del Amor y la Amistad” in Mexico. Of course, most of us are familiar with celebrating love on this day with gifts or romantic gestures, but how did Valentine’s day come to be?
Jim and May run down the list of stories surrounding the origin of Valentine’s Day.
Where do we find the motivation for the things we do? How do we stay consistent in order to reach our goals?
Jim and May give advice about how to overcome the mental blocks that everyone has.
Out of the foods that we know and cherish today, how many do we actually know the origins of?
Take tamales for example – they are so important to Latin American gastronomy, especially in Mexico. But where did they come from? When were they first introduced to society?