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Duolingo Spanish Podcast

Summary: 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.

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 Frida Kahlo’s Secret Room - Art Mysteries, Episode 4 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:12

For 47 years after her death, a room in Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s house remained sealed to the outside world. When it was finally opened in 2004, it revealed amazing insights into the painter and her life. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 The Fake Matisse - Art Mysteries, Episode 3 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:18

After a famous Matisse painting from a Venezuelan museum mysteriously shows up in a Miami art gallery, a journalist investigates and discovers the unthinkable: for years, the so-called masterpiece on display at the museum was a fake. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 The Picasso in Exile - Art Mysteries, Episode 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:05

Pablo Picasso’s most famous work, the anti-war mural called Guernica, is returned to Spain under a veil of secrecy after 44 years outside the country during the Franco dictatorship. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 The Missing Gabriel García Márquez: Art Mysteries, Episode 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:39

When a first edition of Gabriel García Márquez’s famous book, One Hundred Years of Solitude, disappears from a book fair in Bogotá, Colombia, a devoted bookseller vows to get it back. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 Trailer Season 12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:56

The Duolingo Spanish Podcast is back with a very special season on August 5. Listen to the trailer now!

 Los lowriders de hoy (Lowriders of Today) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:04

Marisa Rosales loved cars as a kid. But it wasn’t until she discovered lowriders as a young woman that she found a car community connected to her Mexican-American identity. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 El toreo de hoy (Bullfighting of Today) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:59

Juan Pablo grew up fascinated with bullfighting, a tradition in his home country of Spain. But when he discovers recorte — the art of bull dodging — he sees it as a thrilling, more humane alternative. He throws himself into the dangerous sport, risking his life every time he faces a bull. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 El tango de hoy (Tango of Today) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:33

Tango is Argentina’s most iconic cultural tradition. But for a hundred years, tangos have only been written from the perspective of men. The conductor of “La empoderada” or “The Empowered,” Argentina’s first all-female tango orchestra, is trying to change that. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 El mate de hoy (Mate of Today) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:00

Uruguay consumes more mate than any other country in the world. But for a hundred years, almost all of that mate has been imported. Now, Rodrigo Patrón is trying to bring back mate production in Uruguay, in a way that respects both the environment and the famous tea’s origins. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 Las cholitas de hoy (Cholitas of Today) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:35

A group of indigenous women from Bolivia go to great heights to show the world that mountaineering is for everyone — including cholitas who wear their traditional skirts and shawls with pride. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 La música andina de hoy (Andean Music of Today) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:23

After years of studying classical music overseas, a Peruvian composer returns home and decides to write an opera incorporating classical instruments as well as Andean ones like the zampoña and the quena — both types of flutes. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 El chocolate de hoy (Chocolate of Today) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:54

Cacao was once a cash crop for Costa Rica — until a fungus in the 1970’s wiped out over 80% of the country’s cacao trees. Today, Juan Pablo Buchert is trying to revive the industry, by promoting sustainability and fair trade. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 La lucha libre de hoy (Lucha Libre of Today) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:59

Growing up, José Luis Hernández disliked lucha libre, the famous style of Mexican professional wrestling. So he never imagined that someday, he would be one of its biggest stars. A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

 Trailer Season 11 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:10

The Duolingo Spanish Podcast is back with new episodes on April 29. Listen to the trailer now!

 Extrañamente idénticas (Strangely Identical) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:21

When a family friend told Dolores Fernández that she’d seen her on television, Dolores was sure there must be a mistake. But then Dolores saw the program for herself…and there she was. Except Dolores had never been on television. So who was this mystery woman? A transcript of this episode is available at podcast.duolingo.com.

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