Notes In Spanish Gold

  • Autor: Vários
  • Narrador: Vários
  • Editor: Podcast
  • Duración: 19:48:23
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Sinopsis

Learn Spanish with Real Spanish Conversations for advanced and inspired intermediate learners, including full analysis of all the best language and vocab in each show. Get the accompanying worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

Episodios

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.24 - Supersticiones

    13/02/2013 Duración: 22min

    Ben and Marina talk about how superstitious the Spanish are, and some of Spain’s favourite superstitions. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.23 - De Libros…

    06/02/2013 Duración: 23min

    Ben and Marina look at the reading habits of the Spanish, and what it tells us about the Spanish today. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.22 - Impacto Cero

    30/01/2013 Duración: 27min

    Ben and Marina try to live a no-impact week, and discover that rubbish is one of the biggest problems in their lives! Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.21 - Velocidad

    23/01/2013 Duración: 21min

    Ben and Marina discuss the reasons for, and attitudes towards, the new speed reduction on Spanish highways, and how it doesn’t fit in with the speed increase on Madrid’s pavements! Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.20 - Colon

    16/01/2013 Duración: 24min

    Ben and Marina discuss the life of Cristóbal Colón (Columbus), and look at whether the tyrannical side of him portrayed in the film ‘Tambien la lluvia’ is really accurate or not. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.19 - Pueblos en Transicion

    09/01/2013 Duración: 25min

    Ben and Marina discuss life after Peak Oil, and the fascinating Transition Town initiative that is sweeping through the UK and beyond, promising to help us thrive in an oil-reduced future. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.18 - Guernica

    02/01/2013 Duración: 22min

    Ben and Marina discuss Guernica – the fascinating story of a Picasso’s involvement in the Spanish civil war, and the birth of his great symbolic painting. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.17 - Al Andalus

    26/12/2012 Duración: 25min

    Ben and Marina discuss the Moorish reign in Spain, and the clear influences we can see in Spanish life and culture today. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.16 - Coincidencias

    19/12/2012 Duración: 23min

    Ben and Marina look at the strange world of coincidences and discuss whether it is all down to probability and statistics, or whether there is something else going on… Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.15 - Atontados

    12/12/2012 Duración: 24min

    Ben and Marina discuss ways of saving ourselves from information overload on the internet, and in life in general. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.14 - Sorolla

    05/12/2012 Duración: 21min

    Ben and Marina discuss the little-known Spanish painter Joaquin Sorrolla, his wonderful museum-house in Madrid, and his luminous life and work. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.13 - El Cocido de Marina

    28/11/2012 Duración: 24min

    Ben and Marina talk about cooking, the typical Spanish dish Cocido (made with garbanzos – chickpeas), and its historical origins.  Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.12 - El Canto de la Sibila

    21/11/2012 Duración: 23min

    Ben and Marina look at why Unesco is choosing to bring Flamenco and Catalonia’s human castles under its umbrella, as well as other Spanish cultural treasures such as Mallorca’s El Canto de la Sibila. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.11 - Prohibido Fumar

    14/11/2012 Duración: 24min

    Ben and Marina discuss the changes brought about by the new full smoking ban in Spanish bars, restaurants, and other public places, and what it means for Spanish culture and respect for authority! Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.10 - De Cine

    07/11/2012 Duración: 21min

    Ben and Marina talk Spanish cinema, looking back at some of the great films and directors of the last few years… which films would you add to our list? Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.9 - Centros Comerciales

    31/10/2012 Duración: 24min

    Ben and Marina discuss a recent trip to a ‘centro comercial’ (and the horror awaiting in the toilets!), and examine the rise and fall of the shopping mall in Spain. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.8 - El Fin Del Chollo

    24/10/2012 Duración: 28min

    Ben and Marina look at a major breakdown in Spanish air traffic control in December, and how it lead to measures not seen since Franco’s times… Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.7 - El Dedo de Santa Teresa

    17/10/2012 Duración: 23min

    Ben and Marina look at the unlikely mix of Japanese Zen meditation and Catholicism in Spain, and examine the fascinating life of Santa Teresa de Avila. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.6 - Vente a Alemania Pepe

    10/10/2012 Duración: 23min

    Ben and Marina discuss emmigration from Spain over the last century, how it affected Marina’s family directly, and whether it is really about to happen again now. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

  • NIS-Gold2-ep.5 - Buenas y Malas Noticias

    03/10/2012 Duración: 22min

    Ben and Marina look at how the press manipulates us, with a real-world example from Madrid. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

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