Learn Spanish with Stories
by Lingo Mastery Spanish
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About this podcast
Learn Spanish with Stories is the number one podcast for upper beginner to intermediate Spanish learners. The main objective of this podcast is to give students fun and interesting stories from Latin America to help students with Spanish immersion. You can read while you listen if you head over to podcast.lingomastery.com to find the transcript.
Episodes
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- Potosí, The Richest Mountain in History (Potosí, La Montaña Más Rica de la Historia) · 28 min · Season 6 Episode 4Modern civilization is something of a privilege for you and me, especially those of us living in developed nations - much of it has been built on the backs of hard, unforgiving…
- How Did Coffee Conquer the World? (¿Cómo el Café Conquistó el Mundo?) · 30 min · Season 6 Episode 3Coffee is everywhere - you may have just had a cup, or at least one this morning (right?), and it has helped corporations build billion-dollar brands across the globe that…
- Selena, the Queen of Tex-Mex (Selena, La Reina Tex-Mex) · 33 min · Season 6 Episode 2Latin America regularly produces some of the best and most globally acclaimed music artists in the world, but the story of Selena Quintanilla is quite singular. A musician who…
- 2026 FIFA World Cup: The Biggest World Cup Ever (Copa Mundial FIFA 2026, El Mundial Más Grande) · 29 min · Season 6 Episode 1The 2026 FIFA World Cup was a massive one, don't you think? We're not just talking of the level of football or geographical extension (it was, after all, hosted across 3…
- How Can Latin America Be Fixed? (¿Cómo Se Arregla Latinoamérica?) · 31 min · Season 5 Episode 36Honestly, we all love Latin America, but we're not blind to the fact that many things simply don't work or could be better. Whether it's at the political or social level, Latin…
- Avándaro, The Day That Changed Mexican Rock (Avándaro, El Día que Cambió el Rock Mexicano) · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 35Rock music has always been somewhat controversial in conservative societies, and Mexico (a highly religious and Catholic country) held great distrust and contempt towards this…
- How the Internet Changed Spanish (Cómo Internet Cambió el Español) · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 34The internet has shaped every language it has come in contact with, and Spanish is no different. It doesn't help that Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the…
- Violence in Mexico, The Shadow of El Mencho (Violencia en México, La Sombra de El Mencho) · 30 min · Season 5 Episode 33Mexico is no stranger to cartel-related violence, and early in 2026, we witnessed how the death of a cartel leader caused an explosion of terror across 12 states - businesses…
- Music Without Translation: The Bad Bunny Phenomenon (Música Sin Traducción, El Fenómeno Bad Bunny) · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 32Bad Bunny. A name, a personality, a legend (maybe)? Everyone knows him, everybody feels something towards him, whether it's love, admiration, or pure rejection. He's the face for…
- What if...? Latin America Under the British Flag (What if...? Latinoamérica Bajo la Bandera Británica) · 33 min · Season 5 Episode 31Living in Latin America, you'll hear the following nostalgic phrase at least once in your lifetime (especially if somebody is complaining about laziness or bad habits): "If only…
- How Latin America Has Changed the World (Cómo América Latina Ha Cambiado el Mundo) · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 30Let's do an exercise - since we've already explored how Latin America has been changed by Spanish colonization, by the influence of the United States, and other nations... why…
- Venezuela and the Fall of a Dictatorship (Venezuela y la Caída de una Dictadura) · 33 min · Season 5 Episode 29On January 3, 2026, Venezuela's dictator, Nicolás Maduro, was removed from power. Plenty of us already know this headline, and many are already aware of how this looked from the…
- Life in Latin America’s Most Dangerous Neighborhoods (Cómo Se Vive en los Barrios Más Peligrosos de Latinoamérica) · 30 min · Season 5 Episode 28We like to highlight the beauty and magic of Latin America in as many episodes as we can... but sometimes, there is "another" truth that is not as pretty: Latin America, for all…
- The Names That Shaped Latin America (Los Nombres que Construyeron América Latina) · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 27Where do names come from, and most importantly, where do country names come from? Usually, they have some sort of historic link with tribes who already lived there, with a great…
- Latin American Lullabies (Historias de Cuna Latinoamericanas) · 31 min · Season 5 Episode 26Do you remember the first lullabies that were sung to you as a baby? Probably not, but there definitely is a song in your mind that brings you back to your earliest, most…
- María Corina Machado, The Woman Who Stole Donald Trump's Nobel Prize (María Corina Machado, La Mujer que le Quitó el Nobel a Donald Trump) · 31 min · Season 5 Episode 25Unless you've missed a lot of the recent news, you'll probably have heard about María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize award, and how US President Donald Trump soon became the…
- San Basilio de Palenque, The First Free Town in America (San Basilio de Palenque, El Primer Pueblo Libre de América) · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 24There are some really amazing stories regarding independence and freedom in Latin America, but what if I told you that the episode you're about to listen to is about the first…
- The Kidnapped Truth, The Mystery of Jesús de Galíndez (La Verdad Secuestrada, El Misterio de Jesús de Galíndez) · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 23Latin America has suffered under fascism throughout its history, and right-wing dictators have made a strong negative impact on the region throughout several decades of the…
- The Flags That Changed Latin America (Las Banderas que Cambiaron América Latina) · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 22Some of the most interesting and curious flags in the world are those in Latin America; after all, aren't some, like, almost identical to each other? And why would that be?…
- Manuela Sáenz, The Liberator of the Liberator (Manuela Sáenz, La Libertadora del Libertador) · 28 min · Season 5 Episode 21History tells too many tales of great men, but what about the incredible women that liberated countries and fought valiantly in wars where they were overpowered and outnumbered?…
