Real Spanish conversations for Advanced and Inspired Intermediate Spanish learners, to help you learn all the real Spanish you’ll never find in a classroom. Ben and Marina cover culture, news, life, Spain and more to help you progress fast with your Spanish.
Ben and Marina discuss Marina's other life as a Yoga instructor, Ben's strangest ever class in Spanish, and why when your life is full up, you just ha...
Ben and Marina look at class distinctions in Spain, and how the 'new rich' has got as much to do with TV and Hola magazine as it has with being an ari...
Ben and Marina discuss one of Marina's obsessions, the Camino de Santiago, our experience of it this summer, and how you can find it almost anywhere. ...
Ben and Marina discuss the astonishing language-recognition and acquisition capabilities of babies, how this power drops off after puberty, and how we...
Ben and Marina discuss the Spanish newspaper Marca, it's astounding readership figures, and what it says about Spanish culture. We look at sport in Sp...
Ben and Marina discuss one of their favourite films, 8 Apellidos Vasquos, and how it is filled with typical comedy archetypes, asking, how close are t...
Ben and Marina discuss 7 Spanish Christmas curiosities that you may not be aware of - have you eaten cardo? Or been a victim of the 'día de los inocen...
Ben and Marina discuss 'Madrid Central', a new plan to reduce pollution in the centre of Madrid. We look at why it has taken so long and the link with...
Ben and Marina discuss play, and why it is so important in both children's and adults' lives, plus how difficult it can be for adults to just let go a...
Ben and Marina discuss news that the Spanish will soon surpass the Japanese in life-expectancy. We look at the reasons why, from diet, to culture, and...