Advanced Spanish with Spanish Obsessed
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Advanced Spanish with Spanish Obsessed
Advanced Spanish - lively and natural Spanish conversations around a range of engaging topics. Couple Liz and Rob (Colombian and English) share anecdotes, Spanish vocabulary, phrases, and much more in a series of real conversations. Rob's not a native speaker, so you can hear Liz correct him occasio...
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Preguntas con Pilar: Los hábitos de los estudiantes exitosos
Rob and Pilar discuss what they see most effective Spanish learners have in common. What are the qualities they all cultivate, and does "immersion" ha...
Preguntas con Pilar 3: La emigración de Colombia
Rob continues his conversations with Pilar. They discuss why so many people are looking to leave Colombia, and what some of the assumptions there are...
Preguntas con Pilar 2: Mexico
Pilar has experience living and working in Mexico. Rob chats with her about life in Mexico, and how it compares to Colombia. They also touch on Spangl...
Preguntas con Pilar: Conocer a Pilar
We're introducing a new "mini-series" - Preguntas con Pilar. Rob chats with Pilar, who is one of the teachers in the Spanish Obsessed Academy. She has...
Advanced 31: La Gestión Urbana
Rob talks with Lis’ sister, Judith. Judith recently completed her Masters in La Gestión Urbana (Urban Management), and discusses the current global mi...
Advanced 29: Education
Rob, Lis and Colombian friend Dani talk about the education systems of UK vs Colombia and Latin America
Advanced 30: Ser popular
Rob and Lis talk about being popular, having friends, and how to maintain contact in the age of social media…
Advanced 28: Interviews
How important is the interview process for finding a job? Lis and Rob discuss their experiences in interviews in both English and Spanish, and how dif...
Advanced 27: News of a kidnapping
We recently had the opportunity to talk with Gilberto Torres, who was kidnapped by Colombian paramilitaries and held captive for 42 days several years...
Advanced 26: A very brief gastronomic tour of Spain
Continuing with Javi (and Castillian Spanish), Rob talks food - a mutually shared passion. We take a gastronomic tour around Spain, Javi gives us his...
Advanced 25: Javi de España
Meet Javi, from Valladolid in Spain. He works near London as a Spanish teacher, and in this podcast he chats with Liz about teaching in the UK, how he...
Advanced 24: Nuria de España
Meet Nuria, from Alicante, Spain. Believe it or not, despite being called “Spanish Obsessed”, Nuria is the first Spanish person we’ve actually intervi...
Advanced 23: Vanessa de Argentina
We welcome another friend to Spanish Obsessed. Meet Vanessa, who's come to London from Argentina. She talks with Rob about her beloved country, and ho...
Advanced 22: Conversación de copas y niñas
Liz takes the time to have a chat with our Mexican friend Mariana about all sorts of girly things – mainly men. What’s the difference between the Lati...
Advanced 21: Mariana La Mexicana
We take a break in our trip to Colombia to bring you a guest podcast, with our friend Mariana, from Puerto de Veracruz, Mexico. Mariana talks with Rob...
Advanced 20: El viaje, part two
After a few weeks, Rob also joined Liz in Colombia for a (well deserved) 2 week holiday. We talk about the first couple of days in Bogotá, the capital...
Advanced 19: El viaje, part one
After nearly three years, Liz returned to Colombia to see her family. She tells us about the surprises she had lined up for them, as well as her impre...
Advanced 18: Spanish in the USA
The majority of visitors to Spanish Obsessed come from the USA. We talk about the rise of Spanish in the States! However, we don't have any first hand...
Advanced 17: Colombia's big weekend
Colombia just had a big weekend, with the co-incidence of its first world cup game and the second round of the general elections! Update - Colombia wo...
Advanced 15: Driving
We talk about driving - the differences between driving in Colombia and England (can't be that many...!), what's required to get a driving licence, an...
Advanced Spanish 14: La Leyenda del Dorado
We recently visited the British Museum's exhibition "The Legend of El Dorado", and here we discuss the exhibition and its importance!
Advanced Spanish 13: La Política
We talk about the political set up in Colombia. Liz used to work in the Colombian senate, so has some good experience here! We talk about Colombian po...
Advanced Spanish 12: Maria de Peru
We have a very special guest in Maria, from Northern Peru. Maria tells Rob and Liz about her experience as an immigrant to the UK, including the diffi...
Advanced Spanish 11: Travel around South America
Meet Margarita, Liz’s cousin who’s visiting us from Colombia! Margarita is very well travelled, and here she gives us her three top tips for places to...
Advanced Spanish 10: Mexican Spanish
Barbara, a Mexican friend, teaches us some Spanish slang only heard in Mexico. Not for the faint hearted!
Advanced Spanish 9: Peace in Colombia
We discuss the latest rounds of peace talks between the Farc and the government, and how safe it is around Colombia these days.
Advanced Spanish 5: La Rumba!
We welcome a new "invitada" to our podcast - thank you very much Stephie! Stephie talks to Rob about "La Rumba", and how she and her friends celebrate...
Advanced Spanish 4: Sonia la Cubana!
Meet Sonia, a super cool Cuban who has been living in the UK. She tells us about her life in Cuba, and her experiences living in the UK.
Advanced Spanish 3: Como conquistar a las chicas!
Liz talks to Rob about how to pick up Latin chicas, and how the dating scene in Colombia compares to that of England.
Advanced Spanish 2: Como es Vivir en Otro País?
Liz and Rob talk about living in foreign countries - what did/do they miss the most? Why did they decide to live abroad?