🇦🇩 The best podcasts for learning Catalan

Real people answering questions in the street, subtitled in Catalan and English simultaneously — the format that makes authentic speech usable months earlier than it should be. The Super Easy episodes are slowed and simplified for beginners, and the podcast is two hosts talking naturally with transcripts. The best single resource for hearing Catalan as it is actually spoken.

Mihalis Eleftheriou records real lessons with a real student and walks you through constructing the language yourself using cognates and logic — Spanish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Turkish, Arabic and Swahili are covered. Completely free, no ads, no sign-up, funded by donations. The Spanish course in particular is one of the most recommended free resources anywhere; the trade-off is small vocabulary and no reading or writing practice.

Mark Pentleton teaches a genuine student while you listen in, across French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Portuguese, Japanese and Gaelic. The podcast seasons are free on any podcast app and are structured as a real curriculum rather than scattered episodes; the Academy sells premium lesson notes, video and bonus audio. Ideal commuting material for beginners through B1, and the Spanish and French series are the strongest.