El hilo

What it actually is

The news sibling of Radio Ambulante: each Friday, thirty minutes on a single story from somewhere in Latin America, reported by a journalist from that country. That structure means you hear Mexican, Colombian, Argentine and Venezuelan Spanish in rotation instead of one accent, which is exactly the exposure most learners are missing. Free, and — unusually and very usefully — every episode has a full transcript on the site.

What it covers

• Listening
• Reading
• Vocabulary

Listed for

• Spanish

Official links

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