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“ Here are some podcasts for those of you that learn or speak Spanish. Many you can find on iTunes, on Android using Pocket Casts, or on their own websites/RSS feed. Other podcasts: Arabic| French | German | Italian|...

Here are some podcasts for those of you that learn or speak Spanish. Many you can find on iTunes, on Android using Pocket Casts, or on their own websites/RSS feed. Other podcasts: Arabic| French | German | Italian| Russian| Ukrainian| Eurasia
Language Learning
Accelerated Spanish
Coffee Break Spanish
Discover Spanish
Language Transfer: Complete Spanish
Learn Spanish Daily Podcast
Learning Spanish for Beginners
Light Speed Spanish
Medical Spanish Podcast
Notes in Spanish: Beginner
Notes in Spanish: Intermediate
Notes in Spanish: Advanced
One Minute Spanish
One Minute Latin American Spanish
Real Deal Spanish
Spanish by Choice: Transcripts here.
SpanishPod101
Spanish - SurvivalPhrases
Speak Spanish with Maria Fernandez
Beginner-Advanced Listening
Advanced Spanish with Spanish Obsessed
Español Automático: Includes transcripts.
Españolistos
Hablemos Español (Mexico)
La Casa Rojas: Transcripts can be bought.
Learn Argentinian Spanish
My Spanish Podcasts
News in Slow Spanish (Spain): Includes transcripts.
News in Slow Spanish (Latin America): Includes transcripts.
Notes in Spanish: Gold: Transcripts can be bought.
Podcast en Spanish
Spanishpodcast: Includes transcripts.
SpanishPodcast.net: Includes transcripts.
Show Time Spanish
Unlimited Spanish: Includes transcripts.
Spanish Only
00 Podcast: Movies
Al Filo de la Realidad: Occult, UFO’s, pseudoscience.
Campamento Krypton: Pop culture.
CienciaEs: Science podcasts
Cultura, contracultura, y recontracultura: Culture.
Economía para la Ciudadanía: Economics.
El Amor Después : Relationships and love.
Engadget: Technology.
Es Salud: Health.
Es una Trampa: Star Wars
Fallo de sistema: Sci-fi, comics, movies.
Gameover: Video games.
Histocast: History
Juego de Tronos : Game of Thrones.
La Papa: Answers to unique questions.
La Parroquia: Humor.
La Rosa de los Vientos: Mystery
Lo-Fi: Relationships.
Melomania: Classical music.
Memorias de un Tambor: Spanish history.
Nadie sabe nada: Humor.
Negá Todo : X-files
Nunca Ayudes a Nadie: Productivity
Oh My LOL: Humor
Radio Ambulante: Like This American Life
Radioshock: Random interesting topics.
SBS Radio: News
Señaladores: Literature.
Sexopolis: Sex & sexuality.
Siglo 21: Music.
Son y sabor: Music
Terror Y Nada Más: Horror.
Verne y Wells Ciencia Ficción: Sci-fi and stories.
Argentina Podcastera: Several interesting podcasts from Argentina.
iVoox: Several podcasts can be found here.
Radio Nacional: Several podcasts from Colombia.
RTVE: Several podcasts from Spain that you narrow by category.
You can find waaay more podcasts in Spanish simply by going through Spanish radio stations. I’ve seen podcasts for Pokemon, poetry, geology, and beer. You’re bound to find something you like :D

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21 Spanish filler words

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Spanish Filler Words
1) Bueno: Well
Ex: “bueno, no importa” = “well, it doesn’t matter”
2) O sea / Es decir: I mean, in other words, that is to say
Ex: “El jefe no me ha hablado todavía, o sea / es decir, de verdad no sé.” = “The boss hasn’t talked to me yet, so in other words, I don’t really know.”
3) Así que: So, therefore
¿Así que al final fuiste al restaurante? = So you ended up going to the restaurant?
4) Pues: Well
Ex: Pues… no sé, tengo mucho sueño = Well… I don’t know, I’m really tired
5) Mira = Look / look here
Ex: “Mira, sólo digo que a mí no me parece una buena idea.” = “Look, I’m just saying that I don’t think that it is a good idea.”
6) Che: Hey, hey buddy ( mostly used in Argentina but also used in Uruguay and Valencia, Spain)
Ex: “¡Che! ¿Qué tal, hombre?” = “Hey! What’s up, man?”
7) A ver: Let’s see
Ex: A ver… ¿qué podemos hacer esta noche? = Let’s see… what can we do tonight?
8) Vamos a ver: Let’s see
Vamos a ver qué hay para hacer esta noche = Let’s see what there is to do tonight
9. Está bien / Dale = Okay, a synonym of Spanish in Spain is “vale”
Ex: “Mañana te llamo, ¿dale? – ¡Dale! / Está bien.” = “I give you a call tomorrow, okay? – Okay!”
10) Tipo / como = Like
Ex: “Es tipo / como el pie Americano” = “It’s like the American pie”
11) Entonces: So, therefore
Ex: “Entonces, cuando vas a visitar a tu abuela?” = “So, when are you going to visit your grandma?’
12) Este: Uh, umm, ah
Ex: “Sí, este… rompí tu telefono” = “Yeah, umm…I broke your phone”
13) A propósito / por cierto: By the way
Ex: “A propósito, ¿sabes dónde está María?” = “By the way, do you know where Maria is?”
14) Luego: Then (it can also mean “later” in another context)
Ex: “Fui a la farmacia y luego a casa” = “I went to the drugstore and then home.”
15) Por lo menos: At least
Ex: “Por lo menos no te quemaste” = “At least you didn’t burn yourself”
16) ¿Sabes?: You know?
Ex: Es muy importante para mí, ¿sabes? = It’s really important to me, you know?
17) Por fin: Finally, at last
Ex: “¡Por fin! ¡Estás aquí!” = “Finally! You’re here!”
“Por fin, tenemos la tarea de todos.” = “At last, we’ve got everyone’s homework.”
17) Quizás / tal vez: Maybe, perhaps
Ex: “Quizás/ Tal vez no debí haberme comido toda sea comida” = “Maybe I shouldn’t have eaten all that food”
18) Aunque: Although, even though
Ex: “Aunque está lloviendo, voy a ir al gym” = “Even though it’s raining, I’m going to the gym”
19) Además: Moreover, besides, also, and occasionally used as “too”
Ex: “El queso es demasiado suave, demasiado débil, y además huele muy mal.” = “Cheese is too soft, too weak, and besides, it smells terrible.”
20) Sin embargo: However, nonetheless, nevertheless
“Entiendo que el queso no es tan fuerte como el acero, pero sin embargo voy a hacer un carro con él.” = “I understand that cheese isn’t as strong as steel, but nevertheless I’m going to make a car out of it.”
21) De hecho: actually
Ex: “De hecho, nunca vi esta película pero dicen que es digna ser vista.” = “Actually, I’ve never seen that movie, but they say it is worth it.”