Learn Spanish Podcasts: 7 BEST Spanish Podcasts That Will Get You To Fluency âś…
Listening Spanish is THE most important activity when it comes to learning Spanish. And you can learn Spanish podcasts for free, because you get tons of free material to practice.
Spring Spanish teacher PaulĂsima will tell you about some of the best and most useful podcasts you can start using right now… para mejorar tu español (to improve your Spanish).
And the first one is…
1. Spanish and Go with May and Jim
Showcasing primarily Mexican accent with interviews from many different Spanish-speaking countries, Spanish and Go with Jim and May teaches Spanish through natural conversations about language, culture, and travel between a native Spanish-speaker and a Spanish student.
Jim and May are a gringo/Mexican international couple on a mission to connect English speakers to the Spanish-speaking world. I met them recently, on Day of the Dead in 2022, at a language creator meetup. I found out that Jim and May are not only great teachers and content creators, but they’re also adorable people .
Before we continue, make sure to download the Free Essential Spanish Chunking kit with tons of useful Spanish chunks.
✔️ Cheat Sheet with 54 essential Spanish Chunks you’ll hear and use yourself in ANY Spanish conversation (and example sentences). Taken from our YouTube Teacher’s most popular videos!
✔️ 2 Bonus Cheat Sheets with Travel Chunks and Dating/Relationship Chunks
✔️ A Spanish Chunking Tutorial showing you the 1 technique that’ll help you make 100% of the Spanish from our videos roll off the tongue in just 5 minutes a day (you’re probably only using 50% of our lessons’ potential right now…)
Jim and May co-host the weekly Spanish education podcast, Learn Spanish and Go, share travel and language tips on their blog, and host Spanish Immersion Retreats in Mexico.
Each episode has bonus materials available in their Podcast Membership. With interactive transcripts, such as a detailed English section covering the most important words and phrases in each episode.)
Important note:
May speaks Spanish super clear, with a neutral accent and at a perfect speed even for beginner students. I love her voice!) If we all speak like her, everyone would have an easier time learning Spanish!
2. How To Spanish Podcast
Ana and David the hosts of How To Spanish Podcast, they have created over 200 episodes where they discuss culture, language, and all kind of interesting topics. Their Spanish is Mexican and the topics they covered are incredibly diverse!
We also had the opportunity to meet Ana and David, they’re so cool! We love their podcast because they cover varied subjects.
They cover grammar, history, culture, interesting facts, etc. I really like the interviews with Ana’s parents, where they talk about their life experiences,
Listening to intergenerational conversations in Spanish is amazing listening practice that you don’t often get. Ana and David’s content is phenomenal, we love it.
How To Spanish Podcast is everywhere, you can find them with that name on Spotify, Apple Podcast and other podcasts platforms, Youtube, Twitch, Discord…
Important note: Their website is super easy to navigate. Â
3. Coffee Break Spanish
Coffee Break Spanish is a fun bilingual Spanish-English podcast.
This podcast is structured like a classic language course and is divided into 4 sections:
- SecciĂłn uno para principiantes (Section 1 for beginners)
- SecciĂłn dos para el nivel intermedio bajo (Section 2 for lower intermediate level)
- SecciĂłn tres para el nivel intermedio superior (Section 3 for intermediate superior)
- SecciĂłn cuatro para usuarios avanzados (Section 4 for advanced users)
With Coffee Break Spanish you can start as a beginner and progress to an advanced level. You hear language teacher Mark and his student talking about interesting and diverse topics in each episode.
In addition to the free podcasts, there is also a paid online course with audio and video lessons and associated transcripts.
4. Duolingo
The Duolingo language learning app is very popular and a first stop for people who want to start learning Spanish.
So it makes sense that Duolingo also offers a podcast.
The Spanish Duolingo podcast is bilingual (English and Spanish), so it’s easy for beginners to start.
You would probably expect a podcast that (like the app) is a kind of language course.
The Duolingo Spanish podcast is much more than that, it tells fascinating stories in easy-to-understand Spanish.
5. SpanishPod101
With 1800 episodes, this is one of the most extensive Spanish podcasts out there.
What’s great about SpanishPod101, is that you are learning from a range of native speakers from different parts of the Spanish-speaking world: for example, Peru, Costa Rica and Mexico.
That way, you can get a better feel for how they speak the language in those different regions.
You’d be surprised how many new words (or chunks) you’d come across if you hear someone from Costa Rica speak Spanish!
SpanishPod101 has high-quality audio lessons with different hosts for beginners all the way up to advanced Spanish learners.
6. Spring Spanish
A podcast with lessons designed around the concept of Conversation Based Chunking™!
I’m a teacher here, so of course I’m biased. Regardless, if you want to learn Spanish through fun dialogues, lessons, and role-plays, this is an excellent resource. There are tons of lessons on a variety of topics, including travel Spanish, grammar, Latin culture, and much more.
Each episode is based upon a real Spanish lesson in this Youtube channel. We made it into this format so it’s easier to consume on the go, which is of course more difficult with video.
Transcripts and flashcards with the most important chunks are available as part of a membership. There’s a free trial available too.
You should totally try it out!
7. Radio Ambulante
Radio Ambulante is an award-winning podcast in spanish that uses long-form audio journalism. It is a pioneer podcast in Spanish that features Latin American audio chronicles.
They offer different topics such as news, talk, music, entertainment programs and a lot more.
The level is pretty high, and the podcast is not necessarily aimed at language learners. If you’re at a high intermediate level, this is an excellent resource to expand your vocabulary!
A transcript is included with every episode.)
