Ben and Marina bring you real conversations and natural language to help you start speaking the Spanish you'll never find in a text book. With over 100 Spanish podcasts to their names with the popular Intermediate and Advanced series, the "Inspired Beginners" podcasts are for motivated learners who want to sound like pros! See notesinspanish.com for full details and the accompanying worksheets.
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NIS Beginners 030 - Horarios
Today we look at timetables in Spain and the UK, and more cool Spanish phrases as usual! See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet, and to s
Aug 20 2008 22 min
NIS Beginners 029 - Shopping and Money
We look at useful vocab and phrases for shopping and money, and have a real Spanish conversation on changing shopping habits in Spain. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up t
Aug 13 2008 26 min
NIS Beginners 028 - Para
It's Para time! In the last episode we tackled Por, and this time we cover its partner in crime, Para. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/works
Aug 6 2008 24 min
NIS Beginners 027 - Por y Para 1: Por
It's Por and Para time! In this episode we start with a complete rundown of Por. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet, including all of
Jul 30 2008 27 min
NIS Beginners 026 - La Musica
Lots of Spanish vocab and phrases for music today, and an insight into Marina's music tastes in days gone by! See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcrip
Jul 23 2008 26 min
NIS Beginners 025 - Robo en Valencia
Ben and Marina introduce the Past Perfect tense, and talk about a terrible event in Valencia. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet.
Jul 2 2008 22 min
NIS Beginners 024 - Ir de Tapas
Ben and Marina look at words and phrases connected with eating, ordering, and dealing with waiters in Spanish bars and restaruants, plus a rundown of the best Spanish tap
Jun 25 2008 25 min
NIS Beginners 023 - Ser y Estar
It's time to tackle Ser and Estar! Plus some extra listening practice for the Past Tenses. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
Jun 18 2008 30 min
NIS Beginners 022 - Odio el futbol
More great conversation starters and useful phrases, with a touch of football for making friends with blokes! See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcrip
Jun 11 2008 24 min
NIS Beginners 021 - Intercambios
We look at great conversation openers in Spanish to help you out at parties, when you meet new poeple, with intercambios and more. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the a
Jun 4 2008 24 min
NIS Beginners 020 - El Kindle
This week we discuss Amazon's Kindle, a revolutionary device that could change the way we read. See NotesinSpanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
Jan 16 2008
NIS Beginners 019 - Sydney
This week we look at how two key past tenses, the Preterito Imperfecto and the Preterito Indefinido, can be used together to tell a great story. See notesinspanish.com fo
Jan 9 2008 19 min
NIS Beginners 018 - Nada de Nada
Nada, nadie, ninguno... this week we explore the Spanish negatives! See notesinspanish.com for the accompanying worksheets.
Jan 2 2008 17 min
NIS Beginners 017 - Epocas Felices
We look at which past tense to use to talk about things we used to do in the past. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet.
Dec 26 2007 23 min
NIS Beginners 016 - Feliz Navidad
Happy Christmas! A special show full of Christmas vocab, and details of Christmas in Spain. See notesinspanish.com for the accompanying worksheet.
Dec 19 2007 23 min
NIS Beginners 015 - La ultima vez
When was the last time you...? We look at how the Preterito Indefinido past tense is used to talk about things that happened in the past. See notesinspanish.com for more
Oct 22 2007 22 min
NIS Beginners 014 - Quedar
How to arrange to meet someone, and how to make excuses to get out of meeting someone! See notesinspanish.com for more details!
Oct 15 2007 16 min
NIS Beginners 013 - El Futuro
This week we look at the future tense in Spanish, and talk about our vision of the world in the future. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet.
Oct 8 2007 17 min
NIS Beginners 012 - Yo Que Tu
In this episode we look at ways of giving advice in Spanish. See notesinspanish.com for full details and to pick up the worksheet.
Oct 1 2007 17 min
NIS Beginners 011 - Experiencias
Ben and Marina look at how the perfect tense is used to talk about experiences we have had in our lifetimes. See notesinspanish.com for more details and the accompanying
Sep 24 2007 19 min
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Most beginning podcasts are too easy (greetings, numbers, etc) and intermediate ones go too fast. This is perfect for someone who has been trying to bridge the gap from beginning to intermediate without success. I can follow the conversations and am picking up new phrases.
strings and things · Jun 2025
I think people need a basic understanding of Spanish before they start this podcast. I consider myself intermediate and as I was listening, I thought to myself that there would be no way I could understand their conversation if I was just starting out. As an intermediate learner, I already understood most of what they were saying but I found this podcast very helpful since I do not know a lot of slang. I want to point out that this is Spain Spanish, and not Latin American Spanish, and different Spanish-speaking regions use different vocabulary. All-in-all, I liked this podcast and think we can all learn a lot from them, especially with the worksheets they provide from their website. If they taught a more advanced module, I would listen to that podcast as well.
Shorty J Thai · Dec 2024
When I first started listening to this show I wasn’t a fan. Felt a bit overwhelmed and had a hard time understanding them. But I have to say out of all the ways I consume Spanish, for some reason I always remember the words and phrases from this show. I think the cheesiness of their conversations always sticks with me. I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve been traveling, I’m tired, struggling to think of what to say in a Spanish speaking country, and for some reason their cheesy Spanish phrases and stories will pop out for me to use.
calibizle · Feb 2022
I have tried many Spanish learning podcasts and apps and have found this podcast to be the most enjoyable as well as the best to learn from. Ben and Marina have a fun chemistry and discuss interesting topics in a really authentic way. I bought all the transcripts and love following along. Truly vale la pena!
Niloointown · Jan 2021
I’m an intermediate Spanish speaker. I have been learning on and off for years and this is not for beginners. The lady speaks too fast and they move too quickly through the conversations so by the 3rd podcast it seems way ahead. It’s certainly not something someone who is just learning will get easily.
shante_ · Jan 2021
The “beginner” section goes from 0-100 really quick. They go from saying “hello, what’s your name” to describing really detailed conversations like 3 episodes later. It’s super hard to follow along and stay motivated. I feel like there are much better ways of saying something to keep them simple, but they give 5 variations at once, which is hard to digest as a beginning language speaker.
R.A.A.80 · Nov 2020
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