News in Slow Spanish Latino (Intermediate) - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I’m following the content for Italian, Spanish, and French, and appreciate how it’s easier to follow the vocabulary that would otherwise be challenging for me because it relates to topics that are top of mind because of stories in the news. Especially this year, the new cycle has not made me smile, but at least I can get something out of it by learning other languages. Another thing that is useful is that when the new episodes are released, there are some similarities with the content in the varied languages, but also some differences. This means it’s varied enough to improve engagement but similar enough to help with comprehension.

Once you gain some knowledge of a language in a classroom setting, I think it's important that you spend a lot of time listening to the language if you want to gain any sort of proficiency. These podcasts offer such an opportunity that you can take advantage of with very little trouble or expense. As advertised, the Spanish is slow enough to provide word separation, and even if you don't know all of the words, it's still good practice to capture the words you do know while noting the ones you don't. And if you're aware of the news, you may learn some new words in the process.

Not all of these news stories are top headlines, so some of them will be coming at you with no background at all in the story. Those are fun opportunities of a different kind. It's fun when you hear about it in your own language later on, and you realize you heard about it first in Spanish.

Aside from the news stories, which you can read about independently, the podcasters break into commentary and conversation about the news stories. That's also an interesting challenge, because there's no independent source to help you verify what you think you heard.

I have listened to many hours of radio Spanish, and I know that listening is a skill that you will improve upon if you do it often. These podcasts are more kind and gentle than a radio station. Need to practice listening? Recommended!

Great way to grow more accustomed to hearing and understanding spoken Spanish. Each podcast is interesting and it’s short enough to listen to several times. I find that I hear and understand more with each repetition.
I have only one suggestion :
I’d like a transcript of each podcast. There is often a section that I can’t seem to make out the words or comprehend. Reading through while listening would help bridge the small gap I’m experiencing.

It's great for people wanting a continuous conversation in español but can't hear a native speak on a daily. It's slowed down which is also great for picking up on words.

After the first few episodes, this “podcast” becomes a 3 minute long ad for their app. Out of each 3 minutes, there’s about a minute and thirty seconds of new Spanish content telling you what’s going to be in the show today (which can be found in their app)- the rest is a repeat show template and English content explaining that you’ve reached the end of the free content.