Garbanzo Spanish Podcast

We’ve got a rooster laying an egg and a snake incubating it… what could go wrong?  Find out in this episode!  Core Vocab: caballero ( knight ), secuestrar ( kidnap ), brujo ( sorcerer ), salió ( left ) For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit https://blog.garbanzo.io/

Hear about a Chilean ghost ship called “El Caleuche” which sometimes can be found, and sometimes can’t be found, in the waters of southern Chile. Core Vocab: buque ( ship ), tripulantes ( crewmembers ), nadie conoce ( nobody knows ), and agarran ( grab ) For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit https://blog.garbanzo.io/

In this episode, you will hear about a whole species of terrifying creature from Chile!  El Cuero lurks near the shore waiting to devour its next victim. Listen to learn its habits and how to defeat it! Core Vocab: cuero, pieles, manta, puede volar, ojos rojos, garras, ventosa, lagos, orilla, se acerca, agarra For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit https://blog.garbanzo.io/

This episode is sure to have you running for the scissors!  Listen to this legend from Guatemala about a peculiar man with an even more peculiar interest in long hair.   Core Vocab: hombre, trenza el pelo, duerme, come, está triste For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit https://blog.garbanzo.io/

If you are visiting Sonsonate in El Salvador, beware La Cuyancúa!  It may seem harmless enough at first, but you don’t want to run into it and find out what befalls its victims!  Core Vocab: dice, tiene, quiere, puede, cerdo, serpiente, lluvia For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit https://blog.garbanzo.io/

Do you enjoy a steaming cup of mate every once in a while? Or maybe you’re having one right now!  Whether you're a mate connoisseur or are hearing about this delicious drink for the first time, this episode is sure to be entertaining and informative!  Find out the mystical origins of this famous South American beverage! This episode goes best with Somos 1 Unit 10.  Core Vocab: luna, nube, tie...

Is there any punishment when a leader neglects their duties? They may be the boss in their communities, but do they have to answer to anyone? Find out in this episode where we will hear the Quechua legend of a petulant princess and what befalls her.   Core Vocab: tiene miedo, mira, hacia, dios, oro For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit https://blog.garbanzo.io/episode-24

This Mexican legend tells the tale of a bat who has his greatest wish granted.  How will it turn out for him?  Will it be everything he dreamed of or will he fly too close to the sun?   Core Vocab: mira, hacia, vuela, triste, plumas For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, click here !

Have you ever wondered how Cusco was founded?  In this episode, listen as Walter Rodriguez Martinez recounts the Incan legend of the Ayar Brothers whose journey led to the settlement of Cusco.  Four brothers set out… how many will reach their destination?   Core Vocab: tiene miedo, hacia, hermano, mira For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit https://blog.garbanzo.io/

When farmers find their goats mysteriously drained of blood, will they believe the investigators’ claims that coyotes are to blame? Or, will they suspect something more sinister like… El Chupacabras? The Garbanzo Spanish Podcast is back for Season 3 with a fun theme - legends of the Spanish speaking world! Check out the first episode of the new season!  Core Vocab: busca, encuentra, sabes, cabra,...

Listen as the Garbanzo team imagine what the expedition to find the lost city of Paititi may have looked like! (Featuring the writing talents of Andrea Giganti Dima and performances from Andrea Giganti Dima, Borja Odriozola, Johanna Ruiz Fajardo, Paulino Brener, and Walter Rodriguez Martinez.) Core Vocab: selva, ciudad, donde, hay, caminar, ir, saber, volver For transcript, teaching ideas, and pri...

In the Amazon there is a lost city of gold! Or, is there?  Listen to this episode about a group of explorers looking for the lost city of Paititi, or, in Spanish - El Dorado!  Core Vocab: ciudad, leyenda, realidad, dónde está For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit https://blog.garbanzo.io/

¿Qué es el elote? That’s exactly what you’ll be learning in this episode! Listen as Nelly tells us all about this delicious Mexican street food! This episode comes from the Somos 1 Unit 8 extension and uses core vocabulary comida callejera, es probable que conozcas, encontrar , and sabes. For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit blog.garbanzo.io/.

Have you ever had a pet go missing in your house?  Perhaps a small one? Perhaps an eight-legged one?  Check out this episode of the podcast to find out what happens when Leroy’s pet goes missing!  It’s quite the arachnid adventure!   This episode comes from Somos 1 Unit 8 and uses core vocabulary busca, encuentra, and sabes.   For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit blog.garbanzo.io/...

What happens when the powerful suddenly find themselves vulnerable?  Will anyone be willing and able to step in and help them?  Maybe!  In this episode, El león y el ratón, based on the well-known Aesop’s Fable, find out what happens when a lion and a mouse cross paths!   Core Vocab: tienes que, le ayuda, no puede (hacer), simpático For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit blog.garban...

Do you have one of those names that people are always mispronouncing? In this episode you will hear about a frustrated android who can’t make himself understood in his new Spanish class. This episode comes from Somos 1 Unit 6.   Core Vocab: Idioma, se sienta, se levanta, le grita  For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit blog.garbanzo.io!

Popocatépetl is victorious, but another warrior is determined to marry Iztaccíhuatl and seize power for himself!  Will the warrior’s evil plan pay off, or will love triumph?  This episode is based on the simplest version of Popocatépetl e Iztaccíhuatl available on Garbanzo and is told by Nelly Andrade Hughes.  Core Vocab: quiere ser, está enojado, dice, gusta For transcript, teaching ideas, and pr...

The leader of the Aztecs has a plan to find a husband for his daughter and a new leader to replace him, but not everyone agrees on who that should be!  Listen to this story to find out if love can find a way!  This episode is based on the simplest version of Popocatépetl e Iztaccíhuatl available on Garbanzo and is told by Nelly Andrade Hughes.  Core Vocab: quiere ser, está enojado, dice, gusta. Fo...

Episode 13, “El pingüino,” is about someone with a brother, a girlfriend, and a problem.  Camila Del Castillo tells this story using controlled language suitable for beginners, especially those who have listened to the first 12 episodes of the podcast!  Core Vocab: quiere ser, está enojado, hermano, novia For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit https://blog.garbanzo.io/ !

Episode 12, "Amigos internacionales en el zoológico," will bring you along on a trip to the zoo made by students from the Cusco International School.  This is a script style episode with many voice artists contributing their talents.  Estela Tuchez narrates and jumps in to make sure listeners are understanding everything!   Core Vocab: ¿Cómo se dice?, se dice, and llama (llamar) For tran...

This story is about a boy named Justin who heads off to college with a dream, but he runs into some trouble with his classes and he has to change his plan. Garbanzo storyteller Nelly Andrade Hughes shares the story with controlled language in Spanish so that it is easy for beginners to understand; especially beginning Spanish learners that have been listening to all of the episodes of our podcast!...

Welcome to The Garbanzo Spanish Podcast Season 2!  Check out this episode for a recap of what we learned in Season 1! Core Vocab: dicen, camina, ve, no puede, va, hay, abre la puerta, no cierra, los números del 1-12, son las, a las Recorded by: Nelly Andrade Hughes

Garbanzo Spanish Podcast Season 1 Bonus Episode: La Nochevieja You can’t stop Garbanzo voice artists from having a good time when they get together - and why would you want to?!  To celebrate La Nochevieja, our first collaborative recording, and the end of the first season of The Garbanzo Spanish Podcast, we have given our artists space to go off-roading a little bit and add their own flare to a b...

For our tenth episode of the Garbanzo Spanish Podcast, Nelly Andrade Hughes will be telling us about a special tradition, Las doce uvas de la suerte , which is celebrated in Spain and parts of Latin America on New Year's Eve. As a special treat, Nelly is joined by some special friends––and familiar voices! This fun, cultural lesson uses  controlled language so that it is easy for beginners to...

There are so many kinds of dogs in the world… big dogs, little dogs, black dogs, brown dogs, calm dogs, energetic dogs… but there is NO dog like Bagel! Hear Bagel the Dog’s story in Season 1, Episode 9, told in simple Spanish using controlled vocabulary so that even beginning Spanish learners can enjoy this story. For transcript, teaching ideas, and printables, visit our blog:  https://blog.garban...