Carioca Connection - Brazilian Portuguese Conversation

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com If you are anything like us, you spend a lot of time on your phone. In today's episode, we talk about our relationship with technology and how it is affecting our mental health. 2023 is the year to...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com In this episode, Alexia and Foster explore the wonderful city of Teresópolis, a tiny town tucked into the mountains of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Teresópolis is full of natural wonders like nation...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com If you are interested in Brazil, you've probably heard of feijoada. If so, you know you are in for a treat. If you've never heard of feijoada, you can't leave Brazil without trying this classic dish...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the most beautiful places in Brazil. You could say, well, it is super bonito ☀️ In this episode, Alexia and Foster talk about the wonders of Bonito as well as so...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com If you have listened to Carioca Connection for a while, you know how much we love and appreciate Brazilian music. And no conversation about Brazilian music is complete without talking about Caetano...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com We all know the game would you rather, right? Well, this time we try our luck in Portuguese. Which means Foster suffers trying to make snap judgements on air. Hilarity ensues. Have a listen and lear...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com Last episode, we talked about the complicated security situation in Rio de Janeiro nowadays. Now, the federal military has entered Rio. We talk about what is going on and what you need to know if yo...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com Neste episódio, Alexia e Foster fala sobre nossa cidade favorita: Rio de Janeiro. Mas, o Rio está complicado hoje em dia. Damos uma olhada na situação complicado no Rio de Janeiro hoje em dia.  2023...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com In this episode, Alexia reads one of her favorite poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, A Bruxa. It's beautiful, entertaining, and educational. Enjoy. ------------------------- A Bruxa Nesta cidade d...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com In this episode, Alexia and Foster talk about books. Yep, back to the basics. In a world of tweets, snaps, and stories, we think it is worthwhile to talk about some of the great Brazilian works of l...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com In the last few episodes, we've been talking about Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, and the surrounding areas. Today, we finish of the series talking about Trindade, one of our favorite (or at least Foster's...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com In the last episode, we talked about the historical center of Paraty. In this episode, we disconnect to one of the most secluded beaches in Brazil - Praia do Sono. If you haven't heard about it, it'...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com Neste episódio, Alexia e Foster falam sobre uma das suas cidades prediletas do Brasil: Paraty. If you're taking a trip to Brazil, it's a must visit. Learn more about this wonderful historic city in...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com In this episode, Alexia & Foster talk about how to introduce yourself in Portuguese, have small talk, chit-chat, whatever you want to call it. This episode is all about the little things you nee...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com In this episode, Alexia and Foster talk about New Year's Resolutions, goal setting, and some of the cultural differences related to the topic. As always, Foster's Portuguese is suffering and some hu...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com Alexia e Foster conversam sobre o futuro do trabalho. Are we all going to be Uber drivers and dog sitting? Or is the 9-5 here to stay? 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in th...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com When foreigners think of Brazil, their minds invariably drift towards images of Carnaval. Love it or hate it, you have to know what's going on with Carnaval. Alexia and Foster try to elucidate and e...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com Lula foi condenado. É muito complicado. Alexia e Foster tentam explicar um pouco sobre a realidade complexa da situação política do Brasil. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com Olá pessoal! In this episode, Alexia and Foster talk about some of the benefits of difficulties of living a less material life. (e.g. Alexia's journey to stop hoarding). This episode comes to you li...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com In the first season of Season 2, Alexia & Foster talk about their experience so far in Chile, the trials and tribulations of being multilingual, and the importance of cultural identity. 2023 is...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com Estamos de volta e não podemos estar mais felizes! Full episodes coming January 22nd. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnect...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com This is Part I of a conversation with Alexia's dad about religion in Brazil and how it affects the life of Brazilians. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connec...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com This is Part II of a conversation with Alexia's dad about religion in Brazil and how it affects the life of Brazilians. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Conne...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Learn how to talk about it, what to eat, and much more in today's episode. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca C...

Check out our brand new Portuguese Playbooks! Free, practical guides to help you understand real Brazilian Portuguese and speak with confidence. Get your free Playbooks at https://cariocaconnection.com Understanding Brazil is not for the faint of heart. The modern history of the country reads like a political thriller. In order to understand the situation a little better, we called in for help: Al...