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Hairless dogs aren’t often people’s first choice when adopting a new pet, but to the Aztecs, a curious breed of canine helped them cross into the underworld. In this episode, we explore the topic of the Xoloitzcuintle; the curious Mexican hairless dog breed with a fascinating history.

Links:

• 028 - Día de Muertos: Lo Que Tienes Que Saber | Day of the Dead: What You Need to Know
• 135 - Día de Muertos: Respondemos tus Preguntas | Day of the Dead: We Answer Your Questions
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This is the exclusive audio breakdown section for episode 136 - Xoloitzcuintle, Perro Sagrado | Xoloitzcuintle, Sacred Dog.

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Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that’s often misunderstood. Every autumn, people around the world turn to the internet to ask if it’s Mexican Halloween, where it comes from, and how it’s celebrated. So in this episode, we decided to answer some of the most commonly searched for questions about this fascinating celebration.

Correction @ 00:10:27 : se quedan toda la madrugada hasta el dos de noviembre*

Links:

• 028 - Día de Muertos: Lo Que Tienes Que Saber | Day of the Dead: What You Need to Know
• 029 - Calaveritas de Azúcar: Origen y Tradición | Sugar Skulls: Origin and Tradition
• 082 - El Pan de Muerto | Bread of the Dead
• What is Day of the Dead?
• Day of the Dead in Michoacan [Morelia, Patzcuaro, Janitzio, Tzintzuntzan]
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This is the exclusive audio breakdown section for episode 135 - Día de Muertos: Respondemos tus Preguntas | Day of the Dead: We Answer Your Questions.

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Mexico is rich in pre-hispanic traditions that you can still experience to this day. One of our favorites is a beverage you can taste in Oaxaca called “tejate.” This delicious corn and cacao-based drink has been used to help energize people for hundreds of years. Find out more in this episode where we interview doña Lucrecia, maker of some of the best tejate in Oaxaca.

Links:

• Drink Tejate with Doña Lucrecia on our Oaxaca Spanish Immersion Retreat
• 022 - Bebidas Tradicionales de Colima, México | Traditional Drinks of Colima, Mexico
• 025 - El Chocolate: Un Regalo de México al Mundo | Chocolate: Mexico's Gift to the World
• Check out our YouTube video "Finding the Best Mezcal + More" where we also tried Tejate & Ponzontle
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This is the exclusive audio breakdown section for episode 134 - El Tejate: Bebida de los Dioses | Tejate: Beverage of the Gods.

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Airbnb can be a breath of fresh air from hotels or an absolute nightmare. We should know. We’ve stayed in over sixty of them. In this episode, we share our worst experience with Airbnb yet. It’s a harrowing tale about a filthy house, an out-of-state landlord, and two vengeful admins. This is an experience no one should ever have to go through.

Links:

• 088 - Pesadillas de Airbnb Parte 1 | Airbnb Nightmares Part 1
• Get 25% Off Trusted Housesitters
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This is the exclusive audio breakdown section for episode 133 - Pesadillas de Airbnb Parte 2 | Airbnb Nightmares Part 2.

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It’s every Spanish students’ worst enemy: the dreaded subjunctive form. This beast of a grammatical concept is too big to fit in one episode, but you would do well to know about and practice some of its most common uses in every day conversation. In this episode, we cover ten or so of the most common phrases that use the subjective mood in Spanish.

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This is the exclusive audio breakdown section for episode 132 - Frases Más Comunes del Subjuntivo | The Most Common Phrases of the Subjunctive Form.

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