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This is the exclusive audio breakdown section for episode 042 - Pura Vida con Carlota Morales | Pure Life with Carlota Morales. 

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Join Jim and May as they chat with Carlota Morales, a Tica who breaks down everything you need to know about her country - from ecotourism and typical food, to what makes Costa Rican Spanish so different from other Spanish-speaking countries.

If you’ve never been to Costa Rica, you’ll definitely add it to your bucket list by the end of the episode!

Links:

• Planeterra
• Worldpackers
• Niños de Guatemala
• Carlota’s Instagram
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This is the exclusive audio breakdown section for episode 041 - 5 Secretos para la Fluidez | 5 Secrets to Fluency. 

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Are you having a hard time expressing yourself in Spanish? Do you get nervous or feel embarrassed about having to speak the language? Have you struggled to find a way to use your Spanish in a real context?

Don’t worry, these are common concerns of most people learning a second language and in this week’s episode, Jim and May share their 5 tips to success when it comes to achieving Spanish fluency. 

Links:

• Episode 040 - Políglota Después de los 70
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This is the exclusive audio breakdown section for episode 040 - Políglota Despues de los 70 - Entrevista con Steve Kaufmann | Polyglot after 70 - Interview with Steve Kaufmann. 

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Learning multiple languages when you’re young is hard enough, but can you imagine at 70? 

In this episode, Jim and May interview Steve Kaufmann, linguist, polyglot, and co-founder of LingQ, a platform designed to expand your language skills.

Links:

• Check out LingQ
• LingoSteve - Steve Kaufmann’s YouTube Channel
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This is the exclusive audio breakdown section for episode 039 - Día de Reyes | Three Kings' Day. 

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January 6th pretty much wraps up the holiday season in most Spanish-speaking countries with Día de Reyes, or Three Kings’ Day.

It’s a holiday that’s an important part of Mexican culture, showing us how important religion, tradition, and family are to so many across the country.

Links:

• More about Día de Reyes
• Ep. 038 - Christmas Differences Between Mexico and the US
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This is the exclusive audio breakdown section for episode 038 - Propósitos de Año Nuevo | New Year's Resolutions.

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Got any New Year’s resolutions, anyone? Maybe getting back into the gym, taking that trip you’ve always wanted, or even starting a business?

People bring in the new year differently all over the world, but the one thing most countries have in common is making New Year’s resolutions.  

Jim and May chat about different traditions that people have and compare how they celebrated the holiday growing up. 

Links:

• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Spanish and Go New Year’s Traditions Video
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