Things We Love and Hate About Living in Latin America - Intermediate Spanish

[@DreamingSpanish]

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[@user-me4mr6wo4q]

Please expand this podcast series! Once you hit intermediate level, it is much easier and smoother to listen to podcasts in this format than watching videos. Your accent, speed, topics are quite comprehensible to me at 600 hours

[@u_ok]

¡Estoy de acuerdo muchísimo!

[@culbookieburra7198]

Yep, totally agree with the above. Super benefits in this style of podcast for intermediates.

[@briannruss3496]

I agree with this! I’m an intermediate learner and I prefer podcast style videos for input.

[@daviddaytona]

Introducing a podcast in this format is a brilliant addition to Dreaming Spanish content. Not only are the hosts professional educators, the quality of the video is amazing and the topics are interesting. I especially enjoyed discussion on culture, and the comment from Agustina about families living close seems reminiscent of how families in the US lived several decades ago. I also applaud their broaching tough subjects like safety and poverty, where many creators prefer to avoid topics like these.

[@u_ok]

This is the best content for an Intermediate level, rewatching every episode many times, sometimes a few times a day😄

[@michaelamurray1010]

Please add a "Podcast" tag to the website as this series expands. It's very helpful to listen to while I'm doing other tasks that don't require a lot of attention (walking, dishes, etc) and I'd love to be able to target my search for similar videos on the site.

[@Alex-Learns-Spanish]

These are great! Please consider expanding this. It is much more practical to listen to podcasts than watch videos.

[@stephenlam4820]

Vivo en el centro de Liverpool y sonreí cuando Agustina contó su historia. Espero que hayas encontrado nuestra ciudad amigable y que tengas buenos recuerdos de aquí. Somos una ciudad orgullosa.

[@TheWeepingCrayngel]

Please keep doing these, they’re really helpful!

[@donbearden9821]

Love your two person podcast! You're both from upper class families and have the privilege of visiting other countries. I live in California with a different group of Latin American people who came here to get a better life. I deal with latinos every day, That's why I want to be able to understand and speak another language.

[@JakeRichardsong]

Thank you. I can understand a word or two once in a while.

[@mlewbank]

Estos podcasts han sido muy útiles! gracias!

[@algernoncarling7983]

por favor mucho mas de esto format. Mi encanta 🤩

[@stevenfry6520]

You are doing such good work - thank you!!! Please keep making these videos

[@wellingtondepaivaleite1745]

Hola, chicas. A mí me encantó demasiado el episodio de hoy. En realidad, todo lo que fue hablado sucede en Brasil. No solo los puntos positivos, sino también los negativos. Incluso he reflexionado sobre mi vida: pienso que necesito respirar un poco más. Trabajar y estudiar es importantísimo, en especial, si vives solo. Pero también es esencial dar una vuelta, hacer amigos y platicar. Saludos desde Brusque-SC, Brasil. Brasil 🇧🇷

[@alejandrostipic9261]

Muy bueno! Muy linda charla!

[@lelecooking]

Muchísimas gracias, son temas muy interesantes, me encantan!

[@sjldfilms5126]

¡Sí! Por favor, más vídeos como este.

[@pavolkrajci787]

Me gusta mucho Buenos Aires. Ahora vivo en Palermo y voy a la escuela cerca de Teatro Colón. Me gusta tango, Obelisco, La Boca.

[@zachasnacks7036]

Tengo casi 450 horas en dreaming Spanish, y me encantó este episodio del podcast. Por FAVOR hagan más episodios así. 30-45 minutos es perfectooooooooo para este tipo de video!!

[@Tehui1974]

I'm from New Zealand and I've only been learning Spanish for a year, but I really like the channel. I also recently visited Peru and Argentina, so it's interesting to hear some of your views on Latin America.

[@lilywu9912]

¡Una conversación muy interesante! no sabia que Andrea vive en Canada

[@comounaverdura]

Esta tema es muy interesante.

[@a.s.1998]

I love the podcasts! And I love how smart, on point and sofisticated Agustina ist. I could listen to her to talk about any topic. She's my favourite👍👍👍👍👍👍!

[@lll3lll3]

Me imagino una agustina siendo abuela con muchos nietos ❤

[@fabricio4794]

Carlos és el abuelo?or el cholo de miami?jajaja

[@mengiaboy]

Me encanto este podcast. Es muy bueno por escucha in el auto.

[@DonaldMains]

Andrea, por que la bufanda de Seattle Kraken? Eres un fan de los Canucks, no?

[@sargardoon]

First of all thank you for your helpful contents. Do you have your podcasts on Spotify? if not I would like to make them available on Spotify. Thanks.

[@bl4542]

Great podcast !

[@matthewchiang]

Me gusta mucho eses los podcasts!

[@dovgoldberg5829]

Que bueno episodo!!!

[@GigiRoss]

Another fabulous episode ladies!!! I’d love to see you broach subjects like how does social media differ in Latin American countries, or entertainment, or even dating!! Keep up the great work, you both have excellent voices for podcasting.

[@TheDreamship-u1o]

Thank for talking about this it's so important and the sexsist comments really prove it

[@farodek]

I'm close to breaking into the B2 level according to the apps that I use, and I had to look up many of the words here. Sexism and equality are also not normal conversational topics and they have a lot of nuance that normally gets thrown out for the sake of sound bites. I prefer normal day to day things in the conversations, of which sexism and equality are not. The west has gone so far to their odd idea of equality as to bypass any actual benefits and create an environment that does not benefit anyone, other than the daycare, afterschool, and mental health industries. Plenty of men and women are baffled and even appalled that my wife doesn't bring in money and that we have fully shared financial accounts. Stay at home moms are incredibly rare, even in our rural and conservative area. There are now expectations of women to split the bills and no longer the pressure on men to be reliable providers for their families (including their wife). I think this lack of reliance on each other and attempts to spit all responsibilities instead of having somewhat traditional roles is causing many other issues within relationships and general society as well. Having the ability to be independent is all fine and good, but a lack of interdependence in a relationship just makes everything more unstable.

[@_Passie]

Preferirías vivir en Canadá que en México?! Siempre frío y con muchas reglas alli😮

[@NataelViken]

En Argentina no hay mucha inseguridad comparado a otros paises de latino america y somos muy amigables y alegres!

[@jayramachandran528]

Like other comments the podcast format is a lot easier to listen than watching videos, am around 300 hours or input. I am originally from india but I live in USA now. The way you explained things in terms of career opportunities it seems india might be better than LatAm, atleast if you study engineering you can get an office job and not work as a waiter!!

[@AG-gv9cb]

Not sure. there is lot of unemployment right now in India. So many engineers wants to leave India for jobs. plus north India due to pollution is almost unlivable now. Plus millions of Indians live in UAE/Dubai/Saudi Arabia cause there not enough jobs in India simply.

[@andrealamexicana]

❤❤

[@MrVurzie]

Debería visitar otras ciudades en Canadá, como Toronto por algunas días, la gente es más amable que en Vancouver. No es lo mismo que en México, pero es bastante mejor. La gente de Vancouver tiene una personalidad un poco fría en mi opinión

[@aseeyahrhinesmith1413]

Gracias.

[@DavidNunezPNW]

Should I move to Latin America from Korea yes or no?

[@NicholasBrown-fz8im]

I love you Andrea

[@Gonzalo-qf6ov]

El slow spanish todavía tiene tres veces más sílabas por segundo que el normal Chinese.

[@robertglehmann1604]

Una conversación fascinante. Me gustaría una cultura de familias cercanas y de cenas o almuerzos relajados. Si yo, como un extranjero, estuviera visitando un país latinoamericano, ¿estaría invitado en esta sociedad? Creo que es posible porque conozco personas latinas en EEUU y todas son muy generosas y amigables. Gracias por su podcast. Oh, por cierto, no están feas, no, no, no! Si estuvieran caminando cerca en la calle, les miraría.

[@dex1lsp]

Si, los problemas del machismo y sexismo, incluso la violencia contra las mujeres, persisten en Latinoamérica. Sin embargo, por otro lado, los movimientos de las mujeres en respuesta a estos problemas son INCREÍBLES y han inspirado a feministas de todo el mundo. De hecho, en 2019, participé en una representación poderosa de la gran canción/danza de protesta chilena, “Un violador en tu camino”, en la Plaza del Centro Cívico de mi ciudad en el EE.UU. La gente de muchos otros países también lo hizo, como en Canadá, España, Francia, Alemania, Inglaterra, Turquía (valientemente a pesar de la represión policial), India, Japón, Corea, Tailandia, Filipinas, Indonesia, Sudáfrica, Australia, y otros. Nuestro grupo aquí mantiene relaciones fuertes y duraderas con nuestras compañeras feministas en Argentina, México, Brasil y República Dominicana, y continuamos inspirándonos mutuamente a través de la solidaridad internacional.

[@Spanish-n3n]

Andreas, love you. Please understand that Vancouver is not Canada. Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in Canada, but has the worst culture. I recommend Toronto and Montreal for a much much better culture with warmer people and if you're really adventurous the east coast. I've never seen so many angry and cold people in Canada then in Vancouver today. I've been in and out of Vancouver throughout my life, and Im sad to say, the culture Vancouver has deteriorated in the last 15 years. Save your sanity come to Toronto, there is a better film school and much more activity in the film industry.

[@thepokeman1698]

aca en argentina, especificamente los maestros no se pasan horas revisando tarea, ni se pasan horas trabajando, de hecho trabajan muy poco, donde 3 meses al año descansan, y en las escuelas publicas por un motivo u otro todos los dias faltan docentes y los dias de clase x semana andan en 3 o 4 en lugar de 5 como deberia ser, tambien los docentes aca tienen posibilidad de pedir carpetas medicas y muchos (realmente muchos) viven de carpeta en carpeta y cobran sin ir a trabajar ni un solo dia al mes y esto se repite por años, porque incluso los docentes especialmente (y todos los empleados publicos) no se los puede despedir, tiene que pasar algo realmente grave para que los despidan, digamos que tendrian que matar a toda la clase.....

[@krustomer]

Thank you so much for this!!

[@dmrgtwaves]

The Best of Dreaming Spanish

[@JeremyMcGinnis]

Third time through this one. Love the podcasts

[@adanthamer3022]

Could u please do videos for more specific levels of intermediate Like B1 B2

[@DonaldMains]

The vocabulary is already B1/B2. Put the speed on 1.25- 1.5, that's what I do if it's too slow.

[@4ler_rt]

No entendi la incongruencia de "los piropos o las miradas no es alago y no esta bueno" y literalmente 1 minutos despues "en liverpool creo me siento fea ,no me miran" ,pero no como algo bueno por que sino ,por que te sentirias fea? obviamente la mujer busca aprovacion de forma sutil con respecto a lo superficial y es entendible por los estandares de belleza que se impone la mujer . pero esa doble bara ,girl ? sabemos leer entre lineas algunos Saludos desde arg

[@stephenoconnell7636]

Love the podcast format! People complain about how terrible things are in the United States right now. They haven’t a clue how much most of the world struggles. We’ve worked hard, and raised our kids to appreciate the opportunities they have here. Our daughter is about to get her pilot’s license and wants to be a commercial pilot and our son is about to graduate as an engineer and has companies eager to hire him. It is heartbreaking to travel overseas and see so many hopeless people. If you have half a brain and you are willing to work then the USA is truly the land of opportunity.

[@JordannGeorge]

No matter what country things can always be better at this point. Things ARE terrible. There’s a homeless problem. There’s a justice problem. I’m an engineer and it’s hard to be hired because of mass layoffs. Thankfully I have savings. But not everyone has that and a support system.

[@tpipandpop4242]

​@@JordannGeorgethey didn't say things are perfect in the U.S. Just that it's a good place to be globally. Do you believe that to be false?

[@poohoff]

Typical 'merican thinking only his country has pilots or engineers 😂 say hi to the drug addicts in the streets of LA, heartbreaking to see them struggle so much in the land of opportunity

[@theymademepickaname1248]

​@@tpipandpop4242so, we can't criticize or point out problems because some places are worse off? The way this country is headed there will be an owner class, and everyone else will either be a soldier, prisoner, homeless, or working 100 hours a week for little pay.

[@aldozilli1293]

You do realise that there are many countries apart from the US and they have a better standard of living.

[@DiegoSoto]

El problema de Argentina son los endeudadores seriales, no son los gobiernos que regulan. En los períodos de los gobiernos que regulan, fue cuando hubo más industria, más importación, más exportación, más inversión externa, menos desempleo y menos pobreza. Luego vienen los endeudadores que les vendieron pescado podrido, liberan todo, destruyen todo, endeudan, empobrecen y se van con los bolsillos llenos dejándonos las deudas y la ignorancia de las cabezas colonizadas. No me parece que deban hablar estos temas con tanta liviandad y sesgo. Gracias.

[@dmrgtwaves]

Minor criticism to mention. For me personally, the sharp colors in the background in each episode so far are not relaxing to look at. I would much prefer the natural background of the locations Agustina and Andrea are in. Regardless, the series overall is excellent, as are A&A, the rhythms of speech, and the topics.

[@lucypher5200]

Hay sexismo en todos los partes del mundo excepto la Antártida

[@jadestem]

Lmao at the triggered little boys crying because these women shared their experience.

[@HasanRifino]

💏💏💏💏❤

[@monstrumopanowuje2373]

Se dice feminiCIdio. Si van a sacar el temita por lo menos díganlo bien ya que supuestamente ese es todo el punto de esto… en teoría.

[@luisgreengrass]

Todos los que se están desuscribiendo por el tema del feminismo: ¡cierren la puerta al salir! Claramente son parte del problema 😉

[@fabricio4794]

Lá unica reclamacion sobre America Latina és Argentina jajajaja😂😂😂

[@mr.thompson8223]

Ah, Agustina showing a bit of the all too common porteño ethnocentrism. That Buenos Aires is superior or “more advanced” than the rest of the country (“el interior”) is highly debatable, much less regarding social aspects such as egalitarianism. Women aren't treated differently in “el interior”, not at least in "el interior" I live. And furthermore, I'd argue that "machismo" isn't a problem at all here in Argentina.

[@aldozilli1293]

She often comes across as the typical portena, better than the rest, I dont think she means to but its often there when she talks, especially when its about Argentina compared to the rest of Latam or in this case Bs As to the interior. You can see the Mexican girl roll her eyes.

[@peterm13]

We have a problem in the West though, the "security" is creating a totalitarian society that gets worse every month. It is becoming intolerable. This is also the reason why people vote Trump etc: freedom. The irony is, that the Mexican cartels are actually blocking the government to become too authoritarian.

[@theymademepickaname1248]

The irony is people think Trump and the billionaire class represent freedom for the common man.

[@hernanbeltran7481]

También hay una cuestión con las minas , si las miran se hacen las molestas, pero si no las miran o no les prestan atención se ofenden o hasta hablan mal de esos hombres que no las registran

[@DreusX]

Exacto, nos equivocamos hagamos lo que hagamos.

[@bobleglob162]

The reason I liked you all so much is because you DIDN'T get into sh!t like this.

[@jplaza7210]

Im not with you guys on the feminism. Unsubbed

[@germanmasat3057]

Amargado

[@whowantstorunforpresident5531]

Try to keep the pro-Milei fascist oligarch talking points to a minimum

[@JeffOwen-y3i]

The guys in Liverpool would have noticed you

[@mharg6408]

Agustina, soy argentino. Saliendo de los paises mediaterraneos en general, las chicas europeas son mas lindas que las argentinas, por eso no llamabas la atencion. El feminismo de la cuarta ola ha hecho mucho daño, le lavo la cabeza a la sociedad europea y tambien a las porteñas o individuos de grandes centros urbanos de Argentina.

[@Bigmaste]

@@mharg6408 Agustina se queja de que la piropean en Argentina, y después se queja de que en Europa ni la registran , por qué es no es ni una más del monton en Europa , en Europa ruega aceptación masculina 😆 , Histeria feminista en su máxima expresión. 🤣🤣🤣

[@DWS2023-uy3yx]

Feminism? Ok, I'm out.

[@peterm13]

Same reason I un-subscribed from Josy Spanish

[@famdouglas5198]

You have a problem with 50 % of the world's population?

[@mharg6408]

Not all people loves this shit in Argentina, mostly in Buenos Aries city.

[@peterm13]

@@mharg6408 I dont think these 2 ladies understand, what a curse feminism is for men now, and how it has been like, being cursed for being a man, for 30 years. im ready to forgive them. theyre very nice otherwise.

[@sleepydog08]

​@@peterm13if you think your life is hard because of feminism try being a woman in mexico. Its not like america. Have you seen the rates of violence and murder against women there?

[@Cargo20121]

woke detected

[@theymademepickaname1248]

Brilliant argument! Just call anything you don't agree with "woke."

[@jaredempey5706]

feminism and women-splaining is a curse. I have seen a few of these lately on this channel and it just makes me want to tune out

[@jaredempey5706]

@A-ku8se biology has a way of winning every time. Feminists as a whole are not reproducing and trad women are. After two or three generations of that the trad folks outnumber and out vote the woke. It is not inevitable that the woke will rule

[@sleepydog08]

"Woman-splaining" interesting way to describe being against femicide and violence against women and girls! You would not survive a day as a woman in mexico. Americans are sheltered idiots.