Episodes

  • Day 1: The new president is a lawyer

    Day 1: The new president is a lawyer
    Jun 12 2026
    Day One Spanish takes you from absolute zero to being ready for our daily news podcast — LinguaWire A1 Daily Spanish News — in four weeks. Twenty episodes, eight minutes a day, with Carlos and Lucía. In episode one you learn the verb ser, the words el presidente and la presidenta, and two charming quirks: the pronouns that vanish, and the little word 'a' that Spanish refuses to say. By the end you'll understand and say: La nueva presidenta es abogada. Your free lesson sheet and interactive homework are at LinguaWire.com/DayOne.

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    9 mins
  • Day 2: The president is 62 and lives in the capital

    Day 2: The president is 62 and lives in the capital
    Jun 12 2026
    Day One Spanish, episode two of twenty. Today you learn tener, the Spanish habit of HAVING your age instead of being it, the verb vivir, and the ending pattern — o, es, e — that runs through many verbs. By the end you'll understand and say: El presidente tiene sesenta y dos años y vive en la capital. Lesson sheet and homework at LinguaWire.com/DayOne.

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    7 mins
  • Day 3: The government, the police and the army are on the streets

    Day 3: The government, the police and the army are on the streets
    Jun 12 2026
    Day One Spanish, episode three of twenty. Today you meet the famous Spanish split: ser for what something is, estar for where and how it is. You learn está and están, los and las, and the institutions that appear in big news days. By the end you'll understand and say: El gobierno, la policía y el ejército están hoy en las calles. Lesson sheet and homework at LinguaWire.com/DayOne.

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    6 mins
  • Day 5: The doctors and the teachers are on strike

    Day 5: The doctors and the teachers are on strike
    Jun 12 2026
    Day One Spanish, episode five of twenty. Today you learn Spanish plurals, the professions that fill strike season, estar en huelga, and your first -ar verb, trabajar. By the end you'll understand and say: Los médicos y los profesores están hoy en huelga. Lesson sheet and homework at LinguaWire.com/DayOne.

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    5 mins
  • Day 7: It's forty degrees in the south, and there is no rain

    Day 7: It's forty degrees in the south, and there is no rain
    Jun 12 2026
    Day One Spanish, episode seven of twenty. Today, the weather: hace cuarenta grados, hace calor, hace frío, hay and no hay, plus el norte and el sur. By the end you'll understand and say: Hace cuarenta grados en el sur y no hay lluvia. Lesson sheet and homework at LinguaWire.com/DayOne.

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    5 mins
  • Day 8: The trains are full, and the airport is closed

    Day 8: The trains are full, and the airport is closed
    Jun 12 2026
    Day One Spanish, episode eight of twenty. Travel chaos is permanent news vocabulary: el tren, el aeropuerto, la estación, lleno, cerrado, abierto, estar for states, and adjective agreement. By the end you'll understand and say: Los trenes están llenos y el aeropuerto está cerrado. Lesson sheet and homework at LinguaWire.com/DayOne.

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    5 mins