Simple Stories in Spanish
Simple Stories in Spanish is a biweekly production of the Small Town Spanish Teacher. Listen along as she tells easy to understand stories to help you learn or practice the Spanish language. Wherever you are in your language journey, Simple Stories will help propel you forward. You can find transcripts of the stories at smalltownspanishteacher.com. You can support the creation of these stories by buying me a coffee (or taco!) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SpanishTeacher
Episodes
173 episodes
Greg, el perro cazador de pitones
Every now and again I am sent a story by a listener. Today’s fascinating, true story comes from Sharon.The Florida Everglades is facing a big problem. Many of its native species are being killed off by Burmese pythons. However...
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Season 10
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Episode 18
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15:08
Dave la chica
One of my favorite activities is to create stories with my students. Today’s was created by my Spanish 1 college class. You can see illustrations of our class story on my website through the link in the show notes.Dave is a fu...
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Season 10
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Episode 17
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16:31
Ramona la mona capuchina
Today celebrates 5 years of Simple Stories in Spanish! In honor of its 5th anniversary, I have decided to retell one of my favorite stories from season 1. This story was inspired by the capuchin monkeys that I saw all over Manuel Antonio Nation...
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Season 10
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Episode 16
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14:04
Una vida aburrida
Juan lives a boring life in a boring house, driving a boring car to a boring job. When he turns 40, he decides that it is time to do something exciting, so he turns to the world of extreme sports.This story is in the third per...
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Season 10
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Episode 15
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21:10
Feliz Navidad
Isabel wishes she were home for Christmas instead of all alone in a big city. She knows that other people in her apartment building are also alone, so when the electricity goes out, she decides to spread light and joy through candles and song.<...
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Season 10
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Episode 14
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20:24
El pavo flojo
Pablo Pavo is a lazy turkey. He lives in the woods and just wants to eat all day. The other woodland animals are worried about Pablo. They know hunting season is coming and Pablo needs to learn how to avoid humans. Each animal gives Pablo advic...
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Season 10
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Episode 13
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20:28
El hijo robot, parte 6 (conclusión)
Catalina, Gustavo, and Benjamín are trapped. Their only way out is to build a robot for the man who took them: Javier. But, Catalina and Gustavo have a different plan - one that will allow them to escape with their robot son and take down Javie...
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Season 10
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Episode 12
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18:04
El hijo robot, parte 5
Catalina and Gustavo worked hard to bring their child Benjamín to life. After the neighbors discovered their secret, they were taken away to a secret location. Now, their son is being held hostage in a way to make them create more robots like h...
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Season 10
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Episode 11
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17:48
El hijo robot, parte 4
Benjamín is not like other children. He goes to school and enjoys playing, but he is not a normal child: he is a robot child. He had an accident in front of his friend Elian. Now, Elian and other kids are whispering about him and calling him a ...
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Season 10
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Episode 10
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19:20
El hijo robot, parte 3
Catalina and Gustavo built a robot child. Now that child wants to go to school like other children. There are so many things that could go wrong, but they take the risk. Will it work? Will they be able to convince everyone that Benjamín is a no...
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Season 10
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Episode 9
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19:33
El hijo robot, parte 2
Catalina and Gustavo want a child so badly that they build a robot together. They are so happy when everything works. They love spending time with their robot son, but he feels like something is missing.This story is in the th...
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Season 10
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Episode 8
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17:44
El hijo robot, parte 1
Catalina and Gustavo are very happy together, but something, or someone, is missing. When they learn they can’t have children, Catalina decides they should build a child, not a monster like Frankenstein, but a robot child.This story is i...
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Season 10
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Episode 7
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17:30
El monstruo
Arturo the monster lives alone in the mountains. He is tired of being alone in his cave and decides to go to the city to make some animal friends. Some animals look down on him because of his size, looks, and smell, but one animal steals his he...
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Season 10
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Episode 6
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15:06
Felices para siempre
Laura almost died. She was bit by an enormous viper, but thankfully Mauricio arrived with an antidote just in time. Mauricio is confused. One minute he was battling in a competition of knights, drinking water offered by the princess and the nex...
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Season 10
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Episode 5
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19:37
El caballero Mauricio
Mauricio is a great knight who only wants one thing: to make his queen happy. But he doesn’t know how to do that because she is dying of a snake bite. The queen needs a doctor, not a silly knight. Perhaps the answer is in the books Laura is alw...
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Season 10
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Episode 4
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17:35
El mago Fausto
Fausto wants to be king so he is causing problems that only he can solve. First birds, then rats terrorized the town before he came in and led them away with his magic. The kingdom is impressed, but will they be impressed enough to overthrow Qu...
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Season 10
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Episode 3
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19:21
Problemas en el reino
Part 2 of "La princesa Laura"Fausto is not happy that his plan to become king was ruined when Mauricio drank a potion intended for Laura. Now Laura is queen and Mauricio is everyone’s hero. If only Fausto could become more important to ...
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Season 10
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Episode 2
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17:28
La princesa Laura
Hector is the king of a distant kingdom. He has one daughter who he wants to see married to a strong knight before he dies. Laura, his daughter, has no interest in marrying. She just wants to read and study to become a novelist. Hector turns to...
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Season 10
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Episode 1
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17:10
Juana "la Loca"
Many kings and queens are given nicknames along with their titles. Juana was the third child of Isabel and Fernando “the Catholics”. Her nickname, “la loca”, or “the crazy one” came from her dramatic outbursts, often related to her husband, Fel...
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Season 9
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Episode 10
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17:16
El primer Inca
“Inca” or “Sapa Inca” is the title given to the kings of the Incan Empire. The incas did not have a written language, rather they had a rich oral tradition. Due to the lack of records, it is hard to know when exactly the Incan state, Tahuantins...
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Season 9
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Episode 9
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19:57
El nacimiento de una lengua
Sign Language is a beautiful form of communication. For many years, the Deaf community was denied education, in large part because of Aristotle. Thankfully, many people recognized the ability of deaf people to communicate using signs. Sign Lang...
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Season 9
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Episode 8
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17:47
El Popol Vuh
In their attempts to convert the native peoples of the Americas to Christianity, Catholic missionaries destroyed many elements of preHispanic cultures, including their books. The mayan culture in particular had hundreds, if not thousands, of bo...
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Season 9
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Episode 7
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15:54
La ciudadania de Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is an anomaly. After being visited by Christopher Columbus in 1493, it fell under Spanish rule. England, Portugal, and France attempted invasions, but Puerto Rico did not break free from Spain until 1898 when the Treaty of Paris end...
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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17:04
Maradona y la mano de Dios
Diego Maradona is one of the greatest footballers, or soccer players, of all time. He started playing professionally just before his 16th birthday. He was already a popular player when he arrived at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. However, it wou...
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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18:00
El milagro en los Andes
When the Old Christians Rugby Club chartered a flight from Uruguay to Chile, they were excited at the prospect of their upcoming match. The 45 passengers included the team and some family and friends. The plane hit turbulence over the Andes mou...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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19:18
