Introducing yourself

Rob and Lis talk about their spare time: what they’d like to do, and what they actually do

• Cómo planeamos nuestro tiempo libre
• Lo que nos gustaría hacer
• Lo que hacemos en realidad…

Rob and Lis discuss their feelings about national identity, and how they feel being English and Colombian

• El himno nacional y las banderas
• ¿Sentimientos de orgullo, o vergüenza?
• Migración en Colombia

We talk about our most stressful, difficult, and nightmarish moments we’ve had during our holidays.

• La puerta equivocada en el aeropuerto
• Perdernos en la lluvia y las montañas de Colombia

Lis and Rob talk about their schooldays

• Las memorias de nuestros días escolares
• Cómo nos afectan nuestros días en la escuela

We talk about corruption in Latin America, and the recent political awakenings and fight against corruption. Stick with us, it’s a good one!

• El índice de corrupción mundial
• Programas de anticorrupción

We read and discuss a beautiful poem, Táctica y Estrategia, by Mario Benedetti

Join us as we discuss the books that have left a permanent impressions on us throughout our lives.

Rob and Lis take a short, refreshing dive into some of Spanish’s more interesting words

What’s the difference between buying property in UK and Colombia, and the rest of the world?

Machismo in Latin America, and the global fight back

What we do to learn languages. What’s worked for us, and which approaches have been most successful

Rob gives his tips to Lis around productivity, and they discuss the current obsession with always achieving more…!

We discuss our placeres culposos – guilty pleasures.

Rob tells Lis what he still struggles with in Spanish, even after 10 years of study

Rob and Lis discuss those things that most annoy them…

Learn some common (and uncommon) “false friends”, those words which sound like something you know, but aren’t.

Rob and Lis talk about the apps they use every day, and which they can’t live without.

We talk about attitudes towards nature and the environment in Colombia and the UK

The message of the Kogis, an indigenous tribe from the north of Colombia

We talk about the formal language used in offices, and Lis gives tips for when to use tú vs usted, as well as how to write an email in Spanish.

Human Rights defenders in Colombia are being murdered at an alarming rate – over 120 in 2017, and a higher number still so far in 2018. We discuss the situation, and what’s being done.

We talk about what’s on our bucket list: what we want to do, learn, and visit.

We discuss the top 5 regrets of the dying