As a religious user of SpanishPod and occasional poster, this is a sad day.  I really enjoyed the podcasts, as they add a wholistic dimension to the learning process - both linguistically and culturally.  This aspect made each lesson a treat - much more than a classroom setting could bring.  I enjoyed listening all the time, whether it was on the train, walking around town, or just relaxing at home.

It was really the staff of Leo, Jenny, Marco, and Lili which made this the best podcast around - refreshing, insightful, and enjoyable.  I hope there is some reconsideration as SpanishPod is such a great production from top to bottom.

Pregunta - ¿Hay alguna diferencia entre:

    ¡Dile adiós al invierno!

y

    ¡Di adiós al invierno!

?

¡Me encanta esta lección!

I like chess a lot, but I don't play often.  When I lost against my friends, I was upset.  I bought some books and studied, but I still couldn't improve my game.

Oh and whoever can help...  what would actually be the best way to say the last sentence?  No me suena bien...

Now... I just need an iPhone!

Wow that is big news!  JP and Esti, best of luck in your future endeavors.  You both made the podcast very enjoyable and you will be sorely missed.  Listening to both of you everyday, I am sure all your listeners feel like they know you, and it is sad to see you both go.  Probably kind of odd that all your listeners know you well in that kinda way.

Deseo buena suerte!  Esti and JP, wish you all the best!  You all are amazing!

No one ever, ever learned a language by listening to ten-minute podcasts daily, even wildly good podcasts (as Praxis podcasts have at times been).  Ask any user who has made real progress here and they'll tell you about all the other efforts they are making to read, hear, speak and yes memorize the language.

Great insight from these comments.  anna8, wow, I guess I really agree with your thoughts above and even though I have listened to all the podcasts to this point, it takes much more to learn how to actually speak the language.  That statement is on the money.

I think that whenever you have such a wide variety of skill levels, it takes a lot of resources to satisfy everyone equally.  I love the SpanishPod team and I find the podcasts themselves useful.  However, I do think the "premium" features need more work to justify that level of subscription.

I would suggest making a tool that helps users learn to speak more often.  An example would be a tool with a number of questions that the user would have to answer.  Then the user can click the "response" button, and hear what an actual response would be, and compare that with what the user originally said.  That way, the user is forced to think and answer in the language.

JP, Leo, Lili, and Esti (and Carmen and Marco) have done a great job to this point, and I hope that some of these suggestions and comments from users help to form a better SpanishPod in the future.

Muchas gracias!

looking forward to the new features!

Gracias, es un buen guión!  (script)

(please correct if possible)


En mi opinión, los usarios de drogas en EEUU son el problema.  Sin demanda, no habría oferta.  Si había menos demanda habría menos violencia dondequiera los comienzos de trafico de drogas.

La gripe... ojalá pasará pronto con todo el conocimiento médico que tenemos.