| Name | Level | Notes | Link | Transcripts | My rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Spanish | A2-C1 | Part of the Easy Languages project. They have a YouTube channel, podcast, and membership for extras. | |||
| Lots of good cultural content here, can binge their videos without getting bored. | Their YouTube channel: link | ||||
| Website: link | All their YouTube videos have subtitles. Podcast transcripts with subscription. | 7/7 | |||
| Amazing content at all levels. One of my favorites. | |||||
| Español con María | A2-C1 | Great entertaining YouTube channel on many topics. | YouTube: link | Some videos have dual language subtitles, some don’t. Depends. | 7/7 |
| Great channel with great content. I still watch some of her videos because they are interesting and informative. | |||||
| Hoy Hablamos | B1-C1 | Spain accent, two guys chatting about random topics in a relatively slow manner. | Website: link | Yes, with subscription. | 5/7 |
| Huge amount of content, but after a while topics can feel repetitive. | |||||
| Hoy Hablamos Básico | A2 | Like Hoy Hablamos but targeted towards beginners. | Website: link | Yes, with subscription. | 7/7 |
| Amazing for what it is targeting. | |||||
| Radio Ambulante | B2-C2 | Narrative‐journalism podcast (from NPR/PRX) telling in-depth stories from across Latin America. Varied accents, episodes ~20–50 min. Transcripts on site. | Website: link | Yes, available here | 6/7 |
| Great resource for really imroving listening comprehension. Difficult authentic material. | |||||
| JiveWorld | B1-C2 | I have NOT used this, but it looks like they made a nice reader view on top of the Radio Ambulante content. Check it out if you enjoy Radio Ambulante. | Website: link | Yes, that is part of the product | N/A |
| Have not used it myself | |||||
| El Hilo | B2-C2 | Weekly news podcast contextualizing major Latin American events | Website: link | Yes, on their website for each episode. | 4/7 |
| Lots of content, I just never used it that much myself. The interface for reading the transcripts takes a bit of work and is clunky. | |||||
| Español con Juan | B1-B2 | YouTube channel where an older gentleman discusses various things in Spanish. Spain accent. | YouTube: link | Yes, subtitles on the youtube video. | 5/7 |
| Entertaining. Lots of videos. Gets a bit repetitive though. | |||||
| Español Automático | A2-B2 | Podcast for upper Beginners to Intermediate learners. Lots of tips and tricks for Spanish learning itself. Doesn’t step outside that topic very often. | Website: link | Don’t think so. I think they used to be available, but couldn’t find them. | 4/7 |
| It’s okay for beginners, but quickly gets boring. Okay to listen to on walks etc. | |||||
| Fluent Spanish Express | B2-C2 | Advanced podcast, lots of episodes with lots of cultural content from a guy in Spain. | Website: link | Yes, but a bit inconsistent. I see the transcript on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, but not on his website. | 6/7 |
| Solid resource for advanced learners. He doesn’t slow down his speech at all, but does teach you cultural things foreigners woudn’t know. | |||||
| Linguriosa | B2-C2 | YouTube channel about langauges in Spanish, Spain accent. Entertaining and fast. Targeted towards native Spanish speakers. | YouTube: link | Depends on the video. Some have subtitles and some don’t. | 7/7 |
| Solid, interesting, engaging channel, but really for advanced learners. | |||||
| Euronews (en Español) | B2-C2 | Spanish news channel that I watch sometimes. Also has a text based website. | Website: link |
YouTube: link | No, just automatically generated YouTube subtitles. | 5/7 Solid corpus of information if news is your thing. A bit more of an intermediate/advanced resource. |