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S3 E22: King Fairyass vs. Lord Karlin and the Lack of Sleep Theory 12 Mar 2013 | 03:08 am
On this showS3 E22: North vs. South alla Game of Thrones Porteño in Use: the word “colgado” Spanglish Playground: Lunfardo words that come from English, with Lunfardo expert and author Oscar Conde. Ex...
S3 E21: An Argentine in Iceland (Expat Chat Stand-alone) 16 Feb 2013 | 04:18 am
Julián Burgos is a porteño-born marine biologist raised in Ecuador, who lived in Patagonia, studied in various cities across the US, and now works for the Icelandic government. On this Skype chat we d...
S3 E20: Buses, Colectivos and Bondis 6 Feb 2013 | 06:34 am
BA Cast meets Colectivaizeishon, the project by British expat writer and stand-up comedian Daniel Tunnard. He took ALL buses in BA (more than 100 lines) and then wrote a book about it. The guy’s one o...
S3 E19: Amargo and Aguante 10 Jan 2013 | 01:16 am
With sports journalists Sam Kelly (UK) and Daniel Colasimone (Australia) we discuss football-related things. Difference between barrabravas and hinchas. The US soccer league. Cantitos: another argenti...
S3 E18: Pedorro…How to translate that??? 12 Dec 2012 | 07:49 pm
With the collaboration of our friends, journalist David Sommerstein and actor Feña Ortalli, we try to find a way to convey that concept. Near the end of this short, we also go over a rating words scal...
S3 E17: Relationships-Flirting-Sex words part III (Spanglish Playground) 2 Dec 2012 | 11:26 pm
Final part of this saga…only because we just decided to end it here, not because we’ve covered all words! Related Posts: S3 E15: Porteño Lunfardo vs Mexican Chilango Spanish (Spanglish Playground Sp...
S3 E16: The Best Game is…No Game. 27 Nov 2012 | 02:19 am
For this variety show, we bring you a chamuyo with Jon K, a friend of Dan who was in BA for the second time recently and made some observations on Cost of Life, nightlife and courting at Bars. Expat C...
S3 E15: Porteño Lunfardo vs Mexican Chilango Spanish (Spanglish Playground Special) 15 Nov 2012 | 10:06 am
On this episode we have our friend Santiago B. talking to us from Mexico City, to compare words and expressions of both Argentina and Mexico. The conversation also dealt with some non language-related...
How To Fix Politics: Eliminate Campaigning Completely 1 Nov 2012 | 07:46 pm
An article in the Washington Post talks about how Mitt Romney went to Ohio on his campaign trail and blatantly lied to the audience about Chrysler’s intentions (or lack of intentions rather) to move t...
S3 E14: An episode brought to you by The Corrector (a product of Etymologic Industries) 31 Oct 2012 | 08:24 am
We bring you a variety show with: Our regular reunion chamuyo of every year, in which Daniel shares his views after his spring trip to the US: we cover the presidential debates in the US, the upcoming...