Prepare your ears for a listening marathon, get comfortable and make the most of your time at home by listening to these recommended podcasts that we have for you.

Imagine being able to pause and resume your favourite radio station whenever you want and learn from interviewees and experts on topics of interest to you, while someone spontaneously chats with you. Add to that the fact that you can enjoy it from anywhere: whether in the shower, the kitchen or while you're getting ready in your room, without signal problems or interruptions. This ideal listening world has a name, or rather, a format: the podcast!

It is no coincidence that the popularity of these programs is growing exponentially. Podcast here… podcast there. Their thematic possibilities and purposes can be so many, that there are hundreds of options on streaming platforms. So, which one to start with?

We've made a selection of 10 must-listen podcasts to get you started on this trend. Information, music, entertainment and stories are all on the list. Are you ready?

1. Walking Radio
Is it possible to condense the diversity of Latin America and its stories into a podcast? This is what Radio Ambulante set out to do, a journalistic and narrative project that contributes to a regional conversation through rigorous research and human stories, which made it the winner of the Gabriel García Márquez Award in the Innovation category in 2014.

2. Understand your mind
With 20-minute episodes, this independent psychology podcast shares content curated and validated by mental health professionals that will be useful if you want to explore the corners of the human mind or simply understand yourself better. Can we change? What is the chemistry of love? Do psychologists go to psychologists? Why do we procrastinate? These questions and many more are addressed in the program.

3. TED in Spanish
The stage for the most provocative ideas also has its podcast version. Gerry Garbulsky, the curator of TED in Spanish, hosts this space in which the main leaders and creators of the world put on the table topics such as the relationship between love and mathematics, the construction of identity of an immigrant, the threats and benefits of artificial intelligence, the climate crisis, among others.

4. Sam and Ted's Famous Last Words
Perfect for English learners! Brush up on your idioms and laugh at strange slang as an American and a Brit discuss the quirks of the language in a unique combination of idiom and humor that you'll find both useful and entertaining.

5. doubts are given away
It was chosen as the podcast of the year at the last Spotify Awards for its commitment to talking about taboo topics without prejudice and with mischief alongside experts who end up becoming friends. “We have so many doubts that we want to give them to you,” say its hosts Lety Sahagún and Ashley Frangie, who seek to make this space a sound place to question everything.

6. Diana Uribe FM
After more than 20 years in radio, this Colombian historian and teacher migrated to the podcast era with her own show, which unexpectedly led her to be chosen in 2019 as the favorite influencer in education. In it, as she has done throughout her career, she gets those who listen to her interested in ancient towns, faraway places, political phenomena and cultural movements.

7. Stupid Nerd
A podcast about series, movies, video games and other “nerdy” things: that’s how this collection of reviews is defined, whose humor and sarcasm of its three commentators, Juandapo, Diego and Boris, will make you immediately jump to the next episode.

8. The Raras podcast
The icon of a Rara, a South American bird that is not common to us, tells stories of freedom that are not so common. When you are ready to challenge social impositions, reflect on the world you live in and listen to stories about women, love, forgiveness, struggle and justice, do not hesitate to play this program, winner of the Google scholarship for the type of stories it tells and the sound quality it presents, which includes music specially designed for each episode.

9. Insane
Storytelling, podcasting, branding, content creation, personal brand positioning... if what you are looking for is to learn by listening, this space will allow you to learn the testimonies of different entrepreneurs in the region from whom you can take away some lessons to apply in your professional life.

10. idols
Eight stories that recreate the lives of great music stars can become a colorful escape from reality or a perfect podcast to listen to with the family. This audio fiction adapted to children takes us into unexpected worlds of characters such as David Bowie, Bob Marley, Aretha Franklin and Freddie Mercury through the narration of Spanish artists.

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