About Notes in Spanish

Notes in Spanish is designed to help you learn the real Spanish you would never find in a textbook or classroom.

Whether you’re listening to our Beginners, Intermediate, or Advanced podcasts (free on-line radio shows), we provide authentic listening practice via completely natural conversations and interviews, covering interesting news, Spanish culture, current affairs, and travel. The accompanying worksheets are designed to back up and help you to remember what you learn in the podcasts.

A full description of our different podcasts can be found here. New to podcasting? Check out the FAQ.

About Us

Ben Curtis and Marina Diez live in Madrid, Spain, and have been making podcasts (internet radio programmes) since May 2005.

Marina is an original Madrileña, born and brought up in the vibrant city of Madrid, where she worked for an I.T. company before leaving to work full time on Notes in Spanish. Apart from bringing her native-speaker Spanish knowledge to Notes in Spanish, she is also in charge of our Spanish cooking podcast, Cuisine from Spain.

Ben is an Englishman who came to Spain in 1998, and didn’t speak a word of Spanish when he arrived! Lots of classes, intercambios, and listening to the locals on buses and in bars soon changed that, and today, amongst other things, he has worked as a Spanish-English translator. He also writes and podcasts about Spain for the BBC, Lonely Planet, and Fodors, and has written in Spanish for Solo Moto 30, a motorbike magazine.

In the press: Ben and Marina have been interviewed about Notes in Spanish in Spain’s El País newspaper, and on Radio Nacional de España and Cadena Ser radio programs.

Errant in Iberia

For more info on Ben’s first few years in Spain, and on how he and Marina got together, check out Ben’s book, Errant in Iberia.

Notes from Spain

Ben and Marina also run Notes from Spain, a sister-site full of information on living and traveling in Spain, and home to the Notes from Spain and Cuisine from Spain podcasts.

Why not join us for a chat in the joint Notes from Spain and Notes in Spanish Forum?

Any questions? Feel free to Contact Us.