Duolingo podcast: The kiddnapping of Luis von Ahn's aunt

[pacuna]

Does anyone know where I can find podcasts to improve German?

[freehunter]

If you're a beginner, I'd listen to "Deutsch – Warum Nicht?" from DW. It's narrated in English but the main character speaks in German. Radio D is another podcast from DW at about the same level.

From there I like Coffee Break German because it has a language expert and a native speaker discussing German words and grammar in a classroom/conversational setting. Again, this one is narrated in English but they're talking about the German language.

DaZPod is also great for short little clips, completely in German. Once you're ready for the full-on German stuff, Langsam Gesprochene Nachrichten has a new podcast every day where they read world news, slowly and clearly articulated, completely in German.

Of course most of these come with transcripts you can read along with to improve your German reading comprehension as well.

-edit: check out DW.com and look for their German courses... they have a ton of podcasts for all levels, and they're really good.

[coroxout]

The best I've found is Slow German: https://slowgerman.com

The presenter speaks slowly (as the name suggests) and clearly, and there are over 100 episodes on a variety of topics, so there's probably something to suit your interests and level.

Deutsche Welle also have podcasts and videos at various levels and you can download a slowly-read news broadcast ("Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten") every day: http://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469

Or for a normal speed news broadcast for native speakers, you can subscribe to ZDF's "Tagesschau" or "Tagesthemen" podcast, or watch a video of "news in 100 seconds": https://www.tagesschau.de

I'm also interested to hear more recommendations!

[flicken]

https://slowgerman.com/

[jacek]

Not a podcast, but I have been using chatterbug.com for the last 2-3 months. It really helps me improve my German, especially through live lessons.

[sAbakumoff]

And how about Dutch podcast for beginners to improve listening skills? Any suggestions?

[dieg0]

I second this

[dieg0]

Would love to listen to this. But as a native spanish speaker, this is unbearable

[imartin2k]

As a beginner/intermediate Spanish learner, it's awesome. I have been listening to all 8 episodes and already long for season 2.

[brational]

I'm barely intermediate (B1 by cefr) and its unbearable. The stories are ok and its probably nice to get some practice at listening. Tho when I was just starting to learn I still preferred podcasts that had less english in them.

If you're not aware of it, radioambulante.org is great.

[Avalaxy]

Why is that?

[neves]

Terrible moments. And Guatemala paid the steepest price: lost a brilliant scientist that would be working there to make the country a better place.

[matt4077]

The idea of someone like this being deported with the stroke of a bureaucrat's pen is sickening.

[jacquesm]

not to spoil your day but:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/02/0...

[gravis7777]

The idea that people (especially those with criminal backgrounds) can willfully break the law and can enter the country without going through the proper channels that millions of others go through to become legal residents each year is sickening.