Learn Spanish with Stories is the number one podcast for upper beginner to intermediate Spanish learners. The main objective of this podcast is to give students fun and interesting stories from Latin America to help students with Spanish immersion. You can read while you listen if you head over to podcast.lingomastery.com to find the transcript.
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Business is dynamic. And everything affects you and your business. Fight with your mother-in-law? Mindset struggle? Market Changes? YUP. So, we're going to talk about it all. No topic is off limits. The goal for every episode is to offer a new and different perspective or provide actionable strategies you can implement now. On the topics you need, to help you run the small business you love, more successfully. To master your own business and to master yourself as its leader and decision make ...
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Ahoy there, wealth seekers! I'm your captain on this thrilling voyage through the uncharted waters of wealth creation, personal finance mastery, and transformative investing – Derek, host of "Wealth Whisper." Forget confusing charts and dry financial lingo; this podcast is your treasure map to a future overflowing with gold. Each episode is a treasure chest brimming with: Budgeting booty: Uncover hidden treasure in your daily expenses and unleash the power of strategic saving. Wealth-buildin ...
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184. “Neurodivergent Leader Strategies” with Christy Lingo
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38:11Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Christy Lingo, an executive function and accountability coach and the 'ADHD Mompreneur,' who offers insights and strategies to ease these difficulties. The discussion covers the role of dopamine in ADHD, difficulties with task initiation, procrastination, hyperfocus, and the importance of understanding one's c…
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188. “Mindset of an Elite Athlete” with Gary Chupik
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33:54Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Gary Chupik, a mindset coach for professional athletes and business owners. Gary shares how the attributes necessary for success in sports can be transferred to the business world. Gary and Dawn emphasize the value of self-leadership over motivation, the power of optimism over fleeting positivity, and how to n…
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187. “Amazon FBA vs Other E-Commerce” with Dennis Balonze
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32:34Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Dennis Balonze, a small business owner who successfully transitioned to e-commerce. Dennis began his journey in 2001 with a barbershop in New Jersey and later launched an Amazon store in 2010. He shares insights into his innovative approach, creating products designed for barbershops and leveraging Amazon's Fu…
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186. “Mastering Your Hospitality Business” with Chris Deferio
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38:55Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Chris Deferio, founder, owner, and consultant at Keys to the Shop, Podcast + Consulting for Coffee Shops. Chris shares his experiences and valuable tips for customer retention, the unique challenges faced in daily customer interactions, and the importance of setting boundaries to avoid burnout. Dawn and Chris …
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Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Todd Schuchart, founder of Razor Ridge Leads. Todd specializes in life insurance marketing. Todd stresses the need for marketers and entrepreneurs to 'be water,' meaning to stay fluid and adaptable in their approach. Dawn and Todd discuss the significance of testing and optimizing marketing efforts, understand…
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183. “Business Marketing Archetypes” with Brian Gregory
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40:54Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Brian Gregory, Creator of The YES! TEST, Copywriter, Speaker, Author, Podcaster. They delve into consumer perception and the emotional factors that drive purchasing decisions. Brian introduces the 'Yes Test,' a tool developed over seven years to help small businesses identify their most effective emotional mar…
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182. “Art and Science of Customer Retention” with Adam Ortman
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35:29Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Adam Ortman, CEO + Founder of Kinetic319, Author, Consumer Psychologist. They delve into the art and science of customer retention, and discuss essential strategies businesses should implement to keep their clients happy and loyal. They also explore innovative loyalty programs and the significance of maintaini…
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181. “Building Strong Family Legacies” with Anne Bauer
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39:10Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Anne Bauer, a family business consultant, and coach. Anne shares her personal journey of joining and eventually running her sixth-generation family business. She discusses common challenges in family businesses, such as balancing legacy and innovation, clear communication, and generational transitions. Dawn an…
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180. “Red Customers and Blue Customers” with Chris Peterson
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41:42Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Chris Peterson, co-founder of Lifemind.ai and author of 'Red and Blue Customers,' discusses the importance of understanding the political leanings and worldviews of consumers in marketing. They explore how liberal and conservative values influence purchasing decisions, media consumption, and brand trust. Dawn …
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179. “Building Real E-Commerce” with Neil Twa
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40:13Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Neil Twa, author of Almost Automated Income with FBA, and Host of High Voltage Business Builders Podcast. Dawn and Nei talk about the importance of profitability over volume, understanding market demand, and leveraging Amazon's FBA system to optimize for success. Neil also outlines strategies for scaling a bus…
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178. “Truth About Investing in Short Term Rentals” with Anne Gannon
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33:01Send us a text Dawn Kennedy talks with Anne Gannon, CPA, who is not your typical accountant. A former professional golfer, she began her career as a CPA with a big-five accounting firm in Boston, Massachusetts. There, she quickly realized that the only winner in the traditional “busy season” approach was the accounting firm. Dawn and Anne talk abou…
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177. “International Business” with Rick Yvanovich
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40:18Send us a text Dawn Kennedy speaks with Rick Ivanovich. A Chief Master Coach, serial entrepreneur, author, accountant, and speaker with a Life Purpose to inspire and transform professionals for balanced fulfilment. Dawn and Rick talk about the benefits and challenges of doing business internationally, leveraging experience in implementing accountin…
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176. “Inheriting Wealth” with Melissa Hoyer
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26:14Send us a text Dawn talks with Melissa Hoyer, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and a Life/Wealth Coach at The Wealth Conservancy, a company that works with inheritors who have complex financial circumstances and are fed up with being overwhelmed or unsure of what they actually have. Her mission is to empower clients to manage their wealth wisely in a…
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175. “Wishes and Delicious Delusions” with Damion Lupo
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32:38Send us a text Dawn talks with Damien Lupo, an entrepreneur who has founded over 70 companies and seeks to liberate a million people from financial bondage. Dawn and Damien talk about the concept of 'wishes and delicious delusions' and the dangers of living in a delusional state about business success and financial freedom. Key topics covered inclu…
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To Stay or to Go? The Latin American Dilemma (¿Quedarse o Partir? El Dilema Latinoamericano)
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33:13Life in Latin America can be stressful or it can be the most comfortable existence you'll ever have - it all depends on how you look at it. In today's DUAL NARRATOR episode and Season 4 finale, we fly over to warm, sunny Cali to join Daniel (a Colombian looking to move to Spain) and Sofia (a Spaniard looking to move to Colombia) as they spend a few…
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174. “All About Angel, Seed, and Active Investors” with Anmol Singh
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The Worst Kind of Impunity, The Atrocious Case of Linda Loaiza (La Peor Impunidad, El Atroz Caso de Linda Loaiza)
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31:38One of the saddest things about crime in Latin America is that even the worst criminals can benefit from impunity. In the case of Linda Loaiza, this was demonstrated in the most brazen and shameless way possible. Linda was a young woman from the west of Venezuela who moved to the capital, Caracas, to study and become a veterinarian. But one day, sh…
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173. “Hiring and Managing Remote Team” with Pete Neubig
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43:47Send us a text Dawn talks with Pete Neubig, former co-founder of Empire Industries Realty & Property Management based in Houston, TX. He sold his company to Mynd Management where he was the Vice President of Eastern Operations. Pete is currently the co-founder and CEO of VPM Solutions. VPM Solutions is an online platform that connects the real esta…
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Rigoberta Menchú, Courage in the Form of a Woman (Rigoberta Menchú, El Coraje Hecho Mujer)
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31:11Guatemala has a Nobel prize winner who you've probably never heard of, but she's one of the most incredible cases of a small voice being powerful enough to topple giants: Rigoberta Menchú. A poor indigenous woman in a nation where belonging to any of those three conditions reduces you to background noise, Rigoberta lost multiple family members in t…
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172. “Everything You Wanted to Know about Financial Planning” with Ed Meek
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34:07Send us a text Dawn talks with Ed Meek, founder of Edge Financial Advisors, to provide all of his clients a more comprehensive financial planning and investment management experience than they had previously received. Dawn and Ed talk about Financial planning. In this episode… Who is Ed Meek and whom does he serve? (01:07) When is the right time to…
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The Revolution of “Rock en Español” (La Revolución del Rock en Español)
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30:33Rock music is no longer as popular in the world as it once was (and what a loss THAT has been, am I right?) - but rock "in español" has a very important place in world history. Not only was it super difficult to produce and promote (thanks to the fact that Latin American dictatorships would read the lyrics with magnifying glasses to ensure it wasn'…
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171. “Fractional COO Leadership Skills Gap” with Ashish Gupta
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33:43Send us a text Dawn talks with Ashish Gupta, CEO of ScaleUpExec, a leading fractional COO firm. Ashish shares how he helps growth-stage companies close leadership gaps, energize teams, and scale with operational clarity—drawing from his experience at Qualcomm, Apple, and turning around 20+ businesses. Dawn and Ashish talk about Fractional COO Leade…
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El Mozote, The Massacre the U.S. Knew About and Kept Quiet (El Mozote, La Masacre que Estados Unidos Conocía y Calló)
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30:24The US has done incredible things in its history, but it has also been involved in some of the most tragic events, too. The El Mozote Massacre that occurred on December 11, 1981, is among the worst of these US-sponsored tragedies. With communist guerrilla movements spreading across El Salvador, both the American and Salvadoran governments knew that…
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Dictatorship in Venezuela, The Country without a Future (Dictadura en Venezuela, El País que se Quedó sin Futuro)
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34:12Today's episode is different. And it's different not because it's a true story (because we always feature those on our podcast), but because your narrator, Anthony, went through the events expressed in the tale. This is the reality of how Venezuela collapsed, of what led 7 million people to flee the country and seek a better life elsewhere. It's an…
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169. “Social Media with AI” with Greg Weinstein
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44:24Send us a text Dawn talks with Greg Weinstein, Founder & CEO at Audience Genomics / Aggie. Aggie analyzes your business and industry, whips up killer social posts with images and copy that’ll make your competitors cry, and then schedules and publishes everything for you. Dawn and Greg talk about Social media with AI. In this episode… Who is Greg We…
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Blood, Sweat, and Silver, Latin America's Resources (Sangre, Sudor y Plata, Recursos de Latinoamérica)
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34:38The lithium in your phone's battery, maybe the device you're using to read this - it may probably have come from Chile, and the copper in the wires of your charger may have come from Peru... Latin America is and has always been one of the main provider of precious metals in the world. And this didn't begin with the Spanish and Portuguese colonizati…
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Legends of Latin America, the Journey of Quetzalcoatl (Leyendas de Latinoamérica, el Viaje de Quetzalcóatl)
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33:08The gods of ancient Latin American belief were very interesting and different from what we have to come to know in Asia, Europe, and North America... they were somewhat more human, said to walk among us when they felt like it, and collaborated closely with animals and nature to make things occur. Quetzalcóatl, the Feathered Serpent, is one such exa…
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Retiring in Latin America, a Dream Retreat? (Jubilación en Latinoamérica, ¿Retiro Soñado?)
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28:41Retiring in Latin America as a foreigner = 👍 Retiring in Latin America as a Latin American = ☠️ Let's face it - when you think of the Caribbean, Brazilian beaches, the Angel Falls in Venezuela, Mexican resorts and Argentine plains, there's a feeling of relief and joy that you can spend your final years just exploring the land and living for chea…
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José Rizal, An Unarmed Hero (José Rizal, Un Héroe Sin Armas)
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30:31There is a Filipino hero who, despite raising his voice and an entire nation against the Spanish colonizers, is so respected globally that he has his own monument in the center of Madrid, Spain's capital. His name is José Rizal - but what's the story behind this incredible figure, who, unlike Simón Bolívar or José de Martín (among others), never ra…
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Left vs. Right, The Battle for Latin America (Izquierda vs. Derecha, La Batalla por Latinoamérica)
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31:51If you think only North American politics get crazy around, before or after election season, then you're very mistaken: Latin America has a serious problem with political polarization. And the worst part, frankly (as a Latin American myself), is that both sides are very poor at doing their job. Because sadly, both the left and the right wing of pol…
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Should Spain Apologize to Latin America? (¿Debería España Pedir Perdón a América Latina?)
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30:31"Spain should ask for forgiveness" - these were the words of Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, shortly after being elected. She took it a step further and decided not to invite Spain's King Felipe VI after he failed to respond, and this initiated a grand debate: should Spain apologize for what their ancestors did 500 years ago? Some claim …
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Trump vs. Latin America (Trump vs América Latina)
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31:03Donald Trump is back in power, and he is already taking action to bring mass migration into the US from the south to a screeching halt (understandable based on the numbers we were witnessing, but not a popular decision). But he's also affecting Latin America in many other ways, several of which are extremely harmful for local economies. You see: Do…
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Edmundo Chirinos, The Case that Shocked Venezuela (Edmundo Chirinos, El Caso que Estremeció a Venezuela)
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29:23If you think about a psychiatrist, you usually associate this with someone of very high social standing, and if it's somebody who even served the president, then there's no way they could be a wrongdoer, right? Right...? Wrong. Edmundo Chirinos, despite even being President Hugo Chavez's psychiatrist at one point, led a despicable double life in wh…
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Why Is Spanish Spoken in Equatorial Guinea? (¿Por Qué se Habla Español en Guinea Ecuatorial?)
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28:29Fine, right off the bat I'm cheating - Equatorial Guinea is NOT a Latin American country, I know... but it's also incredibly linked to the Spanish-speaking culture, and is a case study in itself of how colonization has entirely derailed the future of a nation in good ways and in bad. Equatorial Guinea has a curious story behind it. Unlike with Chri…
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The Day Bolivia Lost its Access to the Ocean (El Día que Bolivia Perdió su Salida al Océano)
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29:38Have you heard of the "War of the Pacific" before? Your mind will inevitably go to WWII, where the American soldiers fought the Japanese in an endless, bloody battle that culminated in the two atomic bombs being launched on Japan, but... That's certainly NOT what this was. What I'm talking about today is the war that occurred between Chile and the …
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The Chavín de Huántar Operation, A Complicated Rescue (La Operación Chavín de Huántar, Un Rescate Complicado)
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29:54On April 22, 1997, at 15:23, one of the world's most incredible military operations occurred on the planet, and you've probably never heard of it... Operation Chavín de Huántar was a surgical military operation that took place after the MRTA (a far left-wing guerrilla movement) took close to 800 hostages at the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru. It wa…
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Tren de Aragua, Spreading from Prison to the Continent (El Tren de Aragua, De la Prisión al Continente)
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30:36Few names of Venezuelan gangs and cartels have made as many headlines as El Tren de Aragua, especially in recent months. Named a terrorist organization by President Trump's administration and called "the most disruptive criminal organization operating nowadays in Latin America" by an esteemed Colombian former vice-president, this gang is among the …
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The Puccio Clan, The Dark Secret Behind A Regular Family (El Clan Puccio, El Oscuro Secreto Detrás De Una Familia Común)
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28:05A wealthy and respected family... hiding dark secrets of kidnapping and murder behind the scenes. Nope, it's not your newest documentary on a streaming platform - this actually happened in Argentina in the 1980s, just after the right-wing state terrorism of Operation Condor, when a wide range of corrupt cops and torturers were left unemployed, and …
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168. “Embracing Disruptors” with Elizabeth Bieniek
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39:02Send us a text Dawn talks with Elizabeth Bieniek, an author, speaker, and consultant focused on “good peopling” as the secret to exceptional execution. Her expertise lies in challenging assumptions, embracing diverse perspectives, and leading through ambiguity to build empowered, resilient teams that last. Dawn and Elizabeth talk about getting pers…
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Camilo Cienfuegos, The Guerrilla Who Never Came Back (Camilo Cienfuegos, El Guerrillero que Nunca Regresó)
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28:44Whenever you think of the Cuban Revolution, the first names that come to mind are Fidel and Raul Castro, and Che Guevara - right? But the amazing thing is that there is a name that should always equally appear alongside them, as one of the nicest and kind of the Cuban revolutionaries, who acted as a pacifying presence and kept everyone level-headed…
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167. "Sales Success Through Connection" with Nancy Zare
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44:27Send us a text Dawn talks with Dr. Nancy Zare, a Certified Sales Trainer & Author. She helps her clients learn the right words and know the right approach to attract new businesses without appearing “sales-y.” Dawn and Dr. Nancy talk about sales, but in relation to people's buying styles, and their buyer personalities. In this episode… Who is Dr. N…
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Crossing the Andes, The Historic Rivalry between Argentina and Chile (Cruzando la Cordillera, La Rivalidad Histórica entre Argentina y Chile)
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30:04Neighbors, rivals, and sometimes even enemies: Argentina and Chile have long shared the tall but thin mountain range of the Andes as their border, many times coming close to blows over territorial differences, and long eyeing each other with distrust over their neighbor's plans. But both sides have their points to make, their truths, and their reas…
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166. “Rethink Automation” with Isaiah Grant
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42:11Send us a text Dawn talks with Isaiah Grant, a visionary entrepreneur and the founder of Kingdom Impact, a digital consultancy that has helped hundreds of service-based businesses scale to six- and seven-figure turnovers. Dawn and Isaiah talk about maximizing efficiency and putting some systems in your business. In this episode… Who is Isaiah Grant…
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The Cost of Faith, The Jonestown Massacre (El Costo de la Fe, La Masacre de Jonestown)
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30:31What happened at Jonestown, Guyana, is something that has spawned an immense number of books, movies, and even day-to-day phrases, but what it created the most were questions. The biggest of all: why were his followers so easily convinced to drink the Kool-Aid (literally)? And why didn't anyone see this coming? In this episode of the Learn Spanish …
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Missing but Not Forgotten, the Ayotzinapa 43 (Desaparecidos pero No Olvidados, los 43 de Ayotzinapa)
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28:35Just over 10 years ago, on September 26, 2014, a tragedy occurred in Guerrero, Mexico. 43 students heading to a protest in the capital vanished off the face of the Earth — or actually, they were taken off the face of the Earth. But nobody knew where, and nobody seemed to know who had taken them. All there was, was a flimsy explanation that was quic…
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Latin America Through Humboldt’s Eyes (América Latina a Través de los Ojos de Humboldt)
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27:51Climatology might seem like it's been around forever, but it's actually one of the newer sciences. One of the fathers of this science was Alexander von Humboldt, who traveled to South America and Mexico with one goal in mind—to demystify the New World and illuminate how the so-called "primitive" natives really lived there. In an extended journey ac…
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion, a Cold War Failure (La Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos, un Fracaso en la Guerra Fría)
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30:24The U.S. has a shady history in Latin America - we all know this, as much as might love the United States. From the full-blown coups in Operation Condor to CIA involvement in protests, Latin America has often been relegated to becoming "the United States' back yard". But nothing is worse than what happened at the Bay of Pigs. You see, the invasion …
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165. "Video Marketing" with Andrea Stenberg
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35:31Send us a text Dawn talks with Andrea Stenberg, a video marketing strategist who helps coaches and heart-centered entrepreneurs explode their visibility and attract dream clients using video. Dawn and Andrea talk about how to fit video into your marketing. In this episode… Who is Andrea Stenberg and whom does she serve? (00:47) Why are people resis…
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The Pastry Wars, An Outrageous Claim (La Guerra de los Pasteles, Una Reclamación Insólita)
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30:02Mexico has been through its fair share of injustice when it comes to foreign powers, and I'm not even talking of that time when they signed away 55% of its territory to the United States of America, but of something much more ridiculous. You see, in the 1830s, a small dispute over a local bakery turned into an international geopolitical conflict be…
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