Yes! Traé Alfajores has turned one year. And it’s that type of milestones I wanto to tap on. As I said multiple times, some aspects of keeping an online business running go unnoticed for others, yet it’s definitely the most essential part.

What I instantly spot when I pay attention to educational/informational websites (and not all of them related to language teaching) is all the invisible work there is.

And when I think about creating future video courses, it’s what I identify as the most crucial part of its success. Providing high quality resources is the only path to walk in the online world.

When I first started with the podcast, my plan was to offer Argentinian culture + Argentinian Spanish insights together with transcripts.

Why? Because I think audio and transcripts are incredibly beneficial for increasing your vocabulary and improving your pronunciation in the most natural way possible.

READ: How to learn Spanish with podcasts?

While it’s true it only takes time for anything to turn a year, Traé Alfajores is by now a central part of the identity of Venture Out. One year of existence translates as 39 episodes to date.

We’ve touched on multiple topics since the first episode:

1. Español Rioplatense
2. El Voseo
3. El Mate
4. El Yeísmo
5. El Asado
6. El Lunfardo
7. Italiano en el español rioplatense
8. Mundo Helado
9. El Fútbol
10. Usos del Che
11. Kioscos
12. Alfajores
13. Dulce de Leche
14. Facturas
15. La “S” preconsonántica
16. Elecciones Presidenciales 2023
17. Dólar Blue e Inflación
18. El Campo
19. Argentina en números
20. Tango
21. Buenos Aires
22. Malbec
23. Fauna Argentina
24. El Conurbano
25. Villa General Belgrano
26. Fernet
27. Cuarteto
28. Jacarandás
29. 19 y 20 de diciembre de 2001
30. Uruguay
31. Vientos de Argentina
32. Puteadas
33. Vesres
34. Carnavales
35. Empanadas
36. Ruta 40
37. El Obelisco
38. 24 de marzo de 1976
39. Malvinas

All this myriad of topics has given me the opportunity to look at and reflect about Argentina, our identity, how we are perceived as Argentinians and how we perceive ourselves.

And on top of this, it’s given me the opportunity to meet students who reached out after listening to the podcast with a sense of ‘I know you’, which is always awesome.

Anyways, I wanted to express my gratitude to everyone who has listened and supported TA over this first year.

If you haven’t, go straight to Spotify and give it a listen.

Thank you so much,

Until soon, amigos.

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