Nov
17
VEE #035: La fiebre de la propiedad
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In this interview with Spanish podcaster, Mercedes León, we talk about economic hard times in Spain, brought on by rampant real estate speculation. Later on in the conversation we switch gears and Mercedes takes us on a wonderful audio tour of her favorite sections of Barcelona. It’s a great interview, if I must say myself. 
This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. Visit Mercedes’ web site at www.spanishpodcast.org.
Click below for the complete interview transcript in Spanish.
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November 17th, 2008 at 2:45 am
[...] In Part 1, Mercedes and I talk about the tough economic times that Spain is currently experiencing. Later in the conversation, she takes us on a delightful audio tour of her favorite sections of Barcelona, her hometown. [...]
November 17th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Many thanks – great stuff – She has the best Spanish voice I know – tell me Eleena was the conversation scripted and did you visit Barcelona – the recording was very good quality, best wishes
Alan
November 17th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Hi Alan!
Thanks for your note. I love Mercedes’ voice too. I could listen to her speak all day! Her voice has a very soothing quality to it.
No, unfortunately I wasn’t able to visit Barcelona to meet with Mercedes. Hopefully, one day soon, because I’d love to meet her in person. She’s super maja.
When I approached her about doing an interview last month, we initially talked about doing it via Skype. But I’ve been experiencing some exasperating connectivity issues with my Internet service with Skype calls cutting off or getting dropped in mid-sentence. So we decided it would be much easier and efficient for the both of us to just record our parts separately to avoid the technical difficulties.
We emailed back and forth regarding what we were going to talk about, but as you can see, Mercedes did the heavy lifting in terms of the level of detail of her responses. She emailed me her audio and then I put the pieces of our Q&A together on my trusty Mac. Mercedes and Jose Luis use high-quality recording equipment so the final interview came out fenomenal. In fact, I covet her microphone because the quality is fantastic.
November 28th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
[...] In Part 2 of my chat with Spanish podcaster Mercedes León, she talks about the development of her podcast and tells us a little about a new project she’s got planned for Spanish language learners. Mercedes has got such a lovely voice I could listen to her read the listings in a phone directory.
Check out Part 1 of the interview here. [...]
November 28th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
[...] out Part 1 of the interview, if you previously missed [...]