Tenth Radio Broadcast!

I felt like the Spanish never enforced the law. Either that, or they didn't have laws. They drink in the streets, the kids don't have curfew, the cops don't enforce drug laws, etc etc.

This broadcast talks all about law.

Song: "I fought the Law"--The Clash

Ninth Radio Broadcast!

Living with Lola the dog was something new for sure, since I never had a pet in my life. The way Spaniards treat their dogs and how they walk them around without leashes inspired my ninth show on pets...which are called "Mascotas."

I have a couple interesting things to say about this broadcast...

You would wonder what they call mascots...they call them "mascotas" also. Although, mascots truly are an American concoction since their sports really don't have mascots.

The song used is "The Underdog" by Spoon. They don't have a translation for an underdog because it really doesn't exist. They don't have that cultural idea of surpassing mediocrity to get to greatness. That's an American concept.

Eighth Radio Broadcast!

Clearly schooling was different in Spain. Not just the education, but the culture of how to address teachers, how to dress in class, or whether or not it's okay to eat!

Here is my 8th radio broadcast on schools.

The song is "Me and Julio Down by the School Yard" by Paul Simon (one of my faves!).

Seventh Radio Broadcast!

I finally got around to uploading more of my radio shows. Not all of them are up yet, but at least I got to number 10!

Loly (the radio director) suggested I do one about women, since it was women's month in March. So here is my 7th broadcast, on women.

The song is "Just a Girl" by No Doubt.

Final Generation Y broadcast!!!

Listen to it live at 1pm Chicago time TODAY (wednesday) at www.radiosanvicente.com.

Go to the site and click "escuchanos" to stream it live!


THIS IS MY LAST ONE!!!

Preview of my broadcast this week

Being my final week working at the radio station, my little cultural program (that broadcasts on Thursdays at 6:40am Chicago time) will be a little different than usual. Instead of focusing on one thing in particular, I do a little summary of my entire experience. I wrote it in a pro-con style list (and I will write a blog entry about this too), comparing what I will be going back to, but also what I will be leaving behind here in Spain.


Needless to say, it's a tearjerker!

Sixth Radio Broadcast!

Perfectly in time for earth day, I have uploaded my week six broadcast of my radio show (this was from over 6 weeks ago!) on the topic of the environment. It's so old, that when I uploaded it I cringed at how American my accent sounds. I think I improved...or so I hope.

I used TV on the Radio's song "Staring at the Sun."

All you need to know about me on the Radio.

Sorry I forgot to tell you all that I was on the radio again today at 1pm Chicago time.

I think you should get to know the schedule by now...


Wednesdays at 1pm Chicago time---Generacion Y (round table discussion...usually in first 30 min. of program) I am unable to record this because it is recorded as one long hour program...so I can't just cut the excerpt that I am in.

Thursdays at 6:40am-7:00am Chicago time---the program I write about cultural differences, which I post later online. It's only 7 minutes long usually, but it can float around somewhere in this time slot.

To listen to it, go to www.radiosanvicente.com and click "escuchanos" to open the live streaming player.

Fifth Radio Broadcast!

This one is about the previous weekend's two big holidays: Carnaval and Valentine's Day.



The song is "Celebration" by Madonna. Of course.

Fourth Radio Broadcast!

This one is about fashion, clothing, and style.




Of course, the song is "Fashion" by Lady Gaga. It was very distracting trying to speak over that audio. Very, very difficult.

Third Radio Broadcast!

A little side note: The song I used, "Wheels" by Cake, contains an amusing lyric (PS: The group is from Sacramento)...

And the muscular cyborg German dudes dance with sexy French Canadians
While the overweight Americans wear their patriotic jumpsuits

If only I could just do a whole program on hating on Americans. It wouldn't be very hard!

Second Radio Broadcast!

First radio broadcast!

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