Episode Details

Learn with slow Spanish news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: A NASA-funded spacecraft launches to catch the falling Swift telescope and lift it to a safer orbit. Also: Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, known for selling books critical of China's leaders, dies in Taipei at 70. Today’s Spanish focus: poder = can; to be able to. Vocabulary: bajar (to go down), agarrar (to grab), tener miedo (to be afraid). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a1-2026-07-04