2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection There are some figures in Brazilian society that you need to be familiar with. The empregada is undoubtedly one of them. In today's episode, we talk about empregadas and their role in Brazil. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into B...
Dec 08, 2016•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection In today's episode, we talk about one of the most unique neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro: Santa Teresa. This episode is full of great information about the city and real Brazilian Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into B...
Dec 05, 2016•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection You asked for it, so here it is: a 3-part series about beaches in Rio de Janeiro. We talk about some of the best beaches in the world, how to enjoy them like a true carioca, and as always, the episode is full of real Brazilian Portuguese. Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join us at: https://cariocaconnection.com...
Dec 01, 2016•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection You asked for it, so here it is: a 3-part series about beaches in Rio de Janeiro. We talk about some of the best beaches in the world, how to enjoy them like a true carioca, and as always, full of real Brazilian Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life ...
Nov 28, 2016•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection You asked for it, so here it is: a 3-part series about beaches in Rio de Janeiro. We talk about some of the best beaches in the world, how to enjoy them like a true carioca, and as always, the episode is full of real Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-...
Nov 22, 2016•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Brazil is full of hidden gems. Today we talk about our experience in Ibitipoca, a state park in Minas Gerais. As always, full of real Portuguese you will never find in your textbooks. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian...
Nov 10, 2016•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Brazil is full of hidden gems. Today we talk about our experience in Ibitipoca, a state park in Minas Gerais. As always, full of real Brazilian Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join ...
Nov 01, 2016•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Brazilian cinema is not that well known throughout the world. But there are tons of great Brazilian films. And it is an excellent way to learn more about Brazil and Brazilian Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazil...
Oct 24, 2016•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection There are a lot of differences between Brazilian and American weddings. In this episode, we talk about these differences and much more. Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join us at: https://cariocaconnection.com...
Oct 18, 2016•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection One of the best ways to make a living in Brazil is by teaching English. It is an incredibly rewarding and fascinating career. In this episode, we talk about how to teach English in Brazil. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Braz...
Oct 13, 2016•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Part II of Alexia and Foster talking about São Paulo. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join us at: https://cariocaconnection.com...
Oct 03, 2016•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection A carioca and gringo go to São Paulo. We talk about what we saw, learned, and the differences between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join us at: https://cariocaconnection.com...
Sep 27, 2016•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection After a visit to the Theatro Municipal, Alexia and Foster discuss the historical place and dance in Rio. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join us at: https://cariocaconnection.com...
Sep 20, 2016•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection One of the coolest things about Brazil is the wide array of exotic fruits. But there are so many they can be confusing. In this episode, we break everything down for you. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2...
Sep 14, 2016•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection In today's episode, we talk about Foster's dad's visit to Rio. We cover a lot of topics, including foreigner's views of Rio and what to do when visiting Brazil. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 ...
Sep 07, 2016•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection In the final part of our series on Brazilian Music, Pablo, Alexia and Foster talk about the Brazilian Soul and the future of Brazilian music. It is full of great vocabulary and insight. Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join us at: https://cariocaconnection.com...
Aug 18, 2016•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection In part two of a three-part series on Brazilian music, we cover a lot. We talk about instruments, genres, where to see music in Rio, bad jokes about Zika and much more. Most importantly, we talk about how samba never dies. Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join us at: https://cariocaconnection.com...
Aug 13, 2016•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Brazilian music is essential to what it means to be Brazilian. Brazilians move, they dance, they sing. It's a part of who they are. If you want to understand Brazilians and Brazilian Portuguese: you have to listen to the music. Today's episode is the first installment of a three part series about Brazilian music with an expert on the topic: Dr. Pablo Saturnino Braga. In this episode, we tal...
Aug 09, 2016•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Brazilians are the kings of social media. If you think that selfies, status updates, and Snapchat is ubiquitous in the states, you have not been to Brazil. In this episode, we talk about the prevalence of social media in Brazilian society and include tons of great vocabulary that you need to know in order to be digitally savvy in Brazil. Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Port...
Aug 07, 2016•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection One of our favorite things about Brazil is the feirinha. The outdoor street markets where you can buy fresh produce, meat, juice, see live music; you can do almost anything really. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian cu...
Aug 02, 2016•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection The Olympics are right around the corner. Most people think it will be a disaster. We think it is worth talking about the World Cup and how Brazil has handled major events in the past. Hear our take about the World Cup. (note: Foster really doesn't know anything about soccer, which will be painfully evident in the show). Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive ...
Jul 28, 2016•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Rio has so many great places to visit. The beaches, forests, music venues, bars, clubs, etc. But few people ever talk about its museums. In today's episode, we talk about Rio's newest cultural addition, the Museum of Tomorrow, or the Museu do Amanhã. Absolutely worth the visit. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnectio...
Jul 19, 2016•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Rio is hot. Really hot. As much as we love the constant opportunities to go to the beach and do activities outside, sometimes it can be too much. In today's episode: Four Seasons. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian cul...
Jul 10, 2016•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Travel changes everything. There is nothing more transformative than leaving where you are and traveling to a new destination. In today's episode, we talk about Alexia's experiences abroad and the power of travel. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese...
Jul 06, 2016•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection In this episode of Carioca Connection, Alexia and Foster explore the world of meditation and its benefits for daily life. Through a casual and engaging conversation, they share their personal experiences with meditation using the Headspace app, discussing how this practice has positively impacted their sleep, stress levels, and overall well-being. Whether you're curious about meditation or ...
Jun 29, 2016•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Everyone knows Copacabana and Ipanema. In today's episode, we dive deep into our favorite neighborhoods and Rio. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join us at: https://cariocaconnection.com...
Jun 29, 2016•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection In this episode, we cover everything about the 2016 Summer Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. You will find out what Brazilian think about the Olympics, whether Rio is ready to take the world stage, and much more. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, ...
May 30, 2016•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection In episode 7, Alexia and Foster talk about animals in Rio, the culture of pets and adoption. For Brazil and animal lovers alike, you will learn a lot of useful information in this episode. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Braz...
May 22, 2016•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection In episode six, Alexia and Foster talk about Poços de Caldas. Poços is a city in Minas Gerais and is truly worth a visit. We cover everything from the food, tourist attractions, paragliding, little Jesus statues and the mineiro accent. Let us know what you think! 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to ...
May 14, 2016•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Brazilians love New York City. They can't get enough of it. In this episode, we find out why and talk about Alexia's experience in the Big Apple. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join us at: htt...
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