2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection In this episode, we talk about one of the most difficult sound in Portuguese for many native English speakers. Yes, the LH sound. It's not an L, it's not quite a Y...so what is this crazy Portuguese sound and how do you produce it? In today's episode, we answer all of your questions, and as always, give you tons of real Brazilian Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come...
Jul 10, 2018•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 O Mecanismo é uma das séries da Netflix de maior sucesso no Brasil. Fala sobre a Operação Lava-Jato e muito do que está acontecendo nos dias de hoje no país com toda a questão de corrupção e cenário político. No episódio de hoje falamos bastante sobre a série e as nossas opiniões sobre. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://carioca...
Jul 03, 2018•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 Olá pessoal! In this episode, we are talking about the famous "festa junina." If you don't know what a festa junina is, you are in for a real treat. If you're already familiar with these traditional parties, then you are still going to learn a lot more about them and some really cool Portuguese along the way. Vamos lá! 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca...
Jun 27, 2018•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 If you have been learning Portuguese for a while now, you have probably heard of the "jeitinho brasileiro." But, what is it exactly? Is it good? Is it bad? Whatever it is, it can be a little confusing. In this episode, Alexia and Foster talk about the intricacies of the jeitinho brasileiro. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://car...
Jun 25, 2018•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 Opa, fala aí pessoal! Carioca Connection is back with Season 3! Obviously, we have to start with the World Cup. In this episode, we talk about Brazil's chances in the 2018 World Cup and Foster's lack of soccer knowledge is painfully obvious. As always, good laughs and real Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaco...
Jun 20, 2018•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 Season 3 of Carioca Connection is here! The World Cup is here! Alexia is in the US! Season 3 of Carioca Connection is going to be the best season yet. First episode will be released later this week. 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...
Jun 17, 2018•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Season 2 is coming to an end. We had so much fun recording Season 2 for you guys and we thought that the most appropriate way to finish this season is taking about all of the reasons we love Brazil. Without further ado, here's the last episode of Season 2. Ready to speak confidently, understand real-life Portuguese, and dive deep into Brazilian culture in 2025? 🇧🇷 Join us at: https://cari...
May 02, 2018•20 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, Alexia and Foster talk about their experience taking a ferry from Buenos Aires to Montevideo. Lots of laughing and talking about meat, tango, and much more. As always, chock full of real Brazilian Portuguese in natural conversation. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confiden...
Apr 23, 2018•17 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 our favorite subjects: dogs! If you've been following the show for a while now, you probably already know that we are huge dog lovers. Even if you don't like dogs...wait who doesn't like dogs? Tons of great Portuguese! Vamos lá! 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Rea...
Apr 20, 2018•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 today's episode, we are talking about sotaques. Accents. Brazil is full of them. Ranging from the chiado of the carioca to the hard R of the paulista, there is a lot going on in terms of accents in Brazil. No matter which one you are learning, this episode will help you have a better grasp on the different accents in Brazil. Listen now to improve your Portuguese. 2023 is the year to impr...
Apr 16, 2018•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 Hey guys. In today's episode, we talk about our experience in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We talk about the rivalry between Brazil and Argentina, and Alexia makes some shocking confessions on air... 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 in...
Apr 16, 2018•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 If you have ever been to Brazil before, you probably know that Brazilians run on a different schedule. They go to work later, eat later, and stay out until dawn. It's confusing to know how time works in Brazil. In this episode, Alexia and Foster provide some clarification, and as always, bad jokes and good Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca ...
Apr 09, 2018•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 Well, it's official. We all kind of already knew it, but according to a recent CNN article, Brazilians are the coolest people in the world. In this episode, Alexia and Foster talk about just what makes Brazilians so unique, and well, so cool. It's a good one. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to spea...
Apr 06, 2018•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 It's no secret that Brazilians are...let's say more intimate than other cultures? They love to touch, kiss, hug almost anyone and everyone. To some visiting gringos, this can be a weird at experience at first. But once you get used to it, it makes Brazilians all the more special. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnect...
Apr 04, 2018•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 the US, most kids leave home to go to university at around 18. In Brazil, it is normal to live with your parents until 30 and beyond. Why is this? The truth is, there are a lot of different reasons. In this episode, Alexia and Foster talk about living with parents and the differences between American and Brazilian Culture. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the ...
Apr 02, 2018•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, Alexia and Foster talk about the Brazilian national anthem and its importance in Brazilian culture. Alexia gets emotional. A lot of giggling coming from Foster. And of course, tons of real Brazilian Portuguese conversation. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, unde...
Mar 30, 2018•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 It's no secret that Brazil is not well-known for world-class service when it comes to restaurants. In this episode, we talk about the differences between service in the US and Brazil, how to get a waiter's attention, and of course, whether or not to leave a tip. Listen and learn some awesome Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club...
Mar 28, 2018•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 Easter is just around the corner which means, well, it can mean different things for different people. For Brazilians, it has a lot to do with overpriced chocolate eggs. For Foster, it involves being embarrassingly confused about bunnies and fish. This is one of the most fun and embarrassing episodes we've recorded in a long time. Check it out. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! C...
Mar 26, 2018•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 The future of TV is changing. Cable TV is still plays a huge role in the US & Brazil, but it is quickly being surpassed by Netflix, Youtube, & the like. In this episode, we talk about TV in Brazil and how it is changing. It doesn't matter why you are learning Portuguese, you are bound to talk about TV at some point. So go ahead and click pause on Game of Thrones for a second and lea...
Mar 22, 2018•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 Yellow fever is on the rise in Rio which is a tragedy in and of itself. On a more personal note, Alexia has been dying of fear about getting the yellow fever vaccine. In this episode, we talk about the situation happening in Rio de Janeiro as well as our fears and phobias. And as always, some rants and real Brazilian Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in t...
Mar 21, 2018•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 Alexia and I work online. That means we can work from more or less wherever we want. Awesome, right? Well, most of the time. Sometimes it can be lonely and isolating. That's why we have gotten really into co-working spaces, most notably WeWork. Even if you don't work remotely, this is a fascinating topic that is changing the way we work and find community. And of course, lots of awesome Bra...
Mar 20, 2018•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 Last episode, we talked about Vinicius. Today, Alexia talks about one of her favorite poems by O Poetinha: Se você quer ser minha namorada. Followed by a dramatic reading. ------------------- Se você quer ser minha namorada Meu poeta eu hoje estou contente Todo mundo de repente ficou lindo, ficou lindo de morrer Eu hoje estou me rindo, nem eu mesma sei de que Porque eu recebi uma cartinhazi...
Mar 18, 2018•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection Foster and Alexia continue the theme of Brazilian music talking about another one of the great Brazilian musicians: Vinicius de Moraes. Colloquially known as O Poetinha, it is hard to overstate his importance on Brazilian music. This episode if full of cool information, scandals, anecdotes between Alexia's family and Vinicius, and of course, tons of mistakes by Foster. Please enjoy. 2023 is...
Mar 16, 2018•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 This is part II of a fascinating conversation with Renato from Learn Brazilian Guitar. If you have listened to Carioca Connection for a while, then you know how much we love Brazilian music. That is why we are so excited to have today's special guest, Renato from www.learningbrazilianguitar.com/. Renato is a maestro when it comes to Brazilian music and is an amazing musician himself. In thi...
Mar 15, 2018•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2025 is your year to level up your Brazilian Portuguese—agora é a hora! 🇧🇷 Join us at Carioca Connection If you have listened to Carioca Connection for a while, then you know how much we love Brazilian music. That is why we are so excited to have today's special guest, Renato from www.learningbrazilianguitar.com/. Renato is a maestro when it comes to Brazilian music and is an amazing musician himself. In this episode, we talk about Renato's history with Brazilian music, some of the most famous...
Mar 14, 2018•22 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, Foster is in the hot seat. Alexia is asking him questions about his experience with learning Portuguese and how to learn any language more efficiently. Hopefully, to Foster's embarrassment, this episode will help you learn Portuguese faster and avoid some common mistakes. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cario...
Mar 08, 2018•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 If you are anything like us, you spend a lot of time on your phone. In today's episode, we talk about our relationship with technology and how it is affecting our mental health. 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 cultu...
Mar 07, 2018•17 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, Alexia and Foster explore the wonderful city of Teresópolis, a tiny town tucked into the mountains of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Teresópolis is full of natural wonders like national parks, waterfalls, and a unique culture. If you're lucky, you might even see a sloth. Have a listen and learn real Brazilian Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join ...
Mar 06, 2018•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 If you are interested in Brazil, you've probably heard of feijoada. If so, you know you are in for a treat. If you've never heard of feijoada, you can't leave Brazil without trying this classic dish that will put you into a food coma for days. 2023 is the year to improve your Portuguese! Come join us in the Carioca Connection Club. https://cariocaconnection.com Ready to speak confidently, u...
Mar 05, 2018•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 Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the most beautiful places in Brazil. You could say, well, it is super bonito In this episode, Alexia and Foster talk about the wonders of Bonito as well as some life or death situations that Alexia faced on her trip there, namely being almost killed by wild pigs Have a listen, learn some real Brazilian Portuguese. 2023 is the year to improve your Portugu...
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