BA Cast is the only bilingual show that is simultaneously spoken in English and Spanish simultaneously, hosted by American Dan Karlin, Mexican Santiago Barona and Argentine Fernando Farías. This is the 2020 reboot of the show BA Cast: The Buenos Aires Podcast Dan and Fer did between 2010 and 2014 when they both lived in the Argentine capital. A talk show for bilingual speakers or learners of either Spanish and English, focusing on culture, language, history, politics, philosophy and the *occasional* rambling...
A thorny gastronomic issue, discussed.
Final part of our documentary on the dictatorship that left a toll of 30 thousand disappeared people.
The period the military called the "Proceso"
Explaining the 1976-1983 dictadura in Argentina
Featuring historic soundbites, interviews with experts and analysis.
Dan nails it with his Casey
We discuss piropos, body image and words in English misused by locals. Originally released in March 2011
An American guest tastes it for the first time, live on the show. Originally released: March 2011.
Is BA coffee culture in danger? Originally released in February 2011
Argentina's IRF is suuuper popular among expats. Originally released in February 2011.
Do you want to know how to spot them? Originally released in February, 2011
What's the best of the two? Originally released in January 2011.
Daniel watches for the first time a Tinelli show. Recorded at Sugar Bar, Palermo. Originally released: December 2010
We discuss also the various ways of using the word "negro" in the country. Episode originally released in December 2010.
Such as churros... Episode originally released in December 2010.
The etiquette of drinking mate. Episode originally released on November 2010.
British expat Lisa Goldapple shares some of her experience with porteño novios...
Plus a chat with a French expat in BA.
We discuss also attitudes towards children in Argentina.
We discuss Peronism with Argentine historian Julian Giglio and American journalist Ian Mount. Plus bad translations in Spanish of American films and series titles.
A show released the day after former president Néstor Kirchner died, on October 27, 2010.
How to use the word "boludo" and something on Parrillas. Originally released: October 2010.
We're back with our bilingual show, now also bi-national, as Daniel is NY and Fer is still in Buenos Aires. And now, we're adding something extra for this comeback...
Well, coronavirus made it possible...the show is coming back. With Dan in NY and Fer in BA. Stay tuned.