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  • Published on Sep 28, 2026

    ¿Cómo se dice? A Spanish Video About Not Knowing What to Say

    A new Señor Wooly video about imperfect Spanish, circumlocution, and learning to keep communicating when the words fail you.

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  • Published on Sep 20, 2025

    I Hated Teaching Time in Spanish. So We Made Tarde.

    How we gave one of the dullest topics in beginning Spanish some actual stakes.

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  • Published on Mar 09, 2023

    ¡Queremos eso!: The Ganga Girls Take Over a Restaurant

    In 2014, we released Es una ganga, the story of two women with an almost supernatural ability to find a bargain.

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  • Published on Mar 08, 2023

    El antídoto del dragón: A Spanish Rock Opera for the Classroom

    Over two years ago, Nate Niederkorn and I sat down to write a rock song about a princess who accidentally drank a glass of poison.

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