Benny Lewis

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589 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 12 Aug

Benny Lewis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Language & Travel Hacking · Mexico or Spain Spanish? You're Asking the Wrong Question! · 25 May 2026 podcast

The one you pick will not cost you conversations later on down the road. voice-verified

The thing that will cost you conversations is spending six or more months researching exactly which dialect you should learn and putting way too much effort into splitting things off. voice-verified

Just go and pick resources that happen to work for you and use it on a human. voice-verified

So this is what I have to say. voice-verified

I know it's a controversial thing because a lot of people would think you have to pick the dialect right from the start. voice-verified

And if you happen to know the only version of the language you're going to learn is this one for whatever reason, because that's where your family is from or your partner's family, then fine, you can focus in on that. voice-verified

But it's really not going to hinder you if you happen to go in a different direction. voice-verified

I've personally used voice-verified

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European Castilian learned Spanish in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, Colombia. voice-verified

And I've met people from many other countries, and I'm telling you, it's not been a problem. voice-verified

I put a little bit of effort before flying in to make sure I'm aware of the most specific differences. voice-verified

But even if I slip back into speaking purely Castilian Spanish, it doesn't really matter because they are able to understand that the way English speakers are able to s to understand both British. voice-verified

British and Americans without it being that big a source of stress. voice-verified

It's not that big a deal. voice-verified

I really hope I've eased your mind a bit on this. voice-verified

So that being said, if you'd like a structured push to actually get to that point where you are using Spanish or whatever language it is on a real human, voice-verified

And not just thinking about it. voice-verified

That's what my boot camp is for. voice-verified

So I really hope you will consider joining it. voice-verified

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