Intermediate Spanish 12: Los Mercados

Rob and Lis recently moved to the "Coffee Axis" in Colombia, not just so Rob could feed his caffeine addiction.
They discuss their new lifestyle, and how it compares to city living (so long, Bogota!).

Have you seen the show "Traitors"? Rob and Lis got hooked on it, and discuss it in this episode.

Have you met someone truly "toxic"? What do you think made them that way? 
In this episode, Lis and Rob discuss the "Fundamental Attribution Error" - when we try to explain someone's behavior based mostly on their personality and don't think enough about the situation they are in. 

¿Qué hace que una relación a largo plazo tenga éxito, y hasta qué punto podemos predecirlo de antemano? 
¿Existe un alma gemela para todo el mundo, o podemos decidir a quién queremos?

Why do we decide to bake cookies when we've got a deadline tomorrow?
How has procrastination affected us, and what can we do about it? Lis and Rob explore their own experiences with procrastinating, and discuss 3 effective strategies to combat it.

Status symbols... How do people mark themselves as high status around the world, and have we fallen into these traps?

We discuss coming up with business ideas, and how running a business has changed our lives. Also, some new business ideas, both from us and our friends! Rob describes his "Ayahuasca for Silicon Valley" business idea, as well as new cafe concept called "The hangover"...

Lis and Rob talk noisy neighbours, sounds of the city, and noise pollution. How noisy are our cities, and how much does this bother us?

We chat with Andrea and Nate, who run Spanish Land. They divide their time between USA and Colombia - how do they find life compares in the two countries, and what are their plans for the future?

We've been parents to our daughter, Ana Paz, for nearly a year now. Here, we reflect on what we expected going into it, and how things really were in reality.