# Are Phones Making Us Worse? (Real Spanish Conversation)

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Podcast: [Real Spanish Conversations, by Notes in Spanish](https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-spanish-conversations-by-notes-in-spanish-6417846)
Published: 2026-04-15T12:46:05+00:00
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## Resource

In today's Real Spanish Conversation we discuss the 'peliagudo' topic of whether we are actually better off of not in the age of the mobile phone - and what our brother-in-law did with his to try to make his life better! PLUS analysis of 3 great bits of very colloquial Spanish from the conversation. Free '15 Spanish Slang Phrases Every Intermediate Learner Must Know!' report: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Get the Course for your level: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

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