{"id":15232,"date":"2025-07-10T05:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T04:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=15232"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:34:20","slug":"hola-culture-ep-1-birthday-vibes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/hola-culture-ep-1-birthday-vibes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hola Culture Ep.1: Birthday Vibes \ud83c\udfa7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2659\" src=\"\/files\/spanish\/blog\/2025\/07\/birthday.jpg\" alt=\"celebrating a birthday\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Spanish Conversation Podcast<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In our \u201cHola Culture\u201d podcast series, you\u2019ll listen to Kwiziq teachers Inma and Silvia\u2018s light-hearted chats in Spanish about fun and interesting topics. 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