{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a2ad0dc479dfe546fa3a017/6a812a39248fe5d9f875f1f2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"B1 Spanish News | Why Are Secondhand Books Selling in Bulk?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a2ad0dc479dfe546fa3a017/1418609f-86f3-4803-b4a8-faba0a35b50c.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Learn Spanish through today’s real news. Natural-pace Spanish at B1, with a full transcript and English translation.</p>\n\n<p>In this episode: Independent booksellers are seeing huge bulk orders, and the episode explores whether those books are being bought to train AI and then pulped. Also: South Korea&#x27;s president proposes talks with North Korea to officially end the war and reduce tensions along the DMZ.</p>\n\n<p>Hoy: Libros usados y pedidos masivos · Seúl propone hablar del fin de la guerra.</p>\n\n<p>Today’s Spanish focus: sigue activa = is still active. Vocabulary: el lomo (the spine), el ejemplar (a copy), destruir (to destroy).</p>\n\n<p>Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: <a href=\"https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-b1-2026-08-16\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-b1-2026-08-16</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}