Language supposedly has all these rules.

Most of us never have to think about those rules, but the hidden hand of language guides

nearly every interaction we have with other people, determining whether we connect, entertain,

confuse, insult, or dazzle the people we communicate with.

In Radio Lingo, a new podcast from Duo Lingo in Crooked Media, we explore how language shapes

our world and how our world shapes language.

I'm Amadella Yuckwer.

I'm an audio journalist and James Beard Award winning writer.

I am an AWV language.

It's complexity and it's simplicity.

The way we can use it to create both distance and understanding.

I'm going to be your guide.

Join us as we take you on a linguistic journey.

From Crooked Media in Duo Lingo, this is Radio Lingo.

Two episodes out Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

It was April 2006.

When 23-year-old Enrique Lomnitz walked into a house on the outskirts of Mexico City,

he was an industrial design student, visiting the neighborhood to research the city's long

standing problems with water access.

With the house, Clara Gaitan, a family friend, greeted him.

Clara, who was 15 days without water, was recycling the little that she had to cook,

wash and wash.

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