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, the new podcast from Duo Lingo and 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 awe-void 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 and Duo Lingo, this is Radio Lingo.

New episodes of Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

The first time Jimena Veles Liendo saw an Andy and Bear or Osso Andino, she fell in love.

It was 1996 and she was about to graduate as a biologist.

Her thesis required her to travel to a national park in the middle of her country, Bolivia.

I wasn't very sure to investigate about the Sunday.

Because I had told myself that it was a very difficult thing to detect.

In addition, I didn't know anything about Osso nor about his impact on the ecosystem.

But the first night that I had to camp in the forest, V1,

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