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.

It's 1989 on a hot day in Maracay, a small town on the coast of Venezuela.

And 11-year-old Georgie Abonte wants to spend the whole day at his cousin's house.

My cousin and I can go to the river or the beach with our parents, but we don't want

us.

We have a better plan.

Their plan is to play their favorite game.

They step outside and take their positions.

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