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 3.30 pm in the small Spanish town Abadod and the streets are empty.

Shudders are closed and blinds are down.

The only sounds you can hear through open windows are clinking silverware and a low buzz

from televisions.

The afternoon sun roasts the village with temperatures rising to over 90 degrees Fahrenheit on this

July day in 2015.

Mayor Xoan Fauss Vittoria has left City Hall and has just arrived at home.

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