El héroe de libros (The Book Hero)

Duolingo Spanish Podcast

Duolingo

Education

4.5 • 14.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In 2013, a Peruvian photographer visits his parents’ village and unexpectedly becomes dedicated to improving literacy in rural Peru.

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0:00.0	Language supposedly has all these rules.
0:04.8	Most of us never have to think about those rules, but the hidden hand of language guides
0:08.6	nearly every interaction we have with other people, determining whether we connect, entertain,
0:14.2	confuse, insult, or dazzle the people we communicate with.
0:18.1	In Radio Lingo, the new podcast from Duo Lingo and Crooked Media, we explore how language
0:23.6	shapes our world and how our world shapes language.
0:27.2	I'm Amadellia Quir.
0:28.4	I'm an audio journalist and James Beard Award winning writer.
0:32.0	I am an awe-void language.
0:33.9	It's complexity and it's simplicity.
0:36.1	The way we can use it to create both distance and understanding.
0:39.6	I'm going to be your guide.
0:41.4	Join us as we take you on a linguistic journey.
0:44.7	From Crooked Media and Duo Lingo, this is Radio Lingo.
0:48.9	New episodes out Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.
0:58.8	In May of 2013, Javier Gamboa was visiting Joljabamba, a rural village in one of the poorest
1:06.0	areas of Peru.
1:08.0	He was 47 years old and a photographer from Lima.
1:12.0	On this trip, he was taking several bags of school supplies to the only school in town.
1:17.8	He was the only school in Joljabamba.
1:21.7	He had 200 students of all ages and many came from nearby towns.
1:29.4	Most people were with little resources.
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