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.

On October 28, 2020, 26-year-old Marie Benetti settled on her couch in her small Paris apartment

and turned on the TV to hear French President Emmanuel Macron address the nation.

Frances, Françée, my dear compatriot.

He delivered some very, very bad news.

I decided that he had to find out from the sale of the virus.

France was going to be fully locked down,

because of Covid-19.

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