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, a new podcast from Duo Lingo in Crooked Media, we explore how language shapes

our world and how our world shapes language.

I'm Amadella Yuckbure.

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 in Duo Lingo, this is Radio Lingo.

New episodes of Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

It was October 2019 and 23-year-old Glouet Légé was in the middle of the ocean doing what

she loved most.

Swimming.

She was on a great adventure with her boyfriend, Matieu, and his brother, Vika.

The three of them were swimming from Spain to Morocco across the street of Gibraltar.

It was an intense five-hour swim, immersed in nature.

I like the adaptation because I am plunged into nature.

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