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 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 and Duo Lingo, this is Radio Lingo.

New episodes of Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

This April 1975 and 15-year-old Renato Hausler stands at the street corner of his hometown,

a suburb, a bon lieu of Lausanne in Switzerland.

Renato looks at the construction sites, les chantiers.

His neighborhood is booming and Renato hates that.

La bon lieu west de Lausanne se développe très rapidement.

There are chantiers everywhere.

I don't like these buildings too much.

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