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.

He was the evening of December 25, 1999, and 10-year-old Serge Zaka had just celebrated Christmas

at home with his family.

They'd all gone to bed and Serge was fast asleep.

Suddenly, he heard some loud noises coming from the street and he rushed to the window

to see what was going on.

The wind blew very strong and in the street, we saw things flying, bubbles, noise

decorations, panels and even branches.

...