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 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 in Duo Lingo, this is Radio Lingo.

New episodes of Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

In the spring of 2020, identical twin brothers Emilio and Orlando Tvárhil found themselves

at a crossroads.

They had been away from their home in Venezuela for years in order to follow their passion

for dance.

But they had faced one setback after another, and now the pandemic had snatched away their

latest job, teaching hip-hop.

They wondered if it was time to give up dancing together.

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