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 out Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

Its late summer 1989 and 24-year-old François Saint-Germes is in the passenger seat of

his mother's car driving up the Normandy coast.

There on a country road known as the most beautiful kilometre de France.

They pull up at a scenic viewpoint and get out to admire the view.

From the top of the cliff, the faaleze, François stares out at the bay, nestled in the

deep blue waters is a steep rocky island, Le Mont Saint-Michel, or as locals call it,

Le Mont.

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