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 AWV 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.

Few episodes out Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

Time in her life.

Margarita flying solo to another country seemed like a great adventure.

She said goodbye to her parents and her two younger siblings and boarded the plane.

I felt like they were vacationers and everything seemed fantastic to me.

My brothers and I were together in the plane.

The other passengers in the plane were also children.

I felt very excited.

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