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 of Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

On August 3, 2020, Maya Yuseini was sitting in her sister's breezy garden, surrounded

by cipreses and roses.

It was a hot summer day and Maya had escaped the scorching heat of her hometown of Beirut

to celebrate a special occasion, her 60th birthday.

Maya and her mother live in the mountains, at 15 km of Beirut.

This day, her mother had organized a surprise for my birthday.

It was a very beautiful day.

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