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 of 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.

It was 2017 and 28-year-old Maryse Presse was living in Brittany, La Brutagne, a region

in northwestern France.

Brittany has long been known for having a very strong culture with its own music, a local

flag, and a centuries-old language.

But Maryse wasn't very interested in her region's cultural heritage.

She was a young mother in search of her calling.

Sa vocation.

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