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 Yuckbure.

I'm an audio journalist and James Beard Award winning writer.

I am an awe-v 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.

Hi all, a quick note before we begin.

This season of the Duo Lingo French podcast is serialized.

So if you haven't heard the previous episode yet, go back and listen to that one first.

Now onto the episode.

It's March 9th, 1905.

The second day of Alexandre Jacques Gubbs' trial in the northern French city of Amia.

In the courtroom, the presiding judge dressed in his ceremonial robe and cap sits at a large

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