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-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 and Duo Lingo, this is Radio Lingo.

New episodes out Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

On a January morning in 1994, Juan Aguilera Sastre received a phone call from the president

of a cultural center called the Ateneo Riojano.

She told Juan they were preparing an upcoming exhibit about an early 20th century Spanish

author.

She asked me if I wanted to participate in that activity.

I told her that, of course, yes, that the 20th century was very interesting to me and

that it was going to start preparing for the event.

...