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 of Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

In September of 2020, it was raining heavily in the middle of the Navarra region of Spain.

That's a mountainous area on the border of France.

Monika Meira was getting worried.

She was on the second day of the famous Camino de Santiago Trail and she was making her

way along a tight path.

To her left, she had the rocky mountain side.

And her right, she could see a steep drop off and a river that was 650 feet below.

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