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 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 in Duo Lingo, this is Radio Lingo.

Few episodes out Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

On September 20th, 2017, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico.

Flooding and catastrophic winds devastated the Caribbean island and just when people needed

electricity the most, the electric grid collapsed.

It was chaos.

Only a few people in the whole island had electricity.

42-year-old Ada Ramona Miranda Alvarado was one of them.

My family had a lot of luck.

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