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-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.

It was a hot night in February 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina when 19-year-old Nicole Becker

was sitting at home, bored.

Like many young people, she grabbed her phone and started watching videos on Instagram.

Nicole had stumbled onto a video of Greta Thumbberg, the 16-year-old climate change activist.

Nicole was mesmerized.

She opened her laptop and Googled, the top result was a United Nations report that said,

quote, climate crisis, a matter of human rights.

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