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 AWV 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.

Lush and Untouched Places on Earth.

The Amazonian Basin of Peru.

As a child, he would help his parents with chores and walk with his father through dense

jungle, noisy with birds and wildlife to get to the clear flowing rivers and waterfalls

where they would swim and fish.

The forest and the territory were the middle of life and the food of my family and

the rest of the community.

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