Radiolingo
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
That’s Amoré
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We say love is love is love is love. And that’s true! But it’s also รัก if you’re Thai. Yêu và quý if you’re Vietnamese. And a lot of...
A Language Well Lived” (Language Lifecycle Part 2: Death)
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Part 2 of our Language Lifecycle series: what causes languages to become endangered, or even die? We’ll discuss the role of colonization ...
Congrats! It’s a Language.” (Language Lifecycle Part 1: Birth)
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Constructed Languages and New Languages In the first of our two part series on the life cycle of languages, we address how language is born. We’ll ...
Foul @#$%ing Language
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the oldest swear word in English? Does swearing help manage pain? We bring you 6 fun lessons on swearing and cursing.
Speaking of Gender
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Language can reflect and reinforce gender expectations. Are there ways to make language more inclusive?
Lights! Camera! Translate!
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From "Seinfeld" to "Squid Game", thanks to streaming, audiences worldwide have access to more TV shows and movies from other countries than ever befor...
What Accent?
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How and why do we make assumptions based on the way people speak? What is considered “proper,” or “correct” language – and who decides that,...
What’s In A Name
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Ahmed Ali Akbar has always had trouble getting people to say his name “correctly.” Why? This episode explores how second generation immigrant...
Introducing Radiolingo (coming November 15th)
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From Crooked Media and Duolingo, this is Radiolingo, a new limited series that investigates all the ways language shapes our world and how our world s...