Episodes

  • That’s Amoré
    Jan 10 2023

    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 hard work no matter where you’re from. In this episode of Radiolingo, the sweet sticky mess that is romance. 

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    23 mins
  • A Language Well Lived” (Language Lifecycle Part 2: Death)
    Jan 3 2023

    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 on language, and the efforts some communities are taking to revive their dying ways of speaking.

    Shownotes: 

    https://cherokeepreservation.org/

    https://www.cherokee.org/about-the-nation/donations/

    https://language.cherokee.org/language-programs/

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    30 mins
  • Congrats! It’s a Language.” (Language Lifecycle Part 1: Birth)
    Dec 20 2022

    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 dive into the creation of constructed languages – languages made for film or TV (or even just for fun) – and natural languages, and how the process behind both reveals why new languages come into existence.

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    30 mins
  • Foul @#$%ing Language
    Dec 13 2022

    What is the oldest swear word in English? Does swearing help manage pain? We bring you 6 fun lessons on swearing and cursing. 

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    25 mins
  • Speaking of Gender
    Dec 6 2022

    Language can reflect and reinforce gender expectations. Are there ways to make language more inclusive?

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    22 mins
  • Lights! Camera! Translate!
    Nov 29 2022

    From "Seinfeld" to "Squid Game", thanks to streaming, audiences worldwide have access to more TV shows and movies from other countries than ever before, and that includes content in other languages. As such, the localization industry is booming, and the nature of subtitling, dubbing, and captioning is rapidly changing and expanding. We dive into the distinct processes and challenges regarding localization, and how they affect what we see on screen.

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    28 mins
  • What Accent?
    Nov 22 2022

    How and why do we make assumptions based on the way people speak? What is considered “proper,” or “correct” language – and who decides that, anyway?

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    29 mins
  • What’s In A Name
    Nov 15 2022

    Host Ahmed Ali Akbar has always had trouble getting people to say his name “correctly.” Why? This episode explores how second generation immigrants choose names, and how a name can impact our lives in more ways than we’d think. 

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    31 mins