A podcast about languages and the people who speak them.
As 20-year-old Olga Janáčková lay dying from typhoid fever, her father wrote down everything she said. Later, he transformed those...
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Some Icelanders are becoming unsettled by this existential question: Will their language still be spoken in the future? Comedian and former...
Many place names in the United States are borrowed from Native American words. It’s often hard to trace the roots. Over time, the...
In this episode, we’re handing over the reins to the podcast series, Home, Interrupted, produced by Feet in 2 Worlds. The series...
Icelanders are protective of their language. When a new piece of tech or a new disease emerges, people debate what to call these things in...
In recent decades, Americans’ perception of bilingualism has been transformed. As recently as the 1990s, the prevailing belief was...
How did Basque survive Spain’s military dictatorship under Francisco Franco when speaking, writing and reading it were illegal? With...
Netflix’s lavish new adaptation of Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem is the latest ‘translation’ of one of this...
The French language is replete with words borrowed from English, like ‘weekend’ and ‘podcasting.’ But French...
Irish is among Europe’s oldest languages. It’s a near miracle that anyone speaks it today. Patrick talks with online Irish...
Israel Jesus used to be ashamed of being from the Mexican state of Oaxaca and speaking the local indigenous tongue, Triqui. When he moved...
Mastering six languages sounds like a slog, right? But in some corners of Europe, it happens—maybe not effortlessly, but more easily than...