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The World in Words podcast is about languages and the people who speak them. Hosted by The World's Patrick Cox and Nina Porzucki.

The World in Words

The World in Words

Society & Culture

294 episodes

Will Icelandic survive the invasion of English?

The language that gave Missouri its name

Presenting Home, Interrupted

Icelandic, the language that recycles everything

The bilingual edge: what the research says

How Basque speakers saved their language

Chinese sci-fi has crossed the translation barrier

Why the French use the English word ‘black’

The Irish language renaissance

From linguistic shame to pride

Easing into multilingualism

How the brain of an improv performer works

Sugar Sammy’s multilingual comedy

Is Mx here to stay?

Americans, Brits and the foreignness of English

A German-speaking outpost in the American Midwest

Season 4 is coming

Presenting Exile

The precious secrets of Udi

The future sound of Black English

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