Subtitle

PRI

Language unites and divides us. It mystifies and delights us. Patrick Cox and Kavita Pillay tell the stories of people with all kinds of linguistic passions: comedians, writers, researchers; speakers of endangered languages; speakers of multiple...

Episodes

Julie Sedivy’s personal history of language

How composer Leoš Janáček set his daughter’s last words to music

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

The precious secrets of Udi