This is a transcript of a Subtitle podcast episode. Subtitle is made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Bill Premo: I’ve noticed some people, like linguists, collect words. Leah Lemm: Bill Premo is my father. My dad is a first speaker of Ojibwemowin. Bill Premo: Ojibwe words. …

This is a transcript of a Subtitle podcast episode. Subtitle is made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Patrick Cox: I don’t know about you, but for me, the very first words of Ukrainian I heard were these. A cappella version of “Oi u luzi chervona kalyna”…

This is a transcript of a Subtitle podcast episode. Subtitle is made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Kavita Pillay: The first time I recall hearing Finnish spoken was in 2002, when I went to see this film. Clip in Finnish from “Man Without A Past.” Kavita…

This is a transcript of a Subtitle podcast episode. Subtitle is made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Alces Adams singing “Viens Me Chercher.” Patrick Cox: I went to see this guy recently. He’s the one singing this song. He wrote it too. His name’s Alces Adams…

This is a transcript of a Subtitle podcast episode. Subtitle is made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Patrick Cox: A note about today’s episode: There’s going be some explicit and potentially offensive topics discussed. The explicit stuff begins in a few seconds. Dave Chappelle: They say…

This is a transcript of a Subtitle podcast episode. Subtitle is made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Patrick Cox: This is the story of three people bound together by one language, Haitian Kreyòl. in April 2000, one of those three people died News clip: Amy Goodman…

This is a transcript of a Subtitle podcast episode. Subtitle is made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Interviewer: I’d like to begin with your pronunciation. This is what month of the year? Farmer: March Interviewer: And last month was? Farmer: February. Patrick Cox: We’re in a…

This is a transcript of a Subtitle podcast episode. Subtitle is made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Kavita Pillay: In the beginning, there was a word, and the word was: manifest. Voiceover: Adjective: able to be seen; clearly shown or visible. …

This is a transcript of a Subtitle podcast episode Subtitle is made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Patrick Cox : First a warning. This podcast will contain some rude words. Not very rude but, you know, potty humor. And it starts right now. Nina and Boris…