Polyglots

Adam Gopnik, staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of The Real Work, talks about his one-man play, "Adam Gopnik's New York" in performance at Lincoln Center through Sunday.

Learn how Luca Lampariello uses memory, emotion, and other methods to master languages with joy. A must-listen for serious language learners.

Polyglot and internationally recognized language expert Olly Richards, who has learned over 10 languages and founded the popular platform StoryLearning, shares his proven approach that leverages the power of storytelling to make language acquisition more natural and enjoyable. Whether you're a student juggling multiple

Pete Buttigieg—former South Bend mayor, 2020 presidential candidate, and Transportation Secretary—sits down with Jon Favreau to discuss how much of the status quo Democrats should aim to restore (if any) if they win in 2026, what the party needs to change to effectively message around Trump’s broken promises, and what

Adam Gopnik, staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery (Liveright, 2023), talks about some of the key people in the history of gambling in NYC.

Linguistics expert and language enthusiast, Simon Ager, talks with Benny and Elizabeth about creating one of the internet’s biggest (and first) encyclopedias of languages and writing systems. On his website, omniglot.com, Simon has cataloged over 340 writing systems and collated information about more than 1,600 langua