If you speak a language, then The World in Words is for you. Hosts Patrick Cox and Nina Porzucki explore the stories behind languages and the people who speak them, revealing new perspectives on cultures, traditions, dictionaries, love, and laughter. They handcrafted this playlist of their favorite episodes this year.

Latest episodes of the podcast Hand-picked stories on language

• People working to save dying languages
• Can’t find a word in the dictionary? Try Wordnik
• Singing in another accent
• Exploring why some say we should call ISIS ‘Daesh’
• In the late ’90s, the comedian decided that it wasn’t enough to joke about language; he wanted to joke in other languages.
• Losing the Language of ‘Us’
• Should kids be learning in more than one language? Californians just decided “yes.”
• Help! I can’t speak my grandfather’s language