Society & Culture
Episode Notes Language is the superpower that sets us, humans, apart from all the other animals. Only we can come up with plans for the future or fairytales in a galaxy far, far away. Put into perspective with the entire rest of the universe that is a thoroughly strange ability. Not surprisingly, all kinds of scientists and philosophers are interested in it. With the first episode of Fluke, however, I wanted to look past this very prominent mystery and focus on the other marvel of language that is hidden in plain sight: The ability of language to change the world. We all are so accustomed to it that we tend to overlook it: A sentence, a word or even just a noise can change what we do. And by making noises, words, and sentences we make other people do things every day. With episode 1 of Fluke I want to share my fascination with language. So, tag along on this rainy trip into the noises we hear and the words we speak. Yours, David Tweet at me: @dav_wegmann Music in this order: Ivy Lab - Oblique (VIP mix), Spectrasoul - No Doubt, Bop - White Nights Sound effects with a CC0 license from freesound.org were used in this episode.