Want to know what really goes into that Subway® sandwich? Localization. Internationalization. And one more: transcreation. Hear how Subway’s Carrie Fischer is making languages part of Subway’s linguistic palate worldwide, in this new episode of the America the Bilingual podcast. This episode was written and directed by Mim Harrison, the editorial and brand director of the America the Bilingual project. It was sound designed, mixed and produced by Fernando Hernandez Becerra produced. Karla Hernandez at Daruma Tech manages our website. Music credits: Komiku - Hélice’s theme https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Helice_Awesome_Dance_Adventure_/helices-theme/ Kevin Macleod - Quasi Motion https://bit.ly/KevinMacleod_QuasiMotion TRG Banks - City https://bit.ly/43pM2g4 Komiku - Everything is groovy (how to move your body) https://bit.ly/3xejA4I HoliznaCC0 - 20 Minute meditation 1 https://bit.ly/492XPlN TRG Banks - Horse ride 2 https://bit.ly/3LRPuZv Komiku - In the restaurant https://bit.ly/3OfJTOs Soft and the furious - Superconnected sleep https://bit.ly/3rN902r Wax Lyricist - A bad death https://bit.ly/3WbFwG7 Kai Engel - Holiday gift https://bit.ly/3TL05cX

The American journalist, linguist, and author Michael Erard (Babel No More) has lived in South America, Asia, and now in Europe. He’s always had an ear to the native languages as much as for them. A deep researcher of language, he shares in this episode why he believes that “human beings are meant to have very complex linguistic systems in their brains.” He also explains why he likens learning a language to weaving a rope. Thanks to members of the America the Bilingual Project team who worked on this episode: Fernando Hernández, writer for this episode, and his production house in Guadalajara, Mexico, Esto No Es Radio, which provides sound design and mixing; Mim Harrison, editorial and brand director of the America the Bilingual Project; and Karla Hernandez at Daruma Tech, who manages our website. Meet the entire America the Bilingual team—including our bark-lingual mascot, Chet—here. Music in this episode, in sequence: Demoiselle Döner, - Des têtes trop pleines https://bit.ly/421rrhp John Bartmann - African Moon https://bit.ly/47Avvqe Kevin Macleod - QuasiMotion https://bit.ly/KevinMacleod_QuasiMotion Loyalty Freak Music - Waiting TTTT https://bit.ly/3HEwICx TRG Banks - Michael Landon https://bit.ly/47ytYkp TRG Banks - Horse Ride 2 https://bit.ly/3LRPuZv Jorge Mario Zuleta - En Detención https://bit.ly/JMZ_detencion John Bartmann - Bouncy Gypsy Beats https://bit.ly/4aR7RZv

The 20th-century novelist Thomas Wolfe famously pronounced that “you can’t go home again.” But what if you have little choice? This is what a number of Latino immigrants, who have long made their home in the US, face when immigration laws require that they return to their country of birth. In this episode of the America the Bilingual podcast, Alexandra Rivera relays how an Uber driver in Mexico City startled her into realizing that these were important stories to be told. And even though she is a US citizen, she has faced her own challenges in balancing life in America as a Latina. She understands how important it is to find your place in wherever you may choose to—or have to—call home. Thanks to members of the America the Bilingual Project team who worked on this episode: Fernando Hernández, writer for this episode, and his Mexican production house in Guadalajara, Mexico, Esto No Es Radio, which provides sound design and mixing; Mim Harrison, editorial and brand director of the America the Bilingual Project, and Karla Hernandez at Daruma Tech, who manages our website.

Join Steve for a lively, upbeat and often surprising conversation with first-generation Chinese American Amy Chua. A Yale law professor who gained fame as the Tiger Mom, she made sure that her children grew up as she did: bilingual. Listen as Amy describes three traits American immigrants share that help them excel. She also explains what the reviewers got wrong about her controversial bestseller “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” and explores how American bilingualism could bolster what Amy’s parents taught her was “just the greatest document in the world”: the American Constitution. Plus: why Amy’s newest book is nothing like her others. Join us now for this episode of America the Bilingual. Thanks to members of the America the Bilingual Project team for this episode: Fernando Hernández and his production house in Guadalajara, Mexico Esto No Es Radio, which provides sound design and mixing; Mim Harrison, editorial and brand director of the America the Bilingual Project who wrote and directed this episode; and Karla Hernandez at Daruma Tech, who manages our website. Music artists and selections, in order of listening: HoliznaCC0 - Dream pop https://bit.ly/3ZNXhx4 Loyalty Freak Music - Friend to friend https://bit.ly/3 iMYXWs Kevin Macleod - Quasi motion https://bit.ly/KevinMacleod_QuasiMotion Loyalty Freak Music - Shoepop https://bit.ly/3RMh9yM Pictures of the floating world - Nomadic https://bit.ly/3LVlpYV Loyalty Freak Music - One cool minute https://bit.ly/42WvMlk TRG Banks - Horse ride 2 https://bit.ly/3LRPuZv Soft and furious - Superconnected sleep https://bit.ly/3rN902r John Bartmann - Secret agent rock https://bit.ly/3ZMr0X8

Call him señor Mo. That’s what Mohamed Kilani’s third-to-fifth grade students in Falmouth, Maine, call him. Mohamed is an Iraqi by birth, a Jordanian by virtue of war, and now an American by virtue of a selfless and brave mother. Listen to this Arab refugee’s odyssey of finding home and the many languages he speaks that have played a role. Among them: Spanish, which señor Mo delights in teaching his young Maine students. Thanks to members of the America the Bilingual Project team who worked on this episode: Fernando Hernández and his Mexican production house in Guadalajara, Mexico, Esto No Es Radio, which provides sound design and mixing; Mim Harrison, editorial and brand director of the America the Bilingual Project, who also wrote and directed this episode; and Karla Hernandez at Daruma Tech, who manages our website. Music in this episode, in order of appearance by John Bartmann - Somewhere nice https://bit.ly/3ZqUpGv Kevin MacLeod - Quasi motion https://bit.ly/KevinMacleod_QuasiMotion Monplaisir - 66666666 https://bit.ly/3Rt4dxM Kai Engel - Wake up https://bit.ly/45Xu9Wy Jason Shaw - River Meditation https://bit.ly/48iOY0f Kevin MacLeod - Back vibes clean https://bit.ly/3sYnYmD

As a native English speaker who became smitten with Spanish, the American journalist Joe Keenan decided that nobody else had written how to break out of beginniner’s Spanish, so he would have to do it himself. That’s just how he titled his first book, back in 1995. It became a bestseller, one that continues to sell more than 20 years later, and in an updated edition. In this exclusive interview, hear some of the author’s best tips for giving your Spanish a turbo boost, plus other tips that apply to learning any language. Along the way, learn some Mexican Spanish dichos, or sayings crafted from popular wisdom. You’ll get to know what false cognates are and how to avoid them on your own journey to intermediate and advanced levels of Spanish. Thanks to members of the America the Bilingual Project team for this episode: Fernando Hernández, who wrote and directed this episode, and his Mexican production house Esto No Es Radio, which provides sound design and mixing; Mim Harrison, editorial and brand director of the America the Bilingual Project; and Karla Hernandez at Daruma Tech, who manages our website. Music artists and selections, in order of listening: Loyalty Freak Music - One cool minute https://bit.ly/42WvMlk Kevin Macleod -Quasi motion https://bit.ly/KevinMacleod_QuasiMotion Koi Discovery - Beer blues https://bit.ly/3pIQxmi Komiku - In the restaurant https://bit.ly/3OfJTOs The new mystikal troubadours - NMT_the lonely hunter pt. 1_11.21.20 https://bit.ly/3pKr6AL Wax Lyricist - A bad death https://bit.ly/3WbFwG7 HoliznaCC0 - Endless Grind https://bit.ly/3MxdT7r Pictures of the floating world - Cycles https://bit.ly/41L8uxT

Why are Tacombi restaurants winning hearts across the US as America’s taco sensation? And just what is a Tacombi, anyway? Mexican American founder Dario Wolos shows how being not just bilingual but bicultural is turning Tacombi into a beloved brand that crosses borders. Hear his story, and the story behind the name, in Episode 65 of America the Bilingual. Thanks to members of the America the Bilingual Project team for this episode: Fernando Hernández and his Mexican production house Esto No Es Radio, which provides sound design and mixing; Mim Harrison, editorial and brand director of the America the Bilingual Project, who wrote and directed this episode; and Karla Hernandez at Daruma Tech, who manages our website. Music artists and selections, in order of listening: Broke for free - Something Elated https://bit.ly/41CWMGp Kevin Macleod - Quasi motion https://bit.ly/KevinMacleod_QuasiMotion Monplaisir - Brotherhood https://bit.ly/446bo2O Juanitos - Funkula https://bit.ly/3Vd2koI John Bartmann - Umlungu https://bit.ly/3oGV5Jr Closing track: Broke for free - Something Elated https://bit.ly/41CWMGp

Martina Castro, the award-winning production impresario behind Duolingual’s popular multilingual podcasts and NPR’s Radio Ambulante, has become a major force in audio storytelling. Hear this Uruguayan American recount her own story of being bilingual in America, in Episode 64 of the America the Bilingual podcast, “ A Global Audio Storyteller: The Journey of Martina Castro.” You can read about other inspiring American bilinguals in the book “America’s Bilingual Century.” Details are on the Book page of americathebilingual.com Thanks to members of the America the Bilingual Project team for this episode: Mim Harrison, editorial director of the Project; Karla Hernandez at Daruma Tech, who manages our website; and Fernando Hernández, who wrote, mixed, and sound designed this episode. Music credits: HoliznaCC0 - Ugly Truth https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/left-overs/ugly-truth/ Kevin Macleod - Quasi motion https://bit.ly/KevinMacleod_QuasiMotion HoliznaCC0 - 20 minute meditation1 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/space-sleep-meditation/20-minute-meditation-1/ HoliznaCC0 - Sky scrapers https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/city-slacker/sky-scrapers/ Wax Lyricist - the brass brigade https://freemusicarchive.org/music/wax-lyricist/the-wax-lyricist/the-brass-brigade/ HoliznahCC0 - Endless grind https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/city-slacker/endless-grind/

The award-winning star of the popular PBS cooking show, “Pati’s Mexican Table,” and of the PBS docu-series “La Frontera” (“The Border”) brings her love of her native Mexican culture and food to everything she does—including this conversation. Listen now to Episode 63 of the America the Bilingual podcast, and get a taste for how this Mexican American chef uses food to create common ground between our neighboring countries. Thanks to members of the America the Bilingual Project team for this episode: Fernando Hernández and his Mexican production house Esto no es radio, which provides sound design and mixing; Mim Harrison, editorial director of the Project, who also wrote and directed this episode; and Karla Hernandez at Daruma Tech, who manages our website. Music credits (in order of appearance): TRG Banks - Horse ride 2 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/TRG_Banks/TRG_Banks/Horse_ride_2/ Kevin Macleod - Quasimotion https://bit.ly/KevinMacleod_QuasiMotion Soft and furious - Super connected sleep https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/The_Merfolk_I_Should_Turn_To_Be/Soft_and_Furious_-_The_Merfolk_I_Should_Turn_To_Be_-_06_Superconnected_sleep/ Komiku - In the restaurant https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/THE_GIRL_WITH_THE_BASEBALL_BAT/Komiku_-_THE_GIRL_WITH_THE_BASEBALL_BAT_-_03_In_the_restaurant/ TRG Banks - Lake in the woods https://freemusicarchive.org/music/TRG_Banks/Dreamland/Lake_in_the_woods/ Wax lyricist - A bad death https://freemusicarchive.org/music/wax-lyricist/the-wax-lyricist/a-bad-death/ Monplaisir - Brotherhood https://freemusicarchive.org/track/Monplaisir_-_American_Dreams_Original_Soundtrack_-_15_Brotherhood/download/

“I don’t know that I would have become a writer had I not grown up with this very deeply rooted fascination with language and the ways that for me it existed in these two worlds.” That’s the Peruvian American author Natalia Sylvester, whose newest book, “Breathe and Count Back from Ten,” was named a 2022 Today Show Pick. In Episode 62 of the America the Bilingual podcast, we talk with Natalia about how words have shaped her experiences as a young Latina immigrant to America. She also describes how she writes her novels in English, but with her home language of Spanish often guiding what appears on the page. Music credits, in order of appearance: John Bartmann - Umlungu https://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Bartmann/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One/umlungu/ Kevin Macleod - Quasi motion https://bit.ly/KevinMacleod_QuasiMotion Monplaisir - A good start https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monplaisir/American_Dreams_Soundtrack/Monplaisir_-_American_Dreams_Original_Soundtrack_-_12_A_Good_Start/ Loyalty freak music - Shoepop https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/MELODIES_WITH_A_BEAT/Loyalty_Freak_Music_-_MELODIES_WITH_A_BEAT_-_09_Shoepop/ Komiku - The tablets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Helice_Awesome_Dance_Adventure_/the-tablets/ Monplaisir - Brother https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monplaisir/American_Dreams_Soundtrack/Monplaisir_-_American_Dreams_Original_Soundtrack_-_04_Brother/ TRG Banks - Daybreak in a new town https://bit.ly/TRGBanks_Daybreakinanewtown

“If you limit yourself to writers from your own country, you’re missing out on the whole rest of the world.” That’s Arthur Levine, the founder of Levine Querido Publishing, which is making a name for itself—in many languages—in translated books for children. In Episode 61 of America the Bilingual, find out how they’re doing it, and why they will never trust the translations to a machine. And for Harry Potter fans: discover something you probably didn’t know about this book phenom. This episode was written and directed by Mim Harrison, our editorial and brand director. Mixing and sound design by Fernando Hernández and his production house in Guadalajara, Mexico, Esto no es radio. Karla Hernandez at Daruma Tech manages our website.