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August 11, 2025 7 mins

In the late 19th century, a Russian eye doctor had a vision for bringing peace and understanding to the world. He created a new language that would unite everyone under a common tongue. He called it Esperanto, and it would eventually become the official language of the post-WW1 League of Nations. Learn all about it in this week's show.

Thank you to Kevin Luce and Freesound for the recording of Le Marsellaise featured in this episode.

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