Saluton! Bonvenon al alia epizodo!

No, this is not gibberish you are seeing, this is the wonderful language of Esperanto. This language was invented to change the world and solve world peace! It may not have succeeded yet, but Esperantists would argue it's only a matter of time. Join us as we explore the world's most successful constructed languages and the perils its speakers experienced throughout its history.

Shownotes:

• Portrait of L. L. Zamenhoff; Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
• Apologies for all of the botched pronunciations, upon further study I realize i should've read a bit more, before attempting to speak the language.
• Intro is a clip from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country followed by an excerpt from a performance of Hamlet in Klingon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0k4qV1I1Y&t=357s&ab_channel=boydclanvirginia
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-hitler-and-stalin-hated-esperanto-the-135-year-old-language-of-peace-180980472/
• https://www.discoveringbelgium.com/bizarre-belgium-neutral-moresnet/
• https://sites.law.wustl.edu/WashULaw/harris-lexlata/esperanto-the-neutral-global-language/
• https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dpa3q/how-klingon-became-a-real-language
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• If you stay to the end you can hear my attempt at the Hamlet "To Be or Not To Be" speech in Esperanto