Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests that are an expert within their area of storytelling. 

David J. Peterson is an author and language creator. He's created languages for many television shows and films, such as HBO's GAME OF THRONES, the CW's THE 100, Netflix's THE WITCHER, and Marvel's DOCTOR STRANGE. Lately he has been doing all his work with his amazing conlang partner, Jessie Sams, including projects like Freeform's MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM, Amazon's PAPER GIRLS, Peacock's VAMPIRE ACADEMY, and Legendary Entertainment’s DUNE. They both work together on the weekly YouTube series LangTime Studio.

Jessie Sams has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Colorado at Boulder and was a professor of linguistics at Stephen F. Austin State University for 13 years, where she created a conlanging course and taught students how to construct a language from the ground up. She is now a full-time professional conlanger and works with her partner, David Peterson. Their languages appear in TV shows and films, including Freeform's MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM and the Peacock's VAMPIRE ACADEMY, and they host the weekly livestream LangTime Studio on YouTube, where they create new languages from scratch and share the process.

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