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Hosted by Desta Haile · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 90 episodes
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Desta Haile hosts Languages through Music, a music show with 90 episodes published.
If anybody is dedicated to multilingualism, it is this guy right here! Founder of the Polyglot Conference, Richard Simcott joins us to explore how music opened doors to literally dozens of languages. From Eurovision to u
At The Polyglot Gathering in Prague a couple of years back, I met mi hermano, multilingual language coach and educator Guillermo Manzano-Fabre. Growing up in Germany, Guillermo speaks Spanish, German, Italian, English, F
Barrister and language justice activist Ife Thompson, founder of the Black British English podcast and BLAM UK, joins LTM to explore language, power, and resistance. From Black British English and Creoles to Yoruba and m
Meet Chisomo Banzi, the futuristic visionary behind Speakeasy 3D and Constellations!Constellations is a VR vocabulary learning app launching Saturday on Meta Quest. It combines the memory palace technique with spaced rep
Milton Foster is a polyglot creative powerhouse: musician, producer, audio engineer, filmmaker, and founder of the Language Link Up. From serenading the ladies in a salon at age 5 with Bob Marley tunes, to discovering a
I’m so happy to welcome Sandra Gasana, aka Umurutasaté, to the podcast. This amazing artist, journalist, and teacher is the embodiment of Languages through Music! Singing in eight languages and speaking "6.5," she remind
I met Kathy Kurious at The Polyglot Conference in Taipei, in November 2025, and we immediately connected over a love of music, hip-hop in particular, and, of course, languages. In this chat we travel to Sesame Street, we
In this episode, I got to connect with the amazing Tana Yonas , also known as DJ Passionfruit — a music selector, educator, writer, researcher, and global explorer of sound. From Ethiopia to LA, Mexico City to Tokyo, Tan
Polyglot Urmi Hossain joins the LTM podcast to chat Bengali roots, Italian upbringing, and Canadian current home! Urmi shares her multilingual 'TCK' insights and notes on her self-publishing journey. Check out her podcas
Happy birthday, Tamara! I finally get to interview my fellow linguist & music-lover, and (1/4) co-founder of Sisters Only Language Summit (our revolutionary safe space for Black women in languages). Come and salsa with u
Meet Mehdya Fassi, a creative French teacher based in New York, opening your mind to the many, multicultural layers of the French language. Mehdya makes sure that students learn French with a social justice lens, so if v
Meet Mirghani, an amazing, multilingual teacher who contributed to LTM's Arabic, Italian, and Mandarin resources. Hailing from Sudan, and based in Egypt, he shares his journey with us through multiple lands and languages
I've been following Nathan for a while now, ever since I heard of his platform Smarter Korean and that it was a Black-owned online Korean school! 🇰🇷 I love his backstory, which speaks to how a single friend and communi
Such a joy to speak with Anesh from On the Spot Language ! 🌍🗣️ Anesh reached out a while back, and we instantly connected over a shared appreciation for languages, culture, creativity, community, and well-being . Our c
So great to catch up with Gaby Van Horn, and learn about her multilingual upbringing and her journey towards her Clever Hybrids podcast, Cross Gen Production, and Tigrinlish platform. We touch on the challenges and joys
In this episode of the Languages Through Music podcast, I got to speak with Elle from the Speaking Tongues podcast. We explore personal music memories, the significance of Bahamian rake & scrape, and the multilingual buf
In this episode of the Languages Through Music podcast, I get to speak with Orlynda Vales, a special care counselor, linguist, and artist, who shares her rich language journey from Haitian Kréyol to Japanese. Orlynda and
I really enjoyed interviewing Yara (Yamkela), a wonderful isiXhosa teacher I met via iTalki, who made the amazing isiXhosa through Music resource for LTM. In this chat, we learn more of her own musical journey and influe
After twenty years in international education, it's not every day that a school impresses you SO MUCH! 🤩🤩🤩 LTM made a visit in December 2024 and the inspiration is still bubbling. Thanks so much for hosting us, Bamboo
I finally got to meet Hermon Mehari, live and in person! I was very geeked- I love his music and had even written him into one of my short stories with Afritondo where the main character was also a trumpetist :D Later we
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Languages through Music is hosted by Desta Haile. The show is categorised under music (commentary) and has published 90 episodes.
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