The first part of the podcast was about Iran's leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and how he used a phrase that was found not appropriate to be used in that public speaking. He has been taking a lot of heat for saying "The bogeyman snatched the boob" which was a Persian saying to wean their children.
The second part was about the Inuit culture. A man is going to live with the Inuit for a year to document their way of life. The way they hunt, the way they hunt, and overall the way they live. The podcast also talked about how the way of life of the Inuit way of life may be in danger because of global warming. In maybe 15 years their in tire homeland and some of their culture could be gone because they may have to move due to global warming.
The next part was about foreign language movies. The movies are becoming less popular in the U.S. Years ago movies like Crouching Tiger, Hiddin Dragon and other films in a foreign language would gross millions of dollars. Now a days they have troble grossing $300,000.
The last part was about the Urdu language the trouble is they have words the mean the same thing as other words. A woman told a story that her father was giving direction while going through a city and her father kept on saying a word in Urdu that means go straight but it also means turn right. So every time he would say the word the driver did not know what to do and it turned out that they messed up on it almost every time.
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