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The Tower of Babel: Legend or History? reveals our shared ancestry as never before! Have you ever wondered if the Tower of Babel story was about a real thing? Certainly, many scientists and historians try not to confirmed its existence, but according to many, people were simply too dumb to have created such a thing 6000 or 7000 years ago.

We all learn at least one language as children. But what does it take to learn six languages...or seventy? In Babel No More, Michael Erard, "a monolingual with benefits," sets out on a quest to meet language superlearners and make sense of their mental powers. On the way he uncovers the secrets of historical figures like Italian cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages; Emil Krebs, a pugnacious German diplomat, who spoke sixty-eight languages; and Lomb Kat, a Hungarian who taught herself Russian by reading Russian romance novels.

The Podcast Lab è un laboratorio di narrazione audio nato da Coming Soon!, uno spazio ospitato da Babel Festival di Letteratura e Traduzione dedicato a scrittrici e scrittori ticinesi emergenti sviluppato in collaborazione con l’Associazione REC e Radio Gwen, con il supporto di InfoGiovani, Pro Helvetia e FSRC/SRKS.Le autrici e gli autori coinvolti lavorano a partire dal tema del festival alla realizzazione di un podcast eterogeneo e personale sotto la guida di Olmo Cerri.