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Summary
Lauren is back! It’s a reunion episode and Joe is so happy to have his co-host back from Spain. They talk about her trip, Joe’s creepy birthday voicemail and how learning a new language can help with the brain injury recovery process even if it’s a fictional language from Lord of the Rings or Star Trek. Plus they discuss reading vs listening to audio books and the brain’s relationship to language.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• Joe’s creepy birthday voicemail for Lauren

• Joe’s occupational therapist has him learning Spanish and he discusses his challenges with learning a new language

• Lauren’s gift from Spain to Joe – a Darth Vader comic book in Spanish

• Audio books as an alternative to reading for brain injury recovery

• The power of language and our brain’s relationship to language. How we build new neural pathways in brain when learning a new language, music or math and how it helps with brain injury recovery.

• How learning different writing systems other than the Roman alphabet like Arabic is another way to exercise your brain

• Joe’s challenges with dyslexia as a kid.

• Fictional languages from Lord Of The Rings, Game Of Thrones, Star Trek, Star Wars, etc

• Lauren finally saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi

• Which fictional languages Joe and Lauren want to learn

Links to Topics Mentioned

• Duolingo, https://www.duolingo.com/

• You Are A Bad Ass, https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Badass-Doubting-Greatness/dp/0762447699

• Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, https://www.harrypottertheplay.com/

• Baby Chibi Amine, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibi_(slang)

• Dyslexia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia

• Elf species in Lord of the Rings, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf_(Middle-earth)#/media/File:The_Sundering_of_the_Elves.png

• Wookiee languages, http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookiee_language

• Star Wars: The Last Jedi, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi

• Humble by Kendrick Lamar, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvTRZJ-4EyI

• Aegyo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegyo

Credits

• Co-hosted by Joe Borges and Lauren Manzano

  • Find Joe at http://joesorocks.com and @joesorocks on Twitter/Instagram and submit your stroke/brain injury recovery story at https://www.joesorocks.com/submit-your-story
  • Find Lauren at @laurenlmanzano on Instagram, @tankbbg on Twitter

• Produced by Joe Borges and Felice LaZae

• Edited by Felice LaZae, http://felicelazae.com, @felicelazae on Twitter/Instagram

• Theme song produced by Sleep Deez, @sleepvision on Instagram, @sleepdeez on Twitter