Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2022-09-07
Books mentioned on Vaughn Smith on Life as a Hyperpolyglot
Vaughn Smith is fluent in eight languages but with a beginner's grasp of at least thirty-six (and counting). His talents are so remarkable that the Washington Post did a feature story on him and neuroscientists at MIT requested he do a brain scan for them.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The history of the Lithuanian language
Discussed“One of my favorite books is um a uh one that was sent to me by a Neola Skripkaite. She's a Lithuanian and she sent me a book called The History of the Lithuanian Language.”
