It’s a gift that can’t go under the tree, it can’t even be seen, but it’s one of the best gifts in life. It is, of course, the gift of bilingualism. We’ve reported on this gift many times in our first 19 episodes of this premier season of the America the Bilingual podcast. Our gift to you this Christmas season is a collection of 12 ways to experience this gift . We’re featuring excerpts from some of our favorite podcast moments of the year. Join us as we unwrap the 12 Gifts of Bilingualism. Perhaps it will inspire you to give, or receive, The Gift yourself.
This episode was written by Steve Leveen, and our producer, Fernando Hernández (who also does our sound design and mixing). Our associate producer is Beckie Rankin. Mim Harrison is the America the Bilingual editorial and brand director Carlos Plaza is our design director; and Chetley von Mutt is our bark-lingual mascot.
Our editorial consultant is Maja Thomas.
Special thanks to all our guests who have appeared on America the Bilingual podcasts this year—we are toasting you this holiday season.
Music in this episode with a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License by (in order of appearance):
Mystery Mammal - The first Noel
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mystery_Mammal/Xmas_on_Tape/The_First_Noel_1206
Kevin Macleod - Quasi motion
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Global_Sampler/Quasi_Motion
Lee Rosevere - What's behind the door
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_for_Podcasts_4/Lee_Rosevere_-_Music_for_Podcasts_4_-_13_Whats_Behind_the_Door
Chris Zabriskie - I should have been more human
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Music_from_Neptune_Flux/ChrisZabriskie-MusicfromNeptuneFlux-09
Frederic Lardon feat Laura Palmeé
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frederic_Lardon_feat_Laura_Palme/Jazz__la_cool_pour_les_vacances_sur_la_plage_ou__la_montagne_1678/Frederic_Lardon_feat_Laura_Palme_-_Jazz__la_cool_pour_les_vacances_sur_la_plage_ou__la_montagne_-_01_Dans_la_piscine_1244
Francisco Penilla - Chicle bombita
https://soundcloud.com/francisco-penilla/francisco-penilla-chicle-bombita
Mark Castle - Sad Xmas
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mark_Castle/Sad_Xmas_Single_Radio_Edit/Sad_Xmas_Radio_Edit_1561
Mindseye - Let it snow
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MindsEye/Let_it_snow/MindsEye_-_Let_it_snow
Mystery Mammal - O come all ye faithful
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mystery_Mammal/Xmas_on_Tape/O_Come_All_Ye_Faithful_1466
