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I enjoyed learning about this comedian challenging himself to be more. Check it out.

French comedian Gad Elmaleh leaves fame, fortune and French behind Comedian Gad Elmaleh is a huge success in France. He performs for arenas around Europe to thousands of fans. So why did he want to leave that all behind and try his hand at stand-up in the US in English?

Do you think the future is some far-off mystical place or the same as the here and now? This NPR article shows how the difference in the way languages are constructed can have an effect on how we save money. Check it out.

Keith Chen: Could Your Language Affect Your Ability To Save Money? Behavioral economist Keith Chen says languages that don't have a future tense strongly correlate with higher savings.

I record a story for the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Children's Library's Story Anytime Hotline. If you would like to hear a story, please dial 410-396-8396. To hear my story in Spanish, press x7. January's story is El Hombre de Pan de Jengibre/The Gingerbread Man by Catherine McCafferty.