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Episode #73: Interview with LingoNative App co-creator Andrew Jandacek
Ep. 73
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Join us for an interview with Andrew Jandacek, the co-developer of the Czech/English mobile app called LingoNative. We will talk about the need for this type of app assistance "on-the-go" as well as his personal story of an American adapting to his ancestral homeland of the Czech Republic. We dive into Andrew's family history and the escape of his Grandfather during the '48 communist coup.
If interested, you can download the app LingoNative from the Google play store or Apple's App Store...or visit their website at http://www.lingonative.cz/?language=en.
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