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5. What Do Tom Sawyer and the Founder of Duolingo Have in Common?

5. What Do Tom Sawyer and the Founder of Duolingo Have in Common?

Update: 2025-01-19

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Plus, our special guest, Luis von Ahn, an inventor of CAPTCHA and a pioneer of free online language learning. This episode originally aired on June 14, 2020.

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5. What Do Tom Sawyer and the Founder of Duolingo Have in Common?

5. What Do Tom Sawyer and the Founder of Duolingo Have in Common?

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