Kutxi, a new podcast created by and for members of endangered, Indigenous, and minoritized language communities, has announced the launch of its first episode on 14 April 2026.

The podcast brings together speakers from different language communities around the world to share their lived experiences, reflect on common challenges, and explore questions surrounding identity, culture, history, and the future of their communities.

Born out of conversations sparked at HIGA 2025, the International Meeting of Young Speakers of Minority Languages, Kutxi was created by Okan Dale (Laz), Maddi Kintana (Basque), and Anna Garvin (Scottish Gaelic) as a way to continue meaningful exchanges beyond the summit itself. Rather than letting those discussions end with the event, the organizers wanted to build a space where community members could remain connected, learn from one another, and engage in thoughtful dialogue across borders.

The podcast’s first season will consist of 10 episodes that will be released on a biweekly basis. Each episode of Kutxi centers on a specific theme and brings together guests from different language backgrounds. These conversations highlight both the diversity of endangered and minoritized language communities and the experiences, concerns, and questions that often resonate across them.

While language forms an important thread throughout the podcast, Kutxi does not focus primarily on linguistics or on the languages themselves in isolation. Instead, it explores the wider social, historical, and cultural realities that shape community life, with episodes touching on topics such as self-identity, feminism, mythology and folklore, belonging, and lived experience.

The first episode, centered on self-identity, features Luka Golinski from the Lower Sorbian community, Radna Poskhodiev from the Buryat community, and Maddi Kintana from the Basque community. Together, they reflect on how identity is shaped by language, culture, personal experience, and the expectations placed on community members.

“One of our main hopes with Kutxi is to create a space where people can speak from their own lived experiences without feeling that they have to represent an entire community,” said Okan Dale, founder of Kutxi podcast. “These conversations are personal, but they also open the door to broader reflections that many others may relate to.”

Kutxi aims not only to raise awareness of endangered and minoritized languages, but also to create meaningful connections between community members across different contexts. Rather than following a traditional interview format, the podcast brings together people with similar yet distinct backgrounds in conversation, guided by curiosity and a shared desire to learn from one another. By centering dialogue and personal reflection, Kutxi offers listeners an accessible, thoughtful, and deeply human way of engaging with questions of language, identity, and community.

The podcast is now available and can be streamed on major streaming platforms.

About Kutxi

Kutxi is a podcast featuring voices from endangered, Indigenous, and minoritized language communities. Created by Okan Dale, Maddi Kintana, and Anna Garvin, it offers a platform for conversations shaped by personal experience, curiosity, and exchange, with a focus on identity, culture, history, and community.