Lori Thicke is a Canadian author, founder of Lexcelera and Translators Without Borders, and the author of Dreamer's Daughter (Simon and Schuster, April 7 2026). In this conversation she shares the story of growing up in a mining town in Northern Ontario after her mother left, a cross-country road trip in a Volkswagen van with her father Dacker and brother Brad, and how losing everything taught her that freedom and loss can be the same thing. She also talks about founding the world's largest translation charity, machine translation, AI, and finally writing the book she was always meant to write.
: In this episode Robin Ayoub sits down with Lori Thicke, author of Dreamer's Daughter, founder of Lexcelera and Translators Without Borders. They cover the memoir and the story behind it, the origin of TWB from a single free translation for Medecins sans frontieres to 200,000 linguists worldwide, the role of language in humanitarian aid, AI and the future of translation, and living and working with purpose. Lori is also the keynote speaker at VAMOS JUNTOS in Colombia in 2027.
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