#11: Language of Home
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In This Episode of The Say The Word Podcast…
We’re talking about:
context for today’s selection
an excerpt from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass
why language is important and how it impacts our relationships to ourselves, our communities, etc
Here’s where the action’s happening in today’s episode:
[00:46] - welcome
[01:04] - sticking with this book instead of a different selection
[01:28]- the 3 books I always keep on hand to give away (this one and this one, plus today’s selection)
[01:41] - background and context
[03:23] - an excerpt from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass
[06:52] - nine fluent speakers
[09:06] - assimilation and conditioning
[10:41] - why we have to get curious about this
[12:28] - how we say farewell
[14:39] - Jim Thunder’s questions
[16:18] - how it looks in our day-to-day lives
[17:16] - adjacent words
[18:09] - how to use this with others
[19:03] - your stories
[20:39] - The Moth Radio Hour
[22:26] - coming home
[22:27] - querencia (reference to Episode 7)
[24:21] - words
[27:47] - Angie S.’s favorite quote from Emma Donoghue’s Frog Music
[28:55] - request for Season 2 recommendations
[29:15] - what’s coming up next week
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