Many place names in the United States are borrowed from Native American words. It's often hard to trace the roots. Over time, the original names were often transformed beyond recognition, victims of mangled pronunciation. Suzanne Hogan is our guide to the origins of Missouri, a name rooted in the Chiwere language. Chiwere has been imperiled for gen…

In this episode, we're handing over the reins to the podcast series, Home, Interrupted, produced by Feet in 2 Worlds. The series explores how the climate crisis affects immigrants across the U.S., and how immigrant communities are finding new ways to deal with a warming planet. In this episode, reporter Allison Salerno tells the stories of migrant …

Icelanders are protective of their language. When a new piece of tech or a new disease emerges, people debate what to call these things in Icelandic. New words must sound and look Icelandic, otherwise they may not survive. The country's Knitting Words Committee is one of dozens of community panels charged with proposing new words. Typically, they r…

Join us this episode for some new May 4th reveals as well we cover the unit cards for inferno squad. * make sure to listen out for the spoiler warning as we also discuss the bad batch series.By Chatterpointgaming

In recent decades, Americans' perception of bilingualism has been transformed. As recently as the 1990s, the prevailing belief was that if a child grew up bilingual, they would be at a linguistic and cognitive disadvantage. Today, many Americans believe the opposite, that speaking more than one language carries advantages. But the hundreds of studi…

Welcome to our latest episode of Chatterpoint Where Mike let me do way to much talking and it shows. in this episode we cover a new game play mode by AMG, One With the Force, as well as a bit of business model insider of the inner workings of Embracer Group, Asmodee, and Atomic Mass Games We also have some details involving a local tournament being…

How did Basque survive Spain's military dictatorship under Francisco Franco when speaking, writing and reading it were illegal? With more than six dialects, how did its speakers agree on a standard way of writing the language? And how has Basque thrived in the decades since Franco died? Nina Porzucki tells the story of Europe's most mysterious lang…

We cling to mythology to buttress our sense of personal power or understanding and to help us cope with violence, disappointment, and confusion. The same myths that inspire and console often contain the exact violence we fight against daily. This episode explores myths about black queer folk, black cis men, and black cis women that lure us into thi…

Netflix's lavish new adaptation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem is the latest 'translation' of one of this century's best, and best-selling, sci-fi novels. In this episode, we track the role of translation—on screen and on the page—in the global rise of Chinese sci-fi. Our guide is reporter and sci-fi aficionada Lydia Emmanouilidou who talks …

Join us this episode as we cover some adepticon reveals and the road map for AMG Shatterpoint for the next year. as well stay tuned to the end to listen to a change up in our own format for Chatterpoint. Thanks for listening.By Chatterpointgaming

Join Us this episode as we talk some pre adepticon Reveals.By Chatterpointgaming

The French language is replete with words borrowed from English, like 'weekend' and 'podcasting.' But French speakers' use of 'black' is in a category of its own: this one short syllable tells the story of France's racial and colonial legacies and how they stack up against U.S. history, from slavery to Black Lives Matter. Both countries are idealis…

Part of my “healing journey” required me to face how much I had been loved in the dark, how used to that I had become, and how safe I felt being loved where no one could see, touch was the main way to navigate, and silence was expected. I studied how that unnatural quiet settled in my body and those of Black queer folks around my age, how it shaped…

Join us this episode as we reveal some sneak peak info from inside AMG Release lineup, including the next mission pack and potential pre order dates ahead of the Adepticon 2024 reveals.By Chatterpointgaming

So many people, especially older Black women and queer folk, keep the tradition of silence, absorb the weight of that burden into our bodies, and, at best, hope to leverage that burden into mere survival. We master the craft of silence and keeping secrets while dealing with the harsh realities of truth and the task of pursuing it, and then we manag…

Irish is among Europe's oldest languages. It's a near miracle that anyone speaks it today. Patrick talks with online Irish teacher Mollie Guidera whose students include a Kentucky farmer who speaks Irish to his horses; also with Irish scholar Jim McCloskey who developed a love of the language when he spent a summer living with Irish speakers. Irish…

This episode we talk about community growth, recent game experiences and a new card revealed from the upcomming Moff Gideon pack as well make sure to check out Zions finest https://open.spotify.com/show/0Mvmo0VitFSMiFkftJjhcP?si=2d7ae9a634e84dcfBy Chatterpointgaming

In This episode we talk about a few Adepticon events scheduled as well as some upcoming matches and some new boxes we have acquired. as well we have a link posted below for a video on youtube for Atomic Mass Games Rules Explanations. its lengthy but a good watch for clarifications. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBv-yE361G0…

Israel Jesus used to be ashamed of being from the Mexican state of Oaxaca and speaking the local indigenous tongue, Triqui. When he moved to Salinas, California, a kid in his high school told Jesus he was destined to work in the fields nearby. But it was his knowledge of Triqui that sent him on a different path. A hospital in Salinas recruited Jesu…

A. White discusses the growing irrelevance of The Grammys, the preoccupation with Black men that choose non-Black partners, the role of failure in self-actualization for queer folks. Happy Valentine's Day for the lovers!

Mastering six languages sounds like a slog, right? But in some corners of Europe, it happens—maybe not effortlessly, but more easily than in, say, Ohio. Gaston Dorren grew up speaking Limburgish at home, and Dutch at school. He fell in love in German and picked up Spanish in Latin America, all the while keeping English and French in his back pocket…

A. White uses Caroline Myss's language of the archetype to explore the ways we give away our personal power in response to fear. The episode discusses the trauma of poverty (material and social), integrity and how it is compromised, and the specific ways A. White contends with these issues.

Join us This Episode as we bring back a special guest to talk about the upcoming release of the Ewok unit boxes and how they may effect the current dynamics of the game, as well we have more info about our local learn to play event happening March 7th 5:30Pm-9:00PM at 3 Goblin Games.By Chatterpointgaming

A. White discusses what we, as non-military actors, can learn from Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people, specifically its transformation from the persecuted into the oppressor. Many of us become the bully when we decide that we no longer have any compassion for others, and most of us arrive at this point because of the violence we have endu…

Join Us this episode as we review Mikes LVO experience and all his networking to help our community grow!! As well be sure to check out fellow podcasters and Shatterpoint Enthusiasts Zions Finest!!! https://anchor.fm/s/e3c12e90/podcast/rssBy Chatterpointgaming

Join Us for This Episode For Pre LVO Talk With Mike and our guest Robyn.By Chatterpointgaming

Does the brain of an improv comedian or freestyle rapper function in a particular way? Is it processing language faster than a regular, lower-improvising brain? Or is something else also going on, something to do with how we judge ourselves? We asked our pal Ari Daniel to look into this. He found a group of researchers and a group of professional i…

The Black Sublime Podcast is back after an almost two-year hiatus. A. White revives the podcast with the most necessary smoke, re-introducing himself and the work, sharing how over-functioning as a child contributed to a scarcity mindset, and discussing why side hoes should be paid.