The Talking Appalachian Podcast
Amy D. Clark
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Talking Appalachian is a podcast about the Appalachian Mountain region's language or "voiceplaces," cultures, and communities. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Amy Clark, a Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. The podcast is based on her 2013 co-edited book Talking Appalachian: Voice, Identity, and Community. Her writing on Appalachia has appeared in the New York Times, Oxford American Magazine, Salon.com, on NPR, and Harvard University Press blog. She is also founder and director of the Appalachian Writing Project, which serves teachers, students, and the communities of the central Appalachian region.
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Adriana Trigiani: a Bestselling Author on Books, Movies, Podcasting, and Place
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09/24/24 • 26 min
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Adri and I sit down at the Library of Virginia to catch up and talk about writing, The Origin Project, her podcast (You Are What You Read), and ten years since the release of her hometown movie Big Stone Gap.
Beloved by millions of readers around the world for her “dazzling” novels, (USA Today) Adriana Trigiani is The New York Times bestselling author of twenty books in fiction and nonfiction (she just finished her 21st manuscript). She has been published in 38 countries around the world. The New York Times calls her “a comedy writer with a heart of gold,” her books “tiramisu for the soul.” She wrote the blockbuster The Shoemaker’s Wife, the Big Stone Gap series, the Valentine trilogy and Lucia, Lucia. Trigiani’s themes of love and work, emphasis upon craftsmanship and family life have brought her legions of fans around the world. Their devotion has made Adriana one of “the reigning queens of women’s fiction” (USA Today).
Adriana is host of the hit podcast, You Are What You Read, sponsored by Book of the Month. Adriana interviews the luminaries of our time about the books that built their souls. Episodes feature Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Hannah, David Baldacci, Whoopi Goldberg, Rainn Wilson, Amor Towles, Fannie Flagg, Katie Couric, Mitch Albom, Jhumpa Lahiri, Craig Ferguson and many more.
In 2013, Adriana co-founded The Origin Project with the late Nancy Bolmeier Fisher, who served as Executive Director of the program for over a decade. The Origin Project is an in-school writing program that brings professional authors into the classroom to work with students on their creative writing skills – specifically, stories inspired by their own family history. The project culminates with a published anthology of student work at the
Life and Business from Main Street and Middle America
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Crystal Wilkinson on Voice as a Revolutionary Act and Writing to the Bone
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09/29/23 • 48 min
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Crystal Wilkinson, author of the forthcoming Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts (PenguinRandomhouse) was Kentucky's Poet Laureate from 2021 to 2023. She is the award-winning author of Perfect Black; The Birds of Opulence; Water Street; and Blackberries, Blackberries. Join us as we talk about using authentic voice as a revolutionary act, and why she says she embraces, in her words, "the voice of my people."
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The History of our Dialects and that Elizabethan English Rumor
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07/29/23 • 12 min
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This episode covers the "why" of Appalachian Englishes, and the historical origins of some of its most popular (and really old) features. I also break down some of the myths and truths about Appalachian Englishes, namely the long-held belief that we speak Elizabethan English, and the one place where you might hear traces.
(Audio clip "How Great Thou Art" recorded by Loretta Lynn, courtesy of Library of Congress audio archives)
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Napoleon Hill Part II with Don Green on The Four Uses of Money and Millionaire Mindset
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12/06/23 • 19 min
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Part II begins with a story about how Napoleon Hill's influence reached all the way to the Kennedy White House. Then, Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation and bestselling author, Don Green, continues our interview with what he knows about the four uses of money from years of experience, lots of books, and discussions with some of the world's most successful people, who credit Napoleon Hill for their achievements. Mr. Green shares the reasons why most people never move out of the survive mentality and what everyone should consider in order to thrive.
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'Eye Dialect' as a Contributor to Stereotype and Michael Montgomery's Research on the Written Dialect of 18th Century Documents
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05/17/24 • 9 min
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Early authors used "eye dialect," or a deliberate misspelling of words that doesn't change how they sound (like "tu" for "to" or "uv" for "of.") This literary practice, based on the authors' observations of what they heard people say, was to make their Appalachian characters seem foolish or uneducated. This use of eye dialect carried forward into comic characters like Snuffy Smith.
The late Dr. Michael Montgomery's research provided valuable-and more legitimate- groundwork for those of us studying dialect today, as documented in his essay "The Englishes of Appalachia" in Talking Appalachian: Voice, Identity, and Community. He isolates several words and phrases used in early letters that give us insight into how 1700's settlers of central Appalachia would have sounded, and the English, Scots, and Ulster roots that defined them.
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Unless another artist is featured, acoustic music on most episodes: "Steam Train" written by Elizabeth Cotten and performed by Landon Spain
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Fixin' to, the A-Prefix and Twelve Days of Christmas, and an Excerpt from Verna Mae Slone's "How We Talked"
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12/14/23 • 11 min
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In this episode, I research the history of "Fixin' to" (as in "I'm fixin' to put up the holiday decorations.) Add the very old (middle English) dialect feature "a-prefix" and you've got "I'm a-fixin' to put up the holiday decorations.) Then, I'll tell you about the link between our dialect and "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song (bet you didn't know you're Talking Appalachian when you sing it). Finally, listen for an excerpt from Knott County, KY native Verna Mae Slone's book How We Talked, a book she published later in her life that preserves so much of her eastern KY dialect.
Sources in this episode:
Yale Grammatical Diversity Project (online)
American English by Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes
How We Talked by Verna Mae Slone
Talking Appalachian: Voice, Identity, and Community, Eds. Amy Clark and Nancy Hayward
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Unless another artist is featured, acoustic music on most episodes: "Steam Train" written by Elizabeth Cotten and performed by Landon Spain
Napoleon Hill: from Appalachian Roots to Riches with Executive Director Don Green Part I
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12/01/23 • 24 min
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Long before Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, became a global bestselling author, he was a poor boy from Pound, VA in the mountains of Wise County, running through the woods with a rifle, stirring up trouble. His stepmother bought him a typewriter and the rest is history. His groundbreaking book Think and Grow Rich has sold millions of copies, and is still cited by some of the world's wealthiest businesspeople, U.S. presidents, and celebrities as the inspiration for their journeys. In Part I of this episode series, I'm talking with Don Green (also from Wise County), who is Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation and knows the most about Hill's influence, which has remained constant for nearly a century. A success story himself, Don shares what he has learned from Hill's principles of success, which has resulted in several books and invitations worldwide to share his expertise.
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Ivy Attic CoJewelry from coal, river glass, and discarded books handcrafted in the central Appalachian Mountains
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Unless another artist is featured, acoustic music on most episodes: "Steam Train" written by Elizabeth Cotten and performed by Landon Spain
The Haunting of Bertha Sybert
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10/30/23 • 17 min
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The Legend of Bouncing Bertha was a story I heard straight from an eyewitness several years before he passed away, but I'd heard about little Bertha my whole life as a ghost tale, told and retold at spooky season. What made this Depression-era Appalachian ghost tale so scary was that by all accounts it was true. Years later, I researched and wrote about her, collecting photos and interviewing her cousin, Ralph, who went to school with Bertha and lived nearby. He recounted seeing the events you'll hear about in this episode....events so ghastly, no other family wanted to talk about them. News of her haunting spread worldwide, making her a child celebrity for a short period of time. Listen and decide for yourself: hoax or haunted?
Original article published by Amy Clark in Blue Ridge Country Magazine
Photo by: Virgil Wacks courtesy of son Stephen Wacks
Music from Just Off the Wilderness Road
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Unless another artist is featured, acoustic music on most episodes: "Steam Train" written by Elizabeth Cotten and performed by Landon Spain
The Woodcarver
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03/21/24 • 25 min
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The sisters remembered her "witchy" looking dolls, but they were forever haunted by that one day when the woodcarver's knife nearly took their mother's life.
In this episode, I retell a chilling story told to me by my great-grandmother and her sisters...one that has given me nightmares. But it's also a story about mental illness, and family, and how we reconsider stories passed down through time from 21st century perspectives. Later in the episode, I'm joined by my cousin, Dr. Angela Washington, as we examine this horror story once passed among the grandchildren, and consider what really might have happened and why.
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Unless another artist is featured, acoustic music on most episodes: "Steam Train" written by Elizabeth Cotten and performed by Landon Spain
A Conversation with Pulitzer Winning Southern Writer Rick Bragg (Part I)
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01/17/24 • 41 min
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Author Rick Bragg is a true storyteller. Though his work as a Pulitzer-winning journalist at the New York Times took him all over the world, the Alabama native came back home in his memoir writing. His books such as Ava's Man (my favorite), All Over But the Shoutin' (another favorite) The Best Cook in the World (well, they're all my favorites), and the Prince of Frogtown take you to sharecropping fields, dusty country roads, hot, flavor-filled kitchens, and the cool banks of a river as we get to know his family and the grandfather he never met, but whose shadow looms large. He has even written about his dog in The Speckled Beauty. He has several collections of works, and is a regular contributor to Garden and Gun. Listen to the end of this episode to learn the word "whomp-sided." This interview took place in front of a live audience at UVA's College at Wise in 2018, and is re-broadcast with Mr. Bragg's permission. This is Part I of a two-part episode.
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Unless another artist is featured, acoustic music on most episodes: "Steam Train" written by Elizabeth Cotten and performed by Landon Spain
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How many episodes does The Talking Appalachian Podcast have?
The Talking Appalachian Podcast currently has 37 episodes available.
What topics does The Talking Appalachian Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Culture, Society & Culture, History, Storytelling and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on The Talking Appalachian Podcast?
The episode title 'Adriana Trigiani: a Bestselling Author on Books, Movies, Podcasting, and Place' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Talking Appalachian Podcast?
The average episode length on The Talking Appalachian Podcast is 27 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Talking Appalachian Podcast released?
Episodes of The Talking Appalachian Podcast are typically released every 13 days.
When was the first episode of The Talking Appalachian Podcast?
The first episode of The Talking Appalachian Podcast was released on Jul 29, 2023.
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