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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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What did you think of this episode? Emilee Hackney's memoir, All That's Unseen ( Random House, 2026) is a story that is both heartbreaking and hopeful. Here's more about Emilee and her book: She was born and raised deep in the hollers of the Appalachian Mountains. The majestic ridgelines of southwest Virginia provided the backdrop for her upbringing, and the stories of her grandparents and the coal mines’ brutal grip on their livelihood and land informed her understanding of home and the shap...
What did you think of this episode? Known as @theculturedbumpkin on social media and YouTube, voice actor Jake Phillips knows a thing or two about sounding Southern. The Mississippi native built his voice acting career after he began reading and recording audio books for his children and putting them on YouTube. He has grown a following online for his whimsical vocal interpretations of classics like Shakespeare and Pride and Prejudice-but with a Southern twist. You can find Jake's Voice Actin...
What did you think of this episode? In this episode, I'm sitting down at the Library of Virginia with bestselling author, director, playwright, podcaster, and friend, Adriana Trigiani, to talk about what it means to be Appalachian. She is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Big Stone Gap series, The View from Lake Como, The Good Left Undone, The Shoemaker’s Wife and Lucia, Lucia. In recent news, she was chosen to write Connie, a n...
What did you think of this episode? In this episode, we dig into seven key reasons Appalachian and Southern speakers push back when others critique the way we talk. Media bias, language discrimination, and a deep sense of ownership over our vowels, words, and ways of speaking all play a role in why dialect pride can turn into defensiveness. Ivy Attic CoJewelry from coal, river glass, and discarded books handcrafted in the central Appalachian MountainsDisclaimer: This post contains affil...
What did you think of this episode? As America celebrates 250 years, we're reflecting on how Americans may have sounded from the colonists to Confederados. Drawing on a prior episode with Dr. Valerie Fridland and research by linguists like Michael Montgomery, I'll discuss how settlement patterns, class, mobility, and political affiliations shaped regional speech, contrasting Scots-Irish and North Midland influences in Appalachia with London-oriented coastal Virginia, and discussing rhotic vs....
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