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Listen to more of the best clips from 2024's podcast episode, including:

• Jack Beck talking about the influence of Scots Gaelic;
• Jane Hicks reading from her book of poetry, The Safety of Small Things;
• The origins of the word "redneck,";
• A conversation with Hillbilly documentary director Ashley York;
• Adriana Trigiani on what it means to be Appalachian;
• Appalshop and 50 years of storytelling about the region;
• A conversation with the editors of Appalachian Reckoning and what it means to keep our authentic voices;
• Mourning and death rituals with Burke Greear;
• "Needs washed" and "directly";
• Washington Irving's connection to Appalachia, and a mailbox by the sea;
• the tradition of the "Christmas poke" in Appalachia

Music courtesy of: Tiffany Williams, Jack Beck, Andy Bracken, and Appalshop archives

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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

What did you think of this episode?

This episode includes highlights from some of the best episodes of 2024, which include:

• my interview with Pulitzer-winning reporter and memoirist Rick Bragg;
• a study of two letters written a century apart and their dialect similarities;
• what I learned about an ancient Pictish language during a visit to Ireland;
• my interview with co-researcher Will Isom and the story of a mysterious burial ground;
• the fight to save the Cherokee language from extinction
• and the one and only Barbara Kingsolver, author of the Pulitzer-winning book Demon Copperhead.

I hope you enjoy Part I of 2024's highlights!

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*Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and review us (if you like it)!
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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

What did you think of this episode?

We're exploring some Appalachian Christmas traditions in this episode from The Christmas poke, or treat bag, to the term "Hard Candy Christmas," made popular in a Dolly Parton song. We'll also talk about Old Christmas, its origins, and why people still recognize January 6th as the one true Christmas Day.

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*Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and review us (if you like it)!
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*Subscribe to support us on the Facebook Talking Appalachian page, or here at our Patreon page to get bonus content:
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*To sponsor an episode or collaborate: aclark@virginia.edu or message me at the link here or on social.

Unless another artist is featured, acoustic music on most episodes: "Steam Train" written by Elizabeth Cotten and performed by Landon Spain