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Podcast: The Talking Appalachian Podcast
Episode: The Word "Dadgum" and author Silas House on Defeating Accent Bullies "One Word at a Time"
Description: What did you think of this episode?Listen to find out what word people are replacing with the euphemism "dadgum." Then, author and Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House reads from his essay "In My Own Country," about how his parents learned to defeat those who were making fun of their accents....one word at a time.Listen to holocaust survivor Yvette Purdue's story of escaping the nazis to find refuge in the Appalachian mountains, now on Patreon. (If you don't want to subscribe, you can purchase it for a one-time donation to her favorite charity.)<...