“Words are not just words. We do things with words.” And among the things we can do with words is express our attitude towards something. We can say things in a certain way to express it as a fact, or as something unreal, or to show that we want to be neutral about whether something is true or not. For these purposes and more, we have the subjunctive mood – in German, the Konjunktiv.

In this episode I talk to Verena Hofstätter, a linguist and German teacher from Vienna. Together we take a dive into the German subjunctive – what it looks like, when it’s used, and why it’s suffering an identity crisis.

Episode transcript: https://yellowoftheegg.com/transcripts/der-konjunktiv-transcript/
 
 Guest:
 Verena Hofstätter
 - Instagram: @daslehrwerk (https://www.instagram.com/daslehrwerk)
 - Podcast: "Wissen Schafft Sprache" (https://podfollow.com/1587196838) 
 - Episode of “Wissen Schafft Sprache” featuring me as a guest: “S3E6 SprachGeschichte Luke” (https://pod.fo/e/183a60) 
 - Website: https://lehrwerk.at
 
 Yellow of the Egg is hosted and produced by Luke Green.
 
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 - YOTE theme music by Vincent Tone (PremiumBeat.com) 

NOTE: In this episode, I say the following: "In simple terms, an AFAB queen is a cisgender woman who does drag as a drag queen." While AFAB queens are very often cisgender women, and the term is typically used to describe cisgender women doing drag, this is not necessarily the case for everyone. Anyone who does drag and was assigned female at birth can be considered an AFAB queen, and this can include trans men, non-binary people and more. Apologies for the confusion and the inaccuracy!

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Right now, the drag scene in Vienna is experiencing a period of real blossoming on the one hand, but it’s also under threat, as the right wing is trying hard to frame drag as a danger. Despite these attempts to push drag down, drag is becoming more and more mainstream and, as a result, more and more visible, and with it, the language of drag.

In this episode I talk to two Sassica Rabbit and Ryta Tale, two drag artists from Vienna. We talk about what drag is, what language is used to describe it, and about the drag scene in Vienna, as well as their own experiences as drag performers in Austria.

Episode transcript: https://yellowoftheegg.com/transcripts/german-is-a-drag-transcript/

Guests:
Ryta Tale
- Instagram: @rytatale (https://www.instagram.com/rytatale)
- Podcast: "Your Tale - Wiener Drag Artists im Gespräch mit Ryta Tale" (https://podfollow.com/1626085781)
- Links to events and more: linktr.ee/rytatale 

Sassica Rabbit
- Instagram: @sassicarabbit (https://www.instagram.com/sassicarabbit)
- The Lipstick Ball - Instagram: @thelipstickball (https://instagram.com/thelipstickball)
- Links to events and more: linktr.ee/sassicarabbit 

Petition: "Drag is not a crime":
https://action.allout.org/de/m/3c8d828d/?utm_campaign=mgp-3c8d828d&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social_share
Petition started by Candy Licious
- Instagram: @candy_licious._ (https://www.instagram.com/candy_licious._) 

Slurs and offensive language 
- Tunte / Schwuchtel / faggot (21:25-25:00)

Online dictionaries referenced (no affiliations)
- leo.org 
- dict.cc 
- de.langenscheidt.com 
- duden.de 

Wikipedia article referenced: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragqueen 

Resources
- List of LGBTQ+ terms (Stonewall): https://www.stonewall.org.uk/list-lgbtq-terms
 - Transgender terminology, incl. "transvestite" (National Center for Transgender Equality): https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/Transgender_Terminology.pdf
- Information on the New York ballroom scene (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_culture 

TV shows referenced 
- Queen of Drags 
- RuPaul's Drag Race 
- Eurovision Song Contest 

Events referenced 
- The Lipstick Ball (Vienna) 
- Tuntenball (Graz) 
- Tuntathlon (Vienna) 

Yellow of the Egg is hosted and produced by Luke Green.

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- YOTE theme music by Vincent Tone (PremiumBeat.com) 

Moving to a new country and starting a new life there is no small undertaking. There are some major changes that you can foresee, like having to get used to a new language, but there are so many smaller, day-to-day differences that you might not see coming and that can catch you off-guard.

In this final episode of series 2, I talk to Dana Newman (YouTube "Wanted Adventure"), an American living in Germany. We talk about what it’s like to move abroad to Germany as an American, what culture shocks she experienced when she arrived, and all about her experiences with the German language as a newbie in a German-speaking country. We’ll hear about some of the things Dana found difficult to get used to, and what it’s like for her as an American to be married to someone who’s German.

Episode transcript: https://yellowoftheegg.com/transcripts/s2e12-an-american-in-germany-transcript/

Guest: Dana Newman
- Book: "You Go Me On The Cookie" - available at:
https://www.amazon.de/You-cookie-Learning-Deutsch-abenteuerlicher/dp/3442177758
- YouTube "Wanted Adventure": https://www.youtube.com/c/WantedAdventure
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WantedAdventure/
- Podcast "Germany, What Goes?": https://podfollow.com/1544037756
- More information about "Germany, What Goes?": https://www.alumniportal-deutschland.org/en/germany/podcasts/germany-what-goes-season-1
- New YouTube channel "Dana Undone": https://www.youtube.com/c/DanaUndone
- Website: https://www.dananewman.de/

Outro music by Euphoniques. This episode the song is "Bring You There".
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/75or3jcckM9UgZPTceAX7c?si=8fb7e6db59cc4f34

Yellow of the Egg is hosted and produced by Luke Green.

Links and socials:
- Web: yellowoftheegg.com 
- Instagram: @yotepodcast (https://www.instagram.com/yotepodcast) 
- Facebook: @yellowoftheegg (https://www.facebook.com/yellowoftheegg) 
- Email: yellowoftheegg.podcast@gmail.com 

- YOTE theme music by Vincent Tone (PremiumBeat.com)