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Hello and welcome back to Big Mood. Little Mood. I am your host Danny M. Levery and with me

in the studio this week is Emmy Neatfeld, a writer, software engineer and author of Acceptance

a Memoir. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Rumpus, Vice, and other publications.

Emmy, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me, Danny.

I am just so pleased that you're here and I'm especially pleased that we were able to help

expand the little mnemonic device that you give people learning how to pronounce your last name

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