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Today, Explained

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Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The appeal of "Country Roads" extends far beyond West Virginia or even the United States. We're revisiting an episode from this summer that examines the global popularity of the John Denver classic. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today explained Sean Ramos firm, I went to see some live music in Edinburgh, Scotland, late last year,

0:05.9

and when I entered the venue, I was somehow surprised to see a seven-piece band full of dudes and

0:10.8

kilts, very literally Scottish, you guys, but then I was even more surprised by what they were playing.

0:20.7

Everyone knows this super regionally specific slice of Americana John Denver dropped in 1971?

0:27.6

Then I was talking to my cousin in Sri Lanka and he said,

0:30.6

Yeah, man, everyone knows country roads.

0:32.9

And I was like, do they?

0:34.3

But then, the more I looked into it, the more I realized cousin was right.

0:37.9

The Germans know these roads?

0:40.7

The Japanese?

0:43.7

By the time I heard the French-Canadian country roads,

0:47.3

I had to know how this happened.

0:49.5

We're bringing you an encore presentation of our investigation of our country roads on today Explain.

0:59.9

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1:34.2

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1:39.2

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1:53.4

A pig, you said?

1:55.0

Yes.

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