Dolly Parton's America Trailer

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

Music History, Nashville, Music, Tennessee, Society & Culture, Parton, Documentary, America, Dolly

4.6 • 17.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 1 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, historical, and musical rethinking of one of America’s great icons. Join us for a 9-part journey into the Dollyverse.

Hosted and created by Jad Abumrad and Shima Oliaee.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	America from Adali's I View
0:05.6	Is this quivering mass of irreconcilable contradictions?
0:11.1	I'm gonna be both.
0:13.0	I'm gonna be adored by church ladies and the gays.
0:15.5	Yeah, the sexuality, the spirituality, the sensuality.
0:19.6	That's exactly who I am.
0:20.9	She's just a beautiful fountain of goodness.
0:23.3	It is me.
0:24.1	100% Dali is an extractive capitalist.
0:27.1	I always say I give God the credit.
0:28.9	I just want cash.
0:29.8	In terms of cultural power, I think she's like second to wall Disney.
0:34.4	This is Jed I've been wronged from radio to have more perfect.
0:36.5	For the last two years, I've been following Dali Parton around the world.
0:41.8	Trying to figure out who she is.
0:43.0	You'd be surprised to know who I am.
0:45.2	That's why we're here.
0:46.2	We're trying to find out.
0:47.2	But you never go find out.
0:48.3	Everything else.
0:49.3	I'm a mystery to myself.
0:50.9	I'm trying to answer the seemingly simple question.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WNYC Studios & OSM Audio, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of WNYC Studios & OSM Audio and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.