Dolly Parton's Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business (with Joanna Quraishi)
Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast
Chelsea Devantez
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2021
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Chelsea and writer Joanna Quraishi (The Big Show Show, Weird Loners, Head of the Class) unpack the creativity and contradictions of Dolly Parton, from her legendary songwriting and underrated comedic genius to her absolute refusal to give up on her dreams.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Celebrity Book Club. |
| 0:06.3 | This is a podcast that recaps and celebrates the memoirs of badass female celebrities |
| 0:10.8 | who have been torn down by tabloids, dissected by social media, and faced heartaches and |
| 0:15.1 | triumphs and come out of it all even stronger. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm your host Chelsea Devantes, I am a writer, comedian and filmmaker, and this week we |
| 0:22.7 | are book clubbing Dolly Parton's memoir written in 1994 titled My Life and Other Unfinished |
| 0:29.5 | Business. |
| 0:30.7 | This is a book that is so joyful, so messy, and I think the true Dolly really comes through |
| 0:37.4 | and it has inspired some new 2021, what year is it? |
| 0:42.4 | It has inspired some new 2021 goals for me, which is to run naked through the moonlight |
| 0:48.2 | with my best girlfriends, a favorite Dolly activity, and book a trip to Dollywood. |
| 0:52.9 | I want to go so bad, group trip, everyone in the book club, let's buy the place out |
| 0:59.4 | when it's safe. |
| 1:21.1 | That was one of Dolly's hit songs just because I am a woman. |
| 1:25.0 | There were so many songs to choose from, I wanted to put in Jolene. |
| 1:28.4 | I will always love you so many, but this one fits the conversation of today's episode. |
| 1:34.9 | But before we jump in, I have a few podcast announcements, official announcements. |
| 1:41.4 | The first announcement is that I wanted to do a book club episode where we hear from |
| 1:47.7 | the book club, and this was actually inspired from Dolly Parton's book. |
| 1:52.3 | At the end of her book, she has this Q&A section, and it is the funniest, best part of |
| 1:57.0 | the book. |
| 1:58.0 | I thought it would be really cool if we did a Q&A for our podcast. |
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