Episode 383: Jad Abumrad

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Education, Arts, Books, News

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Jad Abumrad is the co-creator and host of Radiolab. His new podcast is Dolly Parton's America. “There’s a way in which, I think, it felt more honest to be more confused in our stories. So that’s where we went.” Thanks to Mailchimp and Pitt Writers for sponsoring this week's episode. @JadAbumrad jadabumrad.com [03:27] "Patient Zero" (Radiolab • Nov 2011) [04:34] Dolly Parton's America [17:32] 9 to 5 (1980) [19:00] "Dixie Disappearance" (Dolly Parton's America • Dec 2017) [17:32] "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (1973) [33:10] More Perfect [33:19] "The Architect" (More Perfect • Dec 2017) [36:12] Democracy in America (Alexis de Tocqueville • 1835) [40:05] "Where Does the Term Redneck Come From?" (Slate • Dec 2019) [40:58] "Race" (Radiolab • Dec 2008) [42:10] "Yellow Rain" (Radiolab • Sep 2012) [1:05:47] "Playing God" (Radiolab • Aug 2016) [1:06:21] "Words" (Radiolab • Aug 2010) [1:07:31] "Musical Language" (Radiolab • Sep 2007) [1:08:07] "Lucy" (Radiolab • Feb 2010) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In December 2020, a Latino couple was falsely accused by a white momfluencer of attempting to kidnap her children.
0:07.0	The Karen phenomenon where white women falsely accuse people of color of crimes usually fixates on the
0:13.5	accuser the so-called Karen. But for this series we focus on the
0:17.2	innocent couple at the heart of this story. I just want the public to know
0:21.9	what she did was wrong.
0:24.0	In Perfect Paradise People versus Karen,
0:26.3	available now wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and
0:35.0	welcome to the long form podcast. I am Evan Ratliff and with me today are my co-host
0:40.0	Max Lynn Skinner and Lamer.
0:41.0	Hey you guys!
0:43.0	I am as always quarantined from the other hosts.
0:47.0	Aaron, you've been working pre-planning this quarantine for some time.
0:51.0	You're ready for this quarantine. You could say I called that this would happen
0:55.2	and that everyone would be soon podcasting from their own basement.
0:58.7	Hey, you guys, this is an exciting show.
1:02.8	Evan, who's your guest?
1:04.6	This week's guest, who I have wanted to have on for a really long time, is Jad Abumrod.
1:09.0	He is, if you don't know, the longtime co-host of Radio Lab, and as well as some spin-off shows like
1:17.3	more perfect, and more recently he launched a new show towards the end of last year,
1:23.0	Dolly Partons America, which I was pretty obsessed with.
1:26.3	And I went into WNYC to interview him there where he works,
1:30.9	and we did it twice.
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