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How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany | Jad Abumrad (re-release)

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

How do you end a story? Host of "Radiolab" Jad Abumrad tells how his search for an answer led him home to the mountains of Tennessee, where he met an unexpected teacher: Dolly Parton.


This episode originally aired on July 12, 2021.

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