Saint Dolly | Crying at Dollywood with Justin Kirkland | 118
Even the Rich
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4.4 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Dolly Parton fandom has reached new heights over the last few years. Her admirers run the gamut: From city slickers to small town folk, conservative churches to RuPaul’s Drag Race. But she’s always been Dolly. So why all the love and appreciation now? Culture writer Justin Kirkland joins Brooke and Aricia to unpack Dolly’s recent spike in popularity, how meeting Dolly set him up for a career in journalism, and what was going on when she tried to turn down a spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?!
For more, check out Justin’s podcast, My Year with Dolly, where he breaks down every Dolly Parton album.
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| 0:00.0 | Wundery Plus subscribers can |
| 0:01.7 | the newest season of even the rich before anyone else. |
| 0:04.4 | Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery App or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:07.6 | A quick heads up, this episode contains a brief mention of suicide, |
| 0:11.6 | as well as some barnyard language. |
| 0:14.0 | Please be advised. |
| 0:16.0 | From Wonder, I'm |
| 0:22.0 | from Wonder, I'm Arisha Skidmore Williams. |
| 0:25.0 | And I'm Brooke Sifran. |
| 0:27.0 | And this is Even the Rich. |
| 0:29.0 | Over the last three episodes, we've taken a deep dive into the story of Dolly Parton, and I gotta say, |
| 0:35.5 | the more I learn about her, the more I love her. |
| 0:38.2 | Question for you, if you had a choice, would you spend a whole day at Disneyland or Dollywood? |
| 0:44.0 | You know I love a good scandal, so as we wrap up our Dolly season, |
| 0:48.0 | I'm going with Disney. |
| 0:50.0 | Ooh. |
| 0:51.0 | But Dollywood does look cool. |
| 0:52.0 | Wow, I can believe you would turn down the chance to see a Dolly part in hologram. |
| 0:56.0 | Okay, I'll take a hologram dolly over a cryogenically frozen Walt Disney any day. |
| 1:01.0 | Okay, that's dark and I like it. But in all seriousness today we're |
| 1:06.2 | diving into the life and legacy of Dolly Parton and here to join us is |
| 1:10.3 | Justin Kirkland. Justin's a culture writer in New York City, but he hails from East Tennessee just like Dolly. |
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