She's Alive!

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

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

4.6 • 17.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As Dolly will tell you, so much of who she is - her creativity, her music, her stance on life - emanates from her faith, but what exactly is that faith? The answer is deeply surprising. In this episode, Dolly tells a story of finding God in an abandoned church filled with X-rated graffiti. And she speaks of her plans for how she'll be remembered after she’s gone—how her voice will live on for the next 50, 100, 200 years.

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0:00.0	Ha ha ha ha ha!
0:02.0	Hi, this is Shimou Liai, the producer of Dolly Parton's America.
0:06.0	Yeah, the real Momma's gonna say this.
0:08.0	Momma, are you gonna take us?
0:09.0	Before we start, one question.
0:11.0	Do you remember the first time you left home?
0:14.0	You remember one of the Dolly songs that you heard Nelson Mandela play?
0:17.0	I'd love to ask you about Porter Wagner.
0:19.0	Now, that's when I needed a whip.
0:21.0	In this series, we address Dolly a lot of questions.
0:25.0	Here's a question for you.
0:27.0	How much is Dolly Parton's America worth?
0:30.0	To you.
0:33.0	This series was listener-supported.
0:35.0	It took Jad and I two years to make.
0:37.0	It involved dozens of plane rides, hotel rooms,
0:40.0	we commissioned original music, we had tape-sinkers,
0:43.0	other reporters across the world.
0:45.0	In short, it was a really expensive series to make.
0:49.0	Paid for by you!
0:54.0	Thank you.
0:55.0	When things are listener-supported, they're just different.
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