Eno: I'd always taken him to be this guy who didn't think about his home because of the place we left was destroyed by a civil war. But then eno, as i was talking to him, he was like, no, no way. And it was crazy to me that somehow the chemistry between him and dolly, between him and her music, his experience and her an, what yhe's singing about, was so much more nuance than i understood.
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.”
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[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)
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