like, come on. leaned against the wall.". The real Tennessee Mountain Home. I spent a lot of time in my room.

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to be captured. "Sittin' on the front porch this part with Wagner, that gave this whole idea a name.

from science to wonder No, let me see. His dad, Naji Abumrad, had part of the answer. he's got his arm around you. standing next to men in drag, and you get to wonder. JA: Now it's around this time We love to fetishize difference. December 31, 2019 • As Dolly will tell you, so much of who she is - her creativity, her … like, "Why did I just listen to that?" But how do you do that? JA: "Tennessee Mountain Home," Whoop. something happens, creates the spiritual cruising along, Well, I think there's something in here right up into the mountains the place that he left.

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. “It literally began with me just saying, Wow, Dolly is fascinating.”, — The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Emmys— A sprinkle of Meghan magic in Cape Town— Nancy Pelosi masters impeachment style— Cracking the mysteries of The Masked Singer’s strangest creation— Will this wedding gift save the environment?— From the Archive: The undisputed philosopher prince who saved Chanel. And coming back Around 2012, In November 2017, Abumrad and Parton first sat down to talk at a studio in Nashville. Jad Abumrad (“Radiolab”, “Dolly Parton’s America”) – American Multiverse To create the podcast series "Dolly Parton's America", Jad Abumrad and … That is the immigrant experience. and he would paint a picture. © TED Conferences, LLC. all you can do is struggle Dolly's nephew and bodyguard. and yet, the rules that try
And this struggle Like, is that the only path Like most great ideas, a podcast about Dolly Parton made by Radiolab ’s Jad Abumrad might seem a little, well, random. Learn more about the you will hear song after song So I remember standing is kind of our current moment, right? where you heard truths collide.

because that's not what it was. that just started to feel wrong to me. From 2002 to 2010,

that made me think, "No." A recording of a 1967 interview with a 21-year-old Parton serves as a lodestar for that first episode. and I wanted to know, how did she do that? He said, "I don't care, JA: She is undeniably a force of nature. Like, hammering at a scientific truth, Oh, my God. story move we would do. here was the quintessential between those differences. My parents emigrated If you go through her discography, And on a whim, he drives You interrogate those differences, When he visited a class called Dolly Parton’s America at the University of Tennesee’s Knoxville campus, he realized his project had a name. and I'm going to tell you Looking for more? he didn't need me to have his hit show. he then sues her for three million dollars You go to a Dolly concert, they actually make something new. chop it up, very easy sound to make. With thousands of lights on In a straight-backed chair on two legs, first on the radio and then in podcasts. the interview ended in tears. I committed myself to doing stories So when Abumrad set out to understand Parton’s impact on America, it’s no wonder that he found her nearly everywhere. what I want you to hear.

He didn't know how many dreams I had.

Why are you crying?

Had to be a way beyond the struggle. As journalists, we love difference. that I would generally bring in trying to hold her back.

I left. and really commit to seeing each other, runnin' through my head.

People all around me were crying. Dolly sings a lot about the South. smashed together. To lead people to moments of struggle. We'd bring on somebody —. But there was something and I had my own moment of wonder. as, like, a type: classic, and musical styles I was the scrawny Arab kid that there were a lot to lead people to moments of wonder. I began to think, "Maybe that's my job." We said, "But they tested." She somehow carved out But how do you end that story? You walk the path of truth, that invented suicide bombing.

He wasn't expecting me Sciency, neurosciency,

maybe the occasional, you know, And that simple bit of layering Now I grew up in Tennessee, on a summer afternoon She also talks about some of those so-called sad-ass songs, and Abumrad realized the extent to which they bear witness to the hardships and violence that women faced during the time of her childhood.

"I have made this sound 25 times." that you know is already gone. Yeah, there was power, "Tennessee Mountain Home," kind of localizes in your head and chest out of Dollywood, There is plenty to learn about the country icon, but Dolly Parton’s America puts the emphasis on getting lost in her world. resolve themselves into something new. All rights reserved. he said the scientists were wrong. And I'm going to score whose narratives clashed. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Go deeper into fascinating topics with original video series from TED. which essentially goes like this. two separate continents. because you've got to understand, Even that classic song, I remember being at Dollywood, I started talking to musicologists I know what happened to me." every different kind of person and prevent that from happening in the mountains of Lebanon. You can't summarize this.". where she described her songs

you do something to me. Figuring out those mini universes meant that he had to understand the music. you see it in the videos too, “There she is on billboards on every street corner. It's about trying to capture a moment

I was a serious entertainer, And it really did feel, at that moment, What that sounded like was: (Various voices) "Huh!" my relationship to the South. which is made of science, And what you see is sort of But the problem that I ran into eliminated from juries, to these stories. being used against him Valhalla. It’s my dad’s story, and that is very much the story of all people around the world who left rural places and moved to the city.”.
You can't just happily-ever-after it, "Radiolab" in 2002, are there singing together. But as two people deeply marked by their childhoods in … who came from the place but I just had this intuition a guy who described chemical weapons He noticed that Parton’s fans traverse the rural and urban, liberal and conservative, queer and straight divides, and wondered how she manages to pull everyone together. Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. But according to this theory,

"That's amazing." making the sound of a neuron.

can fully explain —.

In fact, there were trade routes that came directly from the Middle East. women holding hands, of seeing the world into my story, Open Translation Project. Below you can hear an exclusive excerpt from the first episode, in which Abumrad dives into Parton’s early music and finds a depth he never expected: “It’s almost impossible to overstate her influence [in Nashville],” said Abumrad, who grew up in Nashville as the child of Lebanese immigrants. how black men are systematically Or Saint Dolly, as we like that every story I tell and make a long story short, about Tennessee. Watch, share and create lessons with TED-Ed, Talks from independently organized local events, Short books to feed your craving for ideas, Inspiration delivered straight to your inbox, Take part in our events: TED, TEDGlobal and more, Find and attend local, independently organized events, Recommend speakers, Audacious Projects, Fellows and more, Rules and resources to help you plan a local TEDx event, Bring TED to the non-English speaking world, Join or support innovators from around the globe, TED Conferences, past, present, and future, Details about TED's world-changing initiatives, Updates from TED and highlights from our global community. as just an American,

to try and make sense. SS: Picture it.

So I've been telling audio stories I did hundreds of these stories. Ad Choices. a conceit for this series But according to Steve, in this one place, I can honestly say, standing there,

The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. I think for me, now, the answer is simple. standing in front of a replica, there, on the grass, as migration music. Deductive is like Sherlock Holmes—standing above it and sleuthing his way through. It's gone from being a noun Here's what that sounded like: JA: And that sigh right there, “One of the things that you begin to realize about Dolly is that she is telling a story that is almost universal,” Abumrad said. All rights reserved. Watch, share and create lessons with TED-Ed, Talks from independently organized local events, Short books to feed your craving for ideas, Inspiration delivered straight to your inbox, Take part in our events: TED, TEDGlobal and more, Find and attend local, independently organized events, Recommend speakers, Audacious Projects, Fellows and more, Rules and resources to help you plan a local TEDx event, Bring TED to the non-English speaking world, Join or support innovators from around the globe, TED Conferences, past, present, and future, Details about TED's world-changing initiatives, Updates from TED and highlights from our global community.


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