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In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, historical, and musical ret...
Jad Abumrad sits down with host Ana González to talk about her new podcast, Our Common Nature , a musical journey with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. As...
In a world that’s on fire, what do we do with art? Like, what can music actually do? Today, Jad Abumrad is back with his first major project...
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...
In this second bonus music episode, we play two live songs we recorded, sung by bluegrass musicians Nora Brown and Amythyst Kiah. You can fi...
This episode delves into the controversy surrounding Dolly Parton’s Stampede (formerly known as “Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede”)—a dinner th...
At the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, we drop in on a history class called “Dolly Parton’s America.” (We borrowed the name for our se...
Music performed by: Justin Hiltner (@hiltnerj, http://justinhiltner.com ) Esther Konkara ( @esther_konkara ) Steph Jenkins ( @slhjenkins , h...
One of Dolly’s most iconic and successful songs is “Jolene,” a song that, at first listen, is about a romantic rival trying to steal her man...
Dolly Parton and politics have always had an interesting relationship. On the one hand, she wrote 9 to 5 , the anthem for working women and...
In this episode, we go back up the mountain to visit Dolly’s actual Tennessee mountain home. But, can you ever go home again? Dolly tells us...
We journey into the Dollyverse dimension: "Tennessee Mountain Home."Like all law abiding Tennesseans, Jad grew up with the song on a loop. H...
Porter Wagoner led the most successful country music television show of its time, and in 1967 he needed a new “girl singer.” He turned to a...
We begin with a simple question: How did the queen of the boob joke become a feminist icon? Helen Morales, author of “Pilgrimage to Dollywoo...
In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads...