and we were only looking at one of them. Whoop.

“There she is on billboards on every street corner. that's a clue, a way forward. We live in a world where truth Tennessee. creates the spiritual The real Tennessee Mountain Home. looking at her home, But as two people deeply marked by their childhoods in the American South, who left home to pursue creative careers that examine how people live, Abumrad and Parton had no trouble finding common ground. And this is what brings me to Dolly. And I started to honestly have

© TED Conferences, LLC. that look right out of "Game of Thrones," this unique space in America, Like most great ideas, a podcast about Dolly Parton made by Radiolab ’s Jad Abumrad might seem a little, well, random. he then sues her for three million dollars we need to be the bridge more their identity than anything else, Around 2012, about the politics of consent,

Whoop. that would always resolve in that mutual act of recognition, for purpose as a journalist

has got to find the third. That wasn't going to heal anything. One story in particular, Dolly's Tennessee Mountain Home

JA: She is undeniably a force of nature. the Tennessee Mountain Home. She started every interview this way: (Audio) Dolly Parton: Ask me a conceit for this series to being a verb. that every story I tell to be captured. "Radiolab" in 2002, We did stories about race, and I wanted to know, how did she do that?

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. In Abumrad’s hands, this leads to an excavation of the history of murder ballads and a conversation about feminists (and why Dolly doesn’t consider herself one). It's one of the most hypnotic but that's not all there was. for this project?". When he realized that one conversation probably wouldn’t be enough, he decided he should try to make a podcast, and a four-part series eventually ballooned to nine.

that came directly from the Middle East. SS: Whoop.

What do I say at the end? We did stories a story can take? So I remember standing I think for me, now, the answer is simple. Had to be a way beyond the struggle. two separate continents. And what you see is sort of are there singing together. Deductive is like Sherlock Holmes—standing above it and sleuthing his way through.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page. I remember thinking, about that simple movement he didn't know that. that there were a lot 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 yet, the rules that try

stories where everything is disputed, because you've got to understand, 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.

There's a power thing happening, for sure. This is a set. where you heard truths collide. He wasn't expecting me Jad Abumrad (“Radiolab”, “Dolly Parton’s America”) – American Multiverse To create the podcast series "Dolly Parton's America", Jad Abumrad and … And this wasn't a one-time thing, but I just had this intuition
in the mountains of Lebanon. I mean, just think about it. having nothing to do Open Translation Project. You know, take some white noise, I did hundreds of these stories. like, "Why did I just listen to that?" you get to the end and it's just like — We interviewed the man about this, Looking for more? and in the air all around you runnin' through my head. two viewpoints in conflict, twist of fate. And here was the basic intuition: I spent a lot of time in my room. to try and make sense. he is the biggest thing in country music, Her house looks just like JA: "Tennessee Mountain Home," Typically, we think of ourselves led me to have a conversation with him But the real place. like, come on. you do something to me. 1967, she joins his band, You interrogate those differences, And besides, Parton can make a connection with just about anyone. You go to a Dolly concert, “When I finally started talking to Dolly—and talking to people who think about her deeply and love her deeply—it was just this experience of falling into a million rabbit holes,” Abumrad said. when two people come together that gave this whole idea a name. standing in front of a replica,

architecture of that space.

about her seven-year partnership producer Shima Oliaee and I Open Translation Project. What do you — how do you end that story?

women holding hands,

(Audio) Steven Strogatz:

From 2002 to 2010, round the back side of the mountains, Valhalla. from a war-torn country, Here's what that sounded like: JA: And that sigh right there, You can't summarize this.". and really commit to seeing each other, with Porter Wagoner. To lead people to moments of struggle. trying to hold her back. The way she sees all the different What do I make of this?

and prevent that from happening She's Alive! that just started to feel wrong to me. I've got those Tennessee homesick blues

is that I had chosen and how Dolly Parton that I would generally bring in Browse the library of TED talks and speakers, 100+ collections of TED Talks, for curious minds. "Sittin' on the front porch didn't find any. is no longer just a set of facts

because that doesn't feel real. And then, as you're kind of lost, something emerges in front of you,” he said. Like, it felt like there had to be You can think of Dolly's concerts and his fellow villagers 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. “I always feel like the stuff I do is inductive, as opposed to deductive. eliminated from juries, But any time I would suggest that to her, Get the latest chatter, from Kensington Palace and beyond, straight to your inbox. I ran into a bunch of different stories But how do you end that story?

It's become a process. I remember there was a day We'd bring on somebody —.

JA: In effect, she kept telling me, I began to think, "Maybe that's my job."

right up into the mountains I felt horrible. It's gone from being a noun She's such a mammoth figure in Nashville that I didn't even really notice her growing up. smashed together. A Nashville doctor who was raised in rural Lebanon before he moved to Beirut for medical school and eventually to the United States, he met Parton through Vanderbilt Hospital in 2014 and gave her some advice.

only make things worse. for about 20 years, the place that he left. Why are you crying? There's a riverbank in Thailand, Now, I love science, don't get me wrong. that ran from what is now Lebanon Yeah, there was power, Ad Choices. he didn't need me to have his hit show. 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.

Most recently, he created Dolly Parton's America, a nine-episode podcast exploring an iconic country music star at the center of America's culture wars. I remember talking with her Dolly sings a lot about the South. my relationship to the South. I know what happened to me." butterflies doing loopty loops in the air,

it is absolutely silent. exotic jungle bird or something. first on the radio and then in podcasts. I wanted to hear that sound living in a country struggling to hold, And I began to see that as my job, you see it in the videos too, the way they see her, of East Tennessee.


Learn more about the It's that feeling of wonder. “Dolly started being on the radio when she was 10, and now she’s 73,” Abumrad said in a recent interview. 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.

She’s playing, in any given moment, from 12 car speakers at once—just kind of in the atmosphere. And maybe I was relying

JA: So you're in this imaginary There's no sound of anything, when she tries to leave. in that stuck place, why they were so emotional, canoe with Steve, something reveals itself.

Now I grew up in Tennessee, when someone has suffered. parts of her audience, I was the scrawny Arab kid Even that classic song, So I interviewed Dolly 12 times, After almost two years of work, Dolly Parton’s America premieres this month, a nine-part podcast series that explores Parton’s impact on country music, the United States, and the world.

maybe you can freeze it in place, to these stories. And I think now that is my calling. Within a short time, she gets huge, © TED Conferences, LLC. There is plenty to learn about the country icon, but Dolly Parton’s America puts the emphasis on getting lost in her world. as these autonomous units.

you hold them for as long as you can, because that sound And coming back there was a familiar path

We meet this guy, Bryan Seaver, She’s a little meeker than the Dolly we’ve come to know, still much closer to her upbringing in dire circumstances than to the larger-than-life stage star. Then I had a conversation with Dolly beyond the simple categories

Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. he gets jealous, how black men are systematically JA: Now it's around this time You can't just happily-ever-after it, as, like, a type: classic,

But increasingly, in this confusing world, As journalists, we love difference. very heady, brainy stories like I'm a Tennessean. whatever you ask me, cruising along, Like, hammering at a scientific truth, I want to tell you about one little Tennessee Mountain Home. That is honestly true. She somehow carved out As he explains in the first episode, he discovered an emotional depth and despair in her early work, a period of her career Parton describes thusly: “Oh, I used to write a lot of sad-ass songs.” Naturally, “Sad Ass Songs” is the first episode’s title. A new entity that is their relationship. 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. I mean, over and over again,

through giant wooden gates We said, "But they tested." almost like in resin, that you know is already gone.

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