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What Would Dolly Do?
As we slide into the holidays, our politics podcast is on a three-week hiatus. But I have some terrific book chats lined up, each one accompanied by a short news summary. Neil and I will be back and ready to rock on January 9 to evaluate the fresh hell breaking loose in 2026!
Country music star Dolly Parton arriving at a Hollywood premiere in January, 2012. Photo credit: DFree/Shutterstock
We begin this episode with a clip from a 1977 Barbara Walters interview, in which Parton skillfully parries a stereotype about White people who grew up poor in the American South.
News summary:
* The man…
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