8 February 2021
Episode 487
30 minutes
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As the paperback of Sarah Smarsh’s book ‘She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs’ has recently been released, Robert Bound is joined by literary critic Mia Levitin and country music aficionado Baylen Leonard to discuss the mega country star and how her story is told.
8 February 2021
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