From Here to History
The history podcast where Chris Swanson and Jason Weidert discuss events and people of the past with as much openness, understanding, and fairness as we can muster. Our only agenda is to inform in an entertaining and engaging way.
We teach high school, after all, and that's a tough audience. Our hope is that if we can keep teenagers interested we may be able to pull off a worthwhile podcast, too.
We try to release one episode every month. But we're teachers with busy young families so if we go a little longer than that between episodes, bear with us!
From Here to History
Dolly Parton: No Slowing Down
In our second and final episode on the life and music of Dolly Parton, we pick up in the 1980s. Dolly makes a splash into Hollywood, endures some dark times in her personal life, gets dropped by her long-time record label, and roars back under new management. Then Jason makes his pitch for Dolly being among the top 5 American women in history and we reflect on how profiling a pop culture figure differs from the other subjects we've tackled.
If you're interested in listening to any of the songs we've discussed, here's a list of titles to try out:
Mule Skinner Blues
Jolene
Silver Dagger
Wildflowers
My Tennessee Mountain Home
Just Because I'm a Woman
I Will Always Love You
If I had Wings
The Bargain Store
PMS Blues
Backwoods Barbie
If you hadn't been there I wouldn't be here
9 to 5
Rockstar
Travelin Prayer
Blue Smoke
Cash on the Barrelhead
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